Baxter Young Investigator Awards - 2022 Winners

Baxter Young Investigator Awards - 2022 Winners

To celebrate and promote innovative research, Baxter sponsors an annual award program open to graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. The 2022 winners are listed below:

FIRST-TIER WINNERS

Guangyu Bao
Graduate Student
McGill University
Research Topic: Liquid-infused Microstructured Bioadhesives Halt Non-Compressible Hemorrhage

Catherine Majors
Postdoctoral Fellow
Northwestern University
Research Topic: An Enzyme Self-Amplification System for Ultrasensitive Detection of Protein and Small Molecule Biomarkers of Disease at the Point of Care

Minqiang Wang
Postdoctoral Fellow
California Institute of Technology
Research Topic: Wearable Autonomous Biosensor for Precision Nutrition

Jongwon Lim
Graduate Student
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Research Topic: Highly Sensitive Culture-Free Pathogen Diagnosis in Whole Blood Using Simple Blood Drying and Isothermal Amplification

Taokun Luo
Graduate Student
University of Chicago
Research Topic: Nanoscale Metal-Organic Frameworks as an Efficient Platform to Enhance Cancer Therapy by Turning Non-Drugs into Drugs

Shao-Xiong Lennon Luo
Graduate Student
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research Topic: Wireless Ammonia Detection for Screening and Monitoring of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)

 

SECOND-TIER WINNERS

Sungmin Nam
Harvard University
Research Topic: Tissue-Interfacing Active Adhesive Prevents Post-Surgical Disuse Muscle Atrophy through Mechanical Stimulation

Emily Margolis
University of Michigan
Research Topic: Fibrin-Based Hierarchical Vascular Graft for Improved Surgical Outcomes

Xiaoyu Chen
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research Topic: Bioadhesive Ultrasound for Long-term Continuous Imaging of Diverse Organs

Ivneet Banga
University of Texas at Dallas
Research Topic: E.Co.Tech - Electrochemical Handheld Breath Analyzer for Intelligent Diagnosis of Acute and Chronic Respiratory Conditions

Sasya Madhurantakam
University of Texas at Dallas
Research Topic: Rapid Screening of COVID-19 Biomarkers Using Rapid and Smart Biosensing Platform for Patient Stratification and Severity Prediction

Zijian Yang
Stanford University
Research Topic: Real-Time, Ultrasensitive Cytokine Measurement for Sepsis

Qi Cai
University of Texas at Dallas
Research Topic: Optical Modulation of Blood-Brain-Tumor Barrier Permeability Enhances Drug Delivery in Diverse Preclinical Glioblastoma Models

Indrajit Srivastava
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Research Topic: A Biomimetic Lipid-Like Coating for Improving Long-Term Storage of Nanotherapeutics and Nano Vaccines as Lyophilized Powders

Ugur Uslu
University of Pennsylvania
Research Topic: Intraoperative Use of CAR T Cells in a Fibrin-Glue Based Carrier

Kennedy Borchardt
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Research Topic: Surface Crystallization of Amorphous Drugs and the Surfactant Effect

Anthony Fung
University of California San Diego
Research Topic: Label-Free 3D Imaging Analysis of Human Kidney Tissue Reveals Biomarkers in Chronic and Diabetic Kidney Disease