Chao (Charlie) Huang

Ph.D. Student
Biomedical Engineering

Project Web Page:

DEP particle manipulation, Circulating tumor cell capture

Email:

ch532@cornell.edu

Address:

245 Upson Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853

Phone:

(607) 255-9114

Fax:

(607) 255-1222

Biography

Charlie Huang joined the Micro/Nanofluidics Laboratory in November 2008. His journey to the small town of Ithaca, NY is a long and storied one, having made previous stops in China, British Columbia, Quebec, New Hampshire, Washington, and California. Over that time, he acquired many skills and experiences that led to an undergraduate degree in bioengineering and a decision to further pursue scientific research at the graduate level. Charlie enjoys the simple things in life: good food, good music, and good times. When he is not working feverishly in the lab, you may find him playing ice hockey or making sweet music with his rock band. Charlie is adamantly Team Jacob.

Current Project

Dielectrophoretic characterization of bacteria and cancer cells. See project pages for DEP and circulating tumor cells for more information.

Education

Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 2008-Present
Ph.D. candidate, Biomedical Engineering
Special committee: Brian J. Kirby (chair), Susan Daniel, Robert S. Weiss

University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2003-2008
B.S., Bioengineering (with College Honors); minor in Mathematics
Senior thesis: Three-dimensional modeling of the osteocyte network in bone
Advisor: Ted S. Gross

Honors and Awards

- NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, 2010-2013
- McMullen Fellowship, Cornell University, 2008-2009
- Dean's Undergraduate Research Award, UW Engineering, 2008
- UW Robinson Center Paradise Scholarship, 2007
- UW Undergraduate Scholar Award, 2004-2006

Publications

Hawkins BG, Huang C, Arasanipalai S, Kirby BJ
"Automated Dielectrophoretic Characterization of Mycobacterium smegmatis," Analytical Chemistry, 83(9): 3507-3515, 2011.

Pratt ED*, Huang C*, Hawkins BG, Gleghorn JP, Kirby BJ
"Rare cell capture in microfluidic devices," Chemical Engineering Science, 66(7): 1508-1522, 2011.
* Authors contributed equally to this work.

Conference Presentations

Huang C, Hawkins BG, Arasanipalai S, Kirby BJ
"Automated Dielectrophoretic Characterization of Mycobacteria," BMES Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, Oct. 2010.

Huang C, Hawkins BG, Arasanipalai S, Kirby BJ
"Automated Dielectrophoretic Characterization for Microfluidic Cell Separation Devices," MicroTAS, Groningen, The Netherlands, Oct. 2010.

Huang C, Hawkins BG, Kirby BJ
"Automated Dielectrophoretic Characterization for Microfluidic Cell Separation," 10th New York Complex Matter Workshop, Ithaca, NY, Jun. 2010.

Hawkins BG, Huang C, Stranic IS, Kondapalli S, Kirby BJ
"Particle screening in polymeric microfluidic devices using insulating dielectrophoresis and frequency-modulated electric fields," MicroTAS, Jeju, Korea, Nov. 2009.

Hawkins BG, Huang C, Kirby BJ
"Dielectrophoretic Characterization and Sorting of Mycobacteria," BMES Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, Oct. 2009.