Associate Professor
Physics
- University of Nebraska Omaha
119 Durham Science Center6601 University Dr N
Omaha, NE 68182
(402) 554-3723
akrasnos@unomaha.edu
Education
- Ph.D., New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
- M.S., New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
- B.S., Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia
Research Interests
- Single molecule studies of molecular mechanisms of protein misfolding phenomenon and protein-protein interactions
- Combination of nanoimaging and nanomanipulation with spectroscopic techniques
- Development of hybrid biosensing nano-platforms with high sensitivity.
- Learning, improving, and utilizing single-molecule biophysical techniques to primarily answer fundamental questions related to the malfunctioning of DNA-protein and protein-protein systems
Recent Publications
- Liam Yourston, Polikron Dhoqina, Nolan Marshall, Rujani Mahmud, Ethen Kuether, Alexey Krasnoslobodtsev, “Hg2+ detection with rational design of DNA-templated fluorescent silver nanoclusters”. Processes, 2021, 9(10), 1699.
- Lewis Rolband, Liam Yourston, Morgan Chandler, Damian Beasock, Leyla Danai, Seraphim Kozlov, Nolan Marshall, Oleg Shevchenko, Alexey V. Krasnoslobodtsev, Kirill A. Afonin, “DNA-templated Fluorescent Silver Nanoclusters Inhibit Bacterial Growth while being Non-toxic to Mammalian Cells”, Molecules, 2021, 26(13), 4045.
- Xuejing Shen, Tao Sun, Lei Yang, Alexey Krasnoslobodtsev, Renat Sabirianov, Michael Sealy, Wai-Ning Mei, Zhanjun Wu, and Li Tan, “Ultra-fast Charging in Aluminum-Ion Batteries: Nanofeatures of the Electric Double Layers on Active Anode”, Nature Communications, 2021, 12, 820.
- Liam Yourston, Lewis Rolband, Alexander Lushnikov, Caroline West, Kirill Afonin, Alexey Krasnoslobodtsev, “Tuning properties of silver nanoclusters with RNA nanoring assemblies”. Nanoscale, 2020; 12, 16189-16200.
- Liam Yourston and Alexey Krasnoslobodtsev, “Micro RNA Sensing with Green Emitting Silver Nanoclusters”, Molecules, 2020; 25(13), 3026.
- Liam E. Yourston; Alexander Y. Lushnikov; Oleg A. Shevchenko; Kirill A. Afonin; Alexey V Krasnoslobodtsev, “First Step Towards Larger DNA-Based Assemblies of Fluorescent Silver Nanoclusters: Template Design and Detailed Characterization of Optical Properties”. Nanomaterials, 2019; 9(4), 613.