Lauro Tatsuo Kubota, Professor at the Institute of Chemistry at the University of Campinas, Brazil, passed away in October 2024.

His research focused on electroanalytical chemistry, especially the development of sensors and biosensors using novel materials. He served as a dedicated board member and supporter of the journals ChemElectroChem and Electrochemical Sciences Advances, among other publications.

 

Lauro Tatsuo Kubota, born in Brazil in 1964, studied chemistry at the State University of Londrina, Paraná, Brazil, in 1986 and received a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Campinas in 1993. After postdoctoral work at Lund University, Sweden, in 1997/98, he became a Lecturer at São Paulo State University, Brazil, in 1989, an Assistant Professor at the University of Campinas in 1994, Associate Professor in 2000, and Full Professor in 2009. He served as Coordinator of the Central Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry at the University of Campinas from 2002 to 2008, as Research Coordinator from 2008 to 2014, and as Director of the Institute of Chemistry at Unicamp from 2014 to 2018. He also was the Coordinator of the National Institute of Science and Technology of Bioanalytics (INCTBio) starting in 2008.

Among other honors, Kubota received the Rheinboldt-Hauptmann Prize in 2023 and the National Order of Scientific Merit from the Brazilian Presidency (Commander Class) in 2011. He was a Member of the São Paulo State Academy of Science (ACIESP) since 2008, of the Brazilian Academy of Science (ABC) since 2010, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) since 2014.

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Selected Publications

• João Paulo Vita Damasceno, Lauro Tatsuo Kubota, The Electronic Origin of the Zeta Potential is Supported by the Redox Mechanism on an Aqueous Dispersion of Exfoliated Graphite, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202214995
• Pãmyla Layene dos Santos, Dr. Ronaldo Adriano Timm, Prof. Dr. Lauro Tatsuo Kubota, Prof. Dr. Juliano Alves Bonacin, Modulation of Electrochemical Properties of Graphene Oxide by Photochemical Reduction Using UV-Light Emitting Diodes, ChemistrySelect 2016. https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.201600121
• Everson Thiago Santos Gerôncio da Silva, Sandrine Miserere, Lauro Tatsuo Kubota, Arben Merkoçi, Simple On-Plastic/Paper Inkjet-Printed Solid-State Ag/AgCl Pseudoreference Electrode, Anal. Chem. 2014, 86, 21, 10531–10534. https://doi.org/10.1021/ac503029q
• Eduardo Henrique Duarte, Lauro Tatsuo Kubota, César Ricardo Teixeira Tarley, Carbon Nanotube Based Sensor for Simultaneous Determination of Acetaminophen and Ascorbic Acid Exploiting Multiple Response Optimization and Measures in the Presence of Surfactant, Electroanalysis 2012. https://doi.org/10.1002/elan.201200426
• Alexandre Tadeu Paulino, Laurence Alphonse Belfiore, Lauro Tatsuo Kubota, Edvani Curti Muniz, Elias Basile Tambourgi, Efficiency of hydrogels based on natural polysaccharides in the removal of Cd²⁺ ions from aqueous solutions, Chemical Engineering Journal 2011, 168(1), 68-76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2010.12.037
• Wilney de Jesus Rodrigues Santos, Murilo Santhiago, Inez Valeria Pagotto Yoshida, Lauro Tatsuo Kubota, Novel electrochemical sensor for the selective recognition of chlorogenic acid, Analytica Chimica Acta 2011, 695(1–2), 44-50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aca.2011.03.018
• Rafaela Fernanda Carvalhal, Marta Simão Kfouri, Maria Helena de Oliveira Piazetta, Angelo Luiz Gobbi, Lauro Tatsuo Kubota, Electrochemical Detection in a Paper-Based Separation Device, Anal. Chem. 2010, 82, 3, 1162–1165. https://doi.org/10.1021/ac902647r
• César Ricardo Teixeira Tarley, Vivian Silva Santos, Bruno Eduardo Lobo Baêta, Arnaldo César Pereira, Lauro Tatsuo Kubota, Simultaneous determination of zinc, cadmium and lead in environmental water samples by potentiometric stripping analysis (PSA) using multiwalled carbon nanotube electrode, Journal of Hazardous Materials 2009, 169(1–3), 256-262. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.03.077
• Sandra Mary Lima Vasconcelos, Marília Oliveira Fonseca Goular, José Benedito de França Moura, Vanusa Manfredini, Mara da Silveira Benfato, Lauro Tatsuo Kubota, Espécies reativas de oxigênio e de nitrogênio, antioxidantes e marcadores de dano oxidativo em sangue humano: principais métodos analíticos para sua determinação, Quím. Nova 2007, 30(5). https://doi.org/10.1590/S0100-40422007000500046