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Research at Rochester Institute of Technology

Maria is a fourth year Biomedical Engineering student at RIT. She is currently conducting a research project in microfluids which focuses specificially on inverted elution of large particles using insulator-based dielectrophoresis.

Academic Background

• B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York (Expected 05/2017).

Projects

• Effect of the geometry of insulating structures on insulator-based dielectrophoresis (iDEP).
• Effect of dielectrophoresis on the viability of cells.
• Dielectrophoretic manipulation of particle mixtures employing asymmetric insulating posts
• Isolation and enrichment of low abundant particles with insulator-based dielectrophoresis
• Inverted Elution of large particles using insulator based DEP

Journal articles

PUBLISHED

• LaLonde A.; Romero-Creel, M.; Lapizco-Encinas, B.H.;* Assessment of cell viability after manipulation with insulator-based dielectrophoresis, Electrophoresis, 36(13):1479-84, 2015.
• LaLonde A.; Gencoglu, A.; Romero-Creel, M.; Koppula, K.S.; Lapizco-Encinas, B.H.;* Effect of insulating posts geometry on particle manipulation in insulator based dielectrophoretic devices, Journal of Chromatography A, 1344:99-108, 2014, I.F. 4.612. DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2014.03.083

UNDER REVIEW

• Lalonde, A.; Romero-Creel, M.F.; Saucedo-Espinosa, M.A.; Lapizco-Encinas, B.H.; Isolation and enrichment of low abundant particles with insulator-based dielectrophoresis, submitted to Biomicrofluidics, 8/3/2015, Ms. No.: 15333.
• Saucedo-Espinosa, M.A.; Lalonde A.; Gencoglu A.; Romero-Creel, M.; Lapizco-Encinas, B.H.; Dielectrophoretic manipulation of particle mixtures employing asymmetric insulating posts, submitted to electrophoresis, currently under review, it received minor revision. We will submit the revised version by 08/27/2015.

Conference Presentations

• LaLonde, A.; Romero-Creel, M.; Saucedo-Espinosa, M.A.; Lapizco-Encinas, B.H.;Dielectrophoretic isolation and enrichment of low abundant particles; AICHE Annual Meeting 2015, Salt Lake City GA, USA; 11/2015.
• Saucedo-Espinosa, M.A.; LaLonde, A.; Gencoglu, A.; Romero-Creel, M.; Dolas, J.; Lapizco-Encinas, B.H.; Reversing elution order in insulator based dielectrophoretic separations with asymmetric insulating posts; AICHE Annual Meeting 2015, Salt Lake City GA, USA; 11/2015.
LaLonde, A.;Romero-Creel, M.; and Lapizco-Encinas, B.H; Assessment of cell viability after manipulation with insulator-based dielectrophoresis, AICHE Annual Meeting 2014, Atlanta GA, USA, (11/2014).
• LaLonde, A.;Romero-Creel, M.; and Lapizco-Encinas, B.;  Assessment of cell viability after manipulation with insulator-based dielectrophoresis, Rochester Institute of Technology Undergraduate Research Symposium, (08/2013).
• Gencoglu, A.; LaLonde, A.; Romero-Creel, M.; Koppula K. S. and Lapizco-Encinas, B.H; Effect of Insulating Post Shape On Particle Trapping With Insulator-Based Dielectrophoresis, AICHE Annual Meeting 2013, San Fransisco CA, USA, (11/2013).
• LaLonde A.; Romero-Creel, M.; Lapizco-Encinas, B.H.;* Assessment of cell viability after manipulation with insulator-based dielectrophoresis, Biotechnology Symposium: Opening the Biotechnology Toolbox, May 15-16, 2014, SUNY-ESF Gateway Center, Syracuse.