International Symposium on LifeChips 2006

Session host: Array Technologies for Genomic, Proteomic and Cellular Screening/Diagnostics

Biography
Robert M. Corn is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of California, Irvine. Prof. Corn is a leader in the development and application of surface-sensitive spectroscopic techniques such as surface plasmon resonance imaging, optical second harmonic generation, and polarization modulation Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. His primary research interests include the study of biopolymer adsorption onto surfaces and the chemical modification of surfaces for the creation of ultrathin films and adsorption-based biosensors. Prof. Corn also has ongoing research projects in the implementation of DNA computing algorithms at surfaces and the study of ion transfer processes at liquid/liquid interfaces. After obtaining a Ph. D. in Physical Chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley, Prof. Corn was a professor in the Department of Chemistry from 1985 to 2004 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In July of 2004, Prof. Corn moved to the University of California, Irvine, where he is currently a professor in the Department of Chemistry. Prof. Corn has more than 100 publications and patents, has given many invited lectures at professional meetings and universities in the U.S. and abroad, and has served as a member of the Editorial Advisory Boards of the journals Analytical Chemistry, Langmuir, Analytical Sciences, Vibrational Spectroscopy and Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry. Prof. Corn is also the co-founder of two biotechnology companies: GWC Technologies, Inc., and GenTel BioSurfaces, Inc.