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[YouTube Lecture] September 30, 2014 "Tools and strategies for complex biologics production in animal cells: applications to insect and mammalian cell culture"

[YouTube] January 26, 2011 "Research Profile: Marc Aucoin"

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[Waterloo Stories] May 3, 2013 "Can bacteria help create a cheaper fuel for our cars?"

[UW Eng-e-news] August 14, 2013 "Engineering Life-enhancing research"

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[Daily Bulletin] June 1, 2018, 11 CBB Members Named Outstanding Performance Award Winners

Research Interests:

• Micro and nano-analytical chemistry
• Micro and nano samples
• Micro-miniaturization (lab-on-a-chip)

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[YouTube] June 7, 2013 "Energy scavenging to power remote sensors"

Research Interests:

• Integrated microsystems for clinical and environmental monitoring

• Combining complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) integrated circuits with novel materials, structures, or devices to enable non-traditional life science and bio-diagnostic applications

• CMOS-integrated biochemical assays

• Semiconductor integrated circuits and sensors, design and test of 3D integrated circuits

• Micro/nano fabrication, lab-on-a-chip devices

• Electrochemical biosensors

• Electrophysiology

• DNA sequencing

• Image sensors

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Research Interests:

• Synthetic biology for sustainable development
• Functional probiotics for affordable and preventive health solutions
• Biomanufacturing
• Genetic tools exploring
• Bio-nanoparticles
• Bio-upcycling of mixed waste for sustainable development
• Dynamic regulation of bioprocess
• Biodegradation and Bioremediation

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Research Interests:

• Proteins: folding, misfolding and aggregation, structure, dynamics, and function
• Protein engineering and design
• Protein thermodynamics and kinetics
• Biophysical chemistry and biochemistry
• Bionanotechnology and biomaterials
• Biochemistry and Biophysics
• Smart Materials
• Biomaterials, Polymers and Bioplastics
• Theranostic Materials
• Smart and Functional Materials
• Molecular Therapeutics and Theranostics
• Nanomaterials
• Bionanotechnology and Biosensors
• Soft Matter
• Drug Discovery, Design and Delivery
• Bioinformatics, Systematics and Evolution

​[Waterloo News] November 24, 2015 "New insights into protein structure could change the future of biomedicine"

[​Chemistry News] August 20, 2014 "Chemist Elizabeth Meiering takes on the ALS ice bucket challenge"

Research Interests:

• Bioplastics
• Polymer blends and composites
• Polymer modifications and processing
• Rubber processing and modifications
• Biodegradable and compostable polymers
• Nanostructured polymers
• Polymer structure-property and applications development
• Dispersion Rheology & dynamics of colloidal nanomaterials

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Research Interests:

• Membrane filtration process (microfiltration; ultrafiltration; nanofiltration; reverse osmosis)

• Food proteins, processes, sustainability (concentration; separation; fractionation, water and waste minimization)

• Protein recovery and purification

• Enzyme reaction engineering

• Health food product development and processing

• Thermal food processes (baking; drying; ultra-high temperature; pasteurization; sterilization)

• Diffusion transport in biomaterials and polymeric films

Research Interests:

• Protein and DNA separation analysis towards disease diagnosis and drug discovery

• Biosensing and Devices (bacterial, proteins, fluorescence)

• Living cell analysis and water toxicity testing

• Lab-on-a-Chip technology (point-of-care biomedical diagnosis , chemical detection, protein separation and identification, environmental testing)

• Micro-scale fluid mechanics, droplet microfluidics and nanofluidics

• High Throughput Screening For Drug Screening
• Manufacturing Nanomaterials and Carbon Management

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Canada Research Chair in Lab-on-a-Chip Technology [Canada Research Chair Profile]

[Waterloo Stories] June 14, 2012 "Creating the tiny future of science"

Research Interests

• Early Cancer Detection
• Eliminating Positive Surgical Margins
• Non-contact Biopsies for Endoscopy 
• Functional Brain Imaging 
• Early Detection and Understanding the Age-related Vision Loss Problems
• Wound Care
• Cardiovascular
• Machine learning/AI

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Research Interests:

• Experimental biological physics
• Stochastic processes in physics and biology
• Pysiological constraints on bioproduct synthesis

Lab Equipment: Imagestream MkII with 488nm, 642nm and 785nm lasers; 60x magnification

[YouTube Lectures] Winter School on Quantitative Systems Biology 2015

Research Interests:

• Microalgae
• Microfluidics
• Biophotoreactors
• Biomass conversion
• Heterogeneous catalysis

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[Engineering News] March 9, 2018 "Finds manure can yield energy and ease global warming"

Research Interests:

• Enhanced drug delivery systems, gene therapy

• Associative polymers for environmentally friendly coatings

• Sustainable nanomaterials (cellulose nanocrystals)

• Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization (ATRP) and stimuli responsive polymeric systems

• Polymer-surfactant interactions

• Magnetic nanoparticles for novel separation processes

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Research interests:

• Environmental biology, industrial biotechnology, and therapeutics
• Production of sustainable chemicals
• Novel bioprocesses for applications in bioresource engineering and biorefining
• Microalgae, metabolic engineering, and ionic liquid based separations in biological systems

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Research Interests:

• Surface science and bionanomaterials
• Adhesives and coatings
• Biomimetic micro and nano fabrication
• Nanotechnology
• Biomechanics
• Biolubrication
• Polymer Science
• Hydrogels
• Interfacial Phenomena
• Colloids & Porous Media
• Micro- and nano-tribology
• Bionanomaterials
• Soft Interfaces
• Biomimetic Adhesion
• Bio-integrated Devices
• Nanoparticles synthesis
• Interfacial materials engineering
• Biomimicry
• Biomimetic materials and devices
• Multifunctional polymers and nanocomposites
• Biopolymer and healthcare materials
• Advanced coating and adhesive bonding technology
• Additive Manufacturing
• Nanotechnology
• Nanotechnology, Soft Materials and Interface
• Polymers and soft robotics

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[Waterloo Stories] December 16, 2016 "New Gecko Gripper can be used in manufacturing and medicine"

[YouTube Video] June 11, 2015 "Zebra Mussel-inspired Electrically Conductive Polymer Nanofiber"

[Waterloo Stories] September 16, 2013 "Waterloo researcher is developing nano-glue for electronics"

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• Underwater "Superglue"