We develop microfluidic devices using photolithography and polymer micromolding techniques to examine the behavior of neural cells of the visual, central, and peripheral Nervous System. Our lab has recently begun to integrate microfluidics with ex vivo models of the retina and spinal cord for regenerative therapies.

Our research projects collaborate with multiple labs at Rutgers, including computational biology (T. Shinbrot), molecular biology and tissue engineering (L. Cai), and Neuroscience (B. Firestein).