Carlos A. Mendiola-Escobedo

Research at Rochester Institute of Technology

Carlos is a first year Biomedical and Chemical Engineering student at RIT. He joined the MSB lab in August 2024. His current project is focused in studying the coupled effects of nonlinear electrokinetics and non-antiperiodic AC signals over particle migration in microfluidic systems.

Academic background

• Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York. (Expected 2028)
• B.S. in Engineering Physics, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. (2022)

Projects in progress

• Non-antiperiodic nonlinear electrophoresis (NANEP) of colloidal particles.

Journal articles

1. de los Santos-Ramirez, J. M.; Martinez-Gonzalez, V. G.; Mendiola-Escobedo, C. A.; Cotera-Sarabia, J. M.; Gallo-Villanueva, R. C.; Martinez-Duarte, R.; Perez-Gonzalez, V. H. Short Communication: Ultralow Voltage Electrokinetic Particle Trapping in DC-iEK Devices Using 9 V Alkaline Batteries as Power Supply. Electrophoresis 2024.
2. de los Santos-Ramirez, J. M.; Mendiola-Escobedo, C. A.; Cotera-Sarabia, J. M.; Gallo-Villanueva, R. C.; Martinez-Duarte, R.; Perez-Gonzalez, V. H. Enabling the Characterization of the Nonlinear Electrokinetic Properties of Particles Using Low Voltage. Analyst 2024, 149(14), 3839 - 3849.
3. Nasir Ahamed, N. N.; Mendiola-Escobedo, C. A.; Perez-Gonzalez, V. H.; Lapizco-Encinas, B. H. Development of a DC-Biased AC Stimulated Microfluidic Device for the Electrokinetic Separation of Bacterial and Yeast Cells. Biosensors 2024, 14(5), 237.
4. Nasir Ahamed, N. N.; Mendiola-Escobedo, C. A.; Perez-Gonzalez, V. H.; Lapizco-Encinas, B. H. Manipulating the Insulating Post Arrangement in DC-Biased AC-iEK Devices to Improve Microparticle Separations. Analyst 2024, 149, 2469 - 2479.
5. Nasir Ahamed, N. N.; Mendiola-Escobedo, C. A.; Perez-Gonzalez, V. H.; Lapizco-Encinas, B. H. Assessing the Discriminatory Capabilities of iEK Devices under DC and DC-Biased AC Stimulation Potentials. Micromachines 2023, 14(12), 2239.
6. Nasir Ahamed, N. N.; Mendiola-Escobedo, C. A.; Ernst, O. D.; Perez-Gonzalez, V. H.; Lapizco-Encinas, B. H. Fine-Tuning the Characteristic of the Applied Potential To Improve AC-IEK Separations of Microparticles. Anal. Chem. 2023, 95(26), 9914 - 9923.

Awards

1. Dr. Russell and Melissa Bessette Award for Doctoral Student Excellence 2024 - 2025

Conference presentations

1. Mendiola-Escobedo, C.A.; Cobos, R.; Khair, A.S. and Lapizco-Encinas, B.H.* Demonstration of non-antiperiodic electrophoresis in microfluidic systems, 2025 AES Annual meeting at SciX 10/2025, Covington, KY.
2. Mendiola-Escobedo, C.A. and Lapizco-Encinas, B.H.* Advancements in nonlinear electrophoresis during the last 50 years, 2025 AES Annual meeting at SciX 10/2025, Covington, KY.
3. Mendiola-Escobedo, C.A.; Vaghef-Koodehi, A.; Lav, N.S.; Lapizco-Encinas, B.H. and Flanagan, L.A.* Effects of cell surface glycosylation on zeta potential of neural stem cells, 2025 AES Annual meeting at SciX 10/2025, Covington, KY.

Additional experience

1. Special projects engineer in Grupo Tensa, Guadalajara, Mexico (Fall 2023 - Spring 2024).
2. Research collaborator in the nano-sensors and devices lab, Tec de Monterrey (Fall 2021 - Spring 2023).
3. Internship in Rockwell Automation, Monterrey, Mexico (Fall 2022).
4. Academic exchange in Kyung Hee Univeristy, South Korea (Spring 2022).
5. Internship in Ternium, Monterrey, Mexico (Fall 2021).

Hobbies

I like to listen and to play music. Sometimes I like going for walks and to know new places.

Carlos Mendiola
Biomedical Engineering
Rochester Institute of Technology
Email: cm2379@rit.edu

Particle trapping
(Figure 2 from Isolation and enrichment of low abundant particles with insulator-based dielectrophoresis).

Dielectropherograms of 1μm and 2μm particles.
(Figure 6 from Effect of insulating posts geometry on particle manipulation in insulator based dielectrophoretic devices, 2014)