Jadranka Travaš-Sejdić

Jadranka Travaš-Sejdić FRSNZ is a New Zealand academic, and as of 2018 is a professor at the University of Auckland.^[1]

Jadranka Travaš-Sejdić FRSNZ
Alma mater	University of Auckland
Scientific career
Fields	Conducting polymers
Institutions	University of Auckland
Thesis	Study of the interactions and structure in polyelectrolyte copolymer gel systems based on acrylamide monomers  (1999)
Website	travas-sejdic.auckland.ac.nz

Academic career

After an undergraduate at the University of Zagreb in Croatia and a PhD titled 'Study of the interactions and structure in polyelectrolyte copolymer gel systems based on acrylamide monomers' at the University of Auckland,^[2] Travaš-Sejdić joined the staff, rising to full professor.^[1]

Travaš-Sejdić is co-founder of spin-out Spot Check.^[3]

Honours and awards

In 2017, Travaš-Sejdić was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand.^[4][5][6] The New Zealand Association of Scientists awarded Travaš-Sejdić the Shorland Medal in 2018,^[7][8][9] and in 2019, she was awarded the Hector Medal by the Royal Society of New Zealand.^[10]

Selected works

• Peng, Hui; Travas-Sejdic, Jadranka (2009). "Simple Aqueous Solution Route to Luminescent Carbogenic Dots from Carbohydrates". Chemistry of Materials. 21 (23): 5563–5565. doi:10.1021/cm901593y.
• Svirskis, Darren; Travas-Sejdic, Jadranka; Rodgers, Anthony; Garg, Sanjay (2010). "Electrochemically controlled drug delivery based on intrinsically conducting polymers". Journal of Controlled Release. 146 (1): 6–15. doi:10.1016/j.jconrel.2010.03.023. PMID 20359512.
• Peng, Hui; Zhang, Lijuan; Soeller, Christian; Travas-Sejdic, Jadranka (2009). "Conducting polymers for electrochemical DNA sensing". Biomaterials. 30 (11): 2132–2148. doi:10.1016/j.biomaterials.2008.12.065. PMID 19147223.
• Peng, Hui; Zhang, Lijuan; Kjällman, Tanja H. M.; Soeller, Christian; Travas-Sejdic, J. (2007). "DNA Hybridization Detection with Blue Luminescent Quantum Dots and Dye-Labeled Single-Stranded DNA". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 129 (11): 3048–3049. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.472.3222. doi:10.1021/ja0685452. PMID 17315877.
• Peng, Hui; Soeller, Christian; Vigar, Nickolas; Kilmartin, Paul A.; Cannell, Mark B.; Bowmaker, Graham A.; Cooney, Ralph P.; Travas-Sejdic, Jadranka (2005). "Label-free electrochemical DNA sensor based on functionalised conducting copolymer". Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 20 (9): 1821–1828. doi:10.1016/j.bios.2004.07.013. PMID 15681199.

See also

• Croatian New Zealanders