Research in the Maryland Microfluidics Laboratory is focused on the development of micro and nanofluidic technologies enabling effective biomolecular analysis. Major research thrusts include multidimensional microfluidic biomolecular separation platforms, tools for high throughput biomarker and drug target discovery, and clinical proteomics, interfaces coupling microfluidics to mass spectrometry, integrated ion channel platforms, and polymer micro/nanofluidic fabrication technologies. Our group is particularly interested in technologies capable of interrogating molecular signatures from extremely limited specimens, from sub-attomole samples to single molecules. MML researchers also develop silicon MEMS technologies for bioanalysis and related applications. Microfabrication is performed using dedicated facilities in the newly-renovated MML clean room, and in the FabLab located in the Kim Engineering Bldg.

MML resides within the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park, and is affiliated with the Dept. of Bioengineering, the Center for Nano Manufacturing and Metrology (CNMM), and the Maryland Center for Integrated Nano Science and Engineering (M-CINSE).  
Director:
Prof. Don DeVoe

Research Scientists:
Dr. Jikun Liu
Dr. Chien-Fu "Steve" Chen

Graduate Researchers:
Andreas Jahn
Geraldine Mijares
Cheney Shao
Kevin Tsao
Jake Yang

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RECENT NEWS:

07.23.08
Jake Yang and Jikun Liu were recognized with an award for "Innovation in Pharmaceutical Analysis" based on their poster presentation at HPLC2008.

04.22.08
Congratulations to Geraldine Mijares for successfully defending her M.S. thesis, titled "Bioelectronic Sensor for Cellular Assays using Polyelectrolyte Multilayer-Modified Electrodes"

04.15.08
Dr. Chia-Wen (Kevin) Tsao has successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation, titled "Interfacing Microfluidic Bioanalysis with High Sensitivity Mass Spectrometry" and will be joining the National Central University in Taiwan as an Assistant Professor in Fall 2008.

04.14.08
MML researchers Kevin Tsao, Parshant Kumar, and Jikun Liu's paper "Dynamic electrowetting on nanofilament silicon for matrix-free laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry" appears in Analytical Chemistry.

03.31.08
Lou Hromada's paper written jointly with researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) titled "Single molecule measurements within individual membrane-bound ion channels using a polymer-based bilayer lipid membrane chip" has published in Lab On A Chip.

01.07.08
Kevin Tsao's paper titled "Droplet formation from hydrodynamically coupled capillaries for parallel microfluidic contact spotting" has published in the Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering.

09.15.07
Former lab member Nate Sniadecki has joined the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Washington as an Assistant Professor.

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