Philippe Dauphin Ducharme
Professeur, Faculté des sciences
FSCI Département de chimie
Présentation
Sujets, disciplines ou intérêts de recherche
Biosensor, Electrochemistry, Aptamer, DNA, Scanning probe techniques, Corrosion
Diplômes
- (2011-2015). Ph.D. Chemistry. McGill University. QC, QC, Canada.
- (2008-2011). Baccalauréat. Chimie. Université de Montréal. Montreal, QC, Canada.
Expériences académiques
- Associate Professor. (2025-). Université de Sherbrooke. Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
- Assistant Professor. (2020-2025). Université de Sherbrooke. Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada.
Financement
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Subvention.
Plateforme de biocapteurs pour le suivi pharmacocinétique de molécules psychoactives.
Fonds de Recherche du Québec - Santé
(Montreal, Canada).
277 526 $.
(2024-2028).
Numéro de subvention : 347328. Voir plus -
Subvention.
Multi-détection d'anesthésiques dans des matrices complexes à l'aide de biocapteurs électrochimiques.
Fonds de Recherche du Québec – Nature et Technologies
(Montreal, Canada).
90 000 $.
(2024-2027).
Numéro de subvention : 359972. Voir plus -
Subvention.
Aptamer-based Electrochemical Biosensors for the Detection of Anesthetics.
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
(Ottawa, Canada).
45 000 $.
(2023-2024).
Numéro de subvention : 571442-2021. Voir plus -
Subvention.
Cross-disciplinary Acuity Training Program in Intelligent and Responsible Drug Discovery.
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
(Ottawa, Canada).
177 000 $.
(2023-2024).
Numéro de subvention : 575320-2023. Voir plus -
Subvention.
Electrochemical sensing in complex matrices.
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
(Ottawa, Canada).
24 000 $.
(2022-2023).
Numéro de subvention : RGPIN-2021-03974. Voir plus -
Subvention.
Infrastructure for the Development of Electrochemical Biosensors.
Canada Foundation for Innovation
(Ottawa, Canada).
130 000 $.
(2021).
Numéro de subvention : 40695. Voir plus -
Subvention.
Electrochemical Aptamer-Based Biosensors for Salivary Molecular Measurements.
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
(Ottawa, Canada).
25 000 $.
(2021-2022).
Numéro de subvention : 566687-2021. Voir plus -
Subvention.
Biophysique d'oligonucléotides sur des électrodes pour le développement de biocapteurs électrochimiques.
Fonds de Recherche du Québec – Nature et Technologies
(Montreal, Canada).
60 000 $.
(2021-2023).
Numéro de subvention : 296396. Voir plus -
Subvention.
Electrochemical sensing in complex matrices.
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
(Ottawa, Canada).
12 500 $.
(2021-2022).
Numéro de subvention : DGECR-2021-00272. Voir plus -
Subvention.
Biocapteurs électrochimiques à base d'aptamères pour la détection d'anesthésiques.
Fonds de Recherche du Québec – Nature et Technologies
(Montreal, Canada).
90 000 $.
(2021-2024).
Numéro de subvention : 314055. Voir plus -
Subvention.
Electrochemical platform for the characterization of biosensors, advanced materials and environmental samples.
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
(Ottawa, Canada).
149 500 $.
(2020-2021).
Numéro de subvention : RTI-2021-00426. Voir plus -
Subvention.
Development of a New Class of Single-step, Biology-inspired, Electrochemical Biosensors.
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
(Ottawa, Canada).
45 000 $.
(2017-2018).
Numéro de subvention : 487592-2016. Voir plus -
Subvention.
Développement d'une nouvelle classe de biosenseurs électrochimiques inspirés de la nature pour la détection d’ions et molécules en une seule étape.
Fonds de Recherche du Québec – Nature et Technologies
(Montreal, Canada).
36 480 $.
(2015-2017).
Numéro de subvention : 188935. Voir plus -
Subvention.
Études par SECM d'alliages de magnésium placés en couple galvanique avec des alliages d'acier et d'aluminium afin de développer des mécanismes anti-corrosion en vue de leur utilisation industrielle.
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
(Ottawa, Canada).
21 000 $.
(2013-2014).
Numéro de subvention : 444259-2013. Voir plus -
Subvention.
Études par SECM d'alliages de magnésium/acier et de magnésium/aluminium afin de développer des mécanismes anti-corrosion en vue de leur utilisation industrielle.
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
(Ottawa, Canada).
17 500 $.
(2011-2012).
Numéro de subvention : grant.2870412. Voir plus -
Subvention.
Études par SECM d’alliages de magnésium/acier et de magnésium/aluminium afin de développer des mécanismes anti-corrosion en vue de leur utilisation industrielle.
Fonds de Recherche du Québec – Nature et Technologies
(Montreal, Canada).
15 334 $.
(2011-2014).
Numéro de subvention : 145647. Voir plus -
Subvention.
Photocatalytic hydrogen production.
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
(Ottawa, Canada).
4 500 $.
(2010-2011).
Numéro de subvention : grant.2849104. Voir plus -
Subvention.
New complexes for molecular switching.
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
(Ottawa, Canada).
4 500 $.
(2009-2010).
Numéro de subvention : grant.2860300. Voir plus
Publications
Articles
- Naïla Corcoran, Philippe Dauphin-Ducharme. (2026). Impedimetric Interrogation to Reduce the Degradation of Electrochemical Aptamer-Based Biosensors. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. DOI
- Minh‐Dat Nguyen, Samin Tavakoli, Sofia Mittelstedt, Philip E. Johnson, Philippe Dauphin‐Ducharme. (2026). Solution‐Based Biophysical Methods for Guiding Design of Aptamers into Electrochemical Biosensors. Analysis & Sensing. DOI
- Philippe Dauphin-Ducharme, Essam M. Dief, Naïla Corcoran, J. Justin Gooding. (2025). Reading the Pulse of Electrochemical Aptamer-Based Biosensors: Implications of Different Interrogation Methods. ACS Electrochemistry. DOI
- Lisa Deflandre, Philippe Dauphin-Ducharme. (2025). Role of Electrode Microstructuration in Electrochemical Aptamer-Based Biosensors for Localized Measurements. Langmuir. DOI
- Andrii Byrka, Léo Boivin, Élodie V. d’Astous, Rahul Singhal, Paul-Ludovic Karsenti, Philippe Dauphin-Ducharme, Bernhard Witulski, Ganesh D. Sharma, Pierre D. Harvey. (2025). Simple A-D2-A Nonfullerene Acceptors for Efficient Binary Bulk Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. DOI
- Byoung-jin Jeon, Matteo M. Guareschi, Jaimie Marie Stewart, Emily Wu, Ashwin Gopinath, Netzahualcóyotl Arroyo-Currás, Philippe Dauphin-Ducharme, Kevin W. Plaxco, Philip S. Lukeman, Paul W. K. Rothemund. (2025). Modular DNA origami–based electrochemical detection of DNA and proteins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. DOI
- Nicolas Fontaine, Arielle Dauphin, Miriam Gaida, Rosalie Simard, Philippe Dauphin-Ducharme. (2025). Electrochemical and plasmonic detection methods yield comparable analytical performance for DNA hybridization. The Analyst. DOI
- Minh-Dat Nguyen, Guy Terence Prevot, Nicolas Fontaine, Philippe Dauphin-Ducharme. (2024). Corrigendum: Whole Blood Theophylline Measurements Using an Electrochemical DNA Aptamer-based Biosensor [ECS Sens. Plus, 3, 030601 (2024)]. ECS Sensors Plus. DOI
- Yunus A. Kaiyum, Emily Hoi Pui Chao, Lakshmi Dhar, Aron A. Shoara, Minh‐Dat Nguyen, Cameron D. Mackereth, Philippe Dauphin‐Ducharme, Philip E. Johnson. (2024). Ligand‐Induced Folding in a Dopamine‐Binding DNA Aptamer. ChemBioChem. DOI
- Minh-Dat Nguyen, Meghan T. Osborne, Guy Terence Prevot, Zachary R. Churcher, Philip E. Johnson, Lena Simine, Philippe Dauphin-Ducharme. (2024). Truncations and in silico docking to enhance the analytical response of aptamer-based biosensors. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. DOI
- Lisa Deflandre, Philippe Dauphin-Ducharme. (2024). “Binding” or “Binding and Switching”? A Perspective on Resolving Conformational Changes of Surface-Attached Biomolecular Receptors. ACS Sensors. DOI
- Minh-Dat Nguyen, Guy Terence Prevot, Nicolas Fontaine, Philippe Dauphin-Ducharme. (2024). Whole Blood Theophylline Measurements Using an Electrochemical DNA Aptamer-based Biosensor. ECS Sensors Plus. DOI
- Léo Boivin, Élodie V. d’Astous, Adrien Schlachter, Daniel Fortin, Paul-Ludovic Karsenti, Christophe Lescop, Philippe Dauphin-Ducharme, Pierre D. Harvey. (2024). From a simple push–pull dye to a broad-band absorbing and photoconducting material by assembly with CuBr. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. DOI
- Sophie R. Eisen, Philippe Dauphin-Ducharme, Philip E. Johnson. (2024). Solution-based biophysical characterization of conformation change in structure-switching aptamers. Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics. DOI
- Élodie V. d’Astous, Philippe Dauphin-Ducharme. (2024). Whole blood multiplex measurements using electrochemical aptamer-based biosensors. Chemical Communications. DOI
- Minh-Dat Nguyen, Khoa-Nam Nguyen, Samuel Malo, Indrani Banerjee, Donghui Wu, Laurence Du-Thumm, Philippe Dauphin-Ducharme. (2023). Electrochemical Aptamer-Based Biosensors for Measurements in Undiluted Human Saliva. ACS Sensors. DOI
- Nicolas Fontaine, Philippe Dauphin-Ducharme. (2023). Confounding effects on the response of electrochemical aptamer-based biosensors. Current Opinion in Electrochemistry. DOI
- Philippe Dauphin‐Ducharme, Zachary R. Churcher, Aron A. Shoara, Erfan Rahbarimehr, Sladjana Slavkovic, Nicolas Fontaine, Olivia Boisvert, Philip E. Johnson. (2023). Redox Reporter ‐ Ligand Competition to Support Signaling in the Cocaine‐Binding Electrochemical Aptamer‐Based Biosensor. Chemistry – A European Journal. DOI
- Julian Gerson, Murat Kaan Erdal, Matthew H. McDonough, Kyle L. Ploense, Philippe Dauphin-Ducharme, Kevin M. Honeywell, Kaylyn K. Leung, Netzahualcoyotl Arroyo-Curras, Jenny M. Gibson, Nicole A. Emmons, Wendy Meiring, Joao P. Hespanha, Kevin W. Plaxco, Tod E. Kippin. (2023). High-precision monitoring of and feedback control over drug concentrations in the brains of freely moving rats. Science Advances. DOI
- Erfan Rahbarimehr, Hoi Pui Chao, Zachary R. Churcher, Sladjana Slavkovic, Yunus A. Kaiyum, Philip E. Johnson, Philippe Dauphin-Ducharme. (2023). Finding the Lost Dissociation Constant of Electrochemical Aptamer-Based Biosensors. Analytical Chemistry. DOI
- Élodie V. d’Astous, Philippe Dauphin-Ducharme. (2022). Harnessing host–guest chemistry for electrochemical sensing in complex matrices. Current Opinion in Electrochemistry. DOI
- Jean Lessard, Philippe Dauphin-Ducharme, Janine Mauzeroll. (2020). Preface—JES Focus Issue on Organic and Inorganic Molecular Electrochemistry. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. DOI
- Alex M. Downs, Julian Gerson, Kyle L. Ploense, Kevin W. Plaxco, Philippe Dauphin-Ducharme. (2020). Subsecond-Resolved Molecular Measurements Using Electrochemical Phase Interrogation of Aptamer-Based Sensors. Analytical Chemistry. DOI
- Philippe Dauphin Ducharme. (2020). In Brain and in Vein Detection of Antibiotics Using Electrochemical-DNA Biosensors. ECS Meeting Abstracts. DOI
- Netzahualcoyotl Arroyo-Currás, Philippe Dauphin-Ducharme, Karen Scida, Jorge L. Chávez. (2020). From the beaker to the body: translational challenges for electrochemical, aptamer-based sensors. Analytical Methods. DOI
- Philippe Dauphin-Ducharme, Kyungae Yang, Netzahualcóyotl Arroyo-Currás, Kyle L. Ploense, Yameng Zhang, Julian Gerson, Martin Kurnik, Tod E. Kippin, Milan N. Stojanovic, Kevin W. Plaxco. (2019). Electrochemical Aptamer-Based Sensors for Improved Therapeutic Drug Monitoring and High-Precision, Feedback-Controlled Drug Delivery. ACS Sensors. DOI
- Philippe Dauphin-Ducharme, Netzahualcóyotl Arroyo-Currás, Kevin W. Plaxco. (2019). Correction to “High-Precision Electrochemical Measurements of the Guanine-, Mismatch-, and Length-Dependence of Electron Transfer from Electrode-Bound DNA Are Consistent with a Contact-Mediated Mechanism”. Journal of the American Chemical Society. DOI
- Gabriel Ortega, Martin Kurnik, Philippe Dauphin‐Ducharme, Hui Li, Netzahualcóyotl Arroyo‐Currás, Amanda Caceres, Kevin W. Plaxco. (2019). Surface Attachment Enhances the Thermodynamic Stability of Protein L. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. DOI
- Gabriel Ortega, Martin Kurnik, Philippe Dauphin‐Ducharme, Hui Li, Netzahualcóyotl Arroyo‐Currás, Amanda Caceres, Kevin W. Plaxco. (2019). Surface Attachment Enhances the Thermodynamic Stability of Protein L. Angewandte Chemie. DOI
- Philippe Dauphin-Ducharme, Netzahualcóyotl Arroyo-Currás, Kevin W. Plaxco. (2019). High-Precision Electrochemical Measurements of the Guanine-, Mismatch-, and Length-Dependence of Electron Transfer from Electrode-Bound DNA Are Consistent with a Contact-Mediated Mechanism. Journal of the American Chemical Society. DOI
- Philippe Dauphin-Ducharme, Netzahualcóyotl Arroyo-Currás, Ramesh Adhikari, Jacob Somerson, Gabriel Ortega, Dmitrii E. Makarov, Kevin W. Plaxco. (2018). Chain Dynamics Limit Electron Transfer from Electrode-Bound, Single-Stranded Oligonucleotides. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. DOI
- Martin Kurnik, Gabriel Ortega, Philippe Dauphin-Ducharme, Hui Li, Amanda Caceres, Kevin W. Plaxco. (2018). Quantitative measurements of protein−surface interaction thermodynamics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. DOI
- Netzahualcóyotl Arroyo-Currás, Philippe Dauphin-Ducharme, Gabriel Ortega, Kyle L. Ploense, Tod E. Kippin, Kevin W. Plaxco. (2018). Subsecond-Resolved Molecular Measurements in the Living Body Using Chronoamperometrically Interrogated Aptamer-Based Sensors. ACS Sensors. DOI
- Hui Li, Philippe Dauphin-Ducharme, Gabriel Ortega, Kevin W. Plaxco. (2017). Calibration-Free Electrochemical Biosensors Supporting Accurate Molecular Measurements Directly in Undiluted Whole Blood. Journal of the American Chemical Society. DOI
- Philippe Dauphin-Ducharme, Netzahualcóyotl Arroyo-Currás, Martin Kurnik, Gabriel Ortega, Hui Li, Kevin W. Plaxco. (2017). Simulation-Based Approach to Determining Electron Transfer Rates Using Square-Wave Voltammetry. Langmuir. DOI
- Li, H., Dauphin-Ducharme, P., Arroyo-Currás, N., Tran, C.H., Vieira, P.A., Li, S., Shin, C., Somerson, J., Kippin, T.E., Plaxco, K.W. (2017). A Biomimetic Phosphatidylcholine-Terminated Monolayer Greatly Improves the In Vivo Performance of Electrochemical Aptamer-Based Sensors. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition. DOI
- Polcari, D., Dauphin-Ducharme, P., Mauzeroll, J. (2016). Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy: A Comprehensive Review of Experimental Parameters from 1989 to 2015. Chemical Reviews. DOI
- Dauphin-Ducharme, P., Kuss, C., Rossouw, D., Payne, N.A., Danis, L., Botton, G.A., Mauzeroll, J. (2015). Corrosion product formation monitored using the feedback mode of scanning electrochemical microscopy with carbon microelectrodes. Journal of the Electrochemical Society. DOI
- Dauphin-Ducharme, P., Binns, W.J., Snowden, M.E., Shoesmith, D.W., Mauzeroll, J. (2015). Determination of the local corrosion rate of magnesium alloys using a shear force mounted scanning microcapillary method. Faraday Discussions. DOI
- Dauphin-Ducharme, P., Asmussen, R.M., Shoesmith, D.W., Mauzeroll, J. (2015). In-situ Mg<sup>2+</sup> release monitored during magnesium alloy corrosion. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry. DOI
- Tefashe, U.M., Dauphin-Ducharme, P., Danaie, M., Cano, Z.P., Kish, J.R., Botton, G.A., Mauzeroll, J. (2015). Localized corrosion behavior of AZ31B magnesium alloy with an electrodeposited poly (3,4-Ethylenedioxythiophene) Coating. Journal of the Electrochemical Society. DOI
- Dauphin-Ducharme, P., Rosati, F., Greschner, A., De Bruijn, A.D., Salvatore, D., Toader, V., Lau, K.L., Mauzeroll, J., Sleiman, H. (2015). Modulation of charge transport across double-stranded DNA by the site-specific incorporation of copper bis-phenanthroline complexes. Langmuir. DOI
- Asmussen, R.M., Binns, W.J., Jakupi, P., Dauphin-Ducharme, P., Tefashe, U.M., Mauzeroll, J., Shoesmith, D. (2015). Reducing the corrosion rate of magnesium alloys using ethylene glycol for advanced electrochemical imaging. Corrosion Science. DOI
- Dauphin-Ducharme, P., Mauzeroll, J. (2015). Surface Analytical Methods Applied to Magnesium Corrosion. Analytical Chemistry. DOI
- Pal, A.K., Ducharme, P.D., Hanan, G.S. (2014). Enhanced stereoselectivity in a di-Ru(II) complex of an achiral bis-bidentate ligand. Chemical Communications. DOI
- Cottenye, N., Carbajal, G., Cui, Z.-K., Ducharme, P.D., Mauzeroll, J., Lafleur, M. (2014). Formation, stability, and pH sensitivity of free-floating, giant unilamellar vesicles using palmitic acid-cholesterol mixtures. Soft Matter. DOI
- Tefashe, U.M., Snowden, M.E., Ducharme, P.D., Danaie, M., Botton, G.A., Mauzeroll, J. (2014). Local flux of hydrogen from magnesium alloy corrosion investigated by scanning electrochemical microscopy. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry. DOI
- Dauphin-Ducharme, P., Asmussen, R.M., Tefashe, U.M., Danaie, M., Binns, W.J., Jakupi, P., Botton, G.A., Shoesmith, D.W., Mauzeroll, J. (2014). Local hydrogen fluxes correlated to microstructural features of a corroding sand cast AM50 magnesium alloy. Journal of the Electrochemical Society. DOI
- Ducharme, P.D. (2013). Assessment of magnesium alloy corrosion using potentiometric mode of scanning electrochemical microscopy. Electrochemical Society Interface.
- Trinh, D., Dauphin Ducharme, P., Mengesha Tefashe, U., Kish, J.R., Mauzeroll, J. (2012). Influence of edge effects on local corrosion rate of magnesium alloy/mild steel galvanic couple. Analytical Chemistry. DOI
- Nag, S., Ferreira, J.G., Chenneberg, L., Ducharme, P.D., Hanan, G.S., La Ganga, G., Serroni, S., Campagna, S. (2011). Changing the role of 2,2′-bipyridine from secondary ligand to protagonist in [Ru(bpy)<inf>2</inf>(N-N)]<sup>2+</sup> complexes: Low-energy, red emission from a ruthenium(II)-to-2,2′-bipyridine <sup>3</sup>MLCT state. Inorganic Chemistry. DOI
