Post Doctoral Scientists
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Robert Applegate
| Title: | Post-doctoral research scientist |
| Phone: | C 303-901-5010 |
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| Degrees Earned: | Ph.D., 2007, Applied Physics, Colorado School of Mines, minor in Applied Optics.
B.S., 2003, Engineering Physics, Colorado School of Mines, minor in Public Affairs for Engineers (McBride Honors Program) |
| Research Interests: | Field-based particle manipulation for sorting and analysis. |
| Publications: | Robert Applegate, Jr., Jeff Squier, Tor Vestad, John Oakey, and David Marr
(2004). Optical trapping,
manipulation, and sorting of cells and colloids in microfluidic systems with
diode laser bars. Optics Express,
12(19) 4390-4398
Robert W. Applegate Jr., Jeff Squier, Tor Vestad, John Oakey, David W. M. Marr, Philippe Bado, Mark A. Dugan and Ali A. Said (2006) Microfluidic sorting system based on optical waveguide integration and diode laser bar trapping. Lab on a Chip, 6(3), 422-426. Robert W. Applegate Jr., Dawn N. Schafer, Wafa Amir, Jeff Squier, Tor Vestad, John Oakey and David W. M. Marr (2007) Optically-Integrated Microfluidic Systems for Cellular Characterization and Manipulation. Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics (Invited), 9(8) S122-S128 Robert W. Applegate Jr., Jeff Squier, Tor Vestad, John Oakey, David W. M. Marr (2008) Fiber-Focused Diode-Bar Optical Trapping for Microfluidic Flow Manipulation. Applied Physics Letters, 92(1) 013904 |
| Supervisor: | Graves |
Liping Ding
| Title: | Post-doctoral research scientist |
| Phone: | 505-277-2291 |
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| Degrees Earned: | Ph.D., Materials Science, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
M.S., Organic Chemistry, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China B.S., Chemistry Education, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China |
| Research Interests: | Mechanism studies of anti-microbial polyelectrolytes; fluorescent film sensors |
| Publications: | Liping Ding, Monika Domińska, Yu Fang, Gary J. Blanchard. Fluorescence and electrochemistry studies of pyrene-functionalized surface adlayers to probe the microenvironment formed by cholesterol. Electrochimica Acta, 2008, 53, 6704–6713.
Liping Ding, Yu Fang, Gary J. Blanchard. Probing the Effects of Cholesterol on Pyrene-Functionalized Interfacial Adlayers. Langmuir, 2007, 23, 11042-11050. Liping Ding, Jianping Kang, Fengting Lü, Lining Gao, Xiong Yin, Yu Fang. Fluorescence behaviors of 5-dimethylamino-1-naphthalene-sulfonylfunctionalized self-assembled monolayer on glass wafer surface and its sensing properties for nitrobenzene. Thin Solid Films, 2007, 515, 3112-3119. Liping Ding, Xin’ai Cui, Yani Han, Fengting Lü, Yu Fang. Sensing performance enhancement via chelating effect: A novel fluorescent film chemosensor for copper ions. J. Photochem. Photobio. A, 2007, 186, 143-150. Liping Ding, Yu Fang, Linling Jiang, Lining Gao, Xiong Yin. Twisted intra-molecular electron transfer phenomenon of dansyl immobilized on chitosan film and its sensing property to the composition of ethanol–water mixtures. Thin Solid Films, 2005, 478: 318-325. |
| Supervisor: | Whitten |
Sergio Mendez
| Title: | Post-doctoral research scientist |
| Phone: | 505-277-2220 |
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| Supervisor: | Lopez |
S. D. Menake Piyasena
| Title: | Post-doctoral research scientist |
| Phone: | 301-605-4538 |
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| Degrees Earned: | B.Sc. (1997, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka)
Ph.D. (Chemistry, 2005, University of New Mexico) |
| Research Interests: | Biosensors, biological applications of microfluidics, electrokinetics in microfluidics, bead-based assays |
| Publications, chapters and patents: | D. A. Brevnov, M. Barela, M. E. Piyasena, G. P. Lopez, and P. B. Atanassov. Patterning of Nanoporous Anodic Aluminum Oxide Arrays by Using Sol-gel Processing,Photolithography, and Plasma Etching. Chemistry of Materials, 2004, 16, 682-687.
Menake E. Piyasena, Dimiter N. Petsev and Gabriel P. Lopez. An Electrokinetic Cell Model for Analysis and Optimization of Electroosmotic Microfluidic Pumps. Sensors and Actuators B. 2006, 113, 461-467.
Attila Gaspar, Menake E. Piyasena and Frank A. Gomez. Fabrication of Fritless Chromatographic Microchips Packed with Conventional Reversed-Phase Silica Particles. Analytical Chemistry, 2007, 79, 7906-7909. Attila Gaspar, Menake E. Piyasena, Lajos Daroczi and Frank A.
Gomez. Magnetically Controlled Valve for Flow Manipulation in Polymer
Microfluidic Devices. Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 2008, 4,
525-531. Reema Zein-Eldin, Menake E. Piyasena, Troy S. Bergstedt, Larry A.
Sklar, David Whitten and Gabriel P. Lopez. Detection of Membrane
Biointeractions Based on Fluorescence Superquenching. Langmuir 2008, Menake E. Piyasena, Reema Zein-Eldin, Kyle Fenton and Gabriel P. Lopez. Biosensors based on Release of Compounds upon Disruption of
Menake E. Piyasena, Robert Newby, Thomas J. Miller, Benjamin Shapiro and Elisabeth Smela. Electroosmotically Driven Microfluidic Actuators. Sensors and Actuators B. In press. |
| Supervisor: | Lopez |
Arjun Thapa
| Title: | Post-doctoral research scientist |
| Phone: | 505-277-2299 |
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Yanli Tang
| Title: | Post-doctoral research scientist |
| Phone: | 505-227-7613 |
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| Degrees Earned: | Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, 2007, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
M. S., Physical Chemistry, 2004, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China. B. S., Chemical Engineering, 2001, Henan University, Kaifeng, China. |
| Research Interests: | Synthesis of oligo phenylene ethylenes and their application on biocidal activities and biosensors |
| Publications: | Yanli Tang, Zhijun Zhou, Kastu Ogawa, Gabriel P. Lopez, Kirk S. Schanze, David. G. Whitten, synthesis, self-assembly, and photophysical behavior of oligo phenylene ethylenes: from molecular to supramolecular properties, Langmuir 2009, 25, 21-25. Yanli Tang, Zhijun Zhou, Katsu Ogawa, Gabriel P. Lopez, Kirk S. Schanze, David G. Whitten, photophysics and self-assembly of symmetrical and unsymmetrical cationic oligophenylene ethynylenes, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry. 2009, in press. Yanli Tang, Fude Feng, Minghui Yu, Lingling An, Fang He, Shu Wang, Yuliang Li, Daoben Zhu, G. C. Bazan, direct visualization of glucose phosphorylation with a cationic polythiophene. Adv. Mater. 2008, 20, 703-705. Yanli Tang, Fude Feng, Fang He, Shu Wang, Yuliang Li, Daoben Zhu, direct visualization of enzymatic cleavage and oxidative damage by hydroxyl radicals of single-stranded DNA with a cationic polythiophene derivative, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 14972-14976. Yanli Tang, Fang He, Shu Wang, Yuliang Li, Daoben Zhu, Guillermo C. Bazan, multiply configurable optical-logic systems based on cationic conjugated polymer/DNA assemblies, Adv. Mater. 2006, 18, 2105-2110. Yanli Tang, Fang He, Minghui Yu, Shu Wang, Yuliang Li, Daoben Zhu, radical scavenging mediating reversible fluorescence quenching of an anionic conjugated polymer: highly sensitive probe for antioxidants. Chem. Mater. 2006, 18, 3605-3610. Yanli Tang, Fang He, Minghui Yu, Fude Feng, Lingling An, Huan Sun, Shu Wang, Yuliang Li, Daoben Zhu, a reversible and highly selective fluorescent sensor for mercury(II) using poly(thiophene)s that contain thymine moieties, Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2006, 27, 389-392. |
| Supervisor: | Whitten |
