A microfluidic architecture for efficient reagent integration, reagent release, and analyte detection in limited sample volume
- B. Eker
- M. Hitzbleck
- et al.
- 2013
- MicroTAS 2013
Bio
Dr. Robert D. Lovchik joined IBM Research – Zurich as a research engineer in 2007. His current work focuses on the microfluidic probe technology and the development of a microfluidic platform for cellular studies.
Robert studied biotechnology at the University of Applied Sciences (UAS) in Waedenswil (Switzerland) and received his engineer's degree in 2000. He has worked as a teaching assistant in bioprocess technology and environmental technology. He obtained his MSc in Micro- and Nanotechnology from the UAS Vorarlberg (Austria) and his PhD (Doctor of Science) from ETH Zurich in 2014 under the academic supervision of Prof. Viola Vogel. His doctoral thesis was about the Brain Chip project (studying cellular signaling using microfluidics) and the Microfluidic Probe (microscale tissue analysis using the microfluidic probe).
Publications
Flock-based microfluidics
- Martina Hitzbleck
- Robert D. Lovchik
- et al.
- 2013
- Advanced Materials
Pharmacology on microfluidics: Multimodal analysis for studying cell-cell interaction
- Emmanuel Delamarche
- Noemi Tonna
- et al.
- 2013
- Current Opinion in Pharmacology
Overflow microfluidic networks: Application to the biochemical analysis of brain cell interactions in complex neuroinflammatory scenarios
- Fabio Bianco
- Noemi Tonna
- et al.
- 2012
- Analytical Chemistry
Microfluidics in the "open Space" for performing localized chemistry on biological interfaces
- Govind V. Kaigala
- Robert D. Lovchik
- et al.
- 2012
- Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
Tissue microprocessing
- Govind V. Kaigala
- R.D. Lovchik
- et al.
- 2012
- MicroTAS 2012
Hydrodynamic levitation of a microfluidic probe for sample-head distance control
- R.D. Lovchik
- Govind V. Kaigala
- et al.
- 2012
- MicroTAS 2012
Capillary soft valves for microfluidics
- Martina Hitzbleck
- Laetitia Avrain
- et al.
- 2012
- Lab on a Chip
Micro-immunohistochemistry using a microfluidic probe
- Robert D. Lovchik
- Govind V. Kaigala
- et al.
- 2012
- Lab on a Chip
Microfluidic probe for advanced staining of human tissue sections
- Robert D. Lovchik
- Govind V. Kaigala
- et al.
- 2011
- MicroTAS 2011
Patents
- GB
- 2499933
- SG
- 11201404863S
- GB
- 2519705
- CN
- ZL201380050650.0
- CN
- ZL201380027002.3
- JP
- 6016217
- JP
- 6004446
- JP
- 5999669
- AU
- 2013282831
- MX
- 341399
Projects
Chemical Computing
Developing solutions to execute computing tasks in complex chemical systems used as information-processing units.
Flow-chemistry Reactors for Catalysis
Design and Fabrication of silicon microfluidics for combinatorial screening of catalytic reaction pathways for accelerated material discovery and chemical conversion.
Top collaborators
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Armin Knoll
Research Staff Member, Physics of Nanoscale Systems
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Emanuel Lörtscher
Senior Research Scientist
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Heiko Wolf
Research Staff Member
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Katja-Sophia Csizi
Postdoctoral Researcher