Sergey S. ShevkoplyasAssistant Professor and The Ken and Ruth Arnold Early Career Professor in Biomedical Engineering Email: shevkop@tulane.edu 624 Lindy Boggs Building |
Postdoctoral Fellowship (with Prof. George M. Whitesides), Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (2005 - 2008)
Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA (2005)
M.S., Applied Mathematics and Physics, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Russia (2000)
B.S., Applied Mathematics and Physics, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Russia (1998)
Application of microfabrication and nanotechnology to biomedicine, the dynamics of blood flow in microvascular networks, biomedical microdevices and lab-on-a-chip technology for point-of-care diagnostics, biomimetics, biohybrid materials, and biomechanics of contractile tissues.
American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship Award (2003-2005)
BMES Poster Award for "Outstanding Scientific & Engineering Innovation" (2004)
Hulme S.E., Shevkoplyas S.S., Whitesides G.M. "Incorporation of prefabricated screw, pneumatic, and solenoid valves into microfluidic devices," Lab on a Chip, 9(1): 79 - 86, 2009
Mirica K.A., Phillips S.T., Shevkoplyas S.S., Whitesides G.M. "Using magnetic levitation to distinguish atomic-level differences in chemical composition of polymers, and to monitor chemical reactions on solid supports," Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2008
Wong A.P., Gupta M., Shevkoplyas S.S., Whitesides G.M. "Egg beater as centrifuge: isolating human blood plasma from whole blood in resource-poor settings," Lab on a Chip, 8(12): 2032-7, 2008
Hulme S.E., DiLuzio W.R., Shevkoplyas S.S., Turner L., Mayer M., Berg H.C., Whitesides G.M. "Using ratchets and sorters to fractionate motile cells of E. coli by length," Lab on a Chip, 8(11): 1888-95, 2008
Hashimoto M., Shevkoplyas S.S., Zasoska B., Szymborski T., Garstecki P., Whitesides G.M. "Formation of bubbles and droplets in parallel, coupled flow-focusing geometries," Small, 4(10): 1795-805, 2008
Hulme S.E., Shevkoplyas S.S., Samuel A. "Microfluidics: streamlining discovery in worm biology," Nature Methods, 5(7): 589-90, 2008
Hulme S.E., Shevkoplyas S.S., Apfeld J., Fontana W., Whitesides G.M. "A microfabricated array of clamps for immobilizing and imaging C. elegans," Lab on a Chip, 7(11):1515-1523, 2007
Fuerstman M.J., Lai A., Thurlow M.E., Shevkoplyas S.S., Stone H.A., Whitesides G.M. "The pressure drop along rectangular microchannels containing bubbles," Lab on a Chip, 7(11):1479-1489, 2007
Shevkoplyas S.S., Siegel A.C., Westervelt R.M., Prentiss M.G., Whitesides G.M. "The force acting on a superparamagnetic bead due to an applied magnetic field," Lab on a Chip, 7(10):1294-1302, 2007
Feinberg A.W., Feigel A., Shevkoplyas S.S., Sheehy S., Whitesides G.M., Parker K.K. "Muscular thin films for building actuators and powering devices," Science, 317(5843): 1366-1370, 2007
Siegel A.C., Shevkoplyas S.S., Weibel D.B., Bruzewicz D., Martinez A.W., Whitesides G.M. "Co-fabrication of electromagnets and microfluidic systems in poly(dimethylsiloxane)," Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 45(41): 6877-6882, 2006
Gifford S.C., Derganc J., Shevkoplyas S.S., Yoshida T., Bitensky M.W. "A detailed study of time-dependent changes in human red blood cells: from reticulocyte maturation to erythrocyte senescence," British Journal of Haematology, 135(3): 395-404, 2006
Shevkoplyas S.S., Yoshida T., Gifford S.C., Bitensky M.W. "Direct measurement of the impact of impaired erythrocyte deformability on microvascular network perfusion in a microfluidic device," Lab on a Chip, 6(7): 914-920, 2006
Gifford S.C., Yoshida T., Shevkoplyas S.S., Bitensky M.W. "A high-resolution, double-labeling method for the study of in vivo red blood cell aging," Transfusion, 46(4): 578-588, 2006
Shevkoplyas S.S., Yoshida T., Munn L.L., Bitensky M.W. "Biomimetic autoseparation of leukocytes from whole blood in a microfluidic device," Analytical Chemistry, 77(3): 933-937, 2005
Shevkoplyas S.S., Gifford S.C., Yoshida T., Bitensky M.W. "Prototype of an in vitro model of the microcirculation," Microvascular Research, 65(2): 132-136, 2003
