Elisabeth Steel

About Elisabeth Steel

Impassioned problem solver, translates theory into realistic real world applications. Leading a team to develop bio-inspired sensors for volatile detection at the Air Force Research Laboratory.Process oriented, whole-to-part thinker, adept at relationship building and team work. Dissertation work (Advisor: Harini G. Sundaraghavan) — design, fabrication, verification, validation of a conductive biomaterial for neural interface and tissue regeneration applications. The primary design input is safe and effective electrical stimulation of target cells and/or tissue. Multi-disciplinary research expertise in areas such as nanoscale material design and characterization, electrochemistry, electronics & programming, organic chemistry, cellular & molecular biology, electrospinning, mechanical testing, histology, tissue harvest and cell culture. Skilled in material characterization techniques such as EIS, CV, FTIR, XRD, FE-SEM, TEM, and AFM.

Experience

1. Technical Program Manager and Senior Research Engineer

   AV

   May 2025 — Present

Education

• The University of Toledo

  B.S., Bioengineering

  2001 — 2007

• Wayne State University

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biomedical Engineering

  2013 — 2018

• Wayne State University

  M.S., Biomedical Engineering

  2009 — 2013

Skills

• Characterization
• Spectroscopy
• Transfection
• Protein Chemistry
• Histology
• Western Blotting
• Labview
• Visual Basic
• Molecular Biology
• Fluorescence Microscopy
• Rt-Pcr
• Mechanical Testing
• Stem Cells
• Afm
• Data Analysis
• Imagej
• Laboratory
• Digital Imaging
• Tissue Engineering
• Experimentation
• Fda
• Biomedical Engineering
• Regenerative Medicine
• Ftir
• Immunohistochemistry
• Matlab
• Medical Devices
• Gel Electrophoresis
• Image Analysis
• Pcr
• Immunocytochemistry
• Experimental Design
• Microsoft Office
• Microscopy
• Cell
• Technical Writing
• Elisa
• Materials Science
• Immunofluorescence
• Nanotechnology