Lara P. Murray, Phd Email & Phone Number

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Medford, Ma

Doctoral student in the Mace Lab. Worked with real biological samples (whole blood, serum, white blood cells) to design point-of-care, paper-based microfluidic devices. Created a new class of paper-based devices capable of the controlled transport, capture, detection, and enumeration of target white blood cell populations.

Greater Boston Area

I worked as part of the R&D team under Dr. A.J. Kumar to improve upon affordable mobile diagnostic technologies for monitoring chronic diseases. I assisted in the development and design of a new lateral flow assay for a cardiac marker (NT-ProBNP).

Bangalore, India

I worked with the R&D team in Bangalore, India to help to improve upon mobile diagnostic technologies for diabetes monitoring.

Cambridge, Ma

I worked on the functional polymers team under Dr. Jon Hennek to develop new crosslinking strategies for polymer adhesives and tools for biological separations.

Department Of Chemistry And Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge Ma

Worked closely with Dr. Maria-Nefeli Tsaloglou and Dr. Alex Nemiroski on the development of a low-cost point-of-care electrochemical device for tuberculosis testing with particular application in resource-limited settings. Focused on improving device design using Solidworks as well as collecting data from electrochemical assays performed on both the final working prototype and benchtop analyzer.

Cambridge, Ma

Worked as an intern at Quanttus in Cambridge as part of the product development team. Worked mainly with Narissa Cheng.

Undergraduate Research in the Department of Chemistry/Chemical Biology in the Laboratory of George M. Whitesides Laboratory. Worked with Dr. Alex Nemiroski on the development of a handheld electrochemical reader for the early detection of Chronic Kidney Disease. Focused mainly on electrical engineering design with Arduino and MATLAB programming.

Undergraduate Research Position in the Department of Environmental Engineering (as a Civil Engineering Major). Initially gathered data from online databases and generated graphs and charts to show trends in environmental awareness for Professor Matthew Higgins. Worked approximately 40 hours a week in the laboratory with a graduate student (DJ Wacker) on his master's thesis, advised by Professor Thomas DiStefano. Worked primarily on with the upkeep and analysis of functioning anaerobic digesters.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Chemistry

Activities and Societies: Committee on Student Conduct (2020-2021), Graduate Student Ambassador (2020), President of the Chemistry.

Bachelor'S Degree, Biomedical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Vice President of Bucknell's BMES Chapter, Society of Women in Engineering, Circulation Desk Assistant.

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