Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Mississippi State University & Michigan Technological University (08/2007-08/2012).
M.Sc. in Molecular Biology, Genetics and Biotechnology, Istanbul Technical University (09/2003-06/2006).
B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering, Istanbul Technical University (09/1999-06/2003).
Research Subjects
Particle manipulation by insulator-based dielectrophoresis (iDEP).
Microscale Electrokinetics.
Projects
Electrode-based dielectrophoresis using arrays of pyrolized carbon electrodes
Insulator-based dielectrophoresis using low frequency AC electric fields
Refereed journal articles
Saucedo-Espinosa, M.A.; Lalonde A.; Gencoglu, A.; Romero-Creel, M.F. Dolas, J.R.; Lapizco-Encinas, B.H.* Dielectrophoretic manipulation of particle mixtures employing asymmetric insulating posts, Electrophoresis, 37(4):635-644, 2016. I.F. 3.028. Article awarded with the journal cover.
Gencoglu, A.; and Minerick, A.R. Electrochemical detection techniques in micro- and nanofluidic devices, Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 2014, I.F. 3.2. DOI: 10.1007/s10404-014-1385-z
LaLonde A.; Gencoglu, A.; Romero-Creel, M., Koppula, K.S.; Lapizco-Encinas, B.H.* Effect of insulating posts geometry on particle manipulation in insulator based dielectrophoretic devices, Journal of Chromatography A, 1344:99-108, 2014, I.F. 4.612.
Gencoglu, A.; Olney, D.N.; LaLonde A.; Koppula, K.S.; Lapizco Encinas, B.H.* Dynamic microparticle manipulation with an electroosmotic flow gradient with low frequency alternating current dielectrophoresis, Electrophoresis, 35(2-3):362-373. 2014, I.F. 3.261.
Gencoglu, A.; Olney, D.N.; LaLonde A.; Koppula, K.S.; Lapizco Encinas, B.H.* Particle Manipulation In insulator based Dielectrophoretic Devices, Journal of Nanotechnology in Engineering and Medicine, 4: 021002.1-7, 2013. DOI: 10.1115/1.4025368
Gencoglu, A.;; Camacho Alanis, F.; Nakano, A.; Nguyen, V. T.; Ros, A.; Minerick, A.R. Quantification of pH Gradients and Implications in
Insulator-Based Dielectrophoresis of Biomolecules; Electrophoresis, 32:2436-2447,2011. I.F. 3.03
Srivastava, S. K.; Gencoglu, A.;; Minerick, A.R. DC insulator dielectrophoretic applications in microdevice technology: a review; Analytical
and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 399:301-321, 2011. I.F. 3.778. 5th most cited article from this journal in 2011.
Gencoglu, A.; and Minerick, A.R. Chemical and Morphological Changes on Platinum Microelectrode Surfaces in AC and DC Fields with Biological
Buffer Solutions; Lab on a Chip, 9:1866-1873, 2009. I.F. 6.342
Gencoglu, A.; LaLonde, A.; Koppula, K.; and Lapizco-Encinas, B.; Dynamic microparticle manipulation in dielectrophoresis-based microfluidic devices, ITP 2013 - 20th International Symposium on Electro- and Liquid Phase- Separation Techniques, Tenerife, Canary Islands Spain, (10/2013).
Gencoglu, A; Olney, D.; LaLonde, A.; Koppula, K.; Lapizco-Encinas, B. H.; Particle Manipulation in dielectrophoretic devices; Proceedings ofthe ASME 2013 International Mechanical Engineering Congress&Exposition; article IMECE2013-66439, ASME, 2013, ISBN: Pending.
Minerick, A. R.; Gencoglu, A.; Keith, J. M.; Tafur, M. F.; MOrrison, F. A.; Connecting Mass and Energy Balances to the Continuum Scale
with COMSOL DEMos; ASEE Proceedings - Chemical Engineering Division, Jun. 2011.
Conference presentations
Saucedo-Espinosa, M.A.; LaLonde, A.; Gencoglu, A. ; Romero-Creel, M.F.; Dolas, J.R. and Lapizco-Encinas, B.H. Insulator-based dielectrophoresis: Reversing elution order in Microscale Bioseparations;
First International Forum of Mexican Talent; Guadalajara JC, Mexico; 04/2016. Poster number IMMX-RN-BT-0019.
Saucedo-Espinosa, M.A.; LaLonde, A.; Gencoglu, A.; Romero-Creel, M.; Dolas, J.; Lapizco-Encinas, B.H.;* Reversing elution order in insulator based dielectrophoretic separations with asymmetric insulating posts; AICHE Annual Meeting 2015, Salt Lake City UT, USA; 11/2015.
Koppula, K.S.;Gencoglu, A.; Taboada-Serrano, P.; Lapizco-Encinas, B.H.; Introducing Microfluidics and Chemical Processes in Micro-Devices to Chemical Engineering Undergraduates, AIChE Annual Meeting 2014, Atlanta, GA, USA (11/2014)
Koppula, K.S.;Gencoglu, A.; Saucedo-Espinosa, M.; Lapizco-Encinas, B.H.; Simulation and Modeling of Insulator Based Dielectrophoresis, AIChE Annual Meeting 2014, Atlanta, GA, USA (11/2014)
Gencoglu, A.; Gulati, N.; Bruening D.; LaLonde, A.; Koppula, K.; and Lapizco-Encinas, B.H.; Electrokinetic Behavior of Large Polystyrene Particles in Insulator Based Dielectrophoresis, AICHE Annual Meeting 2013, San Francisco CA, USA, (11/2013)
Gencoglu, A.; LaLonde, A.; Romero-Creel, M., Koppula K. S. and Lapizco-Encinas, B.H; Effect of Insulating Post Shape On Particle Trapping With Insulator-Based Dielectrophoresis, AICHE Annual Meeting 2013, San Francisco CA, USA, (11/2013).
Gencoglu, A.; Meyers, A.; Dalhaimer, P.; and Lapizco-Encinas, B.;Size Based Separation of Lipid Droplets Using Insulator-Based Dielectrophoresis; AICHE Annual Meeting 2013, San Francisco CA, USA, (11/2013).
Gencoglu, A.; Olney, D.;LaLonde A.; Koppula, K..; and Lapizco-Encinas, B.H.;* Using Low Frequency Electrical Signals for Particle Separations With Dielectrophoresis, AICHE Annual Meeting 2013, San Francisco CA, USA, (11/2013).
Koppula, K.S.;Gencoglu, A.; Olney, D.; and Lapizco-Encinas, B.H.;* Advancement in the Modeling of Insulator Based Dielectrophoresis, AICHE Annual Meeting 2013, San Francisco CA, USA, (11/2013).
Gencoglu, A; Olney, D.;LaLonde, A.; Koppula, K.; and Lapizco-Encinas, B.; Particle manipulation in dielectrophoretic devices, ASME 2013 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition IMECE2013, (11/2013).
Gencoglu, A.; Camacho Alanis, F.; Nakano, A.; Nguyen, V. T.; Ros, A.; Minerick, A.R. pH Gradient Formation In An Insulator-Based
Dielectrophoresis Device Used In Protein Trapping Applications. AIChE Annual Meeting 2011, Minneapolis, MN, (10/2011).
Gencoglu, A.; Minerick, A.R. Investigation of Natural pH Gradient Formation Within Microchannels. AIChE Annual Meeting 2010, Salt
Lake City, UT, (10/2010).
Gencoglu, A.; Minerick, A.R. Simulational and Experimental Investigation of Natural pH Gradient Formation Within Microchannels.
Graduate Research Seminar for Gordon Research Conference for Bioanalytical Sensors, New London, NH, (06/2010).
Gencoglu, A.; Minerick, A.R. Using Dyes to Visualize pH Gradient Formation in Microfluidic Channels. 6th Annual Michigan
Technological University Ecosystem Research Center & Biological Sciences Center Student Research Forum, Houghton, MI, (03/2010).
Gencoglu, A.; Minerick, A.R. Visualizing the Formation of Natural pH Gradients within Microchannels Using Fluorescent Dyes. AIChE
Annual Meeting 2009, Nashville, TN, (11/2009).
Gencoglu, A.; Cotten, E. F.; Pullen, S. A.; Thompson, S.; Tosun, S.; Minerick, A.R. Chemical and Morphological Changes on Platinum
Microelectrode Surfaces Subjected to a Dielectrophoretic Field. AIChE Annual Meeting 2008, Philadelphia, PA, (11/2008). Honorable
mention in poster competition.
Gencoglu, A.; Cotten, E. F.; Pullen, S. A.; Thompson, S.; Tosun, S.; Minerick, A.R. Physical and Chemical Changes on Platinum
Microelectrode Surfaces Subjected to a Dielectrophoretic Field in a Buffer Solution. 6th Annual Research Symposium of The Graduate Student Association,
Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, (04/2008). 2nd place in poster competition.
Gencoglu, A.; Tuter, M.; Aksoy, H. A. Lipase-Catalyzed in situ Biodiesel Production from Waste Plant Oil Adsorbed in Activated
Bleaching Earth Using a Commercial Lipase. 26th World Congress and Exhibition of the International Society for Fat Research (ISF), Prague, Czech Republic, (09/2005).