Andrew deMello

Dr. Andrew deMello is currently Professor of Biochemical Engineering in the Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences at ETH Zurich. Previously, he was Professor of Chemical Nanosciences and Head of the Nanostructured Materials and Devices Section in the Chemistry Department at Imperial College London. His group’s research interests cover a broad range of activities in the general area of microfluidics and nanoscale science. Primary specializations include the development of microfluidic devices for high-throughput biological and chemical analysis, ultra-sensitive optical detection techniques, nanofluidic reaction systems for chemical synthesis and point-of-diagnostics. Andrew has given approximately 350 invited lectures at conferences and universities in North America, Europe, Africa and Asia and has published over 350 papers in peer-reviewed journals. He currently sits on the Editorial Boards Advanced Materials Technologies, Chemistry World, Journal of Flow Chemistry and Chem. He is also an Associate Editor for ACS Sensors.