Blanca H. Lapizco-Encinas

Dr. Lapizco-Encinas’s research interests are in the multidisciplinary area of microfluidics, focusing on cell and macromolecule manipulation with electrokinetic methods (dielectrophoresis, electrophoresis and electroosmosis). Her current research projects deal with the application of dielectrophoresis for the manipulation, concentration and detection of a wide array of bioparticles such as from macromolecules, microbes, and mammalian cells. Research efforts involve mathematical modeling to unveil the fundamentals of microscale electrokinetic techniques and experimentation to extend their practical applications.