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Bioengineering Department, Box 355061, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA |
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Bioengineering Department, Box 355061, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA |
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Below are listed former graduate student, former postdoctoral fellows, and former undergraduate trainees
P.S.: if you should be on this list
and are not, or if your data can be updated, please send me e-mail
The following is a listing of former students who have received degrees while working in my laboratory at UW since 1987.
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Current Address |
| Koji Abe | Ph.D., 2018, Bioengineering | Development of highly sensitive protein lateral flow assays | InBios International, Seattle, WA, koji.abe.65@gmail.com |
| Susan B. Abrams |
Ph.D., 1994, Bioengineering |
Development of an optical fiber fluorescence sensor for general anesthetics based on lipid phase transitions |
Williamstown, MA |
| Caitlin A. Anderson | Ph.D., 2019, Bioengineering | Sensitive protein-based for influenza | Global Good, Bellevue, WA |
| Douglas D. Archibald |
Ph.D., 1990, Chemistry |
Structural studies of high-aspect-ratio self-assembled lipid microstructures with the use of microscopy and FT-NIR-Raman spectroscopy |
Department of Crop & Soil Science Department |
| Gayathri Balasubramanian | M.S.E., 2002, Bioengineering |
Development and modeling of low-cost passive flow regulator for laminate-based microfluidic systems | gayathri003@gmail.com |
| David A. Basiji |
M.S.E., 1992, Bioengineering |
Vowel extraction from electroencephalograms using neural networks |
Chief Executive Officer, Amnis Corporation, Seattle,
WA |
| Joshua R. Buser | Ph.D., 2016, Bioengineering | Heat, Fluid, and Sample Control in Point-of-Care Diagnostics |
Postdoc, Yager Group (2016-2017) |
| Samantha (Sam) Byrnes | Ph.D., 2017, Bioengineering | An Integrated System for Large Volume Sample Processing at the Point of Care | Global Good, Intellectual Ventures Laboratory, Bellevue, WA |
| Catherine R. Cabrera | Ph.D., 2002, Bioengineering |
Microfluidic electrochemical flow cells: design, fabrication, and characterization | MIT Lincoln Laboratory, cabrera@ll.mit.edu |
| Kimberly A. Carlson (neé Trabbic) |
Ph.D., 1999, Bioengineering |
The structure and spinning of fibroin proteins. |
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago |
| Paul Carlson |
Ph.D., 1999, Bioengineering |
Study of self-assembling complex high ratio lipid microstructures (CHARMs) for delivery of therapeutic agents |
Deceased, 2001; contact Kimberly Carlson |
| Hugh Chang | M.S.E., 2005, Bioengineering |
Development of a confocal detector for spatially distributed fluorescence in microchannels | President, Axon Consulting, LLC hughchang@msn.com |
| Gina E. Fridley | Ph.D., 2015, Bioengineering | Methods and models to control and predict behavior of two dimensional paper networks for diagnostics |
Bain & Company, CA |
| Jennifer O. Foley | Ph.D., 2007, Bioengineering |
Design and development of surface plasmon resonance imaging microfluidic assays | Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania |
| Elena Garcia | Ph.D., 2006, Bioengineering |
Reagent storage and transport in microfluidic systems for clinical diagnostic and drug discovery purposes | Centocor, San Diego, CA garciaelena1@gmail.com |
Dylan Guelig |
M.S.E., 2018, Bioengineering | Development of devices for NAAT-based amplification of protein lateral flow assays | Magnolia Medical, Seattle |
| Melissa Hasenbank | Ph.D., 2008, Bioengineering |
Surface plasmon resonance imaging, and electrochemical amplification of SPR signals | Medtronic Vascular, Bay Area, CA |
| Karl Hanson | M.S.E, 2009, Bioengineering |
Pulsed Sample Injection Immunoassay: Computational Modeling, Calibration and Sensitivity Analysis | available as of 8/2010 |
| Anson V. Hatch | Ph.D., 2004. Bioengineering |
Diffusion based analysis of molecular binding reactions in microfluidic devices | Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA (ahatch@sandia.gov) |
| Kenneth Hawkins | Ph.D., 2007, Bioengineering |
Designing the diffusion immunoassay (DIA) -- how properties of the analyte affect DIA performance |
NanoString, Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA khawkins@nanostring.com |
| Kristen M. Lloyd Helton | Ph.D., 2008, Bioengineering |
Sample preconditioning of saliva for the measurement of small analytes in a microfluidic biosensor | klloyd33@u.washington.edu |
| Carly Holstein | Ph.D., 2015, Bioengineering | Development of a Novel Paper-Based Flu Test for Improved Diagnosis at the Point of Care |
Digital Innovations Groupr, Providence Health and Services carly.holstein@providence.org |
| Andrew Kamholz |
Ph.D., 2001, Bioengineering |
Quantitative analysis of diffusion and chemical reaction in pressure-driven microfluidic channels |
President, Edge Embossing
LLC, Boston, MA |
| Lisa Lafleur | Ph.D., 2010, Electrical Engineering | Design of microfluidic devices for low resource settings | postdoc, Yager lab, lklafleur@gmail.com |
| Maris Lemba | Ph.D., 2012, Bioengineering | Real-time Three-dimensional Microarrays: How Well Can We Distinguish Between Related Target Sequences? | TBD |
| Jason Li | M.S.E., 2006, Bioengineering |
Assembly of gene delivery nanoparticles using rapid microfluidic mixing | jayli33@gmail.com |
| Hillary L. MacDonald |
M.S.E.E., 1993, Electrical Engineering |
The design and investigation of long pathlength sample cells for use in remote Raman spectroscopic chemical sensing |
Chair, Women in Optics, SPIE, 2002-2004 |
| Katherine McKenzie | Ph.D., 2010, Bioengineering |
Sample Preparation and IgM Immunoassays for Point-of-Care Diagnostics | Just graduated; |
| Sabina Merlo |
M.S.E, 1989, Bioengineering |
Development of a fluorescence-based fiber optic sensor for detection of general anesthetics |
Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering, |
| Matthew Munson | Ph.D., 2004, Bioengineering |
Controlling mass transport in microfluidic channels | Postdoctoral Fellow, NIST, Rockville, MD |
| Mallory Monahan | M.S.E, 2015, Bioengineering |
Fluorescence Detection of DNA Amplification in Porous Media for Point-of-Care Diagnostics | Strategy Officer at Uphill Designs |
| Catherine Morgan |
Ph.D., 1999, |
A microfabricated CO2 sensor |
ISSYS, Ypsilanti, MI (new e-mail address soon) |
| Jennifer L. Osborn | Ph.D., 2011, Bioengineering | Development of microfluidic immunoassays | PATH, jen.l.osborn@gmail.com |
| Thor D. Osborn |
Ph.D., 1994, Bioengineering |
Development of a mass producible lipid bilayer support device |
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM |
| Julie Parnell |
Ph.D., 1997, Bioengineering |
Development of a Raman spectroscopy-based polymeric sensor for general anesthetics |
Product Development Specialist, Olympic Medical, Seattle,
WA |
| Jennifer J. Person |
M.S.E., 1990, Bioengineering |
Toward the development of an ion channel-based biosensor: addressing the reproducibility of "tip dip" bilayer studies |
Beaverton, OR |
| Eric Schilling |
M.S.E.,2001, Bioengineering |
Mixing and modeling |
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN |
Paulo Spicar-Mihalic, Ph.D. |
Ph.D., 2010, Chemistry | Development of microfluidic immunoassays | Scientist, nanoString Technologies, Inc. Seattle, WA |
| Xue Shen (David) Wu | Ph.D., 1992, Bioengineering (co-advisor, Allan Hoffman) |
Synthesis of hydrogel-liposome composites and their application to controlled release of active agents | Long Island, NY |
| Lauren Shepherd | M.S.E.,2010, Bioengineering |
Enhancement of Mixing in a Microfluidic Device Using Acoustic Oscillation | Just graduated; |
| Dean Yasuo Stevens | Ph.D., 2010, Bioengineering |
Development and Optical Analysis of a Microfluidic Point-of-Care Diagnostic Device | Just graduated; |
| Rahber Thariani | Ph.D., 2009, Bioengineering |
Imaging of surfaces by surface plasmon resonance and surface plasmon resonance-enhanced fluoresence | Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research and Policy Program, |
Manda Williams |
Ph.D., 2013, Bioengineering |
Insights of Mixing on the Assembly of DNA Nanoparticles |
Postdoctoral work, Ratner Laboratory: mandysw@u.washington.edu |
The following is an incomplete listing of postdoctoral fellows who have been trained in the Yager lab at UW.
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| Farhan Ahmad, Ph.D. | DARPA MAD NAAT project | Senior R&D Scientist-Center for Applied Materials Science, Pall Corporation |
| Sigma R. Alpha, M.D. |
polymerizable surfactant systems |
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| Eric Altendorf, Ph.D. |
microfluidic flow cytometry |
Microencoder, Inc. |
| Joshua Bishop, Ph.D. | MAD NAAT project | Global Good, Bellevue, WA |
| Mark Blaylock, Ph.D. | NIDCR salivary diagnostic project | markblaylock@hotmail.com |
| James P. Brody, Ph.D. |
microfluidic device development and theory |
UC Irvine, Dept. of Bioengineering |
| Joshua Buser, Ph.D. | MAD NAAT and others | VP, R&D, Chip Diagnostics, Inc. Philadelphia, PA |
| John S. Chappell, Ph.D. |
lipid tubule theory and practice |
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| Lai-Kwan Chau, Ph.D. |
microfluidic analytical chemical devices |
National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan |
| Shelli Dennis, Ph.D. | DARPA MicroFlumes project, collaboration with A. Folch | |
| Thayne Edwards, Ph.D | Salivary diagnostic immunoassay development | Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM |
| Juan Pablo Bojorquez Esquivel, Ph.D. | Development of paper-based fuel cells | Instituto de Microelectrónica de Barcelona |
| Alex Goldstein, Ph.D. |
Development of lipid based CHARM drug delivery systems |
Syntrix Biosystems, agoldstein@syntrixbio.com |
| Erin Heiniger, Ph.D. | MAD NAAT project and multiple others | UW Bioengineering staff position |
| Mark Holl, Ph.D. |
microfluidic device development |
Department of Electrical Engineering, UW, |
| Shichu Huang, Ph.D. | Influenza detection project | Department of Bioengineering, UW, Seattle |
| Turgut Fettah Kosar, Ph.D. | DxBox Project (Funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation) | Harvard University Center for Nanoscale Systems fkosar@u.washington.edu |
| Paula Ladd, Ph.D. | MAD NAAT project and others | Consultant, Seattle |
| Lisa K. Lafleur | Multiple projects--NASA DEC project, DxBox project, MAD NAAT grant. | EKOS Corporation, Bothell, WA |
| Hyun Ho Lee, Ph.D. | NASA Development of a DNA-Based Detector Array for Microbial Monitoring of the ISS Water System | Department of Chemical Engineering,: Myongji University, Korea hyunho@mju.ac.kr |
| Melissa Li, Ph.D. | MAD NAAT project | Magic, the Gathering |
| Anatolyi Lukyanov, Ph.D. |
development of CHARMs for drug delivery |
Microplumbers Microsciences LLC |
| Katerina Macounova, Ph.D. |
microfluidic device development |
Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry, Prague, Czech Republic |
| Kjell Nelson, Ph.D. | Salivary diagnostic technologies | President and CEO, Assay Dynamics, |
| Thor D. Osborn, Ph.D. |
microfluidic device development |
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM |
| Dong Qin, Ph.D. |
microfluidic device development |
Associate Professor, Chemistry and Materials Science Departments, Georgia Tech, |
| Paulo Spicar-Mihalic, Ph.D. | microfluidic device development | pspicarmihalic@gmail.com |
| Srinath Rangarajan, Ph.D. | MAD NAAT project | ExVivo Labs Inc., Toronto, CA |
| Bhushan Toley, Ph.D. | MAD NAAT project | Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Science, Department of Chemical Engineering, Bangalore, India |
| Bernhard H. Weigl, Ph.D. |
microfluidic device development |
Program for Appropriate Technologies in Health, Seattle, WA |
| Manda Williams, Ph.D. | sequestration of urea using clathrates | TBD |
| Xiaohong Zhang, Ph.D. | MAD NAAT project | Research Scientist, Nickerson Lab, UW, Seattle |
| CaiCai Wu, Ph.D. |
microfluidic device development |
Pacific Biometrics, Inc., Seattle, WA |
The following students worked on their Bioengineering Senior Capstone Projects in the Yager Lab.
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| Luke Allpress '13 | Dry storage and rehydration of immunoassay amplification reagents | ||
| Steven Asplund '07 | Microfluidic valve and pump design | asplund@gmail.com | |
| Richard Baldwin '07 | Microfluidic device design and fabrication | UW School of Dentistry |
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| Emily Cameron '18 | Development of Zika serology assay | ||
| Janae Chan '19 | Development of valves for use on inexpensive disposable microfluidic devices. | ||
| Devon Cole '11 | Development of paper microfluidic nucleic amplifiation assays | University of Ohio, medical student |
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| Isabela Covelli, '14 | Computational modeling of isothermal nucleic acid amplification reactions | Business Analyst, Deloitte, Issaquah, WA | |
| Krittika D'Silva '15 | Automated Analysis of Paper-Based Immunoassay Tests on Mobile Devices |
Cambridge University | |
| Fareed Faghih '11 | Heater for isothermal amplification of nucleic acids | http://www.linkedin.com/pub/fareed-faghih/25/547/942 | |
| Alexis Fleming '19 | Collaborating on development of a theory for understanding the role of partial saturation in the flow of fluids through porous media used in lateral flow tests. | ||
| Saleh Feras Jaber '15 | Building a vertical disposable nucleic acid test |
Epic, Madison, WI | |
| Louise Lyth Hansen '17 | Development of a Competitive Inhibition Assay for Implementation in Fluorescence-based Point-of-Care Diagnostics |
UC Berkeley Bioengineering Ph.D. program | |
| Arielle Howell '19 | Collaborating on development of a theory for understanding the role of partial saturation in the flow of fluids through porous media used in lateral flow tests; testing optical methods to monitor the degree of saturation in such media in real time. | ||
| Allison Hsu '18 | Exploration of the effects of the environment on the timing of flow of fluids through controlled geometry paper “timers” | ||
| Benedict Yuen-Fui Hui '08 | Salivary Diagnostics | Univeristy of Wisconsin School of Medicine, Milwaukee |
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| Karen Keniston '14 | Understanding and Modeling the Effect of the Péclet Number on Transverse Transport in Nitrocellulose | UC San Diego School of Medicine | |
| George Kimpel '13 | Measurement of capillay pressure and resistance of porous materials | kimpelg@u.washington.edu | |
Huy Quang Le '11 |
Controlled spatial and temporal release of dried regents in paper | ||
| Philip Lee '17 | Development of a Fluorescence-Based Immunoassay for Rapid, Highly Sensitive, and Low-Cost Point-of-Care Influenza Diagnosis |
UC Berkeley Bioengineering Ph.D. program | |
| Michael Look '05 | Gates DxBox Project | Yale University Department of Biomedical Engineering lookmichael@hotmail.com |
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| Afshin Mashadi-Hossein '05 | Gates DxBox Project | NanoString Technologies, Inc. afshin86@yahoo.com |
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| Lauren Mayeda '18 | Development of a method for capture of RNA on silica that was compatible with paper microfluidics | ||
| Allison Merth '17 |
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| Christopher (CJ) Mowry '15 | Algorithm for Colorimetric Analysis of Irregular Lateral Flow Test Lines | Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University | |
| Austin Palmer '10 | Heater for isothermal amplification of nucleic acids | Converged Devices http://www.linkedin.com/pub/austin-palmer/25/548/944 |
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| Amanda Patterson '08 | Salivary Diagnostics | UW School of Dentistry |
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| Sai Paul '16 | Integrated System for Automated Quantification of Lateral Flow Point-of-Care Diagnostic Assays |
Department of Bioengineering, Rice University | |
| Phillip A. Poonka '11 | Measurement of flow in paper microfluidic devices | UC San Diego Department of Bioengineering |
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| Mark Steedman '04 |
Diffusion Immunoassay |
UC Berkeley Department of Bioengineering |
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| Karman Tandon '08 |
Gates DxBox Project |
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health |
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| Kristen Trett '08 | Gates DxBox Project | Seattle Children's Research Institute http://www.linkedin.com/pub/kristen-trett/21/b27/258 |
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| Philip Trinh '10 | Low-cost inkjet printing | ||
| Sugandhan Venkatachalam '11 | Development of kinetics software for bioassays on cell phones | ||
| Jessica Wang '15 | Automation of an influenza protein immunoassay or the development of affordable paper diagnostics | Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University | |
| Joshua Weinstein '05 |
Measurement of temperature on SPR imaging surfaces |
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| Alec Wollen '14 | Cell phone based cell lysis | PATH, Seattle, WA | |
| Amanda Woodcock '15 | Creation of Nasal Swab Simulator to Study Mechanical Properties of Anterior Nasal Swabbing |
Product Creation Studio, Seattle, WA |
Archival Photos
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| Yager Group, Spring, 2002. From left to right: Jennifer Foley, Kenneth Hawkins, Hugh Chang, Catherine Cabrera, Anson Hatch, Paul Yager, Jennifer Glasco, Matt Munson, Elena Garcia, Elain Fu, Jason Li, Ellen Rowland, Rahber Thariani |
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