People in Research

Samarth Kulkarni

Advisor: Patrick Stayton and Allan Hoffman

Department/status: Bioengineering, 4th year PhD student

Project overview:
Smart Polymer-based Micro- and Nanotechnologies. Smart polymer have been conjugated to biomolecules like streptavidin and DNA to form unique hybrid molecules. These molecules can reversibly form controlled nanoparticles that have been used to develop unique diagnostic assays.

Skills:
Protein Engineering, Recombinant DNA technology, polymer synthesis, Spectroscopy, particle sizing, Diagnostics, immunoassays

Relevant honors or funding:
Receipient of the fellowship in Nanotechnology, Center for Nanotechnology, UW

Resume:
http://students.washington.edu/samarth/resume.htm