Dr Allison Schaap

Biography

Allison Schaap is a research engineer and Assocate Head of the Ocean Technology and Engineering Group at NOC. Her primary research interest is the engineering of new technology for environmental sensing, with a focus on microfluidic system design. She has contributed to the development of a number of NOC's lab-on-chip sensors and deployed them around the world in support of a range of scientific research projects.

She received her PhD from the Eindhoven University of Technology (The Netherlands) for work on integrating optics and microfluidics to automatically identify algae species. Prior to that she completed a masters in Mechanical Engineering and a bachelors in Engineering Physics at the University of British Columbia (Canada).

A list of publications can be found at google scholar.

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Publications

Publication year

2025

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Article

Authors

Schaap, Allison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5391-0516; Papadimitriou, Stathys; Mawji, Edward; Walk, John; Hammermeister, Emily ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1739-761X; Mowlem, Matthew; Loucaides, Socratis ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5285-660X. 2025 Autonomous sensor for in situ measurements of total alkalinity in the ocean. ACS Sensors, 10 (2). 795-803. 10.1021/acssensors.4c02349

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2025

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Article

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Mowlem, Matthew; Abdi, Ehsan; Abualhaija, Rana; Alrefaey, Ahmed; Arundell, Martin; Briggs, Nathan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1549-1386; Bhuiyan, Wahida; Butement, Jonathan; Cardwell, Christopher L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1305-4174; Carvalho, Filipa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8355-4329; Catalano, Camile; Evans, Susan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1756-0568; Forrester, Reuben; Giering, Sarah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3090-1876; Gizeli, Electra; Glynne-Jones, Peter; Guidi, Lionel; Guo, Weili; Hanz, Rudolf ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2123-1599; Hartle Mougiou, Katherine; Hayes, Dan; Irisson, Jean-Olivier; Köser, Kevin; Lopez-Garcia, Patricia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4689-2775; Ludgate, Jake; Massot Campos, Miguel; McQuillan, Jon; Montresor, Marina; Moore, C. Mark; Morgan, Hywel; Masoudi, Mojtaba; Murphy, Caroline; Morris, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5465-411X; Nakath, David; Oxborough, Kevin; Papadimitriou, Efstathios; Patey, Matthew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8677-2818; Picheral, Marc; Regan, Fiona; Robidart, Julie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9805-3570; Siracusa, Fabrizio; Spenser, Dan; Schaap, Allison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5391-0516; Schuback, Nina; Thornton, Blair; Valiadi, Martha; Walk, John; Weng, Xiangyu; Wilson, Euan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2371-9080. 2023 Technologies for Ocean Sensing project developments in imaging and sensing. In: OCEANS 2023, Limerick, Ireland, 5-8 June 2023.

Publication year

2023

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Conference item

Authors

Dabiri, Donya; Dehghan Banadaki, Mohammad; Bazargan, Vahid; Schaap, Allison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5391-0516. 2023 Numerical investigation of moving gel wall formation in a Y-shaped microchannel. SN Applied Sciences, 5 (4). 10.1007/s42452-023-05331-w

Publication year

2023

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Article

Authors

Connelly, D.P.; Bull, J.M.; Flohr, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5018-5379; Schaap, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5391-0516; Koopmans, D.; Blackford, J.C.; White, P.R.; James, R.H.; Pearce, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4382-2341; Lichtschlag, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8281-2165; Achterberg, E.P.; de Beer, D.; Roche, B.; Li, J.; Saw, K.; Alendal, G.; Avlesen, H.; Brown, R.; Borisov, S.M.; Böttner, C.; Cazenave, P.W.; Chen, B.; Dale, A.W.; Dean, M.; Dewar, M.; Esposito, M.; Gros, J.; Hanz, R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2123-1599; Haeckel, M.; Hosking, B.; Huvenne, V. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7135-6360; Karstens, J.; Le Bas, T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2545-782X; Leighton, T.G.; Linke, P.; Loucaides, S.; Matter, J.M.; Monk, S.; Mowlem, M.C.; Oleynik, A.; Omar, A.M.; Peel, K.; Provenzano, G.; Saleem, U.; Schmidt, M.; Schramm, B.; Sommer, S.; Strong, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8603-097X; Falcon Suarez, I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8576-5165; Ungerboeck, B.; Widdicombe, S.; Wright, H.; Yakushev, E.. 2022 Assuring the integrity of offshore carbon dioxide storage. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 166, 112670. 10.1016/j.rser.2022.112670

Publication year

2022

Publication type

Article

Authors

Beaton, Alexander D.; Schaap, Allison M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5391-0516; Pascal, Robin; Hanz, Rudolf ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2123-1599; Martincic, Urska; Cardwell, Christopher L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1305-4174; Morris, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5465-411X; Clinton-Bailey, Geraldine; Saw, Kevin; Hartman, Susan E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6363-1331; Mowlem, Matthew C.. 2022 Lab-on-chip for in situ analysis of nutrients in the deep sea. ACS Sensors, 7 (1). 89-98. 10.1021/acssensors.1c01685

Publication year

2022

Publication type

Article

Authors

Koopmans, Dirk; Meyer, Volker; Schaap, Allison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5391-0516; Dewar, Marius; Färber, Paul; Long, Matthew; Gros, Jonas; Connelly, Douglas; Holtappels, Moritz. 2021 Detection and quantification of a release of carbon dioxide gas at the seafloor using pH eddy covariance and measurements of plume advection. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 112, 103476. 10.1016/j.ijggc.2021.103476

Publication year

2021

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Article

Authors

Lichtschlag, Anna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8281-2165; Pearce, Christopher R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4382-2341; Suominen, Mikael; Blackford, Jerry; Borisov, Sergey M.; Bull, Jonathan M.; de Beer, Dirk; Dean, Marcella; Esposito, Mario; Flohr, Anita ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5018-5379; Gros, Jonas; Haeckel, Matthias; Huvenne, Veerle A.I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7135-6360; James, Rachael H.; Koopmans, Dirk; Linke, Peter; Mowlem, Matthew; Omar, Abdirahman M.; Schaap, Allison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5391-0516; Schmidt, Mark; Sommer, Stefan; Strong, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8603-097X; Connelly, Douglas P.. 2021 Suitability analysis and revised strategies for marine environmental carbon capture and storage (CCS) monitoring. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 112, 103510. 10.1016/j.ijggc.2021.103510

Publication year

2021

Publication type

Article

Authors

Mowlem, Matt; Beaton, Alexander; Pascal, Robin; Schaap, Allison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5391-0516; Loucaides, Socratis; Monk, Sam; Morris, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5465-411X; Cardwell, Christopher L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1305-4174; Fowell, Sara E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9835-4725; Patey, Matthew D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8677-2818; Lopez-Garcia, Patricia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4689-2775. 2021 Industry partnership: lab on chip chemical sensor technology for ocean observing. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8. 10.3389/fmars.2021.697611

Publication year

2021

Publication type

Article

Authors

Monk, Samuel A.; Schaap, Allison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5391-0516; Hanz, Rudolf ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2123-1599; Borisov, Sergey M.; Loucaides, Socratis; Arundell, Martin; Papadimitriou, Stathys; Walk, John; Tong, Daisy; Wyatt, James; Mowlem, Matthew. 2021 Detecting and mapping a CO2 plume with novel autonomous pH sensors on an underwater vehicle. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 112, 103477. 10.1016/j.ijggc.2021.103477

Publication year

2021

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Article

Authors

Yin, Tianya; Papadimitriou, Stathys; Rérolle, Victoire M.C.; Arundell, Martin; Cardwell, Christopher L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1305-4174; Walk, John; Palmer, Martin R.; Fowell, Sara E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9835-4725; Schaap, Allison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5391-0516; Mowlem, Matthew C.; Loucaides, Socratis. 2021 A novel lab-on-chip spectrophotometric pH sensor for autonomous in situ seawater measurements to 6000 m depth on stationary and moving observing platforms. Environmental Science & Technology, 55 (21). 14968-14978. 10.1021/acs.est.1c03517

Publication year

2021

Publication type

Article

Authors

Dewar, Marius; Saleem, Umer; Flohr, Anita ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5018-5379; Schaap, Allison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5391-0516; Strong, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8603-097X; Li, Jianghui; Roche, Ben; Bull, Jonathan M.; Chen, Baixin; Blackford, Jerry. 2021 Analysis of the physicochemical detectability and impacts of offshore CO2 leakage through multi-scale modelling of in-situ experimental data using the PLUME model. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 110, 103441. 10.1016/j.ijggc.2021.103441

Publication year

2021

Publication type

Article

Authors

Schaap, Allison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5391-0516; Koopmans, Dirk; Holtappels, Moritz; Dewar, Marius; Arundell, Martin; Papadimitriou, Stathys; Hanz, Rudolf ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2123-1599; Monk, Samuel; Mowlem, Matthew; Loucaides, Socratis. 2021 Quantification of a subsea CO2 release with lab-on-chip sensors measuring benthic gradients. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 110, 103427. 10.1016/j.ijggc.2021.103427

Publication year

2021

Publication type

Article

Authors

Birchill, Antony J.; Beaton, A. D.; Hull, Tom; Kaiser, Jan; Mowlem, Matt; Pascal, R.; Schaap, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5391-0516; Voynova, Yoana G.; Williams, C.; Palmer, M.. 2021 Exploring ocean biogeochemistry using a lab-on-chip phosphate analyser on an underwater glider. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8. 10.3389/fmars.2021.698102

Publication year

2021

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Article

Authors

Verburg, Thijn; Schaap, Allison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5391-0516; Zhang, Shuaizhong; Toonder, Jaap; Wang, Ye. 2021 Enhancement of microalgae growth using magnetic artificial cilia. Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 118 (7). 2472-2481. 10.1002/bit.27756

Publication year

2021

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Article

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Omar, Abdirahman M.; García-Ibáñez, Maribel I.; Schaap, Allison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5391-0516; Oleynik, Anna; Esposito, Mario; Jeansson, Emil; Loucaides, Socratis; Thomas, Helmuth; Alendal, Guttorm. 2021 Detection and quantification of CO2 seepage in seawater using the stoichiometric Cseep method: Results from a recent subsea CO2 release experiment in the North Sea. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 108, 103310. 10.1016/j.ijggc.2021.103310

Publication year

2021

Publication type

Article

Authors

Flohr, Anita ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5018-5379; Schaap, Allison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5391-0516; Achterberg, Erik P.; Alendal, Guttorm; Arundell, Martin; Berndt, Christian; Blackford, Jerry; Böttner, Christoph; Borisov, Sergey M.; Brown, Robin; Bull, Jonathan M.; Carter, Liam; Chen, Baixin; Dale, Andrew W.; de Beer, Dirk; Dean, Marcella; Deusner, Christian; Dewar, Marius; Durden, Jennifer ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6529-9109; Elsen, Saskia; Esposito, Mario; Faggetter, Michael; Fischer, Jan P.; Gana, Amine; Gros, Jonas; Haeckel, Matthias; Hanz, Rudolf ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2123-1599; Holtappels, Moritz; Hosking, Brett; Huvenne, Veerle ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7135-6360; James, Rachael; Koopmans, Dirk; Kossel, Elke; Leighton, Timothy G.; Li, Jianghui; Lichtschlag, Anna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8281-2165; Linke, Peter; Loucaides, Socratis; Martínez-Cabanas, María; Matter, Juerg M.; Mesher, Thomas; Monk, Samuel; Mowlem, Matthew; Oleynik, Anna; Papadimitriou, Efstathios; Paxton, David; Pearce, Christopher ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4382-2341; Peel, Kate; Roche, Ben; Ruhl, Henry; Saleem, Umer; Sands, Carla; Saw, Kevin; Schmidt, Mark; Sommer, Stefan; Strong, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8603-097X; Triest, Jack; Ungerböck, Birgit; Walk, John; White, Paul; Widdicombe, Steve; Wilson, Robert Euan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2371-9080; Wright, Hannah; Wyatt, James; Connelly, Douglas. 2021 Towards improved monitoring of offshore carbon storage: A real-world field experiment detecting a controlled sub-seafloor CO2 release. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 106, 103237. 10.1016/j.ijggc.2020.103237

Publication year

2021

Publication type

Article

Authors

Wang, Zhaohui Aleck; Moustahfid, Hassan; Mueller, Amy V.; Michel, Anna P. M.; Mowlem, Matthew; Glazer, Brian T.; Mooney, T. Aran; Michaels, William; McQuillan, Jonathan S.; Robidart, Julie C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9805-3570; Churchill, James; Sourisseau, Marc; Daniel, Anne; Schaap, Allison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5391-0516; Monk, Sam; Friedman, Kim; Brehmer, Patrice. 2019 Advancing observation of ocean biogeochemistry, biology, and ecosystems with cost-effective in situ sensing technologies. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6 (519). 10.3389/fmars.2019.00519

Publication year

2019

Publication type

Article

Authors

Grand, Maxime M.; Clinton-Bailey, Geraldine S.; Beaton, Alexander D.; Schaap, Allison M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5391-0516; Johengen, Thomas H.; Tamburri, Mario N.; Connelly, Douglas P.; Mowlem, Matthew C.; Achterberg, Eric P.. 2017 A Lab-On-Chip Phosphate analyzer for long-term in situ monitoring at fixed observatories: optimization and performance evaluation in estuarine and oligotrophic Coastal Waters. Frontiers in Marine Science, 4. 10.3389/fmars.2017.00255

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2017

Publication type

Article

Authors

Schaap, Allison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5391-0516; Dumon, Jéromine; Toonder, Jaap den. 2016 Sorting algal cells by morphology in spiral microchannels using inertial microfluidics. Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 20 (9). 10.1007/s10404-016-1787-1

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2016

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Article

Publication year

2013

Publication type

Article

Authors

Bellouard, Y.; Champion, A.; Lenssen, B.; Matteucci, M.; Schaap, Allison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5391-0516; Beresna, M.; Corbari, C.; Gecevičius, M.; Kazansky, P.; Chappuis, O.; Kral, M.; Clavel, R.; Barrot, F.; Breguet, J.-M.; Mabillard, Y.; Bottinelli, S.; Hopper, M.; Hoenninger, C.; Mottay, E.; Lopez, J.. 2012 The Femtoprint Project. Journal of Laser Micro/Nanoengineering, 7 (1). 1-10. 10.2961/jlmn.2012.01.0001

Publication year

2012

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Article

Authors

Dutz, Silvio; Hayden, M.E.; Schaap, Allison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5391-0516; Stoeber, Boris; Häfeli, Urs O.. 2012 A microfluidic spiral for size-dependent fractionation of magnetic microspheres. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 324 (22). 3791-3798. 10.1016/j.jmmm.2012.06.014

Publication year

2012

Publication type

Article

Authors

Schaap, Allison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5391-0516; Chu, Winnie C.; Stoeber, Boris. 2012 Transport of airborne particles in straight and curved microchannels. Physics of Fluids, 24 (8). 083301. 10.1063/1.4742900

Publication year

2012

Publication type

Article

Authors

Schaap, Allison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5391-0516; Rohrlack, Thomas; Bellouard, Yves. 2012 Lab on a chip technologies for algae detection: a review. Journal of Biophotonics, 5 (8-9). 661-672. 10.1002/jbio.201200051

Publication year

2012

Publication type

Article

Authors

Schaap, Allison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5391-0516; Rohrlack, Thomas; Bellouard, Yves. 2012 Optical classification of algae species with a glass lab-on-a-chip. Lab on a Chip, 12 (8). 1527. 10.1039/C2LC21091F

Publication year

2012

Publication type

Article

Authors

Schaap, Allison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5391-0516; Bellouard, Yves; Rohrlack, Thomas. 2011 Optofluidic lab-on-a-chip for rapid algae population screening. Biomedical Optics Express, 2 (3). 658. 10.1364/BOE.2.000658

Publication year

2011

Publication type

Article

Authors

Schaap, Allison M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5391-0516; Chu, Winnie C.; Stoeber, Boris. 2011 Continuous size-separation of airborne particles in a microchannel for aerosol monitoring. IEEE Sensors Journal, 11 (11). 2790-2797. 10.1109/JSEN.2011.2166759

Publication year

2011

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Article