Krishna Thapa Email & Phone Number

• Instructed undergraduate courses in general chemistry, including general chemistry lab and organic chemistry labs. (Class size-35).• Oversaw and facilitated recitation activities for general chemistry, student outcomes improved by 10%.• Served as the lead Teaching Assistant (TA) within a team of six TAs for the general chemistry course from Fall 2021 to Fall 2023.• Provided tutoring and addressed student concerns during Learning Enhancement Across Disciplines (LEAD) hours.• Achieved top ranked (4.6/5) among teaching assistants

Rolla, Missouri, United States

• Developed a noble electrochemical biosensor for Traumatic brain injury and implemented it for real sample analysis. Innovationin problem handling and sensitivity enhancement improved by 95%.• Implemented Three-Dimensional DNA Origami-Based Nanostructures in Electrochemical Biosensors, resulting in enhancedsensor sensitivity to femto-molar levels (80% improvement).• Developed DNA Nano structure with conductive nano-particles that resulted in a ultra-sensitive biosensor for MUC1 protein forearly diagnosis of breast cancer at 10^-12 M concentration.• Synthesized DNA functionalization of gold nanoparticles and quantum dots in-situ, process cost saving of $1000/experiment