Superfund Research Program

Yinan Wei

University of Kentucky
Department of Chemistry
225 Chemistry-Physics Building
Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0055
Phone: 859-257-9545
Fax: 859-323-1069
Email: Yinan.wei@uky.edu

Projects

• University of Kentucky: Research Support Core (2005-2025)
• University of Kentucky: Superfund Inter-Disciplinary Training Core (2000-2025)

Patents

• Antiviral Mask and Antiviral Filter Made from a Breathable Microporous Polymeric Membrane

Publications

2022

• Mills R, Vogler RJ, Bernard M, Concolino J, Hersh LB, Wei Y, Hastings JT, Dziubla TD, Baldridge KC, Bhattacharyya D. 2022. Aerosol capture and coronavirus spike protein deactivation by enzyme functionalized antiviral membranes. Commun Mater doi:10.1038/s43246-022-00256-0

2017

• Hernandez S, Porter C, Zhang X, Wei Y, Bhattacharyya D. 2017. Layer-by-layer assembled membranes with immobilized porins. RSC Adv 7:56123-56136. doi:10.1039/c7ra08737c PMID:29391943 PMCID:PMC5788187

2013

• Baker NA, Karounos M, English V, Fang J, Wei Y, Stromberg AJ, Sunkara M, Morris AJ, Swanson HI, Cassis LA. 2013. Coplanar polychlorinated biphenyls impair glucose homeostasis in lean C57BL/6 mice and mitigate beneficial effects of weight loss on glucose homeostasis in obese mice. Environ Health Perspect 121:105-110. doi:10.1289/ehp.1205421 PMID:23099484 PMCID:PMC3553436

2012

• Geng S, Fang J, Turner KB, Daunert S, Wei Y. 2012. Accumulation and efflux of polychlorinated biphenyls in Escherichia coli. Anal Bioanal Chem 403:2403-2409. doi:10.1007/s00216-012-5835-8 PMID:22349406
• Knecht LD, Ali N, Wei Y, Hilt JZ, Daunert S. 2012. Nanoparticle-mediated remote control of enzymatic activity. ACS Nano 6(10):9079-9086. doi:10.1021/nn303308v PMID:22989219 PMCID:PMC4127402

2009

• Bachas-Daunert P, Law SA, Wei Y. 2009. Characterization of a recombinant thermostable dehalogenase isolated from the hot spring thermophile Sulfolobus tokodaii. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 159(2):382-93. PMID:19266316