Catherine M. Klapperich, PhD Professor (BME, MSE, ME)
Education PhD, Mechanical Engineering, UC Berkeley
S.M., Engineering Sciences, Harvard UniversityPrimary Appointment Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
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Research Areas Catherine Klapperich is the Director of the Laboratory for Diagnostics and Global Healthcare Technologies and a member of the Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. Before coming to Boston, Dr. Klapperich was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory in the lab of Dr. Carolyn Bertozzi, and was a Senior Research Scientist at Aclara Biosciences in Mountain View, CA. She earned her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley; her M.S. in Engineering Sciences from Harvard University and her B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from Northwestern University.
Dr. Klapperich’s research is focused on engineering medical devices for trans women’s and women’s health, use in low resource settings, and at the point of care. Current projects include on-body physiological monitoring, disposable microfluidic diagnostics and minimally instrumented devices to enable molecular testing. Her work includes diagnostics for CT-NG, HPV and other sexually transmitted infections.
Honors and Awards BU College of Engineering Teaching Excellence Award, 2021
BU College of Engineering Societal Engineer Award, 2021
AAAS Fellow, 2020
Inaugural Dorf-Ebner Faculty Fellow, 2014 – 2019
BMES Fellow, 2018
Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, 2014
Faculty Fellow, Kern Family Foundation, 2010 – 2014
Additional Affiliations Division of Materials Science & Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Associate Director, Precision Diagnostic Center
Associate Director, DAMP-CTL
Director, Center for Future Technologies in Cancer Care
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