People
Lab members
Elain Fu | Associate Professor Oregon State University Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering Warwick Family Faculty Scholar |
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Elain has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Maryland and an Sc.B. in physics from Brown University. She transitioned to the field of bioengineering as a Research Scientist in the laboratory of Paul Yager at the University of Washington. Elain was a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of Washington from 2010 to 2013. She joined the faculty at Oregon State University in the School of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering in the autumn of 2013. She is currently an Associate Professor in Bioengineering. |
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Khadijeh Khederlou | OSU Bioengineering PhD Student (June 2022 to present) | ||
Khadijeh joined the lab with a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering. Her current focus is on signal enhancement strategies in electrochemical sensing that are compatible with field use. |
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Noel Lefevre | OSU Bioengineering PhD Student (September 2022 to present) | ||
Noel joined the lab with dual degrees in neuroscience and computer science from Michigan State University. Her current project is focused on electrochemical sensor development. She is co-advised by Dr. Stephen Ramsey. |
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Kira Hallerbach | OSU undergraduate researcher (June 2022 to present) | ||
Kira is a bioengineering major at OSU. She has been working on our collaborative project with HP. |
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Jade Minzlaff | OSU undergraduate researcher (Fall 2021 to present) | ||
Jade is a chemical engineering major at OSU. She was a CWI intern in the summer of 2022, and has been developing a sensor for pharmaceutical contamination of water sources. |
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Ander Switalla | OSU undergraduate researcher (Winter 2022 to present) | ||
Ander is a bioengineering major at OSU. His project uses 3D printing to fabricate microfluidic devices. |
Group picture celebrating Lael's successful PhD defense in Sept. 2022.
Ander and Jade at BMES Oct. 2022.
Former lab members
Madeleine Adams | OSU undergraduate researcher (March 2017 to June 2019) | ||
Madeleine joined the lab during her sophomore year at OSU. During her time in the lab, she worked on electrode characterization and also contributed to the phenylalanine monitor project. Madeleine graduated from OSU with a B.S. degree in chemical engineering. Madeleine is a Process Engineer at Corning Incorporated. |
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David Cornwell | OSU undergraduate researcher (June 2015 to June 2018) | ||
David joined the lab as a Johnson intern and also worked as a 2nd year Johnson intern during the following summer. He completed his Honors College thesis on the topic of an alginate-based valve. David graduated from OSU with a B.S. degree in bioengineering. David is in medical school at OHSU. |
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Kim De Los Reyes | UW capstone student (February 2013 to June 2014) | ||
For her UW Capstone project, Kim worked on the development of a paper-based assay for phenyalanine detection, focusing on storing reagents in dry form. Kim graduated from UW with a B.S. degree in bioengineering. |
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Corey Downs | OSU Ph.D. student and then post-doc (August 2015 to January 2022) | ||
Corey came to the lab with a B.S. in bioengineering from OSU. For his Ph.D. work, he developed simple low-cost electrochemical sensors for use in precision health applications. After receiving his Ph.D. in chemical engineering in 2021, Corey completed a post-doc on a collaborative microfluidics project with HP. He is an author on six publications from our lab. Corey is working in research and development at HP. |
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Dylan Hinson | OSU undergraduate researcher (January 2014 to July 2016) | ||
Dylan joined the lab on an URSA ENGAGE award and worked on modeling immunoassay systems. He then completed a Bioenergy thesis project on the topic of paper-based detection of phenolic compounds, supported for multiple years by OSU Bioenergy Scholarships. Dylan graduated from OSU with a B.S. degree in bioengineering. He served as a Peace Corp volunteer in Namibia. He is a Data Scientist at FlowJo. |
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Jared Houghtaling | UW capstone student (March 2011 to June 2014) | ||
During his time in the lab, Jared worked on multiple projects, including the development of a novel method of metering fluids in paper-based devices. Jared was the recipient of two Mary Gates Research Scholarships, a Bioengineering Scholarship, and a Washington Research Foundation Scholarship. He is a co-author on four publications from the lab. Jared graduated from UW with a B.S. degree in bioengineering. He was awarded an NSF graduate fellowship and received a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Michigan. Jared is a data scientist at edenceHealth NV. |
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Jessy Imdieke | OSU undergraduate researcher (June 2014 to Spring 2017) | ||
Jessy joined the lab as a Johnson intern and was awarded a second year Johnson internship for the following summer. She developed a cost-effective method for stamping antibodies onto nitrocellulose substrates and presented her work at BMES. Jessy graduated from the bioengineering program at OSU with a B.S. degree. She is an author on a publication from the lab. Jessy is working at Riverpoint Medical in Portland. |
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Tinny Liang | UW M.S. and capstone student >(January 2010 to December 2014) |
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Tinny joined the lab as a freshman in the UW bioengineering program and earned both B.S. and M.S. degrees in bioengineering from UW. As an undergraduate, she won numerous awards including Mary Gates Research and Leadership Scholarships, a Bioengineering Scholarship, and was named a Levinson Emerging Scholar. She was also awarded an NSF Fellowship to complete her M.S. work in the lab. Tinny's research focused on the development of a high sensitivity paper-based diagnostic test for malaria. She is a co-author on six publications from the lab. Tinny went on to attend medical school at UW and is now an M.D. |
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Brittney McKenzie | UW capstone student (January 2012 to June 2013) | ||
For her UW Capstone project, Brittney developed a novel method of sequencing fluids in paper-based devices. She was supported by the NASA Summer Undergraduate Research Program and a Mary Gates Research Scholarship. Brittany graduated with a B.S. degree in bioengineering from UW. She is a co-author on one publication from the lab. Brittney went on to graduate school and received her Ph.D. from the University of California, Riverside. |
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Arianna Nejely | OSU undergraduate researcher (June 2017 to March 2020) | ||
Arianna joined the lab as a Johnson Intern. She contributed to several projects, including developing methods for paper-based device characterization, and is an author on two publications from the lab. She graduated from OSU with a B.S. degree in bioengineering. Arianna is a Research and Development Scientist at Lonza. |
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Kian Patel | OSU undergraduate researcher (Winter 2018 to March 2020) | ||
Kian joined the lab during his freshman year at OSU. He was a Johnson intern and contributed to the phenylalanine monitor project developing methods of dry reagent preservation. Kian was then awarded a CWI internship and worked on the development of arsenic sensing. He continued the arsenic sensor work for his Honors College thesis. Kian graduated with a B.S. degree in chemical engineering from OSU. Kian is in an M.S. Program at Carnegie Melllon. |
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Rachel Polaski | OSU undergraduate researcher (Fall 2017 to March 2020) | ||
Rachel joined the lab during her freshman year at OSU and received a Johnson summer internship. She worked on the development of the phenylalanine monitor and is an author on two publications from the lab. Rachel graduated from OSU with a B.S. degree in bioengineering. She is working as an engineer at Bristol Myers Squibb. |
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Caitlin Reid | OSU undergraduate researcher (June 2016 to Fall 2019) | ||
Caitlin joined the lab as a Johnson intern, and completed her Honors College thesis project on the topic of improving stencil-printed electrodes in porous materials. Caitlin graduated from OSU with a B.S. degree in bioengineering. She is working as an engineer at Genentech. |
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Robert Robinson | OSU M.S. student (June 2014 to June 2016) | ||
Robert joined the lab after obtaining a B.S. in chemical engineering from OSU. He contributed to multiple projects during his time in the lab and was a co-author on three publications. He graduated from OSU with an M.S. degree in chemical engineering and is working at Intel. |
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Mike Rodriguez | OSU M.S. student (March 2017 to June 2020) | ||
Mike came to the lab after obtaining a B.S. in chemistry from Trinity University. He completed a M.S. thesis in the lab on the topic of sensitivity improvements in paper microfluidic immunoassays. |
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Devin Seitz | OSU researcher (June 2015 to December 2015) | ||
Devin obtained a B.S. in chemical engineering from OSU. During his time at OSU, he completed a senior design project in the lab and then worked for six months with us on the topic of dry reagent preservation. |
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Wyatt Self | OSU undergraduate researcher (March 2014 to January 2016) | ||
Wyatt worked to develop a test for the detection of bacteria in a milk sample, a project funded by the OSU Agricultural Research Foundation. He was awarded a second year Johnson internship. He graduated from OSU with a degree in chemical engineering. Wyatt is an engineer at ENTEK International. |
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Greg Thiessen | UW M.S. student (September 2012 to August 2014) | ||
Greg completed his M.S. degree in my lab at UW working on the development of a field test for the detection of phenyalanine. He is a co-author on three publications from the lab. Greg is a scientist at Stratos Genomics. |
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Anthony To | OSU undergraduate researcher (June 2015 to Spring 2017) | ||
Anthony graduated from OSU with a B.S. degree in bioengineering. During his time in the lab, he completed his Honors College thesis project on wax transfer printing in porous substrates. He is a co-author on one publication from the lab. |
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Liam Wong | OSU undergraduate researcher (March 2014 to Spring 2017) | ||
Liam joined the lab as a Johnson intern. He completed an Honors College thesis project on the topic of a semi-quantitative test for PKU patients and is the co-author on a publication from our lab. Liam graduated from OSU with a B.S. degree in chemical engineering. Liam is a medical student at OHSU. |
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Jeff Yang | UW capstone student (October 2011 to June 2014) | ||
Jeff graduated from UW with a B.S. degree in bioengineering. For his Capstone project, he developed methods to control the velocity of fluids in paper-based devices to improve their efficiency. Jeff went on to attend medical school at the Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine. |
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Lael Wentland | OSU Ph.D. student and then post-doc (September 2017 to January 2023) | ||
After obtaining a B.S. in bioengineering from the University of Washington, Lael joined the lab as a Ph.D. student in the OSU bioengineering graduate program. For her Ph.D. work, Lael developed and characterized a colorimetric device for phenylalanine monitoring in blood, as well as a device for carbamazepine quantification in saliva for therapy monitoring. Lael completed her Ph.D in bioengineering in September 2022. Lael continued on as a post-doc in the lab working on a collaborative project with HP. She is an author on six publications from the lab. |