Anya Roberts, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

Washington, Dc, Us

Washington, Dc, Us

Currently, I lead the delivery of TABA (technical and business assistance) services for SBIR awardees, providing strategic advisory services to support translation and commercialization of new technologies. In the past I have led long-term engagements with open innovation groups at Fortune100 corporations, such as Procter & Gamble Ventures, and have sourced and evaluated thousands of federal lab technologies for spin-out in FedTech's government-sponsored startup studio programs. In summary, at FedTech, I source, evaluate, and roadmap development and commercialization pathways for emerging and disruptive technologies. About FedTech: FedTech is a venture builder that thrives at the intersection of US entrepreneurship, breakthrough technologies, and mission-driven organizations. Since 2015, we have been driving forward deep tech ventures across the DoD, NASA, DoE, universities, and federal labs.

Cambridge, Ma, Us

Cambridge, Ma, Us

I studied the physics of how cancer cells spread via the bloodstream employing 3D cell culture platforms, non-contact optical approaches to characterize mechanical properties, and genetic sequencing. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2021.110400

Cambridge, Ma, Us

Mentored and educated entrepreneurs and tinkering students at the Martin Trust Center in maker skills, including laser cutting, 3D printing, electronics, and shop tools. https://protoworks.mit.edu/

Served undergraduates as a residential mentor, fostering a supportive, safe and positive living environment for students to thrive at MIT. This role involved community development, conflict mediation and coaching, mentoring, program planning and serving as a member of the residence house team.

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

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Taught recitation sessions, craft problem set solutions and answer questions from highly-motivated undergraduate students in the Biological Engineering course Molecular, Tissue and Cell Mechanics (20.310).

Built an ultra-sensitive (<10 femtograms) suspended microchannel resonator (smr) to study single cell buoyent mass and relative stiffness of circulating tumor cells from human patients and genetically engineered mice in Scott Manalis' Micro and Nanoscale Fluidic Bioinstrumentation Lab at the Koch Institute.

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• Represented the United States as a cultural exchange ambassador on behalf of the US State Department. • Investigated how mechanical aspects of tissue affect cancer metastasis using cell traction force microscopy in the Soft Matter Physics lab of Josef Käs at the University of Leipzig.

Omaha, Nebraska, Us

Mastered optical stretching to determine mechanical stiffness of single cells characterized by the Young's modulus. Studied mechanical properties of osteocytes for osteoporosis and low-gravity health applications in the Biophysical Optics Research Group of Michael G. Nichols.

Performed business development and industry analysis research. I produced a report of companies to approach for manufacturing goals. I also translated relevant agricultural production research documents from German into English for this bio-ag startup.

Saarbrücken, Saarland, De

Studied protein adhesion via Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) and Minkowski analysis in the Soft Matter Physics Lab of Karin Jacobs.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Biological Engineering

Mini-Mba Program

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Physics & German