Benjamin Streeter, Phd Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Planned and executed multiple projects in parallel testing new and existing products and their applications in the areas of neuroscience, cardiology, and immuno-oncology.
• Led laboratory testing arm of interdisciplinary team that included process and design engineers and created a new product to facilitate the use of complex biological models such as neural organoids.
• Produced and presented marketing materials to drive sales of new and existing products, including authoring 5 application notes, 6 culture protocols, and 6 conference posters.
• Provided expert guidance on user experience, use cases, and troubleshooting to ensure the quality of software, hardware, and consumable updates.
• Developed novel assays to detect in vitro immune cell killing and toxicity as well as the effects of pharmaceutical compounds on electrically active cells.

• Designed controlled experiments to test the efficacy of an engineered cardiac patch composed of a novel biomaterial/stem cell combination for the treatment of pediatric heart failure.
• Determined the optimal formulation of the cardiac patch by testing 8 different biomaterial conditions using several laboratory techniques and analytical methods.
• Created an image processing pipeline to measure changes in cellular responses to the different cardiac patch conditions.
• Managed a multi-disciplinary team of 7 different collaborators including biomedical engineers, material scientists, and animal physiology experts.
• Presented research results to leaders in the field through several high-impact publications and presentations at national conferences such as the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions.

• Managed one section of BMED 3610 - Quantitative Engineering Physiology Laboratory II.
• Was responsible for grading all presentations, reports, and assignments of two separate classes of close to 20 students over the course of the year.
• Provided hands-on laboratory assistance to students during section time and provided support on independent projects involving several different experiments.
• Communicated announcements, created assignments, and provided other relevant course information through a central course website.

• Collaborated with a graduate and undergraduate student to conduct experiments to determine the roles of extracellular matrix proteins and tissue mechanics on liver development.
• Utilized microcontact printing with a programmed robotic arm to deposit over 32 different combinations of matrix and signaling proteins onto acrylamide hydrogels.
• Synthesized large batches of hydrogels and cultured large numbers of primary cells to allow for high throughput experimentation.
• Characterized entire arrays of 320 cellular clusters at one time using automated confocal microscopy.

• Determined the effects of the cellular environment on tumor vascularization by tuning the degree of cell-to-cell contact in culture.
• Employed efficient workflows and image processing to characterize changes in cellular signaling at the protein level.
• Presented research results through both a podium and poster presentation to over 30 other NIH mentors and interns.

• Applied an innovative standard of practice to human pluripotent stem cells to differentiate them to therapeutic neural progenitor cells capable of treating multiple sclerosis.
• Exhibited research results to over 15 other SURF interns and their mentors through a podium presentation.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Bioengineering And Biomedical Engineering

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Bioengineering And Biomedical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Bioengineering And Biomedical Engineering