VINCENT Gau ビンセント ガウ
  • Specially-appointed Professor (Part-time)
  • Department of Mechanical and Electrical Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
Faculty Profile
Research Field

Biomedical engineering, robotic system, lab automation

Academic Degrees

PhD in Biomedical engineering, UCLA. Master in Electrical Engineering, UCLA

Brief Biography

President, GeneFluidics, 2000-2023
Process Integration Engineer, UMC, 1994-1996
Project Engineer, Dynamic Image, 1993-1994

Achievements and Awards

Outstanding Engineer Award, UMC, 1996.

Outstanding Ph.D. Student Award, Biomedical Engineering
Interdepartmental Program, UCLA, 2001

Outstanding Graduate Student Award of year 2001, UCLA Alumni Association
, UCLA 2001

Distinguish Young Alumnus Award of year of 2005, UCLA Engineering
Alumni Association

Distinguish Achievement Award by the Chinese-American Engineers and
Scientists Association of Southern California (CESASC), 2008

New Product Award by the American Laboratory Automation at Lab
Automation 2009

米国工学アカデミーのフロンティア工学, 2013

Research Overview

Rapid pathogen identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing

List of Researches
Research Keywords

Lab automation, Personalized medicine

Academic Papers

● Ouyang M, Mohan R, Lu Y, Liu T, Mach KE, Sin ML, McComb M, Joshi J, Gau V, Wong PK, Liao JC. An
AC electrokinetics facilitated biosensor cassette for rapid pathogen identification. Analyst. 2013 Jul
7;138(13):3660-6. PubMed PMID: 23626988; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3709570.
● Liao JC, Mastali M, Yang L, Gau V, Suchard, Babbitt JT, Li Y, Gornbein J, Landaw EM, McCabe ERB,
Churchill BM, and Haake DA.(2007) Development of an Advanced Electrochemical DNA Biosensor for
Bacterial Pathogen Detection. Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, Vol 2, No.2, 158-168
● Mach KE, Du CB, Phull H, Haake DA, Shih MC, Baron EJ, Liao JC. Multiplex pathogen identification
for polymicrobial urinary tract infections using biosensor technology: a prospective clinical study. J
Urol. 2009 Dec;182(6):2735-41. PubMed PMID: 19837423; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4035241.
● Pan Y, Sonn GA, Sin ML, Mach KE, Shih MC, Gau V, Wong PK, Liao JC. Electrochemical immunosensor
detection of urinary lactoferrin in clinical samples for urinary tract infection diagnosis. Biosens
Bioelectron. 2010 Oct 15;26(2):649-54. PubMed PMID: 20667707; PubMed Central PMCID:
PMC2946447.
● T. Liu, M. L. Y. Sin, J. D. Pyne, V. Gau, J. C. Liao, and P. K. Wong, “Electrokinetic Stringency Control in
Self-Assembled Monolayer-based Biosensors for Multiplex Urinary Tract Infection Diagnosis”,
Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine 10, 159-166, 2014.
● M. L. Y. Sin, V. Gau, J. C. Liao, and P. K. Wong, “A Universal Electrode Approach for Automated
Electrochemical Molecular Analyses”, IEEE/ASME Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems 22,
1126-1132, 2013.
● P. K. Wong, T. Liu, Y. Lu, and V. Gau, “An electrokinetic matrix management and polymerase chain
reaction device,” PCT Application No. PCT/US2013/047690, July 9, 2013
● J. Gao, M. L. Y. Sin, T. Liu, V. Gau, J. C. Liao, and P. K. Wong, "" Hybrid Electrokinetic Manipulation in
High-Conductivity Media"", Lab on a Chip 11, 1770-1775, 2011.
● C. H. Chen, Y. Lu, M. L. Y. Sin, K. E. Mach, D. D. Zhang, V. Gau, J. C. Liao, and P. K. Wong,
""Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Using High Surface-to-Volume Ratio Microchannels,"" Analytical
Chemistry, vol. 82, pp. 1012-1019, Feb 1 2010.
● Soper S, Brown K, Elliington A, Frazier B, Manero G, Gau V, Gutman S, Hayes D, Korte B, Landers J,
Larson J, Ligler F, Majumdar A, Mascini M, Nolte D, Rosenzweig Z, Wang J, Wilson D (2006). Point-of
care biosensor systems for cancer diagnostics/prognostics. Biosensors & bioelectronics. 21: 1932-1942.
● Y. Lu, J. Gao, D. D. Zhang, V. Gau, J. C. Liao, and P. K. Wong, ""Single Cell Antimicrobial Susceptibility
Testing by Confined Microchannels and Electrokinetic Loading,"" Anal Chem, Feb 27 2013.
● M. L. Y. Sin, T. T. Liu, J. D. Pyne, V. Gau, J. C. Liao, and P. K. Wong, ""In Situ Electrokinetic
Enhancement for Self-Assembled-Monolayer-Based Electrochemical Biosensing,"" Analytical Chemistry,
vol. 84, pp. 2702-2707, Mar 20 2012.
● Gau V, Wong D. Oral Fluid Nanosensor Test (OFNASET) with Advanced Electrochemical-Based
Molecular Analysis Platform. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 1098: pp.401–410, 2007.
● Liu G, Wan Y, Gau V, Zhang J, Wang L, Song S and Fan C, (2008) An enzyme-based E-DNA sensor for
sequence-specific detection of femtomolar DNA targets. Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.
130, No. 21: May 28, 2008, pp 6820 – 6825.
● Mastali M, Babbitt J, Li Y, Landaw E, Gau V, Churchill B, Haake D (2008). Optimal Probe Length and
Target Location for Electrochemical Detection of Selected Uropathogens at Ambient Temperature,
Journal of Clinical Microbiology; 46(8): 2707-2716
● Mach KE, Mohan R, Baron EJ, Shih M-E, Gau V, Wong PK and Liao JC: A Versatile Biosensor Platform
for Rapid Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Directly from Clinical Samples. J Urol. 2011
Jan;185(1):148-53. Epub 2010 Nov 12.
● Liao JC, Yanbao Ma, Gau V, Mastali M, Chien-Pin Sun, Yang Li, McCabe ERB, Landaw EM, Bruckner
D, Churchill BM, Haake DA, CH Ho. A Point-of-Care Micro-Laboratory for Direct Pathogen