RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Kimberly's research focuses on engineering novel biomaterials for neural and stem cell tissue engineering. Her work focuses on developing patterned co-cultures of neurons/astrocytes and stem cells/astrocytes to better understand the mechanistic aspects of neurodegenerative diseases.

EDUCATION:

  1. B.S., Computational and Applied Mathematics (Secondary: Biomedical Engineering), Michigan Technological University, MI, May 2015.

HONORS, AWARDS & PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

  1. BulletNIH T32 Molecular Mechanisms of Disease Trainee-UNL (2016, 2017)

  2. BulletChancellor’s Graduate Fellow of Recruitment-UNL (2015)

  3. BulletNorman E Scholz Award for Commitment to Mathematical Excellence (2015)


PUBLICATIONS & BOOK CHAPTER:




CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS:

  1. 1."Glioblastoma/Astrocytes Co-culture on PEM Films". Biomaterials for In Vitro Tissue Models Session. 2017 AICHE Annual Meeting, Minnesota, Minneapolis. 1 November 2017



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Kimberly Stanke

Graduate Student, Complex Biosystems

Phone: (402) 472-2749

Email: kmstanke@mtu.edu