Ing. Judita Anthi, Ph.D.

I joined the Laboratory of Functional Biointerfaces at FZU in 2020, during the Covid pandemic and midway through my PhD. My research focused on the main topic of the group: antifouling polymer brushes—nanomaterials with significant potential. I specialized in their synthesis, primarily using surface-initiated polymerization (SI-ATRP on gold) and RAFT in solution, as well as their characterization, applications and fundamental studies via SPR, QCM, and FT-IRRAS.

Through a collaboration with Dr. Kolivoška at the J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, I had the opportunity to start probing the integration of electrochemical methods (EIS and cyclic voltammetry) with polymer brushes, to study their penetrability for small molecules. This work contributed to my successful PhD defense in 2023, focused on nanoparticle and nanolayer applications in bioanalytical methods.

After my PhD, I helped implement a state-of-the-art HPLC system with PDA, dRI, and MALS detectors for macromolecule characterization. I also secured a postdoctoral fellowship under the MSCA PF CZ FZU III action, enabling me to join the Stephanopoulos Lab at Arizona State University in October 2024. Currently, I am studying nucleotide-based nanostructures and their peptide conjugates in Arizona, and will return to FZU for the final year of my fellowship in late 2026.