Titre : Functional microfluidics for analytical chemistry and bio-based sustainable technologies
Heure : 11h00
Local : A-3541, Campus MIL
Résumé :
Bacterial biofilms are complex living systems. Nevertheless, they hold the potential to serve as the active material in a host of bio-catalyzed reactions. However, the paradigm shift towards biological catalysis is steeped in challenges related to performance and reproducibility. Microfluidics has the potential to apply sufficient control over biofilm properties to render them useful in new industrial applications, but on-line monitoring is challenging. The microfluidic platforms developed in our group include imbedded functional elements for on-line spectroscopy, electrochemistry and their combination (spectroelectrochemistry). In this talk, we review technical advancements from our group using microfluidics and certain applications that address key issues of our time—plastic pollution, water security, and sustainable energy.
Biographie :
Jesse Greener obtained his undergraduate degree at the University of Waterloo in chemical physics, and his PhD at the University of Western Ontario in physics. He did a post-doc at the University of Toronto where he started up the company FlowJEM microfluidics. In 2012 he joined Université Laval in Québec city where his group works on microfluidic lab-on-a-chip to study bacterial biofilms. He is currently an advisor for the journal Lab on a Chip and actively looking for new technology and applications to publish in the journal.
