M.Sc. Héctor Moncada Hernández Homepage

Research stay at Michigan Tech

Héctor started in June 2011 a one-year research stay at Michigan Tech, Héctor is visiting the Lab of Dr. Adrienne Minerick See lab Website

Academical Background

• Ph.D. in Biotechnology, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey (01/2010-present).
• M.Sc. in Biotechnology, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey (08/2008-12/2009).
• B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering, minor in Environmetal Science, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey (2002-2007).

Professional Experience

• Project in colaboration with the Illinois Institute of Technology to design a water softener employing ionic-exchange resins (2007).
• Colaboration in the research of micro-separation processes employing Dielectrophoresis, working with M.Sc.Sandra Ozuna and M.Sc. José I. Martínez (2007-2008).

Research Subject

Detection of microorganisms in food employing electrokinetic methods.

Projects

• Separation and Concentration of microorganisms employing electroosmotic flow and insulator-based dielectrophoresis.
• Determination of dielectrical properties of bioparticles employing carbon electrodes dielectrophoresis.
• Separation and Concentration of bioparticles employing carbon electrodes dielectrophoresis.
• Assessment of the effect of particle-particle interactions in DEP based techniques.

Refereed journal articles

1. Moncada-Hernández, H. and Minerick, A.R. Multipoles polarization effects on dielectrophoretic behavior of interacting particles. In preparation to be submitted in june 2012.
2. Moncada-Hernández, H.; Minerick, A.R. and Lapizco-Encinas, B.H. Theoretical and experimental approach on simultaneous and continuous separation and concentration of particles on an iDEP platform. To be submitted in june 2012.
3. Moncada-Hernández, H.**;Pérez-González, V.H.**; Martínez-Duarte, R.; Martínez-Chapa, S.O., Madou, M., Lapizco-Encinas, B.H.* Characterization of dielectric properties of microorganisms employing 3-dimensional carbon electrodes. In preparation to be submitted to Electrophoresis, 2011. I.F. 3.007 (** Móncada-Hernandez and Pérez-González contributed equally in this publication).
4. Mendoza-Buenrostro, Ch.**, Moncada-Hernández, H.**; Pérez-González, V.H.;** Rodríguez-Delgado, J.M.,** Martínez-Chapa, S.O.* Towards smart closed-loop electrokinetically-driven microfluidic systems. In preparation to be sent to Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2011. I.F. 5.429. (** Mendoza-Buenrostro, Móncada-Hernandez, Pérez-González and Rodriguez-Delgado contributed equally in this publication).
5. Lopez-de la Fuente, M.S.; Moncada Hernández, H.**;Pérez-González, V.H.**; Lapizco-Encinas, B.H.; Martínez-Chapa, S.O.;* An electric stimulation system for particle manipulation in micro-fluidic devices. in preparation to be submitted to Review of Scientific Instruments, 2011. I.F. 1.521.
6. Moncada Hernández, H., Baylon Cardiel, J.L.; Pérez-González, V.H.; Lapizco-Encinas, B.H.;* Insulator- based dielectrophoresis of microorganisms: theoretical and experimental results; Electrophoresis, 32(18), in press, 2011, I.F. 3.569
7. Chávez-Santoscoy, A.V.; Baylon-Cardiel, J.L.; Moncada-Hernández, H.;, Lapizco-Encinas, B.H.* ;On the selectivity of an insulator-based dielectrophoretic microdevice",Separation Science and Tecnology, 46(3): 384-394,2011. I.F. 1.139.
8. Moncada-Hernández, H. , Lapizco-Encinas, B.H.* “Simultaneous concentration and separation of microorganisms: insulator-based dielectrophoretic approach” Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 396(5): 1805-1816, 2010. I.F. 3.328.
9. Martínez-López J.I., Moncada-Hernández, H., Baylon-Cardiel, J.L., Martínez-Chapa S.O., Rito-Palomares M., Lapizco-Encinas B.H., “Characterization of electrokinetic mobility of microparticles in order to improve dielectrophoretic concentration”. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 394(1):293-302, 2009 I.F. 3.328.

Conference proceedings and extended abstracts with ISBN

1. Moncada Hernández, H.**;Pérez-González, V.H.**; Martínez-Duarte, R.; Martínez-Chapa, S.O., Madou, M., Lapizco-Encinas, B.H.*, "Dielectrophoretic Assessment of Microparticle Dielectric Properties Employing a Planar Carbon Electrode Platform", 2011 AICHE Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings on CD-ROM, New York, NY, AIChE, 2011, ISBN: (** Móncada-Hernandez and Pérez-González contributed equally in this publication)
2. Moncada Hernández, H.; Baylon Cardiel, J.L.; Pérez-González, V.H.; Lapizco-Encinas, B.H.;* "Effects of Cell Shape On Electrokinetic Immobilization Efficiency In Insulator-Based Dielectrophoretic Devices", 2011 AICHE Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings on CD-ROM, New York, NY, AIChE, 2011, ISBN:
3. Gomez-Quiñones, J., Moncada-Hernandez, H., Rosseto, O., Martinez-Duarte, R., Lapizco-Encinas, B.H., Madou, M., Martinez-Chapa, S.O., An application specific multi-channel stimulator for electrokinetically-driven microfluidic devices, 9th IEEE International NEWCAS Conference, Bordeaux, France, 2011.
4. Chávez-Santoscoy, A,V.; Baylon-Cardiel, J.L.; Moncada-Hernández, H., Lapizco-Encinas, B.H.*, "Assessing Particle Selectivity of An Insulator-Based Dielectrophoretic Microdevice", 2010 AICHE Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings on CD-ROM, New York, NY, AIChE, 2010, ISBN: 978-0-8169-1065-6.
5. Moncada-Hernández, H., Pérez-González, V.H., Martínez-Duarte, R. Martínez-Chapa, S.O., Madou, M., Lapizco-Encinas, B.H.*, "Dielectrophoretic Characterization of Microorganisms Employing Three Dimensional Carbon Electrodes", 2010 AICHE Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings on CD-ROM, New York, NY, AIChE, 2010, ISBN: 978-0-8169-1065-6.
6. Moncada-Hernández, H.; Baylon-Cardiel, J.L.; Lapizco-Encinas B.H.*, "Dielectrophoretic Manipulation of Microorganisms in An Array of Insulators: Theoretical and Experimental Results", 2010 AICHE Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings on CD-ROM, New York, NY, AIChE, 2010, ISBN: 978-0-8169-1065-6.
7. Moncada Hernández, H., López-Andrade S.C., Lapizco-Encinas, B.H.* "Dielectrophoretic Fractionation of a Mixture of Bacteria and Yeast", Compendium of abstracts from the 40° Congreso de Investigación y Desarrollo del Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey NL, México, january 2010, pp. 196, 2009, ISBN:978-607-501-0007.
8. Moncada-Hernández H., López-Andrade S.C., Lapizco-Encinas, B.H.* Dielectrophoretic Fractionation of a Mixture of Bacteria and Yeast, 2009 AIChE Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings on CD-ROM, New York, NY, AIChE, 2009. ISBN: 978-0-8169-1058-6.
9. Moncada-Hernández H., Lapizco-Encinas B.H*., Simmons, B.A., "Dielectrophoretic Concentration of Yeast Cells", Compendium of abstracts from the 39° Congreso de Investigación y Desarrollo del Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey NL, México, January 15-16, 2009, pp. 143, 2009, ISBN:978-607-7517-34-4.
10. Martínez-López J.I., Lapizco-Encinas B.H*., Moncada-Hernández H. Rito-Palomares M., Martínez-Chapa S.O. “Electrokinetic Velocity Characterization of Microparticles In Glass Microchannels", Compendium of abstracts from the 39° Congreso de Investigación y Desarrollo del Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey NL, México, january 15-16, 2009, pp. 145, 2009, ISBN:978-607-7517-34-4.
11. Martínez-López J.I., Lapizco-Encinas B.H*., Moncada-Hernández H. Rito-Palomares M., Martínez-Chapa S.O. “Electrokinetic Velocity Characterization of Microparticles In Glass Microchannels”, AICHE Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings on CD-ROM, New York, NY, AIChE, 2008, ISBN:978-0-8169-1050-2.
12. Martínez-López J.I., Lapizco-Encinas, B.H., Moncada-Hernández H., Rito-Palomares M., Martínez-Chapa S.O. Determinación de movilidades electrocinéticas variando el medio de suspensión en microcanales para microfluidica; XXIX Encuentro Nacional del AMIDIQ memoirs, May 13-16, 2008, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, México, vol. 4, pp. 1-13, 2008. ISBN 978-968-878-6.

Conference presentations

1. Lapizco-Encinas, B.H.; Moncada-Hernández H.; Gallo-Villanueva, R.C.; Pérez-González, V.H.; Baylon-Cardiel J.L.; Davalos, R. Insulator-based dielectrophoresis for bioparticle manipulation: theoretical and experimental results, 17th Latin-American Symposium on Biotechnology, Biomedical, Biopharmaceutical and Industrial Applications of Capillary Electrophoresis and Microchip Technology (LACE 2011), Hollywood FL, USA, (12/2011).
2. Moncada Hernández, H.**;Pérez-González, V.H.**; Martínez-Duarte, R.; Martínez-Chapa, S.O.; Madou, M.; Lapizco-Encinas, B.H.* Oral presentation: Dielectrophoretic Assessment of Microparticle Dielectric Properties Employing a Planar Carbon Electrode Platform, AICHE Annual Meeting 2011, Minneapolis, MN, EUA, (10/2011) (** Móncada-Hernandez and Pérez-González contributed equally in this publication).
3. Moncada Hernández, H.; Baylon Cardiel, J.L.; Pérez-González, V.H.; Lapizco-Encinas, B.H.;* Oral presentation: Effects of Cell Shape On Electrokinetic Immobilization Efficiency In Insulator-Based Dielectrophoretic Devices, AICHE Annual Meeting 2011, Minneapolis, MN, EUA, (10/2011).
4. Moncada-Hernández, H.; Abarca-Blanco, A.; Nieto-Franzoni, J.A.; Minerick, A.R.; Lapizco-Encinas, B.H.* Poster: Theoretical and Experimental Approach On Simultaneous and Continuous Separation and Concentration of Particles On An iDEP Platform, AICHE Annual Meeting 2011, Minneapolis, MN, EUA, (10/2011).
5. Lapizco-Encinas B.H.; Moncada-Hernandez, H.; Perez-Gonzalez, V.H.; Gallo_Villanueva, R.C.; Baylon-Cardiel, J.; and Davalos, R.; Direct Current Insulator Based Dielectrophoresis: Theoretical and Experimental Results, GRC Conference Microfluidics, Physics & Chemistry of, Waterville Valley, NH, US (06/26/2011-07/01/2011).
6. Gomez-Quiñones, J., Moncada-Hernandez, H., Rosseto, O., Martinez-Duarte, R., Lapizco-Encinas, B.H., Madou, M., Martinez-Chapa, S.O., An application specific multi-channel stimulator for electrokinetically-driven microfluidic devices, 9th IEEE International NEWCAS Conference, Bordeaux, France, June 26-29, 2011.
7. Moncada Hernández, H.; Lapizco-Encinas, B.H.* Oral presentation: Simultaneous concentration and separation of microorganisms: insulator-based dielectrophoretic approach, 41° Congreso de Investigación y Desarrollo del Sistema ITESM, Monterrey, N.L. (01/2011).
8. Chávez-Santoscoy, A.V.; Baylon-Cardiel, J.L.; Moncada-Hernández, H.; Lapizco-Encinas, B.H.* Oral presentation: On the selectivity of an insulator-based dielectrophoretic microdevice, 41° Congreso de Investigación y Desarrollo del Sistema ITESM, Monterrey, N.L. (01/2011).
9. Moncada Hernández, H., Oral presentation: Concentración y Separación Simultánea de Microorganismos: enfoque mediante Dielectroforesis con Estructuras Aisladoras, 41° Congreso de Investigación y Desarrollo del Sistema ITESM, Monterrey, N.L. (01/2011).
10. Chávez-Santoscoy, A,V.; Baylon-Cardiel, J.L.; Moncada-Hernández, H.; Lapizco-Encinas, B.H.* Oral presentation: Assessing Particle Selectivity of An Insulator-Based Dielectrophoretic Microdevice, AICHE Annual Meeting 2010, Salt Lake City, UT, EUA, (11/2010).
11. Moncada-Hernández, H., Martínez-Duarte, R. Martínez-Chapa, S.O., Madou, M., Lapizco-Encinas, B.H.* Poster: Dielectrophoretic Characterization of Microorganisms Employing Three Dimensional Carbon Electrodes, AICHE Annual Meeting 2010, Salt Lake City, UT, EUA, (11/2010).
12. Moncada-Hernández, H.; Baylon-Cardiel, J.L.; Lapizco-Encinas B.H.* Poster: Dielectrophoretic Manipulation of Microorganisms in An Array of Insulators: Theoretical and Experimental Results. AICHE Annual Meeting 2010, Salt Lake City, UT, EUA, (11/2010).
13. Moncada Hernández, H., López-Andrade S.C., Lapizco-Encinas, B.H.* Oral presentation: Dielectrophoretic Fractionation of a Mixture of Bacteria and Yeast, 40° Congreso de Investigación y Desarrollo del Sistema ITESM, Monterrey, N.L. (01/2010).
14. Moncada Hernández, H., López-Andrade S.C., Reyes-Betanzo C., Lapizco-Encinas, B.H.* Oral presentation: Dielectrophoretic Fractionation of a Mixture of Bacteria and Yeast, AICHE Annual Meeting 2009, Nashville, TN, EUA, (11/2009).
15. Javier L. Baylon-Cardiel, Héctor Moncada-Hernández, Ana V. Chávez-Santoscoy, Sergio O. Martínez-Chapa, Blanca H. Lapizco-Encinas. Poster: Mathematical modeling of bioparticle trapping in an insulator-based dielectrophoretic device. 2009 Gordon Research Conference on the Physics and Chemistry of Microfluidics, Lucca (Barga), Italy, (07/2009).
16. Martínez López, J.I., Moncada Hernández, H.; Baylón Cardiel, J.L.; Martínez Chapa, S.O.; Rito Palomares, M.; Lapizco Encinas, B.H.* Poster: Optimization of dielectrophoretic trapping of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 15o. International Conference on Biopartitioning and Purification. Reino Unido. (06/2009).
17. Martínez López, J.I., Moncada Hernández, H.; Baylón Cardiel, J.L.; Martínez Chapa, S.O.; Rito Palomares, M.; Lapizco Encinas, B.H.* Poster: Determinación de velocidades electrocinéticas para la optimización del atrapamiento dielectroforético de Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 13o. Congreso Nacional de Biotecnología y Bioingeniería. Acapulco, Guerrero, México (06/2009).
18. Móncada-Hernández H., Lapizco-Encinas B.H*., Simmons, B.A., Oral presentation: Dielectrophoretic Concentration of Yeast Cells, 39° Congreso de Investigación y Desarrollo, ITESM, Campus Monterrey, Monterrey, México (01/2009).
19. Martínez-López J.I., Lapizco-Encinas B.H*., Móncada-Hernández H. Rito-Palomares M., Martínez-Chapa S.O. Oral presentation: Electrokinetic Velocity Characterization of Microparticles In Glass Microchannels, 39° Congreso de Investigación y Desarrollo, ITESM, Campus Monterrey, Monterrey, México (01/2009).
20. Móncada-Hernández H., Lapizco-Encinas B.H*., Simmons, B.A., Poster: Dielectrophoretic Concentration of Yeast Cells, 25th Annual AES Meeting In conjunction with the AIChE Annual Meeting 2008, Philadelphia, PA, EUA, (11/2008).
21. Martínez-López J.I., Lapizco-Encinas B.H*., Móncada-Hernández H. Rito-Palomares M., Martínez-Chapa S.O. Poster: Electrokinetic Velocity Characterization of Microparticles In Glass Microchannels, AICHE Annual Meeting 2008, Philadelphia, PA, EUA, (11/2008).
22. Martínez-López J.I., Lapizco-Encinas B.H.*, Moncada-Hernández H., Rito-Palomares M., Martínez-Chapa S.O. Oral presentation: “Determinación de movilidades electrocinéticas variando el medio de suspensión en microcanales para microfluídica”. XXIX Encuentro Nacional de la AMIDIQ, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, México, (05/2008).