Carlos Escobedo

Carlos Escobedo is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Queen's University, with cross appointments in the Department of Chemistry (Faculty of Arts and Science) and the Beaty Water Research Centre. He holds a B.Sc. from UNAM (2000), M.A.Sc. from University of Toronto (2002), Ph.D. from University of Victoria (2011), and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at ETH Zurich (2011-2013). His lab develops microfluidic and optofluidic technologies for analytical and diagnostic applications, focusing on label-free sensing, single-cell analysis, and biomedical innovations.

Education:

• B.Sc., National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), 2000
• M.A.Sc., University of Toronto, 2002
• Ph.D., University of Victoria, 2011
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich), 2011-2013

Research Interests: Microfluidics, optofluidics, plasmonics, biosensing, nanoparticle assembly, and environmental monitoring. Current projects include wearable diagnostics, single-cell interrogation, and biomimetic nanostructures.

Recent work emphasizes synergies between microfluidics and plasmonics for applications like virus detection and bacterial adhesion studies. His lab has developed cost-effective sensors for pesticide analysis and SERS substrates with sub-picomolar sensitivity. Collaborations include the Mexico-Canada Research and Learning Hub and institutions in Japan.

Advising & Lab: Supervises postdoctoral fellows (e.g., Juan Manuel Gomez Cruz) and graduate students (e.g., Brianna Bradley). The Escobedo Lab is part of Queen's Department of Chemical Engineering and collaborates with the QSens Lab (Docoslis group). Research is supported by grants in nanotechnology and environmental engineering.

Labs/Teams: Escobedo Lab (Queen's University), QSens Collaborative Nanotechnology Lab (with Dr. Docoslis).