Postdoctal Research Fellow with Prof. Qiyin Fang and Prof. Harold Haugen
Engineering Physics Department

Sunnybrook Research Institute

Ph.D. - Physics (Optics), Peking University
B.Sc. - Optical Information Science & Technology, Shandong University

Research on Rapid Prototyping of 3D Nanofluidic Systems, 2006 – 2009
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Postdoctoral research with Prof. Alan J. Hunt and Prof. Michael Mayer

• Development of rapidly prototype high-density flow control components and integrated analysis devices using femtosecond laser machining and photolithography process
  

Research on Microfluidic Component Fabrication Using Femtosecond Laser, 2001 – 2006
Peking University, Beijing, Physics Department
Graduate research with Prof. Qihuang Gong and Prof. Yan Li

• Exploration of femtosecond laser micro/nano machining techniques
  
• Fabrication of microfluidic and microoptical components in glass using femtosecond laser
  
  

• Brent Emigh, Ran An, Eugene M. Hsu, Travis H. R. Crawford, Harold K. Haugen, Gregory R. Wohl, Joseph E. Hayward, Qiyin Fang, “Porcine cortical bone ablation by ultrashort pulsed laser irradiation”, accepted by JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS
• Erik C. Yusko, Ran An, Michael Mayer, “Electroosmotic flow can generate ion current rectification in nano- and micropores”, ACS NANO 4(1):477-487 JAN 2010
• Sanghyun Lee, Ran An, Alan J. Hunt, “Liquid glass electrodes for nanofluidics”, NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY 5(6): 412-416 JUN 2010
• Ran An, Michelle D. Hoffman, Margaret A. Donoghue, Alan J. Hunt, Stephen. C. Jacobson, “Water-assisted femtosecond laser machining of electrospray nozzles on glass microfluidic devices”, OPTICS EXPRESS 16(19):15206-15211 SEP 2008
• Ran An, Jeffrey D. Uram, Erik C. Yusko, Kevin Ke, Michael Mayer, Alan J. Hunt, “Ultrafast laser fabrication of submicrometer pores in borosilicate glass”, OPTICS LETTERS 33(10): 1153-1155 MAY 2008
• Ran An, Yan Li, Dayong Liu, Yanping Dou, Fengjie Qi, Hong Yang, Qihuang Gong, “Optical waveguide writing inside Foturan glass with femtosecond laser pulses”, APPLIED PHYSICS A 86 (3): 343-346 MAR 2007
• Dayong Liu, Yan Li, Ran An, Yanping Dou, Hong Yang, Qihuang Gong, “Influence of focusing depth on the microfabrication of waveguides inside silica glass by femtosecond laser direct writing”, APPLIED PHYSICS A 84 (3): 257-230 AUG 2006
• Ran An, Yan Li, Yanping Dou, Dayong Liu, Hong Yang, Qihuang Gong, “Water-assisted drilling of microfluidic chambers inside silica glass with femtosecond laser pulses”, APPLIED PHYSICS A 83 (1): 27-29 APR 2006
• Yan Li, Hengchang Guo, Ran An, Fengjie Qi, Hong Yang, Hongbing Jiang, Qihuang Gong, “Micro/nano-fabrication of condensed matters by near infrared femtosecond laser pulses”, JOURNAL OF INFRARED AND MILLIMETER WAVES 24 (3): 182-184 JUN 2005
• Yan Li, Yanping Dou, Ran An, Hong Yang, Qihuang Gong, “Permanent computer-generated holograms embedded in silica glass by femtosecond laser pulses”, OPTICS EXPRESS 13 (7): 2433-2438 APR 2005
• Ran An, Yan Li, Yanping Dou, Hong Yang, Qihuang Gong, “Simultaneous multi-microhole drilling of soda-lime glass by water-assisted ablation with femtosecond laser pulses”, OPTICS EXPRESS 13 (6): 1855-1859 MAR 2005
• Ran An, Yan Li, Yanping Dou, Ying Fang, Hong Yang, Qihuang Gong, “Laser micro-hole drilling of soda-lime glass with femtosecond pulses”, CHINESE PHYSICS LETTERS 21 (12): 2465-2468 DEC 2004

• Ran An, Hao Liu, Martin Couillard, Gianluigi Botton, Harold Haugen, “Selected studies with ultrashort-pulse Yb-doped-fibre amplifiers and nanosecond-pulse Yb-doped fibre lasers”, 7th Workshop on Fibre and Optical Passive Components, Montreal, July 13-15, 2011

• Ran An, Hao Liu, Martin Couillard, Gianluigi Botton, Harold Haugen, “Ytterbium-doped fibre amplifiers: Computer modeling of amplified systems and a preliminary electron microscopy study of single ytterbium atoms in doped optical fibres”, CIPI AGM meeting, Ottawa, May 18-20, 2011

• Ran An, Eugene Hsu, Martin Couillard, Gianluigi Botton, Harold Haugen, “Electron microscopic analysis of Ytterbium-doped optical fibres”, CIPI AGM meeting, Niagara Falls, Jun 3-4, 2010

• Erik C. Yusko, Ran An, Alan J. Hunt, Michael Mayer, “Fluidic Diodes in Nano- and Microscale Pores to Detect Drug Aggregation”, Biophysical Society Annual Meeting, Boston, FEB 28- Mar 4, 2009

• Ran An, Alan J. Hunt, “Femtosecond laser machining of nozzles and submicrometer pores for analytical and diagnostic devices ”, Joint Symposium for Relativistic and Sub-Relativistic Lasers and Applications, Ann Arbor, OCT 29-30, 2008

• Dayong Liu, Ran An, Yan Li, Hong Yang, Qihuang Gong, “The study of energy threshold of femtosecond laser induced refractive index change with focusing depth”, Fall Meeting of Chinese Physics Society, Wuhan, SEP 18-20, 2005

• Ran An, Yanping Dou, Ying Fang, Hong Yang, Yan Li, Qihuang Gong, “Fabrication of microholes inside soda-lime glass with femtosecond laser pulses”, Fall Meeting of Chinese Physics Society, Taiyuan, SEP 18-20, 2004

Office/Working hours: Mon, 11am to 7pm; Tue-Thu, 10am to 6pm; Fri, 8:00am to 4:00pm
In ABB B105 (X24859) or ETB lab for office/work hours.
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