Faculty Member

Porpin Pungetmongkol, Ph.D.

porpin.p@chula.ac.th

Profile Summary Ph.D. Dissertation Title A label-free, high-sensitive electrical detection method of biomolecule using very high electric field created in nanogap electrodes

Education

April 2012 – September 2015

Ph.D. Mechanical and Control Engineering

Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

Oct 2011 - April 2012

M.Eng. Mechanical and Control Engineering

Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

May 2007- May 2011

B.Eng. Nano-Engineering

Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

Research Interests

Biomolecular Sensing
Micro/Nanofluidic
Micro-fabrication
Nano-sensor

Research & Work Experience

Oct 2011 - Sep 2015

Tokyo Institute of Technology

Tokyo, Japan M.Eng & Ph.D: 2 Supervisors - Nano-Microfluidic devices for Impedance measurement of Biomolecules - Study of electrical physics in the nanochannel based on Impedance analyzer

Dec 2013 - Feb 2014

California Institute of technology

California, USA Visiting Scholar: 2 Supervisors - Colorimetric DNA detection by gold nanoparticles - Qualitative analysis of DNA PCR product Aug-Dec, 2010 Dartmouth Biomedical Engineering Centre, New Hampshire, USA Exchanged Student: 2 Supervisors - Characterization of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE)

for knee prosthesis applications - Examined the UHMWPE materials from retrieved knee implants and (concealed, undisclosed) virgin material that is being developed for possible future implants.

May-July, 2010 Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, USA Visiting Researcher: 3 Supervisors - Design and fabrication of Multi-sensor Trapping Structure for Biological Application - Fabrication of micro-well for living cell and integrated with the micro- chamber for sensor in order to use as a single cell analysis system.

June – July, 2009 National Metal and Materials Technology Center (MTEC), Thailand Research Assistant: 2 Supervisors - Synthesis thin film TiO2 using sol-gel process - Fabrication of Dye-sensitized solar cell using thin film Titania - Photo-oxidation of dissolved cyanide using TiO2 thin film catalyst

Conference & Publications

Journal Paper

Pungetmongkol, P. , Mogi, K., Hatsuki, R. and Yamamoto, T. ( 2014 ). Direct evaluation of the electrokinetic properties of electrolytes in a nanochannel using electrical impedance spectroscopy. Israel Journal of Chemistry , 54(11-12), pp. 1607-1614.

International Conference (Reviewed)

Pungetmongkol, P. , Mogi, K. & Yamamoto, T. ( 2015 ). Conformation dependent non-linear impedance response of DNA in nanofluidic device, 15th International conference on Nanotechnology (IEEE NANO 2015) , 27-30 July, Rome, Italy.
Pungetmongkol, P. & Yamamoto, T. ( 2015 ). Non-linear Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy of DNA in Nanogap Electrode, 7th International Symposium on Microchemistry and Microsystems (ISMM 2015) , 8-10 June, Kyoto, Japan.
Hatsuki, R., Pungetmongkol, P. , Honda, A. & Yamamoto, T. ( 2014 ). Evaluation of Electrical Characteristics of Viruses by Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy in A Nanogap Electrode, 12th Internatinal Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels (ASME 2014) , 3-7 August, Chicago, USA.
Pungetmongkol, P. & Yamamoto, T. ( 2013 ). Revealing the dynamic structure of electric double layer by electrical impedance spectroscopy, RSC Tokyo International Conference 2013, Analytical Biochemistry & Biophysics , 4-5 September, Tokyo, Japan.
Pungetmongkol, P. , Hatsuki, R. & Yamamoto, T. ( 2013 ). Electrical evaluation of hydrated diameter dependent thickness of electric double layer in nanochannel, The 17th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (TRANSDUCERS 2013), 16-20 June, Barcelona, Spain.

International Workshop

Pungetmongkol, P. & Yamamoto, T. ( 2015 ). Direct evaluation of electric double layer in nanochannel by electrical impedance spectroscopy, International Workshop on Extended-Nanofluidics (IWENF 2015) , 26-27 March, Tokyo, Japan.