Ava Mauser
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Contact
mausera@umich.edu
Education
PhD in Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2023 (Expected)
BS in Chemical Engineering, University of New Mexico, 2018
Research
Ava conducts research focused on developing protein-based nanoparticles for the delivery of therapeutic cargo in diffuse astrocytoma and glioblastoma.
Experience
Graduate Research Assistant, Inorganic Isotope and Actinide Chemistry, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Undergraduate Student Intern, Inorganic Isotope and Actinide Chemistry, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Biomedical Engineering Research Assistant, Orthopedics Biomechanics and Biomaterials, University of New Mexico
Mass Transfer Teaching Assistant, Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of New Mexico
Transport Phenomena Teaching Assistant, Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of New Mexico
Awards
Graduate Research Fellow, National Science Foundation
Rackham Merit Fellow, Rackham Graduate School, University of Michigan
Tau Beta Pi Fellow
Tau Beta Pi Scholar
Honda Scholar, Hispanic Scholarship Fund
Pioneers Scholar, SWE Central New Mexico Section
CITGO Scholar, UNM School of Engineering
Publications
L.M. Colletti, R. Copping, K. Garduno, E.J.W. Lujan, A.K. Mauser, A. Mechler-Hickson, I. May, S.D. Reilly, D. Rios, J. Rowley, A.B. Schroeder. ; The application of visible absorption spectroscopy to the analysis of uranium in aqueous solutions. Talanta 2017, 175, 390-405
Presentations
Alternate Technology for Sour Water Stripping, Engineering Poster Expo, Albuquerque, NM, 2018
Uranium Concentration Analysis for Visible Absorption Spectroscopy and Solution Matrix Control
AIChE Poster Presentation, San Francisco, CA, 2016
LANL Student Symposium, Los Alamos, NM, 2016