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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.

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.

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.