Current Position: Assistant Professor Department of Chemical Engineering Texas A&M University

Professor Ugaz received his PhD from Northwestern in 1999 under the guidance of Professor Wes Burghardt. After working as a postdoctoral researcher in Professor Mark Burn's laboratory at the University of Michigan, Victor joined the faculty at Texas A&M University in the Department of Chemical Engineering. His current research interests include transport and flow in microfluidic systems, microdevices for DNA analysis, convectively driven biochemical reactions, and materials and processes for fabrication of microfluidic devices. During his graduate studies at Northwestern, Victor served as a teaching apprentice for the undergraduate kinetics course with Professor Harold Kung serving as his mentor. Victor received a BS degree in Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics from the University of Texas at Austin.