List of microfluidics research groups
Encyclopedia
This list of microfluidics research groups gives a comprehensive overview of academic research organisations in the field of microfluidics
Microfluidics
Microfluidics deals with the behavior, precise control and manipulation of fluids that are geometrically constrained to a small, typically sub-millimeter, scale.Typically, micro means one of the following features:* small volumes...

, sorted geographically. Any sufficiently notable research group (which in general can be considered as any group having published in well regarded, high impact factor
Impact factor
The impact factor, often abbreviated IF, is a measure reflecting the average number of citations to articles published in science and social science journals. It is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field, with journals with higher impact factors deemed...

 journals) should be listed here, along with a brief description of their research.

North America

Country University / Institute Group Topic
University of British Columbia
University of British Columbia
The University of British Columbia is a public research university. UBC’s two main campuses are situated in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley...

Hansen Group microfluidics, lab-on-chip, biomedical
University of British Columbia
University of British Columbia
The University of British Columbia is a public research university. UBC’s two main campuses are situated in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley...

DMF Group Digital (droplet-based) microfluidics, microfluidics, lab-on-chip, optofluidics
McMaster University
McMaster University
McMaster University is a public research university whose main campus is located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on of land in the residential neighbourhood of Westdale, adjacent to Hamilton's Royal Botanical Gardens...

Centre for Advanced Micro-Electro-Fluidics microfluidics, lab-on-chip, BioMEMS, EnergyMEMS, biomedical
McGill University
McGill University
Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...

David Juncker Nanobioengineering Group biomedical
University of Waterloo
University of Waterloo
The University of Waterloo is a comprehensive public university in the city of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The school was founded in 1957 by Drs. Gerry Hagey and Ira G. Needles, and has since grown to an institution of more than 30,000 students, faculty, and staff...

Waterloo Microfluidics Lab - Carolyn Ren's Group

- Dongqing Li's group
microfluidics
University of Guelph
University of Guelph
The University of Guelph, also known as U of G, is a comprehensive public research university in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. It was established in 1964 after the amalgamation of Ontario Agricultural College, the Macdonald Institute, and the Ontario Veterinary College...

Bionanotechnology Laboratory- Suresh Neethirajan's group microfluidics, biofilms, lab-on-chip, Biomimetics, biosystems, bacterial chemotaxis
University of Manitoba
University of Manitoba
The University of Manitoba , in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, is the largest university in the province of Manitoba. It is Manitoba's most comprehensive and only research-intensive post-secondary educational institution. It was founded in 1877, making it Western Canada’s first university. It placed...

Immuno trafficking Lab- Francis Lin's group microfluidics, Immune cell trafficking, lab-on-chip, BioMEMS, biomedical
University of Toronto
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...

Kumacheva Microfluidics Group microfluidics, polymer science, biological environments, gas/liquid
University of Toronto
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...

Guenther Microfluidics Group microfluidics, On-chip Colloidal Synthesis, Biomedial
University of Toronto
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...

Wheeler Lab-on-a-Chip Group droplet based (digital)
Simon Fraser University
Simon Fraser University
Simon Fraser University is a Canadian public research university in British Columbia with its main campus on Burnaby Mountain in Burnaby, and satellite campuses in Vancouver and Surrey. The main campus in Burnaby, located from downtown Vancouver, was established in 1965 and has more than 34,000...

Microinstrumentation Laboratory biomedical
University of Alberta
University of Alberta
The University of Alberta is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta and Henry Marshall Tory, its first president, it is widely recognized as one of the best universities in Canada...

Prof. D.J. Harrison's Group proteomics, multiplexed systems
University of Alberta
University of Alberta
The University of Alberta is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta and Henry Marshall Tory, its first president, it is widely recognized as one of the best universities in Canada...

Micro & Nano-Scale Transport Laboratory (MNTL) LOC, Bio-MEMS, Energy Application
University of Waterloo
University of Waterloo
The University of Waterloo is a comprehensive public university in the city of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The school was founded in 1957 by Drs. Gerry Hagey and Ira G. Needles, and has since grown to an institution of more than 30,000 students, faculty, and staff...

Advanced Micro- / Nano- Devices Lab biomedical
University of Toronto
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...

Sinton Lab biomedical micro/nano-fluidics, optofluidics, sustainable energy, micro fuel cells
Université de Sherbrooke
Université de Sherbrooke
The Université de Sherbrooke is a large university with campuses located in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada and Longueuil, a suburb of Montreal approximately west of Sherbrooke. It is one of two universities, and the only French language university, in the Estrie region of Quebec.In 2007, the...

Microengineering Laboratory for MEMS (MICROS, Fréchette Group) Microscale thermo-fluidics, Power MEMS (microturbines, micro fuel cells), micro-cooling
University of Quebec Zourob Lab,Biosensor,BioMEMS, Bioengineering Group biosensor,POC diagnostic devices,LOC
University of Texas at El Paso
University of Texas at El Paso
The University of Texas at El Paso is a four-year state university, and is a component institution of the University of Texas System. Its campus is located on the bank of the Rio Grande in El Paso, Texas. The school was founded in 1914 as The Texas State School of Mines and Metallurgy,...

XiuJun James Li Microfluidic Bioanalysis Group Microfluidics, lab-on-chip, Bioanalysis, Nanotechnology, Cellular analysis, Biomedical, Forensics.
Auburn University
Auburn University
Auburn University is a public university located in Auburn, Alabama, United States. With more than 25,000 students and 1,200 faculty members, it is one of the largest universities in the state. Auburn was chartered on February 7, 1856, as the East Alabama Male College, a private liberal arts...

J.W. Hong's Microfluidics Group Microfluidics, lab-on-chip, biomedical
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, also commonly known as the University at Buffalo or UB, is a public research university and a "University Center" in the State University of New York system. The university was founded by Millard Fillmore in 1846. UB has multiple campuses...

SMALL (Sensors and MicroActuators Learning Lab) - Kwang W. Oh's Group Droplet-based microfluidics, microfluidic-networks, combinatorial dilution
University of Southern California
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...

Biomedical Microsystems Laboratory Biological Interfaces, Biomedical Devices, Microfluidics, Sensor Technology
The University of Virginia Prof. James P. Landers, Bioanalytical microchip laboratory Integrated bioanalytical devices for clinical and forensic applications. Microfluidic separations, rapid non-contact PCR, acoustic cell handling, visual DNA detection, rapid device fabrication
Georgia Institute of Technology
Georgia Institute of Technology
The Georgia Institute of Technology is a public research university in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States...

Lu Microfluidics Laboratory BioMEMS, Microfluidics, Neuroscience, Cell biology, and Biotechnology
Georgia Institute of Technology
Georgia Institute of Technology
The Georgia Institute of Technology is a public research university in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States...

Complex Fluids Modeling and Simulation Group Microfluidic separation, Bio-inspired microfluidic design, Nanofluidics, Complex fluids, Mechanics of soft matter
Old Dominion University
Old Dominion University
Old Dominion University is a state university located in Norfolk, Virginia, United States, and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools...

Bio-Microfluidics Laboratory Microfluidics, Electrokinetic flows, Nanoscale transport
Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....

Complex Fluids Group Microfluidics, Thin fluid films, Hemodynamics, Biochemical analysis
Sandia National Laboratories
Sandia National Laboratories
The Sandia National Laboratories, managed and operated by the Sandia Corporation , are two major United States Department of Energy research and development national laboratories....

Laboratory of Biosystems Research and Development Bioanalytical, Biofuels, Biodefense and Microfluidics Diagnostics
Purdue University
Purdue University
Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and...

Purdue University Microfluidics Laboratory MEMS, BioMEMS, Nanotechnology and Microfluidics Diagnostics
Indiana University, Bloomington Jacobson Group Micro and nanofluidics
University of Florida
University of Florida
The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...

IMG: BioMEMS and Microfluidics Laboratory valves, detection, 2D electrophoresis, Lab-on-Chip integration
University of Maryland, College Park
University of Maryland, College Park
The University of Maryland, College Park is a top-ranked public research university located in the city of College Park in Prince George's County, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C...

Maryland MEMS & Microfluidics Lab BioMEMS & Bioanalytical Microfluidic Devices
University of Washington
University of Washington
University of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...

Posner Research Group biochemical separations, sensors, biophysics, colloidal science, nanomotors, fuel cells
Brandeis University
Brandeis University
Brandeis University is an American private research university with a liberal arts focus. It is located in the southwestern corner of Waltham, Massachusetts, nine miles west of Boston. The University has an enrollment of approximately 3,200 undergraduate and 2,100 graduate students. In 2011, it...

Brandeis Microfluidics Fabrication Facility protein crystallography, two phase transition studies
Boston University
Boston University
Boston University is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 31,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers...

Department of Biomedical Engineering Fraunhofer Center for Manufacturing Innovation Biochemical assays, New generation PCR, Diagnostics
California Institute of Technology
California Institute of Technology
The California Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Pasadena, California, United States. Caltech has six academic divisions with strong emphases on science and engineering...

Jim Heath Lab BioMEMS, Microfluidics, etc.
California Institute of Technology
California Institute of Technology
The California Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Pasadena, California, United States. Caltech has six academic divisions with strong emphases on science and engineering...

The Rustem Ismagilov Research Group plug based microfluidics, dynamics of complex chemistry and biology systems, diagnosis and assays
Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...

Biofluidic Micro Systems Laboratory BioMEMS, Microfluidics, etc.
Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...

Laboratory for Microscale Transport Phenomena microfluidics, micro drops and bubbles, optofluidics
Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...

Molecular and Microscale Bioengineering Lab Microfluidics, Point of Care Diagnostics, Tissue Engineering
Washington State University Vancouver
Washington State University Vancouver
Washington State University Vancouver is the Vancouver, Washington branch of Washington State University. WSU Vancouver's approximately campus is located on the southeast side of Mt. Vista approximately eight miles north of the Columbia River...

Xu's Micro/Nanofluidics Group micro/nanofluidics, Lab on a Chip
Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...

Bioanalytical Microsystems & Biosensors Lab biosensors
Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...

Craighead Research Group analytical devices, micromachining
Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...

Erickson Research Group Optofluidics, nanofluidic sensors, autonomous microfluific systems
Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...

Kirby Research Group micro/nanofluidic transport, Lab-on-a-Chip, BioMEMS, cellular analysis, interfacial science
Great Lakes WATER Institute
Great Lakes WATER Institute
Great Lakes WATER Institute is a freshwater research center of the University of Wisconsin System administered by the Graduate School of University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.Located on Milwaukee's inner harbor, it is the only major aquatic research institution...

Biological Sciences microfluidics, lab-on-a-chip
Lehigh University
Lehigh University
Lehigh University is a private, co-educational university located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of the United States. It was established in 1865 by Asa Packer as a four-year technical school, but has grown to include studies in a wide variety of disciplines...

Laboratory for Particle Mixing and Self-Organization (Gilchrist Laboratory) micro/nanoscale transport and assembly, suspensions, chaotic mixing, segregation, rheology, convective deposition, dielectrophoresis
Michigan Technological University
Michigan Technological University
Michigan Technological University is a public research university located in Houghton, Michigan, United States. Its main campus sits on on a bluff overlooking Portage Lake...

Medical Micro-device Engineering Research Lab, Minerick Lab electrokinetics, Lab-on-a-Chip, dielectrophoresis, pH gradients, electrocatalysis
North Carolina State University
North Carolina State University
North Carolina State University at Raleigh is a public, coeducational, extensive research university located in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Commonly known as NC State, the university is part of the University of North Carolina system and is a land, sea, and space grant institution...

Orlin Velev Research Group Janus particles, biosensors
Rice University
Rice University
William Marsh Rice University, commonly referred to as Rice University or Rice, is a private research university located on a heavily wooded campus in Houston, Texas, United States...

McDevitt Lab analysis of complex fluids
Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...

Stanford Microfluidics Laboratory detection, separation, preconcentration, electroosmotic pumps, fuel cells
Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...

Stephen Quake's Group Microfluidic Large Scale Integration
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Kenis Research Group Microfluidics, Microreactors, Fuel Cells
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Martha Gillette Research Lab NeuroEngineering: Microfluidics applied to neuronal development and emergent behaviors of cell clusters
University of Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati
The University of Cincinnati is a comprehensive public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio, and a part of the University System of Ohio....

MicroSystems and BioMEMS Lab clinical diagnosis
The Scripps Research Institute
The Scripps Research Institute
The Scripps Research Institute is an American medical research facility that focuses on research in the basic biomedical sciences. Headquartered in La Jolla, California, with a sister facility in Jupiter, Florida, the institute is home to 3,000 scientists, technicians, graduate students, and...

Paegel Group compartmentalized evolution, rational GUV synthesis
Texas Tech University
Texas Tech University
Texas Tech University, often referred to as Texas Tech or TTU, is a public research university in Lubbock, Texas, United States. Established on February 10, 1923, and originally known as Texas Technological College, it is the leading institution of the Texas Tech University System and has the...

Vanapalli Research Group lab-on-chip, biological and chemical applications
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...

Mathies Research Group DNA sequencing
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...

Luke Lee BioPOETS Group soft lithography, plasmonics
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...

Amy Herr Group capillary electrophoresis
University of California Berkeley Lydia Sohn Group Label-free cytometry, Resistive-pulse sensing, Point-of-care diagnostics, Rare cell isolation and analysis
University of California, Irvine
University of California, Irvine
The University of California, Irvine , founded in 1965, is one of the ten campuses of the University of California, located in Irvine, California, USA...

Abraham P. Lee BioMiNT Group Digital/Droplet microfluidics, microfluidic pumps, sensors
University of California, Irvine
University of California, Irvine
The University of California, Irvine , founded in 1965, is one of the ten campuses of the University of California, located in Irvine, California, USA...

Marc Madou BioMEMs Group Centrifugal Fluidics, Dielectrophoresis, Micromixing, Electroactive polymers, Biosensors, Electrochemistry
Stony Brook University Microfluidics and Interfacial Fluid Dynamics Laboratory Interfacial Fluid Dynamics - micro-fabrication techniques, small-scale transport processes, multiphase flows, wetting dynamics, miscible flows, instabilities, and the rheology of complex fluids
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...

Di Carlo Microfluidic Research Group Inertial microfluidics
University of California, Santa Barbara
University of California, Santa Barbara
The University of California, Santa Barbara, commonly known as UCSB or UC Santa Barbara, is a public research university and one of the 10 general campuses of the University of California system. The main campus is located on a site in Goleta, California, from Santa Barbara and northwest of Los...

Squires Research Group nonlinear electrokinetics, microrheology
University of Arizona
University of Arizona
The University of Arizona is a land-grant and space-grant public institution of higher education and research located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. The University of Arizona was the first university in the state of Arizona, founded in 1885...

Biosensors Lab biosensors and diagnostics
Penn State The Penn State BioNEMS Group science of microfluidics (physics)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...

Sangeeta Bhatia Group Applications of micro- and nanotechnology to tissue repair and regeneration
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...

Jose Gomez-Marquez Group Medical technology for the developing world
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...

Jongyoon Han Group Micro/nanofluidics, nanofluidic biomolecule separation and detection and nanostructure-biomolecule interactions
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...

Hatsopoulos Microfluids Laboratory dynamics of fluids with microstructure, microfluidics, complex fluids, non-Newtonian fluid mechanics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...

Klavs Jensen Group Micro- and nano-structured materials and devices for chemical, biological, optical, electronic and energy applications
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...

Ali Khademhosseini Group Microscale and nanoscale technologies with the ultimate goal of generating tissue-engineered organs and controlling cell behavior
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...

Scott Manalis Group Quantitative and real-time techniques for biomolecular detection and single cell analysis
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...

Joel Voldman Group Microfluidics applied to fundamental and applied problems in cell biology, with a focus on cell sorting and stem cell biology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...

Mehmet Fatih Yanik Group Development and applications of high-throughput technologies for probing and engineering neural processes
Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...

The David A. Weitz
David A. Weitz
David A. Weitz is a Canadian/American physicist and Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics & Applied Physics and professor of Systems Biology at Harvard University...

 Research Group
colloid physics, capillary microfluidics, soft lithography, encapsulation & delivery, biology in microfluidics
Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...

The George M. Whitesides
George M. Whitesides
George M. Whitesides is an American chemist and professor of chemistry at Harvard University. He is best known for his work in the areas of NMR spectroscopy, organometallic chemistry, molecular self-assembly, soft lithography, microfabrication, microfluidics, and nanotechnology...

 Research Group
soft lithography, organic chemistry
Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...

The Quake Research Group valves, multiplexing
UCLA UCLA Microsystems Laboratories valves, detection
University of Michigan
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...

Burns Research Group microreaction systems, microseparations, chemical and biochemical analysis
University of South Florida
University of South Florida
The University of South Florida, also known as USF, is a member institution of the State University System of Florida, one of the state's three flagship universities for public research, and is located in Tampa, Florida, USA...

BioMEMS and Microsystems Research Group valves, detection
University of Washington
University of Washington
University of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...

Daniel Chiu Group Chemistry of neurobiology
University of Utah
University of Utah
The University of Utah, also known as the U or the U of U, is a public, coeducational research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The university was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret by the General Assembly of the provisional State of Deseret, making it Utah's oldest...

Utah Center of Excellence for Biomedical Microfluidics BioMEMS, Field flow fractionation
University of Washington
University of Washington
University of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...

Albert Folch
Albert Folch Folch
Albert Folch Folch is a Catalan scientist, writer, and artist.Albert Folch was born in Barcelona in 1966. He received his B.Sc. in Physics from the University of Barcelona in 1989. In 1994, he received his Ph.D. in Surface Science and Nanotechnology from the U.B.’s Physics Dept. under Dr. Javier...

 Group
Neuro-MEMS
University of Washington
University of Washington
University of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...

Paul Yager Group point-of-care diagnostics
Northeastern University Shashi Murthy Group Lab on a Chip diagnostics, cell isolation for regenerative medicine
Northwestern University
Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....

Sandip Ghosal Group mathematical modeling of microfluidic flows and transport processes
Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt University is a private research university located in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1873, the university is named for shipping and rail magnate "Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided Vanderbilt its initial $1 million endowment despite having never been to the...

John Wikswo
John Wikswo
John Peter Wikswo, Jr. is a biological physicist at Vanderbilt University. He was born in Lynchburg, Virginia, United States.Wikswo is noted for his work on biomagnetism and cardiac electrophysiology.-Graduate school:...

 Group
molecular signaling, cellular motility, angiogenesis, and metastasis
Virginia Tech Chang Lu group Electroporation, single cell analysis, gene delivery, epigenetics
Rutgers University
Rutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...

Jeffrey Zahn Group Microfluidic biosensors, cell separation devices, DNA purification, microcatheters
Rutgers University
Rutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...

Martin Yarmush
Martin Yarmush
Martin 'Maish' YarmushDr. Martin Yarmush , an American scientist, physician, and engineer, is currently the Paul and Mary Monroe Professor of Science and Engineering and Distinguished Professor of , and the Director of the at the Massachusetts General Hospital...

 Group
Living cell arrays, Brain-on-a-chip, Allergy-on-a Chip, Cell separation; Microdevices for single cell analysis
Clemson University
Clemson University
Clemson University is an American public, coeducational, land-grant, sea-grant, research university located in Clemson, South Carolina, United States....

Xuan Group Microfluidic and nanofluidic transport phenomena, electrokinetic particle manipulations
University of Washington, Seattle Soft Matter and Microfluidics Research Laboratory Microfluidics, Biosensors, Soft Matter
Louisiana Tech University
Louisiana Tech University
Louisiana Tech University, often referred to as Louisiana Tech, LA Tech, or Tech, is a coeducational public research university located in Ruston, Louisiana. Louisiana Tech is designated as a Tier 1 school in the national universities category by the 2012 U.S. News & World Report college rankings...

Niel Crews Group Real-time microfluidic PCR, DNA damage detection, Rapid prototyping, Biosensing, BioMEMS based differential scanning calorimetry, Portable PCR devices
Tennessee Tech Lapizco-Encinas Group /
Microscale Bioseparation Laboratory
Microscale electrokinetics and microfluidics.

Latin America

Country University / Institute Group Topic
Buenos Aires Institute of Technology Micro and Nanomechanics Lab microfluidics, microresonators, microactuators, microsensors
Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS) Microfabrication Laboratory Microfluidic application in chemistry, physic and engineering areas. Soft Lithography, plasma.
Institute of Chemistry - State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) Group of Electrophoresis and Microsystems (GEM) Instrumentation and Method Development for Capillary and Microchip Electrophoresis.

Europe

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|Austrian Institute of Technology
|Health and Environment - Nano Systems
|lab-on-a-chip, sensors
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|Vienna University of Technology
Vienna University of Technology
Vienna University of Technology is one of the major universities in Vienna, the capital of Austria. Founded in 1815 as the "Imperial-Royal Polytechnic Institute" , it currently has about 26,200 students , 8 faculties and about 4,000 staff members...


|Institute of Sensor and Actuator Systems (ISAS)
|microfluidics, optofluidics, physical chemosensors, on-chip electrophoresis, fluid mixing, single-cell analysis
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|Ghent University
Ghent University
Ghent University is a Dutch-speaking public university located in Ghent, Belgium. It is one of the larger Flemish universities, consisting of 32,000 students and 7,100 staff members. The current rector is Paul Van Cauwenberge.It was established in 1817 by King William I of the Netherlands...


|Research Group SynBioC
|amino acids
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|Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
The École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne is one of the two Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology and is located in Lausanne, Switzerland.The school was founded by the Swiss Federal Government with the stated mission to:...


|Microsystems Laboratory
|cell chips, medical diagnostics, bioelectronics
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|Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
The École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne is one of the two Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology and is located in Lausanne, Switzerland.The school was founded by the Swiss Federal Government with the stated mission to:...


|Optics Laboratory
|Optofluidics, biophotonics, nonlinear optics
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|Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
ETH Zurich
The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich or ETH Zürich is an engineering, science, technology, mathematics and management university in the City of Zurich, Switzerland....


|Bioanalytics Group
|Biomimetic Structures, Cell Analysis, Synthesis, Single Molecule Spectroscopy
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|Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
ETH Zurich
The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich or ETH Zürich is an engineering, science, technology, mathematics and management university in the City of Zurich, Switzerland....


|Bioengineering Laboratory
|Integrated bio- and chemosensors, high-density multi-electrode arrays, cell handling and analysis
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|Technical University of Denmark
Technical University of Denmark
The Technical University of Denmark , often simply referred to as DTU, is a university just north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It was founded in 1829 at the initiative of Hans Christian Ørsted as Denmark's first polytechnic, and is today ranked among Europe's leading engineering institutions, and the...


|Department of Micro and Nanotechnology
|medical diagnostics, biosensors
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|Helsinki University of Technology
Helsinki University of Technology
Aalto University School of Science and Technology , was the temporary name for Helsinki University of Technology during the process of forming the Aalto University...


|Department of Micro and Nanosciences
|Microfludics for chemical analysis, device fabrication
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|University of Helsinki
University of Helsinki
The University of Helsinki is a university located in Helsinki, Finland since 1829, but was founded in the city of Turku in 1640 as The Royal Academy of Turku, at that time part of the Swedish Empire. It is the oldest and largest university in Finland with the widest range of disciplines available...


|Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
|Microfludics for chemical analysis
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|VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is largest multidisciplinary research organisation in Northern Europe. It provides high-end technology solutions and innovation services...


|Multiple groups
|Lab-on-chip, biosensors, cell manipulation, device fabrication
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|Ecole Normale Superieure, PARIS
École Normale Supérieure
The École normale supérieure is one of the most prestigious French grandes écoles...


|Microfluidics, Chemical organization, and Nanotechnologyhttp://www.chimie.ens.fr/Microfluidique/
|Microfluidics for cell and systems biology, neuron chips, biomimetism, artificial cells
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|ESPCI, PARIS
|Microfluidic MEMS et Nanostructures Laboratory
|Droplet and Nano-droplets, Chemical reactions, Cells
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|University of Bordeaux
University of Bordeaux
University of Bordeaux is an association of higher education institutions in and around Bordeaux, France. Its current incarnation was established 21 March 2007. The group is the largest system of higher education schools in southwestern France. It is part of the Academy of Bordeaux.There are seven...


|Microfluidics Laboratory
|Droplet microfluidics
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|Ecole Polytechnique
École Polytechnique
The École Polytechnique is a state-run institution of higher education and research in Palaiseau, Essonne, France, near Paris. Polytechnique is renowned for its four year undergraduate/graduate Master's program...


|Laboratoire d'Hydrodynamique (LADHYX)
|Droplet microfluidics
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|University of Lille, CNRS, IEMN
Institut d'électronique de microélectronique et de nanotechnologie
The Institut d'électronique de microélectronique et de nanotechnologie is a research institute of the Université Lille Nord de France .- IEMN research activities :The main research focus are in six major scientific areas :...

, ISEN
Isen
The river Isen occurs in J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional universe of Middle-earth.The Isen began in the southern Misty Mountains, first flowing south through the fortress of Isengard to the White Mountains, where it abruptly bent west and flowed to the sea of Belegaer...


|BioMEMS Group
|Electrowetting, Digital and continuous-flow microfluidics, Lab-on-chip, Dielectrophoresis, Electrokinetics, Impedancemetry, Biosensors, Nanoparticles for cell tracking, Flexible substrates
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|Curie Institute
Curie Institute (Paris)
thumb|Centre of protontherapyInstitut Curie is one of the leading medical, biological and biophysical research centres in the world.It is a private non-profit foundation operating a research center on biophysics, cell biology and oncology and a hospital specialized in treatment of cancer...

, CNRS,
|Laboratory of Macromolecules and Microsystems in Biology and MedicineMMBM-JL Viovy
|Lab-on-chip, biophysics, molecular interactions, molecular transport, Nanoparticles, single molecule, single cell, bioanalytical microfluidics,
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|LPN, CNRS,
|Microfluidics for chemistry and biology
|separation of biomolecules, nanofluidics, dynamics of reaction networks, nanoimprint,
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|Experimental Physics I, Medical department University of Leipzig
|Fütterer Group
|Microfluidics for Cells and tissues, high throughput screening, ultraprecise flow control, perfusion systems
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|European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg
|Genome Biology
|Microfluidic systems for large-scale screens in biology and chemistry
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|Chair for Experimental Physics I, University of Augsburg
|Wixforth Group
|SAW (surface acoustic wave) driven microfluidics, deformable objects in complex flow, Lab on a Chip, droplet microfluidics, membrane physics, biophysics
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|TU Darmstadt
|Institute of Nano- and Microfluidics
|Biomolecule separation, electrokinetics, heat and mass transfer, lab-on-a-chip technology, liquid/liquid interfaces, micro- and nanoscale energy conversion, optofluidics
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|Ilmenau University of Technology
|Köhler Group
|Microfluidic Segments, Nanoparticles in Microreactors, Optical pH sensing
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|Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-organization
Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization
The Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-organisation in Göttingen, Germany, is a research institute for investigations of complex non-equilibrium systems, particularly in physics and biology....


|Droplets, Membranes & Interfaces
|Droplet microfluidics, Emulsions, Membranes & interfaces Physical-chemistry.
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|Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-organization
Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization
The Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-organisation in Göttingen, Germany, is a research institute for investigations of complex non-equilibrium systems, particularly in physics and biology....


|Microfludics Research Group
|Droplet microfluidics
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|Saarland University
Saarland University
Saarland University is a university located in Saarbrücken, the capital of the German state of Saarland, and Homburg. It was founded in 1948 in Homburg in co-operation with France and is organized in 8 faculties that cover all major fields of science...


|Experimental Physics
|Microreactors, droplet microfluidics, complex reactions
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|IMM
|Institut für Mikrotechnik Mainz GmbH
|Lab on a chip, micro system technology, microstructures, analytics (biological, chemical), diagnostics, energy technology, fluidic simulations
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|Fraunhofer ENAS
|Dept. Multi Device Integration (MDI)
|Lab on a chip, micro system technology, microstructures, integrated microfluidic low-cost actuation, fully integrated microfluidic cartridges for in-vitro diagnostics
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|Universität der Bundeswehr München
Universität der Bundeswehr München
Bundeswehr University Munich is one of only two federal universities in Germany that both were founded in 1973 as part of the German Armed Forces . Originally called Hochschule der Bundeswehr München the institution was supposed to offer civilian academic education for military officers...


|Institute for Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics, Microgroup www.unibw.de/lrt7
|optical techniques (µPIV, µPTV, 3d3c techniques), astigmatism-µPTV
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|ISAS: Institute for Analytical Sciences
|separation, plasma, cells
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|KIST Europe
|Korea Institute of Science and Technology Forschungsgesellschaft mbH, Saarbrücken
|soft matter, clinical diagnostics, cell biology applications
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|University of Bielefeld
|Biophysics and Applied Nanoscience group
|Migration and dynamics of biomolecules in µF devices
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|Hahn-Schickard-Gesellschaft
|Institute for Micromachining and Information Technology
|Lab on a Chip, micro dosage systems, micro medical technology, Fluidic Simulations
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|University of Freiburg
University of Freiburg
The University of Freiburg , sometimes referred to in English as the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, is a public research university located in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.The university was founded in 1457 by the Habsburg dynasty as the...

 - IMTEK
IMTEK
IMTEK stands for Department of Microsystems Engineering at the University of Freiburg in Germany. With currently more than 250 graduate students and 20 research groups, it is Germany's largest research institute dedicated to all aspects of MEMS....


|Laboratory for MEMS Applications
|Lab on a Chip, Tools for Cells, nL & pL Dispensing, Fluidic Simulations
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|University of Leipzig
University of Leipzig
The University of Leipzig , located in Leipzig in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, is one of the oldest universities in the world and the second-oldest university in Germany...


|Belder Research Group
|analytical chemistry
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|Institute of Photonic Technology
IPHT Jena
The Institute of Photonic Technology is a non-university research facility in Jena, Thuringia, Germany. Focused on applications for various physical systems, the Institute's mandate is to find solutions to challenges in high technology systems...

 - IPHT
IPHT Jena
The Institute of Photonic Technology is a non-university research facility in Jena, Thuringia, Germany. Focused on applications for various physical systems, the Institute's mandate is to find solutions to challenges in high technology systems...


|Microfluidics Department
|Lab on a Chip devices and prototyping, optical readout of information, droplet-based microfluidics, on-Chip PCR, multiphase flow diagnostics and simulation
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|Fraunhofer Institut of Chemical Technology - ICT
|Group of Microreaction Technology
|Microreaction Technology, Micro Process Engineering, Microfluidics
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|University of Limerick
University of Limerick
The University of Limerick is a university in Ireland near the city of Limerick on the island's west coast. It was established in 1972 as the National Institute for Higher Education, Limerick and became a university by statute in 1989 in accordance with the University of Limerick Act 1989...


|Stokes Institute
|Microflow cytometry, MicroPIV, Cytotoxicity, Cell sorting, Laeukemia analysis, PCR
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|University of Bologna
University of Bologna
The Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna is the oldest continually operating university in the world, the word 'universitas' being first used by this institution at its foundation. The true date of its founding is uncertain, but believed by most accounts to have been 1088...


|DIENCA
|Heat transfer, MicroPIV
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|University of Perugia
University of Perugia
University of Perugia is a public-owned university based in Perugia, Italy. It was founded in 1308, as attested by the Bull issued by Pope Clement V certifying the birth of the Studium Generale....


|Laboratory of Biomaterials & Bioencapsulation
|Biomaterials, Bioencapsulation, Cell entrapment, Drug delivery
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|Leiden University
Leiden University
Leiden University , located in the city of Leiden, is the oldest university in the Netherlands. The university was founded in 1575 by William, Prince of Orange, leader of the Dutch Revolt in the Eighty Years' War. The royal Dutch House of Orange-Nassau and Leiden University still have a close...


|Analytical BioSciences
|Lab on a chip, Micro & Nano approaches for analytical challenges
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|Delft University of Technology
Delft University of Technology
Delft University of Technology , also known as TU Delft, is the largest and oldest Dutch public technical university, located in Delft, Netherlands...


|Kavli Institute of Nanoscience - Bionanoscience - KeymerLab
|evolution-on-a-chip, bacterial synthetic ecosystems, biophysics, evolutionary biology, adapting bacteria in nanostructures
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|Delft University of Technology
Delft University of Technology
Delft University of Technology , also known as TU Delft, is the largest and oldest Dutch public technical university, located in Delft, Netherlands...


|Laboratory for Aero & Hydrodynamics
|lab-on-a-chip, BioMEMS, MicroPIV, NanoPIV
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|TNO
Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Toegepast Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek or TNO is a not-for-profit organization in the Netherlands that focuses on applied science. The main office of TNO is located in Delft...


|TNO Science and Industry
|Industrial applications: lab-on-a-chip, (bio)analytics, microreactors, micro process technology, printing, encapsulation
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|University of Twente
|MCS: Mesoscale Chemical Systems
|microreactors, chemical kinetics, analytical chemistry
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|University of Twente
|BIOS: The Lab-on-a-Chip Group
|biosensors, cells on chips
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|University of Twente
|POF: The Physics of Fluids group
|bubble dynamics, inkjet printing
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|Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
The Norwegian University of Science and Technology , commonly known as NTNU, is located in Trondheim. NTNU is the second largest of the eight universities in Norway, and, as its name suggests, has the main national responsibility for higher education in engineering and technology...


|Microfluidics research group
|lab-on-a-chip
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|Polish Academy of Sciences
Polish Academy of Sciences
The Polish Academy of Sciences, headquartered in Warsaw, is one of two Polish institutions having the nature of an academy of sciences.-History:...


|Institute of Physical Chemistry, Garstecki Lab of Microfluidics and Complex Fluids
|dropplet microfluidics, lab on chip, microfluidic emulsification and micro-foams
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|Warsaw University of Technology
Warsaw University of Technology
The Warsaw University of Technology is one of the leading institutes of technology in Poland, and one of the largest in Central Europe. It employs 2,453 teaching faculty, with 357 professors . The student body numbers 36,156 , mostly full-time. There are 17 faculties covering almost all fields of...


|Chemical Sensor Research Group
|chemical sensors, microfluidics, medical diagnostics, cell engineering and testing
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|Chalmers University of Technology
Chalmers University of Technology
Chalmers University of Technology , is a Swedish university located in Gothenburg that focuses on research and education in technology, natural science and architecture.-History:...


|Orwar research group
|Freestanding microfluidic platforms, for single cell stimuli delivery
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|LTH
Lund Institute of Technology
The Faculty of Engineering is one of the eight faculties at Lund University in Lund, Sweden, commonly called LTH . LTH was originally established as an independent institute in 1961, but was incorporated in Lund University as a faculty in 1969...


|Nanobiotechnology and Lab-on-a-Chip Group
|Device fabrication and proteomics
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|KTH
|Microsystem Technology Group
|components, drug delivery
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|Linköping University
Linköping University
Linköping University is a state university in Linköping, Sweden. Linköping University was granted full university status in 1975 and is now one of Sweden's larger academic institutions. Education, research and PhD training are the mission of four faculties: Arts and Sciences, Educational...


|Transport and separations group
|Electroosmotic pumps, separations, guidance of fluids in microfluidic systems
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|Uppsala University
Uppsala University
Uppsala University is a research university in Uppsala, Sweden, and is the oldest university in Scandinavia, founded in 1477. It consistently ranks among the best universities in Northern Europe in international rankings and is generally considered one of the most prestigious institutions of...


|Division of Micro Systems Technology
|Device fabrication, lab-on-a-chip, microfluidic valves and pumps, microfluidic hydraulics, microdialysis of proteins and peptides
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|METU-NCC
|Microfluidics & Lab-on-a-chip Research Group
|Microfluidics, lab-on-a-chip for biomedical applications
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|Brunel University
Brunel University
Brunel University is a public research university located in Uxbridge, London, United Kingdom. The university is named after the Victorian engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel....


|DOCLab, Centre for Electronic Systems Research
|Lab-on-a-chip, molecular diagnostics
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|MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
|Dear group
|Single-molecule sequencing, single-molecule PCR, microscale immunoassays
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|University of Ulster
University of Ulster
The University of Ulster is a multi-campus, co-educational university located in Northern Ireland. It is the largest single university in Ireland, discounting the federal National University of Ireland...


|Nanotechnology and Integrated Bioengineering Centre
|Bionanotechnology, Point of Care, Tissues Engineering, Micro-plasma Technology, Medical Devices, Electronics, Photonics, Nanotechnology, Sensors, MEMS, Optical and Environmental devices
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|University of Southampton
University of Southampton
The University of Southampton is a British public university located in the city of Southampton, England, a member of the Russell Group. The origins of the university can be dated back to the founding of the Hartley Institution in 1862 by Henry Robertson Hartley. In 1902, the Institution developed...


|The Nano Research Group
|Bionanotechnology, Micro-analytical devices, Nanofluidics, AC Electrokinetics: Cell and particle manipulation methods, AC Electrokinetics: Fluid interactions, Optical biosensing, Modelling and theoretical work
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|University of Manchester
University of Manchester
The University of Manchester is a public research university located in Manchester, United Kingdom. It is a "red brick" university and a member of the Russell Group of research-intensive British universities and the N8 Group...


|Miniaturization Research Group
|Device Fabrication, Analysis, Microfluidics, Nano-droplets, Biosensors, Separation Science
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|University of Glasgow
University of Glasgow
The University of Glasgow is the fourth-oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's four ancient universities. Located in Glasgow, the university was founded in 1451 and is presently one of seventeen British higher education institutions ranked amongst the top 100 of the...


|Bioelectronics Group
|Microfluidics, nanofabrication, plasmonics, CFD, Biosensors, Laser tweezing, Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy
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|University of Hertfordshire
University of Hertfordshire
The University of Hertfordshire is a new university based largely in Hatfield, in the county of Hertfordshire, England, from which the university takes its name. It has more than 27,500 students, over 2500 staff, with a turnover of over £181m...


|Microfluidics and Microengineering Group
|mixing, CFD, components
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|University College London
University College London
University College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and the oldest and largest constituent college of the federal University of London...


|Microfluidics Group
|Development of novel computational and experimental methods for design of microfluidic devices such as micromixers and micropumps
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|University College London
University College London
University College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and the oldest and largest constituent college of the federal University of London...


|Microfluidics Group
|Microfluidics research focusing on microscale bioprocessing for applications such as drug discovery, cell therapy, mammalian cell culture and enzymatic bioconversion
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|Bangor University, Wales
|Microfluidics Group
|Deployment of nanoscale photonic measurement techniques and expertise in microsystem design and fabrication
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|Imperial College London
Imperial College London
Imperial College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom, specialising in science, engineering, business and medicine...


|deMello Group
|Droplet microfluidics, Bionanotechnology, Micro-analytical devices, Nanoparticle synthesis, Nanofluidics, Diagnostics, Ultra sensitive optical sensing
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|University of Porto
University of Porto
The University of Porto is a Portuguese public university located in Porto, and founded 22 March 1911. It is the largest Portuguese university by number of enrolled students and has one of the most noted research outputs in Portugal...


| Transport Phenomena Research Center
|Flow instabilities, enhanced mixing systems, optimization of micro-devices, micron-sized extensional rheometer, CFD
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|University of Oviedo
University of Oviedo
The University of Oviedo is a public university in Asturias . It's the only university in the region. It has three campus and research centres, located in Oviedo, Gijón and Mieres.-History:...


|Immunoelectroanalysis Group
|Development of applications with microfluidic devices
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Asia and Australia

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|KAIST
KAIST
KAIST , is located in Daedeok Innopolis, Daejeon, South Korea. KAIST was established by the Korean government in 1971 as the nation's first research oriented science and engineering institution. The QS-The Times World University Rankings in the year of 2009 placed KAIST 69th overall and 21st in...


|NanoBiotech Laboratory (Je-Kyun Park Group)
|Optoelectrofluidics
Optoelectrofluidics
Optoelectrofluidics, also known as optically induced electrohydrodynamics, refers to the study of the motions of particles or molecules and their interactions with optically-induced electric field and the surrounding fluid....

, Hydrophoresis, Magnetophoresis, Cell-based assay system
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|National Taiwan University
National Taiwan University
National Taiwan University is a national co-educational university located in Taipei, Republic of China . In Taiwan, it is colloquially known as "Táidà" . Its main campus is set upon 1,086,167 square meters in Taipei's Da'an District. In addition, the university has 6 other campuses in Taiwan,...


|BEAM Lab (Jing-Tang Yang Group)
|Microfluidics, Lab on a Chip, Biomedical applications
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|Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Science
|Jianhua Qin Group
|Lab on a Chip, Biomedical applications
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|Zhejiang University
Zhejiang University
Zhejiang University , sometimes referred to as Zheda, is a national university in China. Founded in 1897, Zhejiang University is one of China's oldest institutions of higher education...


|Institute of Microanalytical Systems
|Design and fabrication of microchips on different substrates, World-to-chip interfacing-On-chip sample introduction and pretreatment, High resolution separation of bio samples in microfluidic systems; Detection systems in microfluidics; Microsensors
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|Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
The Huazhong University of Science and Technology is a public, coeducational research university located in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. As a national key university, HUST is directly affiliated to the Ministry of Education of China. HUST has been referred as the flagship of China's higher...


|Bifeng Liu Group
|Digital/Droplet microfluidics, capillary electrophoresis, Quantitative and real-time techniques for biomolecular detection and single cell analysis, Development and applications of high-throughput technologies for probing and engineering neural processes
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|Peking University
Peking University
Peking University , colloquially known in Chinese as Beida , is a major research university located in Beijing, China, and a member of the C9 League. It is the first established modern national university of China. It was founded as Imperial University of Peking in 1898 as a replacement of the...


|YanYi Huang Lab
|Microfluidic applications in bioengineering, analytical chemistry, and chemical biology; Nanophotonics; Integrated optics and biophotonics
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|University of Hong Kong
|Microfluidics and Soft Matter Group - Anderson Shum
|Droplet microfluidics; Water-based microfluidics; Emulsion-templated materials; Microfluidic applications in biomedical engineering
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|Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
The Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur is an autonomous engineering, technology and management oriented institute of higher education established by the government of India in 1951...


|Microfluidics Laboratory
|Microfluidic applications
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|Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
The Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee , formerly the University of Roorkee, is a public university located in Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India...


|R.P Bharti Research Group
|Electrokinetics, Biofluidics
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|Sharif University of Technology
Sharif University of Technology
Sharif University of Technology is a university of higher education in technology, engineering and physical sciences in Tehran. Sharif University of Technology is one of the most prestigious universities in the country, and is considered Iran's MIT...


|Biofluid Group
|Biofluid Dynamics, Microfluidics, Bioreactors
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|K. N. Toosi University of Technology
|Electronic Materials Laboratory
|Microfluidics, analytical devices, sensor technology
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|University of Tokyo
University of Tokyo
, abbreviated as , is a major research university located in Tokyo, Japan. The University has 10 faculties with a total of around 30,000 students, 2,100 of whom are foreign. Its five campuses are in Hongō, Komaba, Kashiwa, Shirokane and Nakano. It is considered to be the most prestigious university...


|Kitamori Lab
|organic chemistry, integrated chemistry on a chip
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|Nagoya University
Nagoya University
Nagoya University is one of the most prestigious universities in Japan. It can be seen in the several rankings such as shown below.-General Rankings:...


|Baba Lab
|Lab on a chip
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|Seoul National University
Seoul National University
Seoul National University , colloquially known in Korean as Seoul-dae , is a national research university in Seoul, Korea, ranked 24th in the world in publications in an analysis of data from the Science Citation Index, 7th in Asia and 42nd in the world by the 2011 QS World University Rankings...


|BINEL (Biophtonics and Nanoengineering Lab
|Railed Microfluidics, Optofluidics, BioMems, Optics
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|Monash University
Monash University
Monash University is a public university based in Melbourne, Victoria. It was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. Monash is a member of Australia's Group of Eight and the ASAIHL....


|Micro/Nano Research Laboratory
|SAW microfluidics, biomicrofluidics, scaffolds and micromotors
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|RMIT University
RMIT University
RMIT University is an Australian public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. It has two branches, referred to as RMIT University in Australia and RMIT International University in Vietnam....


|Micro/Nano Electronics and Sensors Group
|Biomicrofluidics, Sensors, Optofluidics, electrowetting
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|Nanyang Technological University
Nanyang Technological University
Nanyang Technological University is one of the two largest public universities in Singapore with the biggest campus in Singapore and the world's largest engineering college. Its lush 200-hectare Yunnan Garden campus was the Youth Olympic Village of the world's first 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in...


|Micro/Nanofluidics Research Lab
|microfluidics, nanofluidics, droplet-based microfluidics, lab on a chip
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|Gadjah Mada University
Gadjah Mada University
The Gadjah Mada University is the largest and the oldest national university in Indonesia . founded on December 19, 1949; although the first lecture was given on 13 March 1946. The name was taken from the name of Majapahit's Prime Minister, Gajah Mada.UGM is located in Yogyakarta, Daerah Istimewa...


|Microfluidics Laboratory (Dr. Gea O.F. Parikesit)
|micro-/nano-fluidics, capillarity-driven flows, electrokinetics, textile-based microsystems
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|University of Auckland
University of Auckland
The University of Auckland is a university located in Auckland, New Zealand. It is the largest university in the country and the highest ranked in the 2011 QS World University Rankings, having been ranked worldwide...


|UoA Microfabrication laboratory
|Microfluidics, Metabolomics, Gene sensors, lab on a chip
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|University of Auckland
University of Auckland
The University of Auckland is a university located in Auckland, New Zealand. It is the largest university in the country and the highest ranked in the 2011 QS World University Rankings, having been ranked worldwide...


|The BioMEMS Research Group/Wlodkowic Lab
|BioMEMS, Biomicrofluidics, Lab-on-a-chip, uTAS, cytometry, cytOmics, small model organisms
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