˴Ƭ Vice-Principal ResearchQueen’s Partnerships and Innovation is pleased to report the issuance of U.S. Patent No. 11,237,112 entitled, “Reconfigurable surface enhanced raman spectroscopy device and method therefor,” on February 1, 2022 to Hannah Bacon, Aristides Docoslis, and Carlos Escobedo. The patent related to a surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) device, which comprises of a non- electrically conducive substrate, at least two microelectrodes disposed on the substrate in a spaced relationship such that a detection site is formed along the edges of the microelectrodes and a nanoparticle structure comprising a plurality of metallic nanoparticles disposed in the detection site.