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

Phone: (905)525-9140 Ext. 24859
Email: ran@mcmaster.ca
Office: ABB B105

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
  
  

• 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
• 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

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