UNC/NCSU Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering

J. Michael Ramsey

Title:
Professor of Biomedical Engineering Minnie N. Goldby Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
Education:
Ph.D in Analytical Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, January 1979 B.S. in Chemistry with a minor in Physics and Mathematics, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, June 1974

Research Area:	Microsystems Engineering
Research Interests:	Microfabricated Chemical Instrumentation, Microfluidics, Nanofluidics
Research:	We are interested in utilizing micro- and nanofabrication strategies to create devices that facilitate our abilities to gather chemical and biochemical information. Our motivations for fabricating devices include high-throughput biochemical experimentation, development of new types of chemical sensors, and understanding of transport mechanisms in nanoscale-confined spaces. The devices that we develop have application to drug discovery, health care, environmental monitoring, and basic research.
Selected Publications:	1. W. B. Whitten, P. T. A. Reilly, J. M. Ramsey, “High-pressure Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry,” Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom., 18, 1749 (2004). 2. C.D. Thomas, S.C. Jacobson, and J.M. Ramsey, “Rapid Cycling Pinch Injections on Microfluidic Devices,” Anal. Chem. 76, 6053 (2004). 3. J. Moxom, P. T. A. Reilly, W. B. Whitten, J. M. Ramsey, “Sample Pressure Effects in a Micro Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer,” Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom., 18, 721 (2004). 4. C.R. Poulsen, C.T. Culbertson, S.C. Jacobson, and J.M. Ramsey, “Static and Dynamic Acute Cytotoxicity Assays on Microfluidic Devices,” Anal. Chem., 77, 667 (2005). 5. Y. J. Liu, R. S. Foote, S. C. Jacobson, and J. M. Ramsey, “Sample Concentration on Microchips by SDS Sweeping and Stacking ,” Lab on a chip (in press).