Edward P.c. Lai
Professor
Department of Chemistry
Carleton University
Canada
Biography
Edward P.C. Lai Professor Degrees: Ph.D. (Florida)
Research Interest
Instrumental analysis of biochemical and environmental samples for public health using capillary electrophoresis, dynamic light scattering, fluorescence spectroscopy, gel permeation chromatography, liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry and 3D microfluidics. New photochemical, electrochemical and optical phenomena are developed into analytical methods for enhanced sensitivity and selectivity: (a) molecularly imprinted polymers for the selective determination of therapeutic drugs in serum, ochratoxin A in red wine, and estrogenic compounds in wastewater treatment by solid-phase extraction with differential pulsed elution; (b) self-assembled monolayers and electropolymerized thin films for adsorption of toxic metals (Hg2+) and mycotoxins; (c) functionalization of colloidal nanoparticles for removal of endocrine disrupting compounds in environmental water and radioactive nuclides (Pu-238, Sr-90, Y-90,) in urine; (d) detection of nanoparticles in environmental water and air samples; (e) microfluidic prints for testing antimicrobial resistance of bacteria (E. coli); (f) DNA binding with inorganic oxide nanomaterial surfaces; (g) interaction of nanoparticles with graphene quantum dots and simulated lung fluid.
