Nicole Sui Man Luk
Postdoctoral position at Department of Materials Science and Engineering; Biomedical Engineering
- E-mail:
- nicole.luk@angstrom.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Ångströmlaboratoriet, Lägerhyddsvägen 1
- Postal address:
- Box 35
751 03 UPPSALA
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Short presentation
Nicole joined the EMBLA research group in May 2024. Her research is focused on development, fabrication and characterising acoustic trapping array platforms using advanced micro- and nanofabrication methods.
Keywords
- acoustofluidics
- additive manufacturing
- microfabrication
Biography
- 2024-, Postdoc in EMBLA group, Uppsala University
- 2024, PhD in Biophysics, University of California, Berkeley
- 2016, BSc in Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Research
Acoustofluidics for high-throughput and controlled cellular and molecular applications
Acoustofluidics is gaining prominence in biomedical research, offering non-invasive, label-free, and biocompatible force application. One of my projects explores new methods to fabricate acoustic arrays for cell trapping, and new designs to integrate such arrays with microfluidic channels and sensors. By assisting cell aggregation with acoustics in microwell arrays, this approach enables more consistent and parallel production of spheroids.
On the other hand, 3D printing has emerged as an accessible approach for microfabrication that enables non-planar and freeform structures. In my second project, I explore high-resolution 3D printing to fabricate acoustic structures for fluid manipulation, with potential applications including material synthesis, sample analysis and diagnostics.
Media
Linkedin Profile
https://www.linkedin.com/nicoleluk8
Google Scholar Profile
https://scholar.google.com/citations?authuser=1&user=eLHBOC8AAAAJ
