He is currently a professor in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of Washington[1] who is known for his research into Microfluidics and BioMEMS as well as his works of scientific art.

In 2001 he received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award,[2] and in 2014 he was elected to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows Class of 2015.

The Folch Lab produces microscopy images of microchannels and cells that it then uses to run an artistic outreach program called "BAIT", short for "Bringing Art Into Technology".

While a few of the micrographs are exhibited as obtained by the students without much modification, most pieces are collages, mosaics, and/or mixed-media montages (containing actual devices) made by Folch.

BAIT now consists of a free online gallery[11] (with more than 1,000 images), a YouTube channel,[12] and more than 60 printed or framed pieces.

He has designed the logo for the University of Washington's Bioengineering Department and Folch Lab's art has been used in a number of brochures of scientific venues.

and manually typed in 1995 just one year after the World Wide Web started, was, at the time, the first online literary resource of its kind and size in any language.

[17] New Zealand magazine The SpinOff (15/2/2017 article),[21] YouTube interviews by ElveFlow (July 2017)[30] and by BIOS / Frontier Science (December 2021).