RESEARCH INTERESTS

Applying micro/nanotechnology and engineering methods to life science and health care applications.  Specific areas of interest in applied research:

• Point of care diagnostics in resource limited settings, identifying the needs of the community and developing relevant highly sensitive detection methodologies for “real world” deployment.
• Titanium-oxide nanotubes for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) detection for disease diagnosis
• Resistive Pulse Sensing for electronic diagnosis of diseases (multi-species malaria detection)
• Microtechnology for stem cell analysis (i.e. label-free biomarker screening and cell sorting)

Additional Areas of Interest:

• Energy generation using nanomaterials and microfluidics
• Soilid-State radiation detection