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