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Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Natick, Massachusetts

- Led research efforts to develop and implement cardiac and skeletal muscle organ-on-a-chip platforms for commercial applications in drug discovery.- Completed contract research projects in collaboration with 3 biopharma companies to evaluate Innolign's organ-on-a-chip platform for use in their cardiac and skeletal muscle disease therapeutics programs..

Greater Boston Area

- Carried out research to de-risk academic research technologies for further commercialization.- Awarded SBIR and STTR grants (both as PI) to establish commercial feasibility of two novel technologies -- a cardiac organ-on-a-chip platform for preclinical drug screening, and a 3D bioprinted implantable tissue construct for therapeutic revascularization..

- Performed preliminary research on a microfabrication-based technology to engineer arrays of microscale cardiac muscle organoids (organ-on-a-chip) and 3D-bioprinting of cell/biomaterial constructs for vascular tissue engineering, resulting in co-inventorship of two patented technologies.- Co-authored SBIR and STTR grants to establish commercial.

- Developed a microfabricated platform to measure cellular traction forces. Used this platform to study the role of vasoactive soluble factors in regulating endothelial cell contractility.

Computational modeling; micro/nano-technologies

Worked with a quality engineer to design and validate protocols for testing biomaterials used in a tissue engineered medical device.

Phd, Bioengineering

Activities and Societies: Penn Biotechnology Group, IGERT Nanoscale and Nanotechnology ProgramPhD in Bioengineering Thesis: "Regulation of.

Bs, Biomedical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Biomedical Engineering Honor Society Tau Beta PiBS in Biomedical Engineering