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MICHAEL STRANO
Nonscientific Interests. Playing tennis, table tennis, reading mystery novels and sci-fi. My research interest is in the application of microengineering to tissue-engineering and biomedical studies. Currently, I am developing an evaluation model of the microvasculature. I am mainly focusing on the control and analysis of a microenvironment and endothelial function based on the microfabrication and biosensing techniques I learned during my Masters degree. Previously, in Prof. Suzuki’s lab, I concentrated on the Photonic Lab-on-a-Chip (PhLoC) biosensor. My article in this issue describes the PhLoC for diagnostic applications. The PhLoC systemincluding microfluidic processing, integration of optical components, and surface treatment for antibody immobilizationwas developed for rapid cytokine detection based on a one-step immunoassay. PhLoC allows rapid and sensitive detection of a cytokines secreted from lymphocytes from the human body with a simple setup. (Read Usuba’s article; DOI: 10.1021/ acssensors.6b00193).
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Current Position. Carbon P. Dubbs Professor of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA. Education. B.S., Polytechnic University in Brooklyn, NY and Ph.D., University of Delaware, both in Chemical Engineering; and postdoctoral research fellow in Chemistry and Physics under the guidance of Nobel Laureate Richard E. Smalley, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA. Nonscientific Interests. Cycling, and homeschooling my four children. My research focuses on biomolecule/nanoparticle interactions and the surface chemistry of low dimensional systems, nanoelectronics, nanoparticle separations, and applications of vibrational spectroscopy to nanotechnology. I recently completed a two-year commitment with the Defense Science Study Group and am current member of the Defense Science Board. (Read Strano’s article; DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.6b00121).
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RYO USUBA
FROM OUR EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD: ANDREAS HIERLEMANN
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Current Position. Professor of Biosystems Engineering, ETH Zürich, Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, Basel, Switzerland. Education. College education and Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Tübingen, Germany, followed by postdoctoral positions at Texas A & M University, College Station, TX, USA, and at Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA. Nonscientific Interests. Sports of all kinds, theater, opera, arts, and literature. My research interests include the development and application of microsensor, microfluidic, and microelectronic technologies to address questions in biology and medicine with applications in the fields of systems biology, drug testing, personalized medicine, and neuroscience. For more details, see https://www.bsse.ethz. ch/bel/. (Read Hierlemann’s articles; DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.6b00272 and DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.6b00286).
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Current Position. Ph.D. student, Department of Bioengineering, University of Tokyo, Japan (Advisor: Dr. Yukiko T. Matsunaga). Education. B. Eng. in Engineering Sciences, and M. Eng., Institute of Materials Science, University of Tsukuba, Japan (both with Advisor: Prof. Hiroaki Suzuki). © 2016 American Chemical Society
Received: August 2, 2016 Published: August 26, 2016 964
DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.6b00475 ACS Sens. 2016, 1, 964−964
