And finally Meet the Team
Aptamer BioDiagnostics is comprised of six engineering students from the University of California, Irvine mentored by academic and industry faculty.
THE TEAM
We presented our research poster at the Spring CADMIM Industrial Advisory Board meeting in February.
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Arushi Singhai
Arushi will graduate in June of 2022 with a BS in Biomedical Engineering. As team manager she focused on organizing task coordinating with mentors.
Briana Peterson
Briana will graduate in June of 2022 with a BS in Biomedical Engineering and specialization in Biophotonics. As lead designer she made multiple reiterations of the working prototype.
Seemal Tahir
Seemal will graduate in June of 2022 with a BS in Biomedical Engineering. As research investigator she focused on finalizing the lab protocol for functionalizing the aptamer.
Stephanie Lunar
Stephanie will graduate in June of 2022 with a BS in Biomedical Engineering and specialization in Biphotonics. As manufacturing coordinator she focused on the fabrication of the device.
Nathaniel Silva
Nathaniel will graduate in June of 2022 with a BS in Biomedical Engineering. As marketing executive he focused on conducting interviews with physicians.
John Polvi
John will graduate in June of 2022 with a BS in Biomedical Engineering. As testing director he focused on validating our design process.
Next our Mentors
Dr. Michelle Khine
Dr. Khine is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at UC Irvine. She is also the Director of Faculty Innovation at the Henry Samueli School of Engineering.
Dr. Gisela Lin
Dr. Lin is the Center Deputy Director at Center for Advanced Design and Manufacturing of Integrated Microfluidics (CADMIM).
Dr. Edward Kuan
Dr. Kuan is an Assistant Professor at UCI and Rhinology and Skull base surgeon.
Dr. Julia Zakashansky
Dr. Zakashansky recently recieved her Ph.D. in Material Science and Engineering at UCI.
Dr. David Yang
Dr. Yang is affiliated with Danaher Diagnostics.
Xinlei Chen
Xinlei Chen is working on her MS in biotechnology management.