Dr. Halámek graduated from the Masaryk University where he also received his Ph.D in Biochemistry in 2003. From 2003 to 2006 he worked as a postdoctoral fellow, earning the Marie Curie Individual Fellowship, at the Potsdam University in Germany. In 2006 he joined the Department of Biophysical Engineering at Twente University in The Netherlands as a postdoctoral fellow. In 2008 he joined the Department of Chemistry at Clarkson University in the USA as a Research Associate, where in 2011, he became a Research Assistant Professor. Dr. Halámek joined the Department of Chemistry at the State University of New York, University at Albany in 2013 as a full time faculty member and established a lab of Bioelectronics within the frame of the Forensic Institute. He has contributed more than 70 scientific publications and book chapters and holds 3 patents. Dr. Halámek is on the editorial panel of the National Science Foundation (Nanobiosensors Program) and is a member of the reviewer board of numerous leading international scientific journals, such as Analytical Chemistry, Langmuir, Journal of Physical Chemistry, Analytica Chimica Acta, Biosensors & Bioelectronics, IEEE Sensors, Microfluidics & Nanofluidics, and Engineering in Life Sciences.

Our research group focuses on the areas of bioelectronics and bionanotechnology. Theses approaches, often combined with biomolecular engineering, are a rapidly emerging field aimed at development biology-inspired intelligent sensing systems. Our multidisciplinary research approach combines fundamental studies with forward-looking engineering efforts. Some of the projects our group is interested in stem from the fields of biochemistry, analytical science and biotechnology. We are exploring the biorecognition of different characteristics, such as, ethnicity and gender of forensic subjects. These are based on biological markers, detection of toxic compounds such as organophosphates and biochemical steganographic and encryptic systems or "smart" biofuel cells and actuators

J. Agudelo, C. Huynh, J. Halámek* Forensic determination of blood sample age using a bioaffinity-based assay Analyst, 2015, DOI: 10.1039/C4AN02269F, (Made a journal cover). Promoted to Advance Article70.

J. Halámek* (Invited Editorial) New age of quick and onsite bioassays for forensics: where are we now? Bioanalysis 2014, 6, 429-431

New Approach in Forensic Analysis – Biomolecular computing based analysis of significant forensic biomarkers (Invited Review) Ann. Forensic Res. Anal. 2014, 1, 1002-1006.

S. Bakshi, L. Halámková, J. Halámek*, E. Katz* Biocatalytic analysis of biomarkers for forensic identification of gender. Analyst 2014, 139, 559-563. (Made a journal cover).

F. Kramer, L. Halámková, A. Poghossian, M.J. Schöning, E. Katz, J. Halámek. Biocatalytic analysis of biomarkers for forensic identification of ethnicity between caucasian and african american. Analyst 2013, 138, 6251-6257; highlighted by: Royal Society of Chemistry: http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2013/09/forensics-ethnicity-blood-biomarkers Bioanalysis Zone: http://www.bioanalysis-zone.com/news/novel-assay-quickly-identifies-ethnic-origin-for-forensics/

S. Bakshi, L. Halámková, J. Halámek, E. Katz Biocatalytic analysis of biomarkers for forensic identification of gender. Analyst 2013, in press. (Made a journal cover).

E. Katz, S. Minko, J. Halámek, K. MacVittie, K. Yancey Electrode interfaces switchable by physical and chemical signals for biosensing, biofuel and biocomputing applications. (Invited review) Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 2013, 405, 3659-3672.

V. Privman, O. Zavalov, L. Halámková, F. Moseley, J. Halámek, E. Katz Networked enzymatic logic gates with filtering: New theoretical modeling expressions and their experimental application. J. Phys. Chem. B 2013, in press.

S. Bakshi, O. Zavalov, J. Halámek, V. Privman, E. Katz Modularity of biochemical filtering for inducing sigmoid response in both inputs in an enzymatic AND gate. J. Phys. Chem. B 2013, 117, 9857-9865.

K. MacVittie, J. Halámek, V. Privman, E. Katz A bioinspired associative memory system based on enzymatic cascades. Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 6962-6964.

V. Privman, B.E. Fratto, O. Zavalov, J. Halámek, E. Katz Enzymatic AND logic gate with sigmoid response induced by photochemically controlled oxidation of the output. J. Phys. Chem. B 2013, 117, 7559-7568.

J.A. Castorena-Gonzalez, C. Foote, K. MacVittie, J. Halámek, L. Halámková, L.A. Martinez-Lemus, E. Katz Biofuel cell operating in vivo in rat. Electroanalysis 2013, 25, 1579-1584.

S. Mailloux, J. Halámek, L. Halámková, A. Tokarev, S. Minko, E. Katz Biomolecular release triggered by glucose input – Bioelectronic coupling of sensing and actuating systems. Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 4755-4757.

M. Southcott, K. MacVittie, J. Halámek, L. Halámková, W.D. Jemison, R. Lobel, E. Katz Pacemaker powered by implantable biofuel cell operating under conditions mimicking human blood circulation system – Battery not included. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2013, 15, 6278-6283.

E. Katz, J. Wang, M. Privman, J. Halámek Multianalyte digital enzyme biosensors with built-in Boolean logic. Anal. Chem. 2012, 84, 4457-4474. (Feature article)

O. Zavalov, V. Bocharova, J. Halámek, L. Halámková, S. Korkmaz, M.A. Arugula, S. Chinnapareddy, E. Katz, V. Privman Two-input enzymatic logic gates made sigmoid by modifications of the biocatalytic reaction cascades. Int. J. Unconv. Comp. 2012, 8, 347-365.

K. MacVittie, J. Halámek, E. Katz Enzyme-based T-flip-flop memory system. Int. J. Unconv. Comp. 2012, 8, 383-389.

K. MacVittie, J. Halámek, L. Halámková, M. Southcott, W.D. Jemison, R. Lobel, E. Katz From “cyborg” lobsters to a pacemaker powered by implantable biofuel cells. Energy Environ Sci. 2012, 6, 81-86; (Made a journal cover); highlighted by: Royal Society of Chemistry: http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2012/10/implantable-fuel-cells

K. MacVittie, J. Halámek, E. Katz Enzyme-based D-flip-flop memory system. Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 10174-10176.

L. Halámková, S. Mailloux, J. Halámek, A.J.L. Cooper, E. Katz Enzymatic analysis of α-ketoglutaramate – A biomarker for hyperammonemia. Talanta 2012, 100, 7-11.