Contact: apersat@princeton.edu "It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn't matter how smart you are. If it doesn't agree with experiment, it's wrong." Richard Feynman Education Stanford University, CA, USA. PhD in Mechanical Engineering Research advisor: Prof. Juan G. Santiago Stanford University, CA, USA. M.S. in Chemical Engineering, March 2007. Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, France. Diplôme de l'Ecole Polytechnique, March 2007. Lycée du Parc, Lyon, France. Preparatory classes for the Grandes Ecoles Intensive training in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. Work experience Princeton University, NJ, USA. Department of Molecular Biology, Gitai Lab. Postdoctoral researcher: 01/11-present Stanford University, CA, USA. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Microfluidics Lab Stanford University, CA, USA.Graduate Research assistant: 01/06-10/10 Teaching Assistant: 01/09-03/09 and 01/07-03/07 Harvard University, MA, USA.Course: ME 457, Fluid Flow in Microdevices Visiting researcher: 04/05-08/05 Research advisor: Prof. Howard A. Stone Research interests Bacteria and microscale transport. Publications 1. Persat A. and Santiago J.G., “On modeling electrokinetic flows of binary, asymmetric electrolytes” in preparation. 2. Persat A. and Santiago J.G., "MicroRNA Profiling by Simultaneous Selective Isotachophoresis and Hybridization with Molecular Beacons", Analytical Chemistry 2011 83 (6), 2310-2316 3. Persat A., Chivukula R.R., Mendell J.T., & Santiago J.G. "Quantification of Global MicroRNA Abundance by Selective Isotachophoresis", Analytical Chemistry 2010 82 (23), 9631-9635. (pdf) 4. Persat A., Marsall L.A. and Santiago J.G. "Purification of Nucleic Acids from Whole Blood Using Isotachophoresis", Analytical Chemistry 2009, 81, (22), 9507-9511. (pdf) 5. Persat A., Chambers R. D. , and Santiago J.G. "Basic principles of electrolyte chemistry for microfluidic electrokinetics. Part I: Acid-base equilibria and pH buffers." Lab on a Chip 2009 9(17): 2437-53. (pdf) 6. Persat, A., Suss M.E. and Santiago J.G. "Basic principles of electrolyte chemistry for microfluidic electrokinetics. Part II: Coupling between ion mobility, electrolysis, and acid-base equilibria." Lab on a Chip 2009, 9(17): 2454-69. (pdf) 7. Persat, A. and Santiago J. G. "Electrokinetic control of sample splitting at a channel bifurcation using isotachophoresis." New Journal of Physics, 2009 (7): 075026. (pdf) 8. Persat A., Zangle T., Posner J.D and Santiago J.G., "On-chip electrophoresis devices: do's, don'ts and dooms", Lab on a Chip 2007, Chips and Tips. (link) Presentations (oral and poster presentations including) 1. Persat A., Marsall L.A. and Santiago J.G. "Purification of Nucleic Acids by Isotachophoresis", Physics and Chemistry of Microfluidics,
Gordon Research Conference, June 28 - July 3rd, 2009, Il Ciocco Hotel, Lucca, Italy. 2. Persat A. and J.G. Santiago, “Generalized Models for Electrokinetics of Binary Electrolytes”, 2009 Annual meeting of the Material Research Society, Spring meeting, April 13-17, 2009, San Francisco, CA. 3. Persat A. and Santiago J.G., "On-chip isothermal, chemical cycling polymerase chain reaction", 60th Annual meeting of the American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics, November 23-25, 2008, San Antonio, TX, USA. 4. Persat A. and Santiago J.G., "On-chip isothermal chemical cycling polymerase chain reaction", Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (microTAS2008), October 12-16, 2007, San Diego, CA, USA. 5. Persat A. and Santiago J.G., "On-chip isotachophoresis and application to the isothermal polymerase chain reaction", Tenth International Symposium on Hyphenated Techniques in Chromatography and Hyphenated Chromatographic Analyzers, February 1, 2008, Brugges, Belgium 6. Persat A., Morita T. and Santiago J.G., "Towards on-chip isothermal polymerase chain reaction", 2007 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, November 12, 2007, Seattle, WA, USA 7. Persat A., Morita T. and Santiago J.G., "Towards on-chip isothermal polymerase chain reaction", Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (microTAS2007), October 7-11, 2007, Paris, France 8. Persat A., Morita T. and Santiago J.G., "Towards on-chip isothermal polymerase chain reaction", Physics and Chemistry of Microfluidics, Gordon Research Conference, July 15-20, 2007, Waterville Valley, NH, USA 9. Persat A., Ward T. and Stone H.A. "Electrohydrodynamic free-surface motions: (I) Dielectric breakdown and (II) Onset of menisci", 58th Annual meeting of the American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics, November 20-22, 2005, Chicago, IL, USA Other interests Music: Saxophone & jazz flute, classical piano. Sport: Football (the real one), kickboxing and Muay Thai. |