Faculty - Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Texas at Austin

Jason B. Shear

jshear@mail.utexas.edu
Analytical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Biochemistry

Associate Professor, Faculty

Contact Information

Office: WEL 3.426
Office Phone: 232-1454
Fax: 471-0985

Research Group

Shear Labs

Education

BS, University of Texas - Austin (1989); PhD, Howard Hughes Predoctoral Fellow, Stanford University (1995); NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell University (1994-1996)

Awards

ACS Arthur F. Findeis Award in Analytical Chemistry (2005); Beckman Scholars Advisory Panel (2004, 2003); Research noted as a "Chemical Development of the Year" by C&E News (2003); Eli Lilly Grantee in Analytical Chemistry (2000); Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship (1999); Top 100 Young Innovator citation, MIT Technology Review (1999); Searle Scholars Award, Kinship Foundation (1998); Beckman Foundation Young Investigator Award (1997)

Affiliations

Beckman Center for the Design and Fabrication of Sensor Arrays; Center for Nano- and Molecular Science and Technology; IGERT: Optical Biomedical Engineering; Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology; Institute for Neuroscience; Texas Materials Institute; Waggoner Center for Alcohol & Addiction Research

Research

Our research focuses on bioanalytical, biomaterial, and biophysical studies at molecular and cellular levels, with emphases on high-speed and high-sensitivity chemical separations, laser-based studies of neuronal development and communication, and design of sensor arrays. The group is comprised of scientists of diverse backgrounds, including analytical/physical chemistry, biochemistry, molecular biology, and biomedical engineering, with technological expertise in capillary electrophoresis, materials science, microscopy, and other optical methods, including laser tweezers and multiphoton-promoted photofabrication. A detailed description of our current interests can be found at our web site, http://research.cm.utexas.edu/jshear/.

Representative Publications

B. Kaehr and J. B. Shear "Mask-Directed Multiphoton Lithography" J. Am. Chem. Soc 129 (2007): 1904 - 1905.
R. Nielson and J. B. Shear "Parallel Chemical Dosing of Subcellular Targets" Anal. Chem. (Accelerated Article) 78 (2006): 5987 - 5993.
R. T. Hill, J. L. Lyon, R. Allen, K. J. Stevenson, J. B. Shear "Microfabrication of Three-Dimensional Bioelectronic Architectures" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127 (2005): 10707 - 10711.
R. Allen, R. Nielson, D. D. Wise, and J. Shear "Catalytic Three-Dimensional Protein Architectures" Anal. Chem. (Accelerated Article) 77 (2005): 5089 - 5095.
B. Kaehr, R. Allen, D. J. Javier, J. Currie, J. B. Shear "Guiding Neuronal Development with in situ Microfabrication" Proc. Natl. Acad Sci. USA. 101 (2004): 16104 - 16108.
M. L. Plenert and J. B. Shear "Microsecond Electrophoresis" Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 100 (2003): 3853 - 3857.

Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry