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Stephanie was a 2023 Brown alum in Computer Science. Her work on the team focuses on developing back-end software and front-end UI for bioinformatics transformation processes. In her free time, Stephanie enjoys art and playing with her cat Twilight.

Nina was a junior from California concentrating in Biomedical Engineering. She is passionate about creative design. In the lab, her projects have focused on developing a microfluidic purity assessment method for mRNA vaccines and understanding the electrophoretic mobility of long nucleic acids.

Peyton was a Mechanical Engineering from Brown University. He has interned with P&G and NASA

Duuluu (Dulguunnaran) Naranbat is from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia and received his Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry from Trinity College, Hartford CT in 2019.

Duuluu joined the Tripathi lab in 2020 and his research focus is infectious diseases diagnostics, genetic sequencing, laboratory automation, and bacterial decontamination.

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Olivia Baptiste was a sophomore from Arlington, Virginia concentrating in Biomedical Engineering on the Pre-Med track. She was passionate about community building and inclusivity within engineering. In the lab, she worked on assay development for biopharmaceuticals.

Stephen Yang was a freshman from Ithaca, New York concentrating in Computational Biology. He was interested in exploring algorithmic approaches to novel questions in the biomedical field. Stephen worked on leveraging machine learning for assay development for biopharmaceuticals.

Taehoon joined the Tripathi lab in Summer 2023 to contribute to the medical device development for Dr. Tripathi’s projects. He spent 6 years in product development as an industrial designer and worked in various product categories.
Taehoon is a graduate of the Brown+RISD MADE program.

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Jennifer was a Biomedical Engineering ScM. candidate from Puerto Rico. While with the Tripathi lab she worked on Next Generation Sequencing Library Preparation and focused on assay development and translating for automation. Her interests lied in the integration of computational and mechanical analyses for biological and clinical research.

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Ramisa Fariha was a Ph.D. candidate in Biomedical Engineering from Bangladesh. At the Tripathi Lab, her work focused on the design and development of liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS)-based assays for clinical applications, especially in the female reproductive health realm (PCOS, Endocrine Disorders, Therapeutic Drug Monitoring) and oncology (toxicity, in vitro to in vivo extrapolation studies for breast and ovarian cancer).

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Farhan Haque was a rising senior at the Princeton Day School during his time with the lab, who joined the team as a summer research intern. Farhan’s work included automating all the study protocols on the JANUS G3 Robotic Liquid Handler, and programming codes for faster data analysis. Additionally, he assisted David,and Nondi with deep dive reports for project development. 

Yasmin obtained her B.Sc. degree in Computer Engineering in 2021 and her M.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering in 2022. She did her research under the supervision of Dr. Tripathi and Cel Welch on a novel deep learning model for Pap smear diagnostics. She will continue her work on machine learning techniques for medical diagnostics with Cel Welch and will be pursuing a career in industry.

William was a 2022 B.Sc. Chemical Engineering graduate. He did his Honors research project under the supervision of Dr. Tripathi and Kiara Lee on the subject of microfluidic extraction of plasma from whole blood using passive filtration and capillary collection. William will be pursuing his Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins University.

Thomas was a 2022 B.Sc. Biomedical Engineering graduate. He did his Honors research project under the supervision of Dr. Tripathi and Dr. Schneider on the subject of microfluidic cfDNA extraction using magnetic beads and electroosmotic flow for NIPT. Thomas will be pursuing his Ph.D. in Medical Engineering and Medical Physics at Harvard and MIT.

Harry was a 2021 B.Sc. Biomedical Engineering graduate. He did his Honors research project under the supervision of Dr. Tripathi and Cel Welch on optimizing chemical, mechanical, and electrical parameters for tissue dissociation into single cells.

Christina was a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow who worked on developing new technologies for prenatal diagnostics. Christina's thesis was titled "Using Trophoblast Cells to Develop Biotechnological Approaches that Advance Prenatal and Women's Health." Christina is now an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Worchester Polytechnic Institute.

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Lilibeth worked on enzymatic DNA fragmentation and analysis.

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Hannah worked on isothermal amplification techniques.

Jeray worked on his Master's Thesis and now works at Perkin Elmer.

Derek's masters thesis was on understanding the role of interfacial tension and how we could use this to worked on minimizing carryover volume. He pursued a full-time position at Perkin Elmer and is now in a Ph.D. Program at McGill University in Canada.

Mehmet was a sophomore studying Computer Engineering,  he programmed sensors and actuators using C++ and integrated multiple ESP32 microcontrollers via I2C for seamless communication.

Emilia worked on Scalable Bioengineering Solutions For Diagnostics and Life Sciences.

Khaliun Myagmar (Haku) was a visiting researcher from Mongolia . She completed her bachelor's and master's degrees in Biomedical science in her home country.

In the Tripathi lab, she had been focusing on next-generation sequencing library preparation and automation, DNA & RNA extraction, PCR & molecular biology techniques.

Harshini Parakh was a Biotechnology Graduate Student at Brown University, where she explored her research interests in biotechnology, molecular biology, and drug development. She is passionate about contributing to groundbreaking research that addresses unmet medical needs, with a focus on vaccine development, infectious diseases and biopharmaceutical drug discovery.

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She holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where she graduated in 2022, earning recognition on the Dean's List. Beyond her academic and professional endeavors, Harshini is an avid runner, and enjoys painting, and community volunteering.

Yareli was a senior from Denver, Colorado studying biomedical engineering. She hoped to build a stronger and more present Latine community within STEM. In the lab, she worked with Jenna Rutberg to develop various assays for different biopharmaceuticals.

Emma was a part-time Research Assistant (and undergraduate Brown BME alumna) from Wilton, CT. Her research focused on technology development of a faster detection of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) from dried blood spot (DBS) samples- which earned her the Ionata Engineering Award at Brown. Additionally, she investigated and optimized molecular detection on the mass spec for all ongoing studies. She went on to pursue an MBA degree at Bryant University, while playing field hockey for their varsity team.

Joshua was a senior studying Computer Science and Engineering. He worked on software and electrical components of the tissue dissociation device.

Jennifer was Master's student in Biomedical Engineering. She spent 3+ years in the medical device industry as a process development engineer in additive manufacturing. Jen joined the lab in Fall 2022, working on the development of sensitive assays for the early diagnosis of female reproductive disorders such as endometriosis.

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Nondi was a 5th year master’s student in Biomedical Engineering from Atlanta, GA. Her research focused on cost-effective fabrication of organ-on-a-chip platform, in addition to prototype testing for all ongoing studies in the team.

Adriana received a Master of Science in Public Policy in 2020, a Bachelors of Science in Biomedical Engineering in 2020, and a Bachelors of Science in Molecular Bioscience in 2017 from Rochester Institute in Technology. Adriana joined the Tripathi Lab in 2020 and her research focuses on the development of microfluidic techniques to analyze different characteristics of adeno-associated virus (AAV).  She graduated from Brown with a Ph.D. and will be continuing her career with a position at Moderna.

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Prutha was a 2022 M.Sc. Biomedical Engineering graduate. She did her research under the supervision of Dr. Tripathi and Ramisa Fariha on an LC-MS/MS assay for detection of multiple analytes from breast milk, and worked collaboratively with PerkinElmer Inc. Prutha will be pursuing a career in industry.

Lucy was a 2022 B.Sc. Biology (Immunology) graduate. She worked under the supervision of Dr. Tripathi and Adriana Coll de Peña. She will be working as a Clinical Research Assistant at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York before pursuing her M.D.

Amy was a 2022 B.Sc. Biomedical Engineering graduate. She did her Honors research project under the supervision of Dr. Tripathi on the subject of multiplexed electric-field based DNA extraction from DBS. Amy will be pursuing her M.D. degree at Brown.

Mary attained a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Brown University in 2016 with a focus on the materials analysis of nanomodified endothracheal tubes under the dynamic conditions of the respiratory system. Her thesis advisor was Dr. Thomas Webster. Her focus as a Post-Doc was in the electric field extraction of DNA from dried blood spots and multiple other projects. She is now a Professor at the Wentworth Institute of Technology.

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Rachel's work focused on the intersection of global health and point-of-care diagnostics with microfluidic technologies. Rachel's thesis was titled "Sample Preparation and Nucleic Acid Extraction for Molecular Diagnostics: Innovations for Resource Limited Settings."

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Gina work electrophoretic recovery of DNA from dried blood spots and sensors.

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Ileana worked on single cell isolation and analysis technologies using microfluidic platforms. She is now working towards her Ph.D. in Bioengineering at Stanford University.

Kurt worked on dengue fever and zika virus isolation and amplification. Kurt now works for Clear View (Bos) as a Consultant.

Ph.D. Candidate in Bioengineering at Quake Lab, Stanford University.

Everett was a sophomore concentrating in Neuroscience on the PreMed track. Since joining the lab, he has helped develop a method to analyze the lipid and nucleic acid loads of LNPs. As part of this work, he explored how different fluoro phores could interact with the lipid layer.

Maya  was a junior from Alexandria, Virginia, concentrating in Health and Human Biology on the Pre-Med track. With a deep passion for public and global health, she is committed to advancing health equity and advocating for accessible healthcare for all. In the lab, Maya contributed to research on the biopharmaceutical assay development team.

Hulana is from Mongolia and went to the Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences for her undergraduate degree and master’s degree in biomedical research. She used to work on cell cultures at the Institute of Medical Sciences in Mongolia.

Hulana is a visiting researcher in the Tripathi lab at Brown. She is currently working on assay development for the NGS library preparation using the Bioqule NGS system. She is also a member of the assay and validation team.

Outside the lab she enjoys playing basketball and volleyball, reading books, and playing the ukulele.

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Edward Freeman was a Biotechnology Graduate Student at Brown University, where he explores his research interests in biotechnology, global health, and medical research. He aims to engage in innovative research and patient care that will transform the field of medicine on a global scale.

He holds a dual-degree BS in Biology and Applied Language and Intercultural Studies from Georgia Tech, where he graduated in 2021. Outside of his academic and professional pursuits, he is passionate about youth empowerment through education and community involvement.

Matei was a sophomore from Romania concentrating in Cell and Molecular Biology.
While he explored different projects in his time with the lab, most of his work focused around understanding how mRNA structure affected its mobility in microfluidic systems, and how it could be manipulated for analysis.

Riley was a Research Engineer from New Jersey with a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering from Brown. Their research interests included the study, creation, and application of diagnostic and other medical devices; and, as part of it, finding methods to make these devices low cost and easily accessible for research or clinical purposes. While at the lab they contributed to various projects, including the electrical tissue dissociation device project and an independent biosensor project that utilizes electrochemical impedance spectroscopy-based detection. Riley will continue their education and research at Dartmouth's Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering program.

Benjamin was one of our talented researchers on the Cell and Tissue Devices Team working on advancements in cell and tissue analysis.

Nicole concentrated in Neuroscience on the Pre-Med track. The focus of her work in the lab had been increasing the understanding of LNP behavior upon interacting with detergents such as SDS, which informed the development of a lipid characterization method.

Emma was a rising senior from Maine studying Biomedical Engineering on the premed track. Her primary research focused on the use of QCM-D technology to optimize chlamydia detection via novel immunosensor platforms. Additionally, she worked on the Electro-DBS project in which she conducted experiments relating to DNA quantification after electrical treatment.

After receiving a Bachelors of Science from McGill University in 2019, Cel joined the lab and has since obtained a Masters of Science in Biomedical Engineering from Brown in 2022. Cel's thesis research focuses on creating new technologies for cellular diagnostics, such as novel electrical and electronic devices, microfluidics, and machine learning techniques. After graduating from Brown with a Ph.D., Cel moves on to post-doc at Stanford.

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Mohannad was a 2022 B.Sc. Biomedical Engineering graduate. He did his research under the supervision of Dr. Tripathi and Ramisa Fariha on LC-MS/MS assays, working collaboratively with PerkinElmer Inc. Mohannad will be pursuing his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering.

Claire was a 2022 B.Sc. Biophysics graduate. She did her Honors research project under the supervision of Dr. Tripathi and Adriana Coll de Peña on the subject of an optimized CoBRA-GXT method for the microfluidic detection of breast cancer-associated DNA methylation. Claire will be working for Cambridge Biotech company - Factor Bioscience, post-graduation.

Lindsay's research focus was loop mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) and Next Generation Sequencing DNA library preparation automation for preimplantation genetic testing (PGT). Lindsay currently works at Detect.

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Adam's work largely focused on microfluidic applications for next generation sequencing. Adam's thesis was titled "Transport, Adsorption and Reaction of Genomic DNA in Nano-, Micro-, and Meso-Scale Geometries." Adam currently works at PerkinElmer.

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Franks research included microfluidic suspension plug transport, fluid transport modeling for proto-organ engineering and bead-based biomolecular isolation for microfluidic diagnostic applications. Frank's thesis was titled "Micro- and Meso-fluidics for Automated Biomedical Sample Preparation."

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Mary worked on genomic DNA analysis for diagnostic applications.

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Lei worked on RNA ligase for laboratory use. 
His PhD Thesis was: Molecular Diagnostics Using Biosynthetic Engineering and Microfluidic Design

Kate worked on the automation of bead movement within a mircofluidic chip. Now she works at Goldman Sachs as a Real Estate Analyst.