Kristen C.

Kristen C. is a Senior Research Engineer at Cytovale since September 2024, with prior experience as a Senior R&D Engineer at Avails Medical, Inc., where research focused on electrochemical biosensors for antibiotic susceptibility testing. Kristen's academic background includes a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, where research concentrated on microfluidic and microfabricated devices for single-cell analysis. Recognized as a Siebel Scholar and NSF Graduate Research Fellow, Kristen has also excelled in teaching, receiving the UC Berkeley 2020 Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award. Earlier research involvement included machine learning applications at the DKFZ German Cancer Research Center and cellular analysis during undergraduate studies at MIT.