List of optofluidics researchers

This is a list of researchers in optofluidics, a research and technology area that combines microfluidics and optics and has applications in displays, biosensors, lab-on-chip devices, lenses, and molecular imaging and energy.

Current research and technologies

There are numerous research groups worldwide working on optofluidics, including those listed below.

Country	University / Institute	Group	Topic
Australia	University of Sydney	CUDOS (Eggleton)[1]	Photonic Crystals.
Austria	Johannes Kepler University Linz	Institute for Microelectronics and Microsensors (Jakoby)[2]	Fluidic sensors, Miniaturized IR sensor systems, microfluidic actuators.
Canada	University of Toronto	Sinton Group[3]	biosensors, energy.
Canada	University of Toronto	Biophotonics Group (Levy)[4]	Photonic crystals, sensors.
Canada	The University of British Columbia	MiNa Group[5]	Integrated optofluidics, sensors.
Canada	Queen's University	Escobedo Group[6]	Optical Diagnostics, Micro/Nano-devices.
Denmark	Danish Technical University	Kristensen Group[7]	Polymer optofluidics, lasers, single molecule analysis.
Israel	Hebrew University	NanoOpto Group (Levy)[8]	Optical Resonators, Plasmonics.
Iran	Sharif University of Technology	M.S. Saidi Group[9]	Optical Diagnostic Methods, Biofluids.
South Korea	Seoul National University	Biophotonics and Nano Engineering Lab (Kwon)[10]	Directed assembly, sensors, structural color.
South Korea	KAIST	Superlattice Nanomaterials Lab (Yang)[11]	Optofluidic materials, SERS sensors.
Germany	Technical University Berlin	Institute of Optics and Atomic Physics	Glass surface and volume structuring.
Germany	University of Bremen	IMSAS Sensors Institute (Vellekoop group)[12]	Optofluidic devices, sensors, microfluidics
Germany	Karlsruhe Institute of Technology	Biophotonic Sensors Group (Mappes)[13]	Sensors, fabrication and integration techniques.
Germany	University of Münster	Nonlinear Photonics Group (Denz) [14]	Optical tweezing and its integration into optofluidic setups, direct-laser-writing of optofluidic components
Republic of China	National Taiwan University	Bio-Optofluidic System Lab [15]	optical sensing for dynamic cellular phenotyping.
Republic of China	National Yang-Ming University	Integrated Biomedical and Optofluidic Systems Lab [16]	optofluidic sensing, thermophoreis, SERS, LSPR.
Switzerland	EPFL	Psaltis Group[17]	optofluidic switches, imaging, energy.
Singapore	Nanyang Technological University	A.Q. Liu Group[18]	Optofluidic waveguides, lab-on-a-chip devices.
Singapore	Nanyang Technological University	N.T. Nguyen Group[19]	Diagnostics, Transport.
Template:ES	ICFO-The Institute of Photonic Sciences	Quidant group[20]	LSPR sensing, Plasmonic tweezers.
Turkey	Koç University	Nano-Optics Research Lab.[21]	Droplet resonators, optofluidic waveguides, optical trapping and manipulation.
United Kingdom	University of St Andrews	Optical Manipulation Group[22]	Optofluidic sensing, trapping, Raman spectroscopy, cell sorting, photoporation
United Kingdom	University of Strathclyde	Centre for Microsystems & Photonics[23]	Optofluidic components in photonic systems
United States	Purdue University	Steve Wereley Group[24]	Holographic optical tweezing, Optoelctrokinetic Patterning, Programmable Microfluidics, Micro-PIV.
United States	Cornell University	Erickson Group[25]	nanophotonic tweezing, optofluidic switches, biosensors, energy.
United States	UC Santa Cruz	Applied Optics Group[26]	Arrow waveguides, single molecule optofluidics.
United States	Brigham Young University	Hawkins Research Group[27]	Optofluidic waveguides, single molecule optical analysis.
United States	Caltech	Yang Biophotonics Group[28]	Optofluidic Microscopy, Imaging, OCT.
United States	UC San Diego	Ultrafast and Nanoscale Optics Group (Fainman)[29]	Nanoscale lasers, optofluidic switches, silicon devices.
United States	University of Michigan	Sherman Fan Lab[30]	Optofluidic lasers, SERS, ring resonators.
United States	University of Maryland	White Research Group[31]	Medical diagnostics, SERS, circulating tumor cells.
United States	University of Chicago	The Scherer Group[32]	Optical trapping, active nanoscale plasmonic devices.
United States	Caltech	Nanofabrication Group (Scherer)[33]	Optofluidic Lasers, DNA detection, photonic crystals.
United States	Penn State	BioNEMS Laboratory (Huang)[34]	Optofluidic lenses, plasmonics.
United States	UC Berkeley	BioPOETS (Lee)[35]	Optofluidic transport, SERS, microfluidics.
United States	UC Berkeley	Berkeley Integrated Photonics Lab (Wu)[36]	Optoelectronic tweezers.
United States	UC San Diego	Lo Research Group[37]	Optofluidic flow cytometry.
United States	UIUC	Nano Sensors Group (Cunningham)[38]	Photonic Crystal Sensors, SERS.
United States	Harvard	Crozier Group[39]	Near Field Trapping, SERS
United States	Princeton University	Imaging Physics Group[40]	Microfluidic Tomography,[41] Deconvolution,[42] Superresolution[43]
United States	Iowa State University	Nastaran Hashemi Group[44]	Optofluidics, microfluidics, biosensors, diagnostics and therapeutics, energy.
United States	Iowa State University	Attinger Group[45]	Optofluidic transport
United States	Boston University	LINBS (Altug)[46]	Plasmonics, nanohole sensors, high throughput diagnostics
United States	University of Wisconsin, Madison	Micro/nano sensors and actuators group [47]	Liquid tunable microlenses.
Belgium	Vrije Universiteit Brussel	Brussels Photonics Team (B-PHOT) [48]	Polymer optofluidics, biosensors

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