Blanca H. Lapizco-Encinas

Blanca H. Lapizco-Encinas is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology since July 2012. Prior to this role, Blanca served as Editor-in-Chief of ELECTROPHORESIS at Wiley from 2019 to 2025, having previously been Deputy Editor from 2011 to 2018. Blanca's experience also includes positions as Scientist and Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Tennessee Technological University, Senior Research Scientist at CINVESTAV Unidad Monterrey, and Scientist and Associate Professor at Tecnológico de Monterrey in both associate and assistant capacities. Early career experience includes a postdoctoral research position at Sandia National Laboratories focused on microfluidics techniques. Blanca holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati, a Master of Science from Instituto Tecnológico de Celaya, and a Bachelor of Science from Instituto Tecnologico de Sonora.