Principal Investigator
Dr. Carlos Escobedo (he/him), P.Eng., FCSME
Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering at Queen’s University. He received his BEng from UNAM (2000), Mexico, his MASc from University of Toronto (2002) and PhD form University of Victoria (2011), Canada. He worked in the R&D biomedical industry between 2002 and 2007, as R&D engineer and founder and Head of Mechanical Engineering of Innovamedica R&D, focusing on the development of a Ventricular Assist Device (VAD). He has lectured at four different universities in Canada and Mexico since 2002. From 2011 to 2013, he was an NSERC postdoctoral fellow with tenure at the Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering at the Swiss Institute of Technology (ETH) Zürich, Switzerland. He served as Technical Chair in MEMS and Nanotechnology for the Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineering (CSME) for 4 years. He was awarded the Early Research Award (Government of Ontario) in 2018, the competitive Excellence in Research Award (Queen's University) in 2019, the Engineering Society Golden Apple Award (teaching), and was honored with the "Distinguished Mexican" award, or "Mexicanos Distinguidos," a recognition given by the Mexican government to Mexicans living abroad who have made significant contributions in their fields.
Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering at Queen’s University. He received his BEng from UNAM (2000), Mexico, his MASc from University of Toronto (2002) and PhD form University of Victoria (2011), Canada. He worked in the R&D biomedical industry between 2002 and 2007, as R&D engineer and founder and Head of Mechanical Engineering of Innovamedica R&D, focusing on the development of a Ventricular Assist Device (VAD). He has lectured at four different universities in Canada and Mexico since 2002. From 2011 to 2013, he was an NSERC postdoctoral fellow with tenure at the Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering at the Swiss Institute of Technology (ETH) Zürich, Switzerland. He served as Technical Chair in MEMS and Nanotechnology for the Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineering (CSME) for 4 years. He was awarded the Early Research Award (Government of Ontario) in 2018, the competitive Excellence in Research Award (Queen's University) in 2019, the Engineering Society Golden Apple Award (teaching), and was honored with the "Distinguished Mexican" award, or "Mexicanos Distinguidos," a recognition given by the Mexican government to Mexicans living abroad who have made significant contributions in their fields.
Research Associates and Postdoctoral Fellows
Dr. Hridaynath Bhattacharjee
Ph.D. in organometallic chemistry from the University of Saskatchewan, M.Sc. from the Jadavpur University, Kolkata, and B.Sc. in Chemistry (honours) from St. Xavier's College, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India. He currently works with the Docoslis (main) and Escobedo groups in the development of new strategies to functionalize nanostructured plasmonic sensors.
Ph.D. in organometallic chemistry from the University of Saskatchewan, M.Sc. from the Jadavpur University, Kolkata, and B.Sc. in Chemistry (honours) from St. Xavier's College, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India. He currently works with the Docoslis (main) and Escobedo groups in the development of new strategies to functionalize nanostructured plasmonic sensors.
Dr. Zhikun Chen
Dr. Chen is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Queen’s University, supported by the Vice-Principal Research (VPR) Postdoctoral Fund. His research explores the environmental behavior and removal of microplastics in aquatic systems. At Queen’s, he is working with Dr. Aris Docoslis, Dr. Carlos Escobedo and Dr. Xiayin Xin to advance electrochemical technologies for microplastic treatment, aiming to better understand particle–interface interactions and develop electrosorption technology for microplastic removal.
Dr. Chen is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Queen’s University, supported by the Vice-Principal Research (VPR) Postdoctoral Fund. His research explores the environmental behavior and removal of microplastics in aquatic systems. At Queen’s, he is working with Dr. Aris Docoslis, Dr. Carlos Escobedo and Dr. Xiayin Xin to advance electrochemical technologies for microplastic treatment, aiming to better understand particle–interface interactions and develop electrosorption technology for microplastic removal.
Ph.D. Students/Candidates
Aldo González
Aldo obtained a B.Eng. (honours) and M.A.Sc. from Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM). His research focuses on the development of sensing platforms for measuring micro deflection in membranes and microfluidic strategies for microplastic handling and detection.
Aldo obtained a B.Eng. (honours) and M.A.Sc. from Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM). His research focuses on the development of sensing platforms for measuring micro deflection in membranes and microfluidic strategies for microplastic handling and detection.
Diego Abad
Diego obtained a M.Sc. from UNAM, Mexico, and a bachelor's in Chemistry from Universidad Central del Ecuador. His research involves the modification of metallic surfaces for applications in sensing, and the development of new technologies for the detection of plastics and degradation products.
Diego obtained a M.Sc. from UNAM, Mexico, and a bachelor's in Chemistry from Universidad Central del Ecuador. His research involves the modification of metallic surfaces for applications in sensing, and the development of new technologies for the detection of plastics and degradation products.
Lucas Karparien (co-supervised with Prof. Georges Sabat)
Lucas received his bachelor's degree in biomedical engineering and a MASc in mechanical engineering, both from the University of Victoria. His research is focused on plasmonic nanostructured materials.
Lucas received his bachelor's degree in biomedical engineering and a MASc in mechanical engineering, both from the University of Victoria. His research is focused on plasmonic nanostructured materials.
M.Sc. Students
Annalise Foster
Annalise received a bachelor's in Chemical Engineering from Queen's University. Her research involves the development of microfluidic systems to study the behaviour of microswimmers and their application in biomedicine.
Annalise received a bachelor's in Chemical Engineering from Queen's University. Her research involves the development of microfluidic systems to study the behaviour of microswimmers and their application in biomedicine.
Nick Neokleous (co-supervised with Dr. kevin Stamplecoskie)
Nick received a bachelor's in Chemical Engineering from Queen's University. His research involves the development of SERS-active nanostructures and their integration in microfluidic systems.
Nick received a bachelor's in Chemical Engineering from Queen's University. His research involves the development of SERS-active nanostructures and their integration in microfluidic systems.
Undergraduate Students
Callum Baxter
Callum's research involves the development of new microfluidic technologies for handling and interrogating cells at single-organism level. He has become an expert in the design and fabrication of microfluidic chips!
Callum's research involves the development of new microfluidic technologies for handling and interrogating cells at single-organism level. He has become an expert in the design and fabrication of microfluidic chips!
Alumni
(Position at Queen's; current position)
- Dr. Brianna Bradley (PhD student, Queen's; Full Stack Developer and Research Associate, Spectra Plasmoncis)
- Lily Wang (MASc student, Queen's, co-supervised with Dr. Docoslis)
- Dr. Steacy Coombs (co-supervised with Prof. Giacomin, Queen's University)
- Dr. Mahyar Mazloumi (co-supervised with Prof. Ribal G. Sabat, RMC)
- Stephanie Walton (MASc student, Queen's; DPhil Student, University of Oxford)
- Dr. Juan Gomez-Cruz (PhD student co-supervised with Prof. Ascanio, UNAM; Chief Technical Officer (CTO) at Spectra Plasmonics)
- Abigail Newton (4th-year thesis student, Queen's; M.A.Sc. York University)
- Alexa Smith (4th-year thesis student, Queen's)
- Curtis Plante (4th-year thesis student, Queen's)
- Jesus Avila (visiting UG student from UNAM, Mexico)
- Gaurav Verma (co-supervised with H.P. Loock; 4th-year thesis student, Queen's)
- Dr. Bexi Bustillo (PhD student co-supervised with Prof. Laura Wells, Queen's)
- Afyz Mohamedali (4th tear UG thesis student, Queen's; Associate Consultant at IBM)
- Cecilia Hernandez-Hosaka (4th tear UG thesis student, Queen's)
- Dr. Amy MacLean (Ph.D. student co-supervised with Prof. Hans-Peter Loock)
- Matthew Panetta (4th year UG thesis student, Queen's)
- Dr. Hannah Dies (PhD student; MD student, Queen's)
- Dr. Srijit Nair (PhD student; Postdoc at Crudden Lab, Queen's)
- Dr. Saeed Yazdi (PhD student co-supervised with Prof. Peter Davies; Abbott Point-of-Care, Canada)
- John Minor (Undergraduate student)
- Brianna Bradley (4th year UG thesis student, Queen's; PhD student, Queen's)
- Steacy Coombs (4th year UG thesis student, Queen's; PhD student, Queen's)
- Dr. Yazan Bdour (MSc; PhD student, Queen's; postdoc at RMC)
- Dr. Reza Nosrati (postdoctoral fellow; Lecturer at Monash University, Australia)
- Dr. Karla Karina Gomez-Lizarraga (visiting researcher, PhD co-supervised, UNAM; Principal Investigator at ICAT, UNAM).
- Jared Roth (Undergraduate student; graduate student, Waterloo)
- David Vogel (MSc thesis student, UniBasel, Switzerland; PhD student, Switzerland)
- Kristian Kraemr (Undergraduate student; graduate student, Queen's)
- Adam LeClaire (Undergraduate student)
- Hilda Rodriguez (MSc thesis student, Universidad Michoacana, Mexico; PhD student, Mexico)
- Erik Morales (visiting M.A.Sc. researcher from UNAM, Mexico)
- Sebastieen Goodchild (Undergraduate student)
- Yuting Wang (MITACS Globalink research student)
- Matthew Bastin (Undergraduate student)
- Yuting Wang (Visiting Summer Researcher, Hunan Agricultural University, China)
- Isabella Cusano (Undergraduate student; J.D. Candidate at Harvard Law School, USA)
- Sean Stuart (Undergraduate student)
