Zoya Leonenko

Dr. Leonenko joined University of Waterloo in 2007 and leads a nanoscale biophysics research group which uses atomic force microscopy (AFM), Kelvin probe force microscopy (KPFM) and other physical methods, such as surface plasmon resonance (SPR) and nanopore electrophysiology (BLM) to study biophysics of lipid membranes and membrane – protein interactions, applications of lipid membranes in bio-nanotechnology, molecular neuroscience and quantum biology.

• Biophysics
• Molecular neuroscience
• Neurodegenerative diseases
• Nanotechnology
• Application of lipid films in biomedical nanotechnology
• Atomic force microscopy
• Kelvin probe force microscopy
• Single molecule force spectroscopy
• Drug Discovery, Design & Delivery
• Quantum Biology
• Quantum effects in neuroscience

Refer to the lab website: [https://uwaterloo.ca/leonenko-research-group/](https://uwaterloo.ca/leonenko-research-group/)

• 1996 PhD Chemical Physics, Institute of Chemical Kinetics and Combustion, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
• 1985 Diploma, Physical Chemistry, Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia

• 2020-2027 University Research Chair
• 2012, Invited Professorship Award, University of Burgundy
• 2007-2012, NSERC University Faculty Award

• Biophysical Society of Canada President 2019-2021

• 2014-present, Biophysical Society of Canada
• 2007-present Canadian Association of Physicists
• 2003- present Biophysical Society (International)
• 2007-present American Physical Society

• Professor, Department of Biology, University of Waterloo
• Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Waterloo
• Member, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology
• Member, Center for Biotechnology and Bioengineering

• Refer to google scholar profile online:https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=PVogIdEAAAAJ&hl=en