The laboratory of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering uses microfluidic devices to investigate clinical applications involving infections disease, protein structure and basic questions regarding biolgical molecules.

The laboratory has an active research program with interfaces between Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology and Biomedical Engineering. 

The specific applications of our research are geared towards translational research and global health.

We design create and build our own microfluid devices using the facilites within our lab and the unviersity using equipment such as presure and voltage controllers designed and bulit exclusivly within this lab to control our devices and licenced for use by Harvard Syringe Corportation.

Research Thrusts:

- Understanding chemical and biological processes in microgeometries;

- Novel microfluidic routes for disease detection and diagnostics

- Novel separation methods for biomolecular identification

- Transport properties of biomolecular and complex fluids.