E-mail: khu@xmu.edu.cn
Address:
Room 2317, #2 Building of Energy, Xiang’an Campus
Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
Education:
PhD 2009-2015 Beijing Institute of Technology
Visiting scholar, 2012-2014 Queens College, CUNY
PhD 2014-2019 Graduate Center, CUNY
Postdoc 2019-2021 University of Gothenburg
Associate professor 2022- Xiamen University
Principal Research Interests:
Single cell and sub-cellular electrochemistry, Neurochemistry Micro/nano-scale electrochemical methodology
Selected Recent Publications:
1．K. Hu, K. L. V. Long, A. Hatamie and A. G. Ewing “Quantifying Intracellular Single Vesicular Catecholamine Concentration with Open Carbon Nanopipettes to Unveil the Effect of L‐DOPA on Vesicular Structure”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, e202113406.
2．K. Hu, E. Relton, N. Locker, N. T. N. Phan and A. G. Ewing “Electrochemical Measurements Reveal Reactive Oxygen Species in Stress Granules”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 28, 15302-15306.
3．K. Hu, R. Jia, A. Hatamie, K. L. V. Long, M. V. Mirkin and A. G. Ewing “Correlating Molecule Count and Release Kinetics with Vesicular Size Using Open Carbon Nanopipettes”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 40, 16910– 16914.
4．K. Hu, Y. Li, S. Rotenberg, C. Amatore and M. V. Mirkin “Electrochemical Measurements of Reactive Oxygen and Ni-trogen Species Inside Single Phagolysosomes of Living Macrophages”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 11, 4564-4568.
5．Y. Li#, K. Hu#, Y. Yu, S. Rotenberg, C. Amatore and M. V. Mirkin “Direct Electrochemical Measurements of Reactive Oxygen and Nitrogen Species in Nontransformed and Metastatic Human Breast Cells”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 13055-13062. (# contributed equallly)
6．K. Hu, T.D. K. Nguyen, S. Rabasco, P. E. Oomen, and A. G. Ewing, “Chemical Analysis of Single Cells and Organelles”, Anal. Chem. 2021, 1, 41–71.
7．K. Hu, D. Wang, Y. Yu, J. Bae, M. Zhou, H. Xin, M. V. Mirkin “Ultrasensitive Detection of Dopamine with Carbon Nanopipettes”, Anal.Chem. 2019, 20, 12935–12941.
8．K. Hu, Y. Wang, H. Cai, M. V. Mirkin, Y. Gao, G. Friedman, and Y. Gogotsi “Open Carbon Nanopipettes as Resistive-Pulse Sensors, Rectification Sensors and Electrochemical Nanoprobes”, Anal.Chem. 2014, 86, 8897-8901.
9．K. Hu, Y. Liu, A. Oleinick, M.V. Mirkin, W. Huang and C. Amatore “Nanoelectrodes for Intracellular Measurements of Reactive Oxygen and Nitrogen Species in Single Living Cells” Curr. Opin. Electrochem. 2020, 22, 44-50.
10．K. Hu, Y. Gao, Y. Wang, Y. Yu, X. Zhao, S. A. Rotenberg, E. Gökmeşe, M. V. Mirkin, G. Friedman, and Y. Gogotsi “Platinized Carbon Nanoelectrodes as Potentiometric and Amperometric SECM Probes”, J. Solid State Electrochem. 2013, 17, 2971-2977.
11．R. Pan, K. Hu, R. Jia, S. A. Rotenberg, D. Jiang and M. V. Mirkin “Resistive-Pulse Sensing Inside Single Living Cells”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 12, 5778– 5784.
12．R. Pan, K. Hu, D. Jiang, U. Samuni and M. V. Mirkin “Electrochemical Resistive-Pulse Sensing”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 50, 19555– 19559.
13．W. Ma, K. Hu, Q. Chen, M. V. Mirkin and A. J. Bard “Electrochemical Size Measurement and Characterization of Electrodeposited Platinum Nanoparticles at Manometer Resolution with Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy”, Nano Lett. 2017, 17, 4354-4358.
14．C. Yang, K. Hu, D. Wang, Y. Zubi, S. T. Lee, P. Puthongkham, M. V. Mirkin, B. J. Venton “Cavity Carbon Nanopipette Electrodes for Dopamine Detection”, Anal. Chem. 2019, 7, 4618-4624
15．R. Chen, K. Hu, Y. Yu, M. V. Mirkin and S. Amemiya “Focused-Ion-Beam-Milled Carbon Nanoelectrodes for Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy”, J. Electrochem. Soc. 2016, 163, H3032-H3037.
16．M. Zhou, J. E. Dick, K. Hu, M. V. Mirkin and A. J. Bard “Ultrasensitive Electroanalysis - Femtomolar Determination of Lead, Cobalt, and Nickel”, Anal. Chem. 2018, 90, 1142-1146
17．M. Zhou, Y. Yu, K. Hu and M. V. Mirkin “Collisions of Ir Oxide Nanoparticles with Carbon Nanopipettes: Experiments with One Nanoparticle”, Anal. Chem. 2017, 89, 2880-2885.
18．Y. Yu, Y. Gao, K. Hu, P. Blanchard, J. Noël, T. Nareshkumar, K. L. Phani, G. Friedman, Y. Gogotsi and M. V. Mirkin “Electrochemistry and Electrocatalysis at Single Gold Nanoparticles Attached to Carbon Nanoelectrodes”, ChemElectroChem. 2015, 2, 58-63.
19．Z. Shao, P. Puthongkham, K. Hu, R. Jia, M. V. Mirkin and B. J. Venton “Thin Layer Cell Behavior of CNT Yarn and Cavity Carbon Nanopipette Electrodes: Effect on catecholamine detection”, Electrochim. Acta 2020, 361, 137032.
20．J. H. Bae, D. Wang, K. Hu, and M. V. Mirkin “Surface Charge Effects on Voltammetry in Carbon Nanocavities”, Anal. Chem. 2019, 9, 5530-5536.
21．M. Aref, E. Ranjbari, J.J. García-Guzmán, K. Hu, A. Lork, G.A. Crespo, A. G. Ewing, and M. Cuartero “Potentiometric pH Nanosensor for Intracellular Measurements: Real-Time and Continuous Assessment of Local Gradients” Anal. Chem. 2021, 47, 15744-15751.
