Catherine Klapperich
Professor and Chair
Bioengineering
Contact
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5170
Fellow of:
American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE); Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES); American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Elected Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE); Elected Fellow, Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES); Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS); Societal Engineering Award, Boston University College of Engineering; Teaching Excellence Award, Boston University College of Engineering
Research
Klapperich's research is focused on engineering medical devices for use in low resource settings and at the point of care. Her work focuses on use of disposable microfluidic diagnostics that incorporate on-board sample preparation and minimally instrumented devices to enable molecular testing for cancer, women's health and sexually transmitted diseases.
PhD Mechanical Engineering, UC Berkeley
MS Engineering Sciences, Harvard University
BS Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University