Jerome Schultz
Professor EmeritusDr. Jerome S. Schultz began his career in the Research Division of Lederle Laboratories, where he focused on harnessing microorganisms to produce antibiotics, enzymes, and steroids at commercial scale.
He subsequently joined the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Michigan. His initial research emphasized applied microbiology, carrier-mediated membrane separations, and the first definitive work on the diffusion of solutes through nanoporous membranes. He also developed the first optical glucose biosensor and
evaluated biomaterials for the NIH artificial heart program. During his Michigan tenure, Dr. Schultz also served as a guest professor of Physiology at the University of Nijmegen (The Netherlands) and spent two years at the National Science Foundation. From 1977 to 1985, he chaired the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Michigan.
Dr. Schultz then moved to the University of Pittsburgh as Director of the new Center for Bioengineering and Biotechnology and went on to found and chair the Department of Bioengineering. During this period, he became Editor-in-Chief of Biotechnology Progress and played a central leadership role in the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering serving as a founding Fellow and as AIMBE’s third President. His biosensor research culminated in the development of the first implantable, optically based glucose sensor. In recognition of his contributions, he was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1994. In 2001, he spent a year at NASA’s Ames Research Center in the Division of Fundamental Biology to assist in planning for the use of biotechnology in the Mars mission.
In 2004, Dr. Schultz was recruited to the University of California, Riverside to establish and chair the Department of Bioengineering. There, he partnered with Dr. K. Nagamine, a Japanese physicist, to pioneer the use of muon beams for noninvasive monitoring of oxygen and oxyhemoglobin levels in human tissues.
In 2017, Dr. Schultz joined the University of Houston as Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering, continuing his long-standing commitment to the advancement of biomedical engineering.
Biosensors, Facilitated Diffusion in Membranes, Restricted Diffusion in Membranes, Transport Processes in Tissues, Pharmacokinetics, Immobilized Enzymes, Bioimaging.
Selected Publications
- Schultz JS, Thirty-fifth anniversary of the optical affinity sensor for glucose: A personal retrospective. J Diabetes Sci Technol. 9(1):153-5 (2015).
- AD Pant, K Nagamine, I Shiraki, E Torikai, K Shimomura, FL Pratt, H Ariga, K Ishida, JS Schultz, Muonium response to oxygen content in biological aqueous solutions for cancer research , Journal of Physics: Conference Series 551 (1), 012043 (2014)
- X. Huang; S.Li; J.S. Schultz; Q. Wang; Q. Lin. A dielectric affinity microbiosensor Applied Physics Letters. 96 (3) 033701 - 033701-3 (2010)
- X. Huang; S. Li, J. Schultz, Q. Wang; Q. Lin A Capacitive MEMS Viscometric Sensor for Affinity Detection of Glucose J. Microelectromechanical Systems. 18: 1246-1254 (2009) DOI 10.1109/JMEMS.2009.2034869
- Huang, X. Li, S. ; Schultz, J. ; Wang, Q. ; Lin, Q. A MEMS Sensor for Continuous Monitoring of Glucose in Subcutaneous Tissue352-355 978-1-4244-2978-309 (2009) IEEE DOI 10.1109/MEMSYS.2009.4805391
- Xian Huanga, Siqi Li b, Jerome S. Schultzc, QianWangb, Qiao Lina,∗ A MEMS affinity glucose sensor using a biocompatible glucose-responsive polymerSensors and Actuators B 140: 603–609 (2009)
- J. Vasquez, A. Vu, J.S. Schultz, V. Vullev. Fluorescence Enhancement of Warfarin Induced by Interaction with β -Cyclodextrin. Biotechnology Progress, 25: 906-914 (2009).
- X. Huang, S. Li, J. S. Schultz, Q. Wang, Q. Lin. A MEMS Affinity Glucose Sensor Using a Biocompatible Glucose-Responsive Polymer. Sensors and Actuators B 140 (2): 603-609 (2009)
- K. Nagamine, E. Torikai, K. Shimomura, Y. Ikedo, J.S. Schultz. Molecular radiation biological effect in wet protein and DNA observed in the measurements of labeled electron with muons. Physica B 404: 953–956 (2009)
- D. Gao, W. Chen, A. Mulchandani, and J.S. Schultz. Detection of Tumor Markers Based on Extinction Spectra of Visible Light Passing through Gold Nanoholes, Applied Physics Letters (90:073901) (2007).
- K. Nagamine, K. Shimomura, H. Miyadera, Y.-J. Ki, R.H. Scheicher, T. P. Das and J.S. Schultz. Hemoglobin Magnetism in Aqueous Solution Probed by Muon Spin Relaxation and Future Applications to Brain Research. Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B83: 120-126 (2007).
- K. Nagamine, S. Shimomura, K. Imai, J.S. Schultz. Probing magnetism in human blood by muon spin relaxation. Physica B, 374-375: 444-447 (2006)