Mirna M. Lopez
Department of Chemistry
San Diego State University
San Diego, California 92182

Phone: (619) 594-4434 or 594-1611
Fax: (619) 594-2725
Lab: CSL 302, 306, 308

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B.S., Chemistry, University of California San Diego

M. A., Chemistry, San Diego State University

Ph.D. In Progress, Chemistry, University of California San Diego and San Diego State University


Papers and Presentations

Lopez, M. M., Schafer, J., Knittle, J., Tong, W. G., "Thermal and Solvent Effects on Nonlinear Absorption Spectrometric Measurement of Liquid Analytes", 1999 Pacific Conference on Chemistry and Spectroscopy, American Chemical Society & Society for Applied Spectroscopy, Ontario, CA, October 6-8, 1999.

Lopez, M., Tong, W., "Nonlinear Laser Wave Mixing as a Sensitive Analytical Spectroscopic Tool", 1999 SACNAS National Conference, Portland, Oregon, October 8, 1999.

Kemp, H. R., Lopez, M. M., Tong, W. G., "Multi-Photon Laser Based Diagnostic Methods for Biomedical Applications", 7th Biennial Symposium on Minorities, The Medically Undeserved & Cancer Conference, Washington, D.C. February 9-13, 2000.

Lopez, M., Tong, W., "Degenerate Four-Wave Mixing and Its Applications" MARC-MBRS Research Forum, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, March 3, 2000.

Schafer, J., Tong, W., Knittle, J., Lopez, M., "Important Thermal and Optical Properties in Sensitive-Absorbance Measurement by Laser-Wave Mixing in Capillary Flow Cells", 219th American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, March 26, 2000.

Lopez, M., Schafer, J., Tong, W., "Sensitive Detection of Analytes using Laser Wave Mixing", 220th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, D.C., August 21, 2000.

Atherton, A., Schafer, J., Lopez, M., Tong, W., "Laser Wave-Mixing Spectroscopy for Monitoring Small Changes of Analyte Properties in Liquid Cells", 36th American Chemical Society Western Regional Conference, San Francisco, CA, October 25, 2000.

Lopez, M., Schafer, J., Tong, W., "Comparison of Nonlinear Laser Wave-Mixing Spectroscopy With Laser-Based Fluorescence Methods for Biomolecules", III International Symposium on Chemical Research in the Border Region, Tijuana, Mexico, November 16, 2000.

Lopez, M., Schafer, J., Tong, W., "Advantages of Nonlinear Laser-Induced Grating Spectroscopic Method Over Fluorescence Methods for Trace-Concentration Analysis", 125th American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, CA, April 1-5, 2001.

Lopez, M., Schafer, J., Tong, W., “Sensitive Detection of Biomolecules By Laser Wave Mixing”, 2001 SACNAS National Conference, Phoenix, AZ, September 27-30, 2001.

Atherton, A., Lopez, M. M., Tong, W. G., “Sensitive Absorption-Based Detection of Biomolecules By Laser Wave Mixing”, 37th American Chemical Society Western Regional Conference, Santa Barbara, CA, October 30, 2001.

Knittle, J., Lopez, M., Schafer, J., Atherton, A., Zhang, T., Tong, W., “Sensitive Nonlinear Spectroscopy for Bioanalytical and Environmental Applications”, Euro-Mediterranean Symposium on Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy, Cairo, Egypt, November 2, 2001.

Schafer, J., Lopez, M., Knittle, J., Atherton, A., Tong, W., “Sensitive Absorbance Measurement for Condensed-Phase Analytes Using Nonlinear Laser Wave Mixing”, Euro-Mediterranean Symposium on Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy, Cairo, Egypt, November 2, 2001.

Briggs, R. D., Lopez, M., Tong, W. G., “Using Lasers in Chemical Research,” Minority Biomedical Research Symposium, San Diego, CA, March 22, 2002.

Atherton, A., Lopez, M., Tong, W. G., “Nonlinear Laser Spectroscopy as a Sensitive Optical Absorption Detection Method for Microarrays”, SmallTalks2002, The Microfluidics, Microarrays and BioMEMS Conference, Association for Laboratory Automation, San Diego, CA, July 28-31, 2002.

Lopez, M., Tong, W. G., “Laser Wave Mixing as a Sensitive Absorption-Based Detection Method for Microfluidic Devices”, SmallTalks2002, The Microfluidics, Microarrays and BioMEMS Conference, Association for Laboratory Automation, San Diego, CA, July 28-31, 2002.

Atherton, A., Schafer, J., Lopez, M., Tong, W. G., “Laser-Induced Grating Spectroscopy for Biosensor Application”, American Chemical Society National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 18-22, 2002.

Lopez, M., Atherton, A., Schafer, J., Tong, W. G., “Sensitive Absorption-Based Nonlinear Laser Spectroscopy for Bioanalytical Applications”, American Chemical Society National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 18-22, 2002.

Atherton, A., Lopez, M., Schafer, J., Tong, W. G., “Microarray Studies by Degenerate Four Wave-Mixing Spectroscopy” 8th Annual Maria Goeppert-Mayer Interdisciplinary Symposium, San Diego, CA, March 1, 2003.

Atherton, A., Lopez, M., Tong, W., “Sensitive Nonlinear Wave-Mixing Spectroscopic Methods for Microarray Analysis With High Spatial Resolution” 226th American Chemical Society National Meeting, New York, NY, Sept 7-11, 2003.

 

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