Professor Education: B.S., Biochemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1989); Ph.D., Chemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1992); Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Utah (1993-1994) Awards: Appointed Affiliate Staff Scientist at the US Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (1995); NSF Career Award (1999) Email: vincent.remcho@oregonstate.edu Office: Gilbert 236 Phone: (541) 737-8181 Fax: (541) 737-2062 Research group web site: http://www.chemistry.oregonstate.edu/remcho/ Affiliations: Professor of Materials Science, OSU; Adjunct Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics, OSU; Adjunct Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, OSU; Affiliate Staff Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Our research focus is on unraveling & optimizing the mechanics of separations and applying separation techniques to problems in bioanalytical chemistry and environmental analysis.

We have active research projects in the following areas:

• lab-on-a-chiptechnology - fabrication and implementation of separations systems in the microchip format
  
• molecular recognition technologies - high selectivity sorbents for separations
  
• proteomics - separation and measurement of proteins from complex mixtures

Representative Publications

• Fabrication of a Microfluidic System for Capillary Electrophoresis Using a Two-Stage Embossing Technique and Solvent Welding on Poly(methyl methacrylate) with Water as a Sacrificial Layer, Anal. Chem., 2008, accepted
• The Development of a Semiautomated Procedure for the Synthesis and Screening of a Large Group of Molecularly Imprinted Polymers, J. Comb. Chem., 2007, 9, 929-934.
• Organic solvent nanofiltration for microfluidic purification of poly(amidoamine) dendrimers, Journal of Chromatography A, 2007, 1162, 167-174.
• Harnessing dielectric forces for separations of cells, fine particles and macromolecules, Journal of Chromatography A, 2005, 1079, 59-68.
• Electrochromatographic Retention Studies on a Flavin-Binding RNA Aptamer Sorbent, Anal. Chem., 2004, 75, 5692-5696.
• Aptamers as analytical reagents, Electrophoresis, 2002, 23, 1335.
• Novel Monolithic Columns with Templated Porosity, Journal of Chromatography A, 2001, 924, 223.
• Assessment of electroosmotic perfusion in capillary chromatographic columns using electrical conductivity, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2001, 105, 3223.