Carlos D. Garcia

Education

Research Interests

Microchips are one of the most promising analytical platforms due to the great advantages with respect to conventional bench-top equipment. Microfluidic devices are able to offer custom design, high throughput, sensitivity, selectivity and portability.

In order to achieve a real point-of-care measurement device, simple instrumentation has to be integrated to drive the injection and separation. Electrochemical detection (ECD) methods have been widely applied for the detection of bio-compounds because they are less susceptible to decreases in signal magnitude during miniaturization and are already portable and inexpensive.

In particular, pulsed amperometric detection (PAD) has been demonstrated to be suitable for direct determination of many biologically relevant compounds.

For these reasons, we are very interested in studying the design, operation and biological applications of microchip and capillary electrophoresis. In addition, we are also trying to interface living organisms with microfluidic devices.

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Teaching Activities

Positions Available

If the information above or in any of the related sites interests you, please feel free to contact me. Opportunities for financial support are available on a competitive basis for students accepted to the PhD program.