Anna Ignaszak, PhD

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Anna Ignaszak is a professor in analytical chemistry at the University of New Brunswick (UNB, Canada); before that, she was a Junior Professor (W1) at the Friedrich-Schiller University in Jena (Germany). Anna obtained a PhD in her native Poland in 2006 and moved to Canada to take on a position as a research associate at The University of British Columbia and the National Research Council of Canada.

She has a diverse background in materials for electrochemical sensors and electrochemical devices. Her research team is developing electrochemical sensing platforms for early detection of Lyme bacteria, cancer biomarkers, and cardiac, viral, and infectious disease indices. She has received many national and international awards for her contribution to electrochemistry. These awards include the Science Award in Electrochemistry, funded by Volkswagen and BASF (Germany among 6 finalists), the Canadian National Committee IUPAC Travel Award (Canada), the Harrison McCain Young Scholar Award (Canada), Joachim Walter Schultze Prize in Electrochemistry (Germany).

She was also named among the top 20 out of 220 participants in the Toyota Young Investigator competitions (United States). The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) – Deep Health Challenge program funded her recently awarded project on electrochemical diagnostics of cancer biomarkers. This competition was open to applicants from Canada and abroad; 5 of the 20 finalists are from outside Canada, with only two finalists from Atlantic Canada.

Anna Ignaszak, PhD, leans over her microscope in the lab, wearing a white lab coat.
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