UB - University at Buffalo, The State University of New York UB Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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  • Susan Zonglu Hua, Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies

  • Education: Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, 1993
    Office: 340 Jarvis Hall
    Phone: (716) 645-1471
    FAX: (716) 645-2883
    E-mail: zhua .at. eng.buffalo.edu
    Curriculum Vitae: Click for PDF
    Homepage:     http://www.mae.buffalo.edu/research/laboratories/biomem_microfluidics_lab/index.php?type=personal
    Research Interests: Microfluidic device and systems, Bio-MEMS and biosensors, nanostructured functional materials.

    Selected Papers, Publications, & Presentations:

    • "A microfluidic chip for real-time studies of volume of single cells" Susan Z. Hua and Thomas Pennell, Lab Chip. (Accepted).
    • "Contribution of Aquaporins on Cellular Water Transport Observed by Microfluidic Cell Volume" Jinseok Heo, Fangjie Meng, and Susan Z. Hua, Anal. Chem. 80, 6974-6980 (2008).
    • "Mechanistic understanding of transition between quantized conductance plateaus under strain perturbation" Mark D. Huntington, Jason N. Armstrong, Matthews R. Sullivan, Susan Z. Hua, and Harsh Deep Chopra, Phys. Rev. B, 78, 035442-1-9 (2008).
    • "Dynamic effects of Hg2+-induced changes in cell volume" J. Heo, F. Meng, F. Sachs, S. Z. Hua, Cell Biochem. Biophys. 51, 21-32 (2008).
    • "Microfluidic chip to produce temperature jumps for electrophysiology" T. Pennell, T. Suchyna, J. Wang, J. Heo, J.D. Felske, F. Sachs, S. Z. Hua, Anal. Chem., 80, 2447-2451 (2008).
    • "Electrolytic Bubble Based Flow Sensor for Microfluidic Systems" J. Wang, M. Sullivan, S. Z. Hua, J. Microelectromech. Syst., 16, 1087-1094 (2007).
    • "On-chip microfluidic biosensor for bacterial detection and identification" Douglas A. Boehm, Philip A. Gottlieb, Susan Z. Hua, Sens. Actuators B. 126, 508-514 (2007).
    • "The Quantum Spin-valve in Cobalt Atomic Point Contacts" H. D. Chopra, M. R. Sullivan, J. N. Armstrong, and S. Z. Hua, Nature Materials, 4, 832-837 (2005).