Expertise

Research Interests:

  • Point-of-care diagnostics for global health
  • Pathogen detection and evaluation of therapeutic efficacy
  • Miniaturization of molecular bioassays
  • Rapid prototyping and low-cost health technologies
  • Microfluidics and paper-based diagnostics

Research in the lab focuses on advances in paper microfluidics, molecular biosensors, and human-centered instrumentation design to enable sensitive, robust, and rapid diagnostics for informed healthcare decision-making.

Ongoing Projects:

  1. Distributed Point of Care (POC) Molecular Diagnostics
  2. Wearable Devices for Substance Use Monitoring and Overdose Detection
  3. Non-invasive glucose measurement

Other Interests:

  1. Pathogen Classification by Host Responses
  2. Antibiotic Resistance Detection

Her research goals include detection, prevention and treatment of infectious diseases via microfluidic bioassays, utilizing cell capture to efficiently detect pathogens and evaluate therapeutic efficacies.


Research: Cellular and Molecular Metabolism


Expertise: Instrumentation

Affiliations

Marta E. Gross Associate Professor, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Purdue University

Associate Professor, Department of Public Health, College of Health and Human Sciences, Purdue University

Investigator, Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Centers and Institutes, Indiana University School of Medicine

Past Affiliations

Marta E. Gross Assistant Professor, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Purdue University (past)

Assistant Professor, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Purdue University (past)

Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Boston University (past)

Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women's Hospital (past)

Instructor, Edgerton Center, D-Lab, Little Devices Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (past)

Department of Bioengineering, College of Engineering, University of Washington (past)

Communities
Biomedical Engineering, Family and Consumer Sciences, Human Development, Allied Health
Degrees
PhD, University of Washington, Bioengineering, 2010
BS, Purdue University, Interdisciplinary Engineering, 2004
Keywords
international or global development novel device concepts microfabrication microelectromechanical systems (mems) microfluidics biomedical engineering diabetes infectious diseases neonatal disorders child or maternal health international health medical devices medical diagnosis urinalysis biological markers & sensor mechanisms microbial pathogenesis molecular pathology biological or chemical agent detection or protection technology tracking control systems point-of-care diagnostics paperfluidics wearable biosensors
Honors

Graduate Research Fellow, National Science Foundation, 2006-2009

Associations
Biomedical Engineering Society
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers