Han, Arum

Educational Background

- Microfluidics and lab-on-a-chip systems
- High-throughput systems approach to enabling microbial bioenergy and cell-based biomanufacturing
- High-throughput systems accelerating drug/vaccine development against emerging infectious diseases
- Organ-on-a-chip & microphysiological systems (e.g., brain-on-a-chip)
- Single cell analysis microsystems for cancer analysis

Dean of Engineering Excellence Award, Texas A&M University – 2016
E.D. Brockett Professorship Award, Texas A&M University – 2015
Engineering Genesis Award for Multidisciplinary Research, Texas A&M University – 2014
Eugene Webb Faculty Fellow, Texas A&M University – 2014
Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) Fellow – 2012

H. S. Kim, A. R. Guzman, H. R. Thapa, T. P. Devarenne, and A. Han, “A Droplet Microfluidics Platform for Rapid Microalgal Growth and Oil Production Analysis,” Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Vol. 113 (8), pp. 1691-1701, 2016.
H. Wang, Z. Liu, C. Koo, S. Kim, Y. Cho, D. –Y. Jang, Y. –J. Kim, and A. Han, “Microfluidic Acoustophoretic Force Based Low Concentration Oil Separation and Detection from Environment,” Lab on a Chip, Vol. 14, pp. 947-956, 2014.
J. Park, S. Kim, S. I. Park, Y. Choe, J. Li, and A. Han, “A Microchip for Quantitative Analysis of CNS Axon Growth under Localized Biomolecular Treatments,” J. Neuroscience Methods, Vol. 21, pp. 166-174, 2014.
C. Koo, M. Malapi-Wight, H. Kim, O. S. Cifci, V. Vaughn, B. Ma, S. Kim, H. Abdel-Raziq, K. Ong, Y. –K. Jo, D. Gross, W. –B. Shim, and A. Han, “Development of a Lab-on-a-Chip Real-Time PCR System for Portable Plant Disease Diagnostics, PLoS ONE, Vol. 8 (12), e82704, 2013.
A. Han, H. Hou, L. Li, H. S. Kim, and P. de Figueiredo, “Microfabricated Devices in Microbial Bioenergy Sciences,” Trends in Biotechnology, Vol. 31 (4), pp. 225-232, 2013.