Katherine Anne S
- Research Program Mentor
PhD at Columbia University
Expertise
Orthopedic Devices, Tissue Engineering, Morphogenics, Biomechanics, Mechanobiology, Finite Element Analysis, Medical History
Bio
Recently received my PhD in Vioengineering from Columbia University where I worked in the Musculoskeletal Biomechanics Lab, studying how the structure of articular cartilage makes it such an effective load bearing and friction reducing tissue, and working towards creating clinical solutions for the treatment of osteoarthritis. I have prior experience researching lipid mediated inflammatory signaling in the eye in the Gronert Lab and the mechanics of intervertebral disk degeneration in the O'Connell Lab at UC Berkeley. Aside from my applied research, I have a deep interest in medical history, and completed a history minor in undergrad with a focus on the history of biology as a field of study. Outside of the lab, I enjoy birding, climbing, and most power tools.Project ideas
How Biology Became Itself
The history of biology is fraught with scandal, infighting, and big personalities. In this project you will examine how spheres of influence shape what we know, and how it is shared by analyzing the transition between natural history and biology. In this project you will learn about the center-periphery model for the generation of scientific knowledge and various scientific societies shaped our ideas of what species are and how they change over time and explore who gains and who loses out through the structure of scientific research.
Design Your Device
Go through the engineering design process to identify a need and work to generate a potential solution. Learn in an applied way the steps a medical device must go through before it comes to market, and work to develop an idea that you think might be currently unmet.
Building Bodies
Tissue engineering is a huge topic of interest in the field of biomedical engineering, but so far we have not been able to transfer the technology from lab to clinic. In this project you will select a tissue of interest, examine the relevant tissue engineering literature, and try to identify what next steps might be in developing better tissue constructs and look to the morphogenesis of the tissue for possible avenues of advancement.