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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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 (OK, so it's not quite current...we'll get another photo up there shortly!)	P.S.: if you should be on one of the lists below and are not, or if your data can be updated, please send me e-mail

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
Timothy Chinowsky, Ph.D.	Research Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering	Co-investigator on NIDCR-funded salivary diagnostic system	timc@u.washington.edu
Bruce Finlayson, Ph.D.	Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering	Collaborator on microfluidic computational f'luid dynamic modeling, co-investigator in Singapore-funded SUWA project	finlayson@cheme.washington.edu
Clement Furlong, Ph.D.	Research Professor, Department of Genetics	Co-investigator on NIDCR-funded salivary diagnostic system	clem@u.washington.edu
Linda LeResche, Ph.D.	Research Professor, Department of Oral Medicine	Co-investigator on NIDCR-funded salivary diagnostic system	leresche@u.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.	Seniore Vice President, Nanogen, Inc.	Co-investigator on Grand Challenge project	wmahoneyh@nanogen.com
Patrick Stayton, Ph.D.	Professor, Department of Bioengineering	Co-investigator on NIDCR-funded salivary diagnostic system, co-investigator on Grand Challenge project	stayton@u.washington.edu
Swee Chuan Tjin, Ph.D.	Associate Professor, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore	Co-developer of point-of-care diagnostic systems	esctjin@ntu.edu.sg
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

Name	Role	e-mail
Elain Fu, Ph.D.	Research Engineer/Scientist Senior. Group management, surface plasmon resonance microscope development for salivary diagnostic system	efu@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
Jennifer O. Foley	Ph.D., Bioengineering	Salivary diagnostic immunoassays	jofoley@u.washington.edu	2006
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	2007
Kenneth Hawkins	Ph.D., Bioengineering	Diffusion immunoassay	khawk@u.washington.edu	2006
Kristen M. Lloyd Helton	Ph.D., Bioengineering	Salivary diagnostic immunoassays	klloyd33@u.washington.edu	2006
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
Katie 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
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
Kelly Anderson	PY Assistant and Program Manager	Program Manager	kellya@u.washington.edu
Afshin Mashadi-Hossein	Technician	Gates DxBox Project	afshinh@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
Steven Asplund	Bioengineering	Salivare Diagnostics	stevea2@u.washington.edu
Richard Baldwin	Bioengineering	SUWA	rrb77@u.washington.edu
Karman Tandon	Bioengineering	Salivary Diagnostics	ktandon@u.washington.edu