Aftin Ross
Ph.D. Candidate
Education
- Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2012 expected.
- M.S. Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2009.
- B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), 2007.
Experience
- Summer Intern, Medtronic, 2007 & 2008
- Mechanical Engineering Research Intern, UMBC, 2005-2007
- Summer Intern, Guidant Corporation, 2006
- Summer Intern, Johns Hopkins University, 2005
Awards
- Whitaker International Scholar, 2012
- Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship, 2012
- Marian Sarah Parker Prize-Graduate, College of Engineering 2012
- Richard and Eleanor Towner Prize for Distinguished Academic Achievement in Biomedical Engineering 2012
- Gordon Research Conference Travel Award 2011
- Microfluidics Best Seminar Speaker 2010-2011
- NIH Fellowship, Microfluidics in the Biomedical Sciences Training Program 2009-2011
- Rackham Fellowship, 2007-2008
- GEM Fellowship, 2007-2008
- Meyerhoff Scholarship (UMBC), 2002-2007
- MARC U*Star Scholar (UMBC), 2004-2006
- Member of Tau Beta Pi
- Member of Golden Key International Honor Society
- Member of Omicron Delta Kappa
Research
- Polymerization and surface modification
- Bimolecular interactions with synthetic surfaces
Publications
- A. M. Ross, Z. Jiang, M. Bastmeyer, J. Lahann, "Physical Aspects of Cell Culture Substrates: Topography, Roughness, and Elsticity", Small (2011), 8 (3), 336-355.
- H. Ryou, N. Amin, A. M. Ross, N. Eidelman, D. Wang, E. Romberg, D. Arola, "Contributions of Microstructure and Chemical Composition to the Mechanical Properties of Dentin", Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine (2011), 25 (5), 1127-1135.
- A. M. Ross, D. Zhang, X. Deng, S. L. Chang, J. Lahann, "Chemical-Vapor-Deposition-Based Polymer Substrates for Spatially Resolved Analysis of Protein Binding by Imaging Ellipsometry", Analytical Chemistry (2011), 83 (3), 874-880.
- A. M. Ross, Nandivada, H., Lahann, J. "Switchable Surface Approaches. In Handbook of Stimuli-Responsive Polymers"; M. Urban, Ed.; Wiley NY, 2010
- H. Nandivada, A. M. Ross, J. Lahann, "Stimuli responsive monolayers for biotechnology", Progress in Polymer Science (2010), 35(1-2), 141-154.