Blanca H. Lapizco-Encinas

Blanca H. Lapizco-Encinas

Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology

Dr. Lapizco-Encinas’s research interests are in the multidisciplinary area of microfluidics. Her current research projects deal with the application of dielectrophoresis for the manipulation, concentration and detection of a wide array of bioparticles.

Articles by: Blanca H. Lapizco-Encinas

An illustration of a microfluidic device

Tiny, portable 'laboratories' sort germs using electricity

By Blanca H. Lapizco-Encinas published

Pathogens have distinct electrical charges, shapes and sizes. Measuring how quickly they move through an electric field can help researchers separate different species in a sample in minutes.