Gomez Laboratory

The Gomez group is engaged in developing fundamental and applied research in the area of microfluidics. Specifically, we are focused on developing new microfluidic devices (MDs) for use in point-of-care (POC) diagnostics and chemical and biochemical separations. Some of our current work involves the development of paper microfluidic and bead-based assays, enzyme microreactors, surface plasmon resonance (SPR) on chips, microfluidic fuel cells (methanol, formic acid, and hydrogen), novel materials for microfluidics, and chromatography on chips. We also employ response surface methodology (RSM) and artificial neural networks (ANN) to experimentally optimize conditions in microfluidics. The members of the Gomez group include undergraduate and graduate students, high school students, postdoctoral fellows, and visiting scientists from the fields of chemistry, biochemistry, mechanical engineering, physics, biology, and mathematics.

Mask-aligner for Microfluidic Chip Fabrication

Two in total. Manufactured by Karl Suss 

Capillary electrophoresis

Three UV-Vis and laser-induced fluorescence detection systems manufactured by Beckman Coulter

Microfluidic chip set-up including external UV-Vis fiber optics detection system

A Biosensing Instrument.

Spin Coater

Two in total. Manufactured by Laurell

Inverted microscopes

Three in total. Two with fluorescence capabilities; All three by Nikon. 

UV-Vis spectrophotometer

Three UV-Vis and laser-induced fluorescence detection systems manufactured by Beckman Coulter

SPIR

A Biosensing Instrument.