Paul Yager Research Group Bioengineering Department, Box 352255, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA

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Current PY Group Personnel

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Part of the Yager Group, Summer picnic 2008 From left to right: Kristen Helton (w. child), Manda Williams, Sujatha Ramachandran, Rahber Thariani, Lisa Lafleur, Katherine McKenenzie, Peter Kauffman, Lauren Shepherd, Neil Geisler, Barry Lutz, Jennifer Osborn, Maris Lemba, Elain Fu, Paul Yager, Chelsea Musick, Paolo Spicar-Mihalic. Missing: Melissa Hasenbank, Michael Nash, Kjell Nelson, Dean Stevens, Gayathri Subramanian, Jone Vrhel, et al.

Collaborators

The following are colleagues with whom the Yager group is now directly affiliated and collaborating.

Name	Title	Role	e-mail
Fred Battrell, Ph.D.	Vice President, Micronics, Inc.	Co-investigator on Grand Challenge project, collaborator on NIAID-funded Enteric Pathogens project	fbattrell@micronics.net
Bruce Finlayson, Ph.D.	Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering	Collaborator on microfluidic computational f'luid dynamic modeling,	finlayson@cheme.washington.edu
Kenneth J. Longmuir, Ph.D.	Associate Professor, U. C. Irvine	Collaborator on development of microfluidic systems for creation of nanoparticulate systems for gene therapeutics	longmuir@uci.edu
Walter Mahoney, Ph.D.	Senior Vice President, Nanogen, Inc.	Co-investigator on Grand Challenge project	wmahoneyh@nanogen.com
Patrick Stayton, Ph.D.	Professor, Department of Bioengineering	Co-investigator on Grand Challenge project	stayton@u.washington.edu
Bernhard H. Weigl, Ph.D.	PATH, Seattle, WA	PI of NIAID-funded Enteric Pathogens project, co-investigator on Grand Challenge project	bweigl@path.org

Current Postdoctoral Fellows and Research Scientists

Name	Role	e-mail
Elain Fu, Ph.D.	Research Engineer/Scientist Senior. Group management, salivary diagnosti immunoassay development	efu@u.washington.edu
Barry Lutz, Ph.D.	Research Engineer/Scientist Senior. Group management, technical lead on Grand Challenge project, mirofluidics research	blutz@u.washington.edu
Kjell Nelson, Ph.D.	Salivary diagnostic immunoassay development	kjell@u.washington.edu

Current Graduate Students

The following are graduates students currently pursuing degrees with Yager as their primary advisor. See project listings for additional students affiliated with other professors on joint projects.

Name	Degree Program	Project	e-mail	Estimated (!) Graduation
Gayathri Balasubramanian	Ph.D., Bioengineering	DxBox Project	gaya3@u.washington.edu	2010
Neil Geisler	Ph.D., Bioengineering	Salivary diagnostic immunoassays	geislern@u.washington.edu	2008
Melissa Hasenbank	Ph.D., Bioengineering	Dry reagent printing & immunoassays	hasenm@u.washington.edu	2008
Lisa Lafleur	Ph.D., EE	Monitoring of bacterial load of ISS water supply	llafleur@u.washington.edu	2009
Maris Lemba	Ph.D., Bioengineering	Modeling of processes in SPR bioassays	lemba@u.washington.edu	2007
Katherine McKenzie	Ph.D, Bioengineering	DxBox Project	kmckenz@u.washington.edu	2009
Lauren Shepherd	Ph.D., Bioengineering	Microeddies	lbshelby@u.washington.edu	2009
Paolo Spicar-Mihalic	Ph.D., Chemistry	SUWA microfluidic bioassays	paolosm@u.washington.edu	2007
Dean Stevens	Ph.D., Bioengineering	DxBox Project	yasuo@u.washington.edu	2009
Rahber Thariani	Ph.D., Bioengineering	SPR and fluorescence imaging	thariani@u.washington.edu	2007
Jone Vrhel	M.M.E.	Microfluidic modeling	jsvrhel@comcast.net	2008
Manda Williams	Ph.D., Bioengineering	Formation of nanoparticles using microfluidics	mandysw@u.washington.edu	2008

Current Staff

The following are scientific and administrative staff within the Yager group.

Name	Role	Project	Contact Information
Chelsea Musick	PY Assistant and Program Manager	Program Manager	cmusick@u.washington.edu
Benedict Yuen-Fui Hui	Technician	Salivary Diagnostics	benhui@u.washington.edu
Sujatha Ramachandran	Research Scientist	NIAID Enteric Pathogen Detection	sujathar@u.washington.edu

Current Undergraduates

Note that this group changes rapidly and is more likely that other sections to be out of date.

Name	Department	Project	e-mail
Karman Tandon	Bioengineering	Salivary Diagnostics	ktandon@u.washington.edu