Lazenby Laboratory

Welcome to the website of the Lazenby Lab, established in August 2019 at the department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the Florida State University (FSU). We are an electroanalytical chemistry lab at FSU, with research interests in:

  • Electrochemical biosensing, including simultaneous multi-analyte detection using aptasenors.
  • Electrochemical imaging using scanned probe microscopy, including analytical method development for single cell analysis.
  • Electrocatalysis of industrially relevant reactions, such as the investigation of low cost transition metal carbides as electrocatalytic materials for the oxygen evolution reaction.

We are a collaborative and interdisciplinary research group, and currently have a team of PhD students (Debashis, Yusuf, and Ana), undergraduate students (Mia, Kayla), and a high school student (Donald). We are seeking highly motivated graduate students to join us in our research efforts in Fall 2024. To enquire about these positions, or undergraduate research positions, please contact Dr. Lazenby via email about joining the lab.


Recent News

October 2024 – Yusuf and Debashis give their fourth year talks. Congratulations to Yusuf and Debashis for meeting this important PhD milestone, and presenting their research in the department’s analytical seminar series.

September 2024 – Donald and Dannie start research in the lab. Donald joins the lab as a high school student, and Dannie joins to do undergraduate research.

August 2024 – Amanda graduates with her PhD. Congratulations to Amanda, who graduated in the Summer 2024 doctoral hooding ceremony.

July 2024 – High school students present their research at the FSU-YSP Research Symposium. Donald, Sonia and Lucas present posters on their research in our lab, where they made nanoscale sensors.

June 2024 – Congratulations to Amanda Ritz, our first PhD from the lab! Amanda successfully defended her thesis on, “Advances in nanomaterial engineering for electrochemical biosensing and electrocatalysis applications.” The lab wishes her the best for her future.

June 2024 – Lazenby lab sponsors three participants of the Young Scholars Program. We welcome high school students Donald, Sonia and Lucas, who are joining the lab for research experience over the Summer.

June 2024 – Ana Ramirez is selected as a winner of the Dean’s Award for Doctoral Excellence (DADE) (2024). Congratulations Ana!

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Contact

Office Room: CSL 3006

Lab Room: CSL 3401

Email: rlazenby@fsu.edu

Phone: (+1) 850-645-1769