Yitshak Zohar
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Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
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Director, Integrated Microsystem Laboratory
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Professor of Biomedical Engineering
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Professor, BIO5 Institute
Courses
Thermodynamics
AME 230 (Fall 2021)
AME 230 (Fall 2020)
AME 230 (Fall 2019)
AME 230 (Spring 2018)
AME 230 (Spring 2017)
AME 230 (Spring 2016)
Intro to Fluid Mechanics
AME 331 (Spring 2022)
AME 331 (Spring 2021)
AME 331 (Fall 2019)
AME 331 (Fall 2018)
AME 331 (Fall 2017)
AME 331 (Fall 2016)
BME 331 (Spring 2022)
BME 331 (Spring 2021)
BME 331 (Fall 2018)
BME 331 (Fall 2017)
BME 331 (Fall 2016)
Directed Research
AME 492 (Fall 2016)
BME 492 (Fall 2017)
BME 492 (Spring 2016)
Nat Turbulent Shear Flow
AME 538 (Spring 2022)
AME 538 (Fall 2016)
Microfluidics
AME 586 (Spring 2021)
AME 586 (Spring 2020)
AME 586 (Fall 2018)
AME 586 (Fall 2017)
Rsrch Meth Biomed Engr
BME 597G (Fall 2017)
BME 597G (Fall 2016)
Independent Study
BME 599 (Fall 2016)
Research
AME 900 (Spring 2018)
AME 900 (Fall 2017)
AME 900 (Spring 2017)
AME 900 (Fall 2016)
AME 900 (Summer I 2016)
AME 900 (Spring 2016)
Thesis
BME 910 (Spring 2019)
BME 910 (Fall 2018)
Dissertation
AME 920 (Spring 2017)
AME 920 (Fall 2016)
AME 920 (Spring 2016)
BME 920 (Spring 2022)
BME 920 (Fall 2021)
BME 920 (Fall 2019)
BME 920 (Spring 2018)
Selected Publications
Journals/Publications
- Zohar, Y. (2020). Pharmacokinetic analysis of epithelial/endothelial cell barriers in microfluidic bilayer devices with an air-liquid interface. Micromachines, 11(536). doi:10.3390/mi11050536
- Luo, H., Zhao, C., Song, K., Liu, D., Ma, W., Yu, X., Su, H., Zhang, Z., Zohar, Y., & Lee, Y. (2019). A nonlinear two-degree-of-freedom mass-damper-spring model to predict the isolation of circulating tumor cells in microfluidic-elasto-filtration devices. MICROFLUIDICS AND NANOFLUIDICS, 23(5).
- Jiang, L., Zohar, Y., Restifo, L. L., Restifo, L. L., Zohar, Y., & Jiang, L. (2015). Dissociation of brain tissue into viable single neurons in a microfluidic device.. IEEE Nano/Molecular Medicine and Engineering, 9, 29-32.
- Riahi, R., Yang, Y. L., Kim, H., Jiang, L., Wong, P. K., & Zohar, Y. (2014). A Microfluidic Model for Organ-specific Extravasation of Circulating Tumor Cells. Biomicrofluidics, 8(2), 024103.
- Stamm, M. T., Trickey-Glassman, A. S., Jiang, L., & Zohar, Y. (2014). Specific Interactions Between Functionalised Particles and Circulating Tumour Cells. IET Nanobiotechnology, 8(1), 18-23.
- Stamm, M. T., Trickey-Glassman, A. S., Jiang, L., & Zohar, Y. (2014). Specific interactions between functionalised particles and circulating tumour cells. IET Nanobiotechnology, 8(1), 18-23.
- Zeng, L., Jiang, L., Teng, W., Cappello, J., & Zohar, Y. (2014). Engineering Aqueous Fiber Assembly Into Silk-elastin-like Protein Polymers. Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 35(14), 1273-1279.
- Zheng, X., Jiang, L., Schroeder, J., Stopeck, A., Zohar, Y., Zheng, X., Jiang, L., Schroeder, J., Stopeck, A., & Zohar, Y. (2014). Isolation of Viable Cancer Cells in Antibody-Functionalized Microfluidic Devices. Biomicrofluidics, 8(2), 024119.
- Ma, W., Liu, D., Shagoshtasbi, H., Shukla, A., Nugroho, E. S., Zohar, Y., & Lee, Y. -. (2013). Experimental and theoretical study of hydrodynamic cell lysing of cancer cells in a high-throughput Circular Multi-Channel Microfiltration device. 8th Annual IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, IEEE NEMS 2013, 412-415.
- Riahi, R., Yang, Y., Kim, H., Jiang, L., Wong, P. K., & Zohar, Y. (2013). A microfluidic-based platform for in vitro studies of cell signaling in blood vessels. 2013 Transducers and Eurosensors XXVII: The 17th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, TRANSDUCERS and EUROSENSORS 2013, 293-296.
- Stamm, M. T., Trickey-Glassman, A., Jiang, L., & Zohar, Y. (2013). Quantitative characterization of specific targeting of tumor cells by antibody-functionalized particles. 8th Annual IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, IEEE NEMS 2013, 1108-1111.
- Lee, M., Lee, Y., & Zohar, Y. (2012). Single-phase liquid flow forced convection under a nearly uniform heat flux boundary condition in microchannels. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 22(3).
- Zheng, X., Jiang, L., Schroeder, J. A., Marron, M., Iannone, M., Stopeck, A. T., & Zohar, Y. (2012). Flow-rate dependent capture of circulating tumor cells in bio-functional microchannels. IEEE International Conference on Nano/Molecular Medicine and Engineering, NANOMED, 82-86.
- Zheng, X., Jiang, L., Schroeder, J. A., Marron, M., Iannone, M., Stopeck, A. T., & Zohar, Y. (2012). On the minimum detection limit of circulating tumor cells in an antibody-functionalized microchannel array. IEEE International Conference on Nano/Molecular Medicine and Engineering, NANOMED, 87-91.
- Cheung, L. S., Zheng, X., Wang, L., Baygents, J. C., Guzman, R., Schroeder, J. A., Heimark, R. L., & Zohar, Y. (2011). Adhesion dynamics of circulating tumor cells under shear flow in a bio-functionalized microchannel. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 21(5).
Proceedings Publications
- Zohar, Y. (2018, December). Application of a microfluidic-based model of a human prostate gland for cancer research. In 12th International Conference on Nano/Molecular Medicine and Engineering, 109-112.
- Zohar, Y. (2018, December). Characterizing A549 cell line as an epithelial cell monolayer model for pharmacokinetic applications. In 12th International Conference on Nano/Molecular Medicine and Engineering, 27-30.
- Zohar, Y. (2018, June). Characterizing steady molecular transport between a microchannel pair separated by a porous membrane. In 2018 Synthetic Biology: Engineering, Evolution & Design (SEED), 51.
- Zohar, Y. (2018, November). Development of a microfluidic-based model of a human prostate gland. In 22nd International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, 1625-1627.
- Zohar, Y. (2018, November). Protein transport through a separation membrane in a microfluidic device. In 22nd International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, 1976-1978.
- Zohar, Y. (2017, June 2017). The capillary number effect on cell viability in microfluidic elasto-filtration devices for viable circulating tumor cell isolation. In 19th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, 488-491.
- Ma, W., Zeng, R., Liu, D., Zohar, Y., & Lee, Y. K. (2014, April 13-16). SOI Technology-based Microfiltration System for Circulating Tumor Cells Isolatio and Enumeration. In 9th Annual IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, 333-336.
Poster Presentations
- Zohar, Y. (2017, November 2017). Characterizing diffusion in a microfluidic system for lung-on-a-chip applications. Junior Investigator Poster Forum. Tucson, AZ, USA: UA College of Medicine.
- Zohar, Y. (2017, November 2017). Development of a microfluidic model of a human prostate gland for Cancer Research. Junior Investigator Poster Forum. Tucson, AZ, USA: UA College of Medicine.
- Zohar, Y. (2017, October 2017). A microfluidic-based model of a human prostate gland. UACC Scientific Symposium & Retreat. Phoenix, AZ, USA: UA Cancer Center.
Presentations
- Zohar, Y. (2014, February 17). Guiding Signals in Life Sciences: Cancer Metatasis. Seminar. University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ: Cancer Biology Program.
- Zohar, Y. (2014, January 29). Micro/Nanotechnology for Applications in Life Sciences. Seminar. University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ: College of Pharmacy.
- Zohar, Y. (2014, November 17). Micro/Nanotechnology for Cancer Metastasis Research. Seminar. University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ: Arizona Cancer Center: Cancer Biology Research Conference.
Awards
- Excellence at the Student Interface
- UA College of Engineering, Spring 2017