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Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Chak Ming Leung
National University of Singapore
2
Aleksandr Ianevski
Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland
3
Aidan Slattery
University of Amsterdam
4
Thomas Moragues
ETH Zurich
5
Amanda A. Volk
Materials and Energy Research Center
6
Tianwei Dai
University of Liverpool
7
Nicholas H. Angello
University of Illinois System
8
Peter Sagmeister
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
9
Jon-Marc McGregor
The University of Texas at Austin
10
Davide Ribezzi
Utrecht University

Papers

1
Publication in Science (2024) [284 citations, W4391215091]
Science|2024
284 cit.
2
Publication in Nature (2024) [173 citations, W4404105402]
Nature|2024
173 cit.
3
Publication in Nature Catalysis (2025) [73 citations, W4406231824]
Nature Catalysis|2025
73 cit.
4
Performance metrics to unleash the power of self-driving labs in chemistry and materials science
Nature Communications|2024
64 cit.
5
Publication in Nature (2024) [64 citations, W4401947055]
Nature|2024
64 cit.
6
Single-cell transcriptomes identify patient-tailored therapies for selective co-inhibition of cancer clones
Nature Communications|2024
50 cit.
7
Publication in Advanced Materials (2025) [30 citations, W4408026352]
Advanced Materials|2025
30 cit.
8
The combination of pleconaril, rupintrivir, and remdesivir efficiently inhibits enterovirus infections in vitro, delaying the development of drug-resistant virus variants
Antiviral Research|2024
23 cit.
9
RepurposeDrugs: an interactive web-portal and predictive platform for repurposing mono- and combination therapies
Briefings in Bioinformatics|2024
20 cit.
10
Droplet‐Based Microfluidics Reveals Insights into Cross‐Coupling Mechanisms over Single‐Atom Heterogeneous Catalysts
Angewandte Chemie International Edition|2024
13 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Álvaro Goyanes
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
2
Anil K. Giri
Sungkyunkwan University
3
Milad Abolhasani
North Carolina State University
4
Samantha J. Paulsen
Rice University
5
Daniel C. Corbett
California Institute for Regenerative Medicine
6
Connor W. Coley
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
7
Yuanhai Su
Laboratoire de Synthèse Organique
8
Dale A. Thomas
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
9
Justin A. M. Lummiss
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
10
Tomasz Jüngst
University of Würzburg

Papers

1
The rise of self-driving labs in chemical and materials sciences
Nature Synthesis|2023
506 cit.
2
AlphaFlow: autonomous discovery and optimization of multi-step chemistry using a self-driven fluidic lab guided by reinforcement learning
Nature Communications|2023
181 cit.
3
Machine learning modeling of family wide enzyme-substrate specificity screens
PLoS Computational Biology|2022
117 cit.
4
Quantum chemistry-augmented neural networks for reactivity prediction: Performance, generalizability, and explainability
The Journal of Chemical Physics|2022
99 cit.
5
Volumetric 3D printing for rapid production of medicines
Additive manufacturing|2022
86 cit.
6
Merging enzymatic and synthetic chemistry with computational synthesis planning
Nature Communications|2022
78 cit.
7
Accelerating 3D printing of pharmaceutical products using machine learning
International Journal of Pharmaceutics X|2022
77 cit.
8
Annotating metabolite mass spectra with domain-inspired chemical formula transformers
Nature Machine Intelligence|2023
68 cit.
9
Autonomous chemical science and engineering enabled by self-driving laboratories
Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering|2022
66 cit.
10
Autonomous platforms for data-driven organic synthesis
Nature Communications|2022
65 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
George M. Whitesides
Harvard University
2
David A. Weitz
Harvard University
3
Klavs F. Jensen
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
4
Rustem F. Ismagilov
California Institute of Technology
5
Howard A. Stone
Princeton University
6
C. Oliver Kappe
University of Graz
7
Steven V. Ley
University of Cambridge
8
Stephen R. Quake
Stanford University
9
Steven A. McCarroll
Broad Institute
10
Timothy F. Jamison
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Papers

1
Highly Parallel Genome-wide Expression Profiling of Individual Cells Using Nanoliter Droplets
Cell|2015
7.8k cit.
2
Self-Assembly at All Scales
Science|2002
7.4k cit.
3
Rapid Prototyping of Microfluidic Systems in Poly(dimethylsiloxane)
Analytical Chemistry|1998
5.3k cit.
4
SOFT LITHOGRAPHY
Annual Review of Materials Science|1998
4.6k cit.
5
Microfluidics: Fluid physics at the nanoliter scale
Reviews of Modern Physics|2005
4.3k cit.
6
Monolithic Microfabricated Valves and Pumps by Multilayer Soft Lithography
Science|2000
4k cit.
7
Engineering Flows in Small Devices: Microfluidics Toward a Lab-on-a-Chip
Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics|2003
3.6k cit.
8
Clonal Hematopoiesis and Blood-Cancer Risk Inferred from Blood DNA Sequence
New England Journal of Medicine|2014
3.5k cit.
9
Chaotic Mixer for Microchannels
Science|2002
3.4k cit.
10
Patterned Paper as a Platform for Inexpensive, Low‐Volume, Portable Bioassays
Angewandte Chemie International Edition|2007
2.8k cit.

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