Carlos A. Mendiola-Escobedo

Research at Rochester Institute of Technology

Carlos is a third 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 and its applications to separations of diluted species.

Academic background

Projects in progress

Journal articles

  1. Mendiola-Escobedo, C. A.; Martinez-Martinez, G; Sikder, S. S.; and Lapizco-Encinas, B. H.* Free solution microfluidic separations of particles and cells with nonlinear electrophoresis. Analytical Chemistry 2026.
  2. Espino, J; Mendiola-Escobedo, C. A.; Vaghef-Koodehi, A.; and Lapizco-Encinas, B. H.* Electrophoresis: An Effective Viability Assessment Method across Cell Domains. Analytical Chemistry 2025, 98(7), 5304 - 5315.
  3. Mendiola-Escobedo, C. A.; Cobos, R.; Khair, A. S.*; and Lapizco-Encinas, B. H.* Nonantiperiodic Nonlinear Electrophoresis of Colloidal Particles. Analytical Chemistry 2025, 97(45), 25265 - 25272.
  4. Mendiola-Escobedo, C. A.; and Lapizco-Encinas, B. H.* Fifty Years of Nonlinear Electrophoresis. Electrophoresis 2025, 46(20), 1548 - 1564.
  5. 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.; and Perez-Gonzalez, V. H.* Ultralow Voltage Electrokinetic Particle Trapping in DC-iEK Devices Using 9 V Alkaline Batteries as Power Supply. Electrophoresis 2024, 45(15), 1074 - 1080.
  6. de los Santos-Ramirez, J. M.; Mendiola-Escobedo, C. A.; Cotera-Sarabia, J. M.; Gallo-Villanueva, R. C.; Martinez-Duarte, R.; and Perez-Gonzalez, V. H.* Enabling the Characterization of the Nonlinear Electrokinetic Properties of Particles Using Low Voltage. Analyst 2024, 149(14), 3839 - 3849.
  7. Nasir Ahamed, N. N.; Mendiola-Escobedo, C. A.; Perez-Gonzalez, V. H.*; and 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.
  8. Nasir Ahamed, N. N.; Mendiola-Escobedo, C. A.; Perez-Gonzalez, V. H.*; and Lapizco-Encinas, B. H.* Manipulating the Insulating Post Arrangement in DC-Biased AC-iEK Devices to Improve Microparticle Separations. Analyst 2024, 149, 2469 - 2479.
  9. Nasir Ahamed, N. N.; Mendiola-Escobedo, C. A.; Perez-Gonzalez, V. H.*; and Lapizco-Encinas, B. H.* Assessing the Discriminatory Capabilities of iEK Devices under DC and DC-Biased AC Stimulation Potentials. Micromachines 2023, 14(12), 2239.
  10. Nasir Ahamed, N. N.; Mendiola-Escobedo, C. A.; Ernst, O. D.; Perez-Gonzalez, V. H.*; and 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.; Martinez-Martinez, G.; Sikder, S.S. and Lapizco-Encinas, B.H.* Nonlinear electrophoretic separations of particles and cells in free-solution systems, 2026 AES Annual meeting at SciX 10/2026, Sparks, NV.
  2. Mendiola-Escobedo, C.A.; Cobos, R.; Sikder, S.S.; Martinez-Martinez, G., Khair A. S.,* and Lapizco-Encinas, B.H.* Effects of particle shape in nonantiperiodic nonlinear electrophoresis (NANEP), 2026 AES Annual meeting at SciX 10/2026, Sparks, NV.
  3. Mendiola-Escobedo, C.A.; Espino, J.; Vaghef-Koodehi, A.,* and Lapizco-Encinas, B.H.* Development of a unified viability assessment across cell domains, 2026 AES Annual meeting at SciX 10/2026, Sparks, NV.
  4. Mendiola-Escobedo, C.A.; Martinez-Martinez, G.; Sikder, S.S. and Lapizco-Encinas, B.H.* Nonlinear electrophoretic separations of particles and cells in free-solution systems, 2026 DEP Conference 06/2026, Louisville, KY.
  5. Mendiola-Escobedo, C.A.; Espino, J.; Vaghef-Koodehi, A. and Lapizco-Encinas, B.H.* Development of a unified viability assessment across cell domains, 2026 DEP Conference 06/2026, Louisville, KY.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.

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