Biographical Sketch of
Tuan Vo-Dinh
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
P.O. Box 2008, M.S. 6101
Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6101, USA
E-mail: vodinht@ornl.gov

Preparation ...Appointments ...Assignments ...Publications

Professional Preparation up

Ph.D. in Biophysical Chemistry, 1975, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology-ETH, Zurich, Switzerland.
B.S. in Physics, 1971, EPF- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology-EPF, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Corporate Fellow, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1994-present.
Group Leader, Advanced Monitoring Development Group, Life Sciences Division, ORNL, 1984-present.
Adjunct Professor, Univ. of California San Francisco Medical School, Dept. Neurosurgery, 2000-present.
Adjunct Professor, Univ. of Tennessee, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1987-present.
Visiting Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Rome, Rome, Italy, Spring 1999.
Research Staff Scientist, Health and Safety Research Division, ORNL, 1977-1984.

Appointments up

Corporate Fellow, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1994-Present

Group Leader, Advanced Monitoring Development Group, Life Sciences Division, Oak Ridge

National Laboratory, 1984-Present.

Staff Research Scientist, Monitoring Development Group, Health and Safety Research Division, Oak

Ridge National Laboratory, 1977-1984.

Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, 1975-1976

Professional Assignments and Recognition up

- Topical Editor, Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds, an international and multidisciplinary journal (1995-present)
- Associate Editor of Analusis, an international journal in analytical chemistry (1993-1999)
- Editorial Board: Applied Spectroscopy, Talanta, Spectrochimia Reviews, Journal of Biomedical Optics, Fresenius J. of Analytical Chemistry, and Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics.
- Chairman, Commission V-4, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) (1989-1999).
- Co-President of the International Society on Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds (ISPAC) (1996-1998).
- Chairman ASTM Subcommittee E13.09 on Fiberoptics (1988-present).
- Fellow of the American Institute of Chemists.
- Fellow of SPIE, the International Society of Optical Engineering.
- Presented over 100 invited lectures at national and international meetings, and seminars at academic, federal and industrial institutions

Books (From a total of 8)

- Vo-Dinh T., Room Temperature Phosphorimetry for Chemical Analysis, Wiley Interscience, NY (1984).

- Vo-Dinh T., Editor, Chemical Analysis of Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds, Wiley, New York (1989).

- Vo-Dinh T. and Eastwood D.L., Editors, Laser-Based Approaches in Luminescence Spectroscopy, ASTM Publishers, Philadelphia (1990)

- Vo-Dinh T., Vurek G., Lieberman R., Editors, Biomedical Sensing, Imaging and Tracking, SPIE Publishers, Bellingham,(1997).

- Vo-Dinh T., Grundfest W.S., Benaron D.A.., Charles S.T., Bucholz R.D., Vannier M.W., Biomedical Diagnostics, Guidance and Surgical-Assist Systems, SPIE Publishers, Bellingham (1999).

Selected Publications (From a total of 220 peer-reviewed articles):

- Vo-Dinh, T., G. D. Griffin, and K. R. Ambrose, "A Portable Fiberoptic Monitor for Enzyme- Amplification Fluorimetric Assays," Appl. Spectrosc., 40, 696 (1986).
- Vo-Dinh T., B. J. Tromberg, G. D. Griffin, K. R. Ambrose, M. J. Sepaniak, and E. M. Gardenhire, "Antibody Fiberoptics Biosensor for the Carcinogen Benzo(a)pyrene," Appl. Spectr., 5, 735 (1987).
- Vo-Dinh, T., Nolan, Y. F. Cheng, M. J. Sepaniak, and J. P. Alarie, "Phase-Resolved Fiberoptics Fluoroimmunosensor," Appl. Spectrosc., 44, 128 (1990).
- Sepaniak M.J., B. J. Tromberg, and T. Vo-Dinh, "Fiber Optic Affinity Sensors in Chemical Analysis," Progress in Analytical Instrumentation, 11, 481 (1988).
- Vo-Dinh T., J. P. Alarie, R. W. Johnson, M. J. Sepaniak, and R. M. Santella, "Evaluation of the Fiberoptic Antibody Fluoroimmunosensor in Human Placental Samples," Clin. Chem. 37, 532 (1991).
- Vo-Dinh T. , G. D. Griffin, and M. J. Sepaniak, "Fiberoptic Immunosensors," in Fiber Opt. Chem. Sensors and Biosensors, O.S. Wolfbeis, Ed., Vol. 2, 217, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, (1991).
- Vo-Dinh T., M. J. Sepaniak, G. D. Griffin, and J. P. Alarie, "Immunosensors: Principles and Applications," Immunomethods, 3, 85 (1993).
- Stevenson C.L.and T. Vo-Dinh, Laser-Excited Synchronous Luminescence Spectroscopy, Appl. Spectrosc., 47, 430 (1993).
- Vo-Dinh T., M. Panjehpour, B. F. Overholt, C. Farris, F. P. Buckley and R. Sneed, In-Vivo Cancer Diagnosis of the Esophagus using Differential Normalized Fluorescence (DNF) Indices, Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, 16, 41 (1995).
- Hueber D.M., C. L. Stevenson, and T. Vo-Dinh, A Fast Scanning Synchronous Spectrometer Based on Acousto-optic Tunable Filter, Appl. Spectrosc., 49, 1624 (1995).
- Campiglia, A. D., D. M. Hueber, and T. Vo-Dinh, "Development of a Room Temperature Phosphorescence Fiber Optic Sensor," Anal. Chem. 68, 1599 (1996).
- Moreau, F., D. M. Hueber, and T. Vo-Dinh, "Remote Spectral Imaging System (RSIS) Based on Acousto-Optic Tunable Filter," Instrum. Sci. and Technol., 24, 179 (1996).
- Stokes, D. L., M. J. Sepaniak, and T. Vo-Dinh, "Development of a New Capillary Electrophoresis-Based Fiberoptic Sensor," Biomedical Chromatogr., 11 187 (1997).
- Vo-Dinh T., M. Panjehpour, B. F. Overholt, and P. Buckley, III, Laser-Induced Differential Fluorescence for Cancer Diagnosis Without Biopsy, Appl. Spectr. 51, 58 (1997).
- Isola, N. R., Stokes, D. L.; Vo-Dinh, T., Surface-enhanced Raman Gene Probes for HIV Detection, Anal. Chem,70, 1352 (1998).
- Zeisel, D., V. Deckert, R. Zenobi, and T. Vo-Dinh, "Near-Field Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy of Dye Molecules Adsorbed on Silver Island Films," Chem. Phys. Lett., 283, 381 (1998).
- Vo-Dinh,T., "Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Using Metallic Nanostructures," Trends in Anal. Chem., 17,557 (1998).
- Vo-Dinh T., Development of a DNA Biochip: Principle and Applications, Sensors & Actuators, B 51, 52 (1998).
- Vo-Dinh T., M. Panjehpour and B. F. Overholt, Laser-Induced Fluorescence for Esophageal Cancer Diagnosis, in Advances in Optical Biopsy and Optical Mammography, Alfano, R.R., Ed. Annals of the NY Acad. Sci., Vol 838, New York, pp. 116-122 (1998).
- Vo-Dinh T., J.P. Alarie, N. Isola, D. Landis, A.L. Wintenberg and M.N. Erickson, DNA Biochip Using a Phototransistor Integrated Circuit, Anal. Chem., 71, 358 (1999).
- Vo-Dinh T. and Mathur P.N., Optical Diagnostic and Therapeutic Technologies in Pulmonary Medicine, in Interventional Broncoscopy, Eds. C.T. Bolinger and P.N. Mathur, Kager, Basel, pp. 267-279 (1999)
- Cullum, B.M., G.D. Griffin, G.H. Miller, and T. Vo-Dinh, Intracellular Measurements in Mammary Carcinoma Cells Using Fiber-optic Nanosensors, Anal. Biochem., 277, 25 (2000).
- Vo-Dinh, T., J. P. Alaire, B. M. Cullum, G. D. Griffin, Antibody-based Nanoprobe for Measurements of a Fluorescent Analyte in a Single Cell, Nature Biotechnology, 18, July 2000.
- Vo-Dinh T. B.M. Cullum, and D.L. Stokes, Nanosensors and Biochips: Frontiers in Biomolecular Diagnostics, Sensors and Actuators, B 74, 2 (2001).

Awards and Honors:

1999, RD-100 Award for Most Technologically Significant Advance in R&D (Multi-functional Biochip)
1997, Outstanding Services Award BER-50, US Department of Energy
1996, RD-100 Award for Most Technologically Significant Advance in R&D (SER Gene Probe)
1996, Inventor of the Year Award, Inventors Club of America and Tennessee. Inventors Association
1995, Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer, Federal Laboratory Consortium (SERODS)
1994, RD-100 Award for Most Technologically Significant Advance in R&D (Spot Test for PCBs)
1993, Advanced Technology Award, Inventors Club of America (RTP Screening)
1992, RD-100 Award for Most Technologically Significant Advance in R&D (SERODS)
1992, Inventor International Hall of Fame Award, Inventors Club of America
1992, Thomas Jefferson Award, Martin Marietta Corporation
1989, Medal Languedoc-Rousillon Award (France)
1988, Gold Medal Award, Society for Applied Spectroscopy
1987, RD-100 Award, for Technological Advance in Industrial Res. (Fiberoptics Fluoroimmuno-sensor)
1986, Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer, Federal Laboratory Consortium (Luminoscope)
1981, RD-100 Award for Technological Advance in Industrial Research (PNA Dosimeter)