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Faculty

Sergey Shevkoplyas

Sergey S. Shevkoplyas

Assistant Professor and The Ken and Ruth Arnold Early Career Professor in Biomedical Engineering

Email: shevkop@tulane.edu
Phone: (504) 314-2940

624 Lindy Boggs Building
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA 70118

Visit Sergey Shevkoplyas' Laboratory website

Education


  • Postdoctoral Fellowship (with Prof. George M. Whitesides), Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (2005 - 2008)
  • Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA (2005)
  • M.S., Applied Mathematics and Physics, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Russia (2000)
  • B.S., Applied Mathematics and Physics, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Russia (1998)

Research Interests

Application of microfabrication and nanotechnology to biomedicine, the dynamics of blood flow in microvascular networks, biomedical microdevices and lab-on-a-chip technology for point-of-care diagnostics, biomimetics, biohybrid materials, and biomechanics of contractile tissues.

Courses Taught

Fall: BMEN 6760 - Biomedical Microdevices
Spring: BMEN 2020 - Computing Concepts & App
Spring: BMEN 2021 - Computing Concepts & App Lab
Spring: ENGP 2020 - Computing Concepts & App
Spring: ENGP 2021 -  Computing Concepts & App Lab

Honors and Awards


  • American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship Award (2003-2005)
  • BMES Poster Award for "Outstanding Scientific & Engineering Innovation" (2004)

Selected Publications

Google Scholar Profile »

Yang X, Forouzan O, Brown TP, Shevkoplyas SS (2011) "Integrated separation of blood plasma from whole blood for microfluidic paper-based analytical devices," Lab on a Chip, DOI: 10.1039/C1LC20803A

Burns JM, Yang X, Forouzan O, Sosa JM, Shevkoplyas SS (2011) "Artificial microvascular network: a new tool for measuring rheological properties of stored red blood cells," Transfusion, DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03418.x

Yang X,1st Forouzan O,1st Burns JM, Shevkoplyas SS (2011) "Traffic of leukocytes in microfluidic channels with rectangular and rounded cross-sections," Lab on a Chip, 11(19): 3231 – 3240

Mirica KA, Ilievski F, Ellerbee AK, Shevkoplyas SS, Whitesides GM (2011) "Using Magnetic Levitation for Three Dimensional Self-Assembly," AdvancedMaterials, 23(36): 4134 – 4140

Yoshida T, Shevkoplyas SS (2011) "Anaerobic storage of red blood cells: the need for caution regarding donor red cells with sickle cell trait," Blood Transfusion, 9(3): 348

Forouzan O, Burns JM, Robichaux JL, Murfee WL, Shevkoplyas SS (2011) "Passive recruitment of circulating leukocytes into capillary sprouts from existing capillaries in a microfluidic system," Lab on a Chip,11(11): 1924 – 1932

Ghiran IC, Zeidel ML, Shevkoplyas SS, Burns JM, Tsokos GC, Kyttaris VC (2011) "SLE serum deposits C4d on red blood cells, decreases red blood cell membrane deformability, and promotes nitric oxide production," Arthritis & Rheumatism, 63(2): 503-512

Glodek AM,Mirchev R,Golan DE, Khoory JA, Burns JM, Shevkoplyas SS,  Nicholson-Weller A, Ghiran IC (2010) "Ligation of complement receptor 1 increases erythrocyte membrane deformability," Blood, 116(26): 6063-6071

Yoshida T, Shevkoplyas SS (2010) "Anaerobic storage of red blood cells," Blood Transfusion, 8(4): 220-36

Hulme SE, Shevkoplyas SS, McGuigan AP, Apfeld J, Fontana W, Whitesides GM (2010) "Lifespan-on-a-Chip: microfluidic chambers for performing lifelong observation of C. elegans," Lab on a Chip, 10(5): 589-597

Stan CA, Schneider GF, Shevkoplyas SS, Hashimoto M, Ibanescu M, Wiley BJ, Whitesides GM (2009) "A microfluidic apparatus for the study of ice nucleation in supercooled water drops," Lab on a Chip, 9(16): 2293-2305

Mirica KA, Shevkoplyas SS, Phillips ST, Gupta M, Whitesides GM (2009) "Measuring Densities of Solids and Liquids Using Magnetic Levitation: Fundamentals," Journal of the American Chemical Society, 131(29): 10049-10058

Hulme SE, Shevkoplyas SS, Whitesides GM (2009) "Incorporation of prefabricated screw, pneumatic, and solenoid valves into microfluidic devices," Lab on a Chip, 9(1): 79-86

Mirica KA, Phillips ST, Shevkoplyas SS, Whitesides GM (2008) "Using magnetic levitation to distinguish atomic-level differences in chemical composition of polymers, and to monitor chemical reactions on solid supports," Journal of the American Chemical Society, 130(52): 17678-17680

Wong AP, Gupta M, Shevkoplyas SS, Whitesides GM (2008) "Egg beater as centrifuge: isolating human blood plasma from whole blood in resource-poor settings," Lab on a Chip, 8(12): 2032-2037

Hulme SE, DiLuzio WR, Shevkoplyas SS, Turner L, Mayer M, Berg HC, Whitesides GM (2008) "Using ratchets and sorters to fractionate motile cells of E. coli by length," Lab on a Chip, 8(11): 1888-1895

Hashimoto M, Shevkoplyas SS, Zasońska B, Szymborski T, Garstecki P, Whitesides GM (2008) "Formation of bubbles and droplets in parallel, coupled flow-focusing geometries," Small, 4(10): 1795-1805

Hulme SE, Shevkoplyas SS, Samuel A (2008) "Microfluidics: streamlining discovery in worm biology," Nature Methods, 5(7): 589-590

Hulme SE, Shevkoplyas SS, Apfeld J, Fontana W, Whitesides GM (2007) "A microfabricated array of clamps for immobilizing and imaging C. elegans," Lab on a Chip, 7(11):1515-1523

Fuerstman MJ, Lai A, Thurlow ME, Shevkoplyas SS, Stone HA, Whitesides GM (2007) "The pressure drop along rectangular microchannels containing bubbles," Lab on a Chip, 7(11):1479-1489

Shevkoplyas SS, Siegel AC, Westervelt RM, Prentiss MG, Whitesides GM (2007) "The force acting on a superparamagnetic bead due to an applied magnetic field," Lab on a Chip, 7(10):1294-1302

Feinberg AW, Feigel A, Shevkoplyas SS, Sheehy S, Whitesides GM, Parker KK (2007) "Muscular thin films for building actuators and powering devices," Science, 317(5843): 1366-1370

Siegel AC, Shevkoplyas SS, Weibel DB, Bruzewicz D, Martinez AW, Whitesides GM (2006) "Co-fabrication of electromagnets and microfluidic systems in poly(dimethylsiloxane)," Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 45(41): 6877-6882

Gifford SC, Derganc J, Shevkoplyas SS, Yoshida T, Bitensky MW (2006) "A detailed study of time-dependent changes in human red blood cells: from reticulocyte maturation to erythrocyte senescence," British Journal of Haematology, 135(3): 395-404

Shevkoplyas SS, Yoshida T, Gifford SC, Bitensky MW (2006) "Direct measurement of the impact of impaired erythrocyte deformability on microvascular network perfusion in a microfluidic device," Lab on a Chip, 6(7): 914-920

Gifford SC, Yoshida T, Shevkoplyas SS, Bitensky MW (2006) "A high-resolution, double-labeling method for the study of in vivo red blood cell aging," Transfusion, 46(4): 578-588

Shevkoplyas SS, Yoshida T, Munn LL, Bitensky MW (2005) "Biomimetic autoseparation of leukocytes from whole blood in a microfluidic device," Analytical Chemistry, 77(3): 933-937

Shevkoplyas SS, Gifford SC, Yoshida T, Bitensky MW (2003) "Prototype of an in vitro model of the microcirculation," Microvascular Research, 65(2): 132-136

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