Dr. Frank A. Gomez
Professor of Chemistry

Office CSWB 122E
(323) 343-2368
fgomez2@calstatela.edu

Our research group is engaged in developing fundamental and applied research in the area of microfluidics and capillary electrophoresis (CE). In microfluidics we are focused on developing new microfluidic devices (MDs) for use in chemical and biochemical separations and point-of-care (POC) diagnostics. Some of our current work involves the development of bead-based assays, surface plasmon resonance (SPR)-CE on chips, microfluidic direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs), novel materials for microfluidics, chromatography on chips, and affinity capillary electrophoresis (ACE). In CE we are focused on developing new methodologies associated with ACE, and enzyme microreactors. We also employ response surface methodology (RSM) and artificial neural networks (ANN) to experimentally optimize conditions in several microfluidic and CE applications. The members of the Gomez group include undergraduate and graduate students, high school students, postdoctoral fellows, and visiting scientists.