Alexandra L. Rutz
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Research Fellow
Designing next-generation implantable electronic devices using biomaterial approaches at the University of Cambridge (Cambridge, UK) in the Bioelectronics Lab of Prof. George Malliaras.
About.
I went to the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign (IL, USA) where I double majored in Chemistry and Molecular and Cellular Biology and graduated with a B.S. in 2011. In 2016, I earned my Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering with a focus in Biomaterials from Northwestern University (Chicago, IL, USA). My doctoral thesis focused on engineering hydrogel bioinks for 3D printing tissues and organs. With support from the Whitaker International Scholars Program and the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship, I am pursuing postdoctoral research in Bioelectronics Lab headed by Prof. George Malliaras. I began the Whitaker Fellowship at Ecole des Mines de St. Etienne (Gardanne, France) in November 2016 until the Bioelectronics Lab moved to the University of Cambridge (Cambridge, UK) in Fall 2017. At the University of Cambridge, I am continuing my research of improving the biocompatibility and long-term function of implantable bioelectronics, specifically neural probes, using biomaterial approaches. In November 2018, I began the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship funded by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 program.
Education.
2011-2016
Doctor of Philosophy
Biomedical Engineering
Northwestern University (Chicago, IL, USA)
2014
Master of Science
Biomedical Engineering
Northwestern University (Chicago, IL, USA)
2007-2011
Bachelor of Science
Chemistry and Molecular and
Cellular Biology
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (IL,USA)
Research Experience.
2016-Present
Improving biocompatibility of neural electronics
Advisor: Prof. George Malliaras, Department of Engineering, Electrical Engineering Division
University of Cambridge (UK) 2017-Present; Ecole des Mines de St. Etienne (France) 2016-2017
2011-2016
Engineering hydrogel bioink methods for 3D printing tissues
Advisor: Prof. Ramille N. Shah
Northwestern University (Chicago, IL, USA)
2008-2011
Hyperbranched polyglycerol for drug delivery
Advisor: Prof. Steven C. Zimmerman, Department of Chemistry
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (IL,USA)
2009
Antimicrobial manganese oxide nanoparticles
Advisor: Prof. Young-Shin Jun, Department of Environmental, Electrical, and Chemical Engineering
Washington University in St. Louis (MO, USA)
Publications.
For a current list of publications, please visit my Google Scholar page.
* indicates first author(s)
E. Zeglio*, A.L. Rutz, T.E. Winkler, G.G. Malliaras, A. Herland. “Conjugated polymers for assessing and controlling biological functions,” Advanced Materials 2019, 1806712. doi: 10.1002/adma.201806712
J. Pas*, A.L. Rutz, P.P. Quilichini, A. Slézia, A. Ghestem, A. Kaszas, M. Donahue, V. Curto, R.P. O’Connor, C. Bernard, A. Williamson and G.G. Malliaras. "A bilayered PVA/PLGA-bioresorbable shuttle to improve the implantation of flexible neural probes," Journal of Neural Engineering 2018, 15 (6). doi: 10.1088/1741-2552/aadc1d
A.L. Rutz*, P.L. Lewis, R.N. Shah. "Toward next-generation bioinks: tuning material properties pre- and post-printing to optimize cell viability," MRS Bulletin 2017, 42. doi: 10.1557/mrs.2017.162
M.M. Laronda* and A.L. Rutz*, K.A. Whelan, E.W. Roth, T.K. Woodruff, R.N. Shah. “A bioprosthetic ovary created using 3D printed microporous scaffolds restores ovarian function in sterilized mice,” Nature Communications 2017, 8. doi: 10.1038/ncomms15261
A.E. Jakus*, A.L. Rutz, S.W. Jordan, A. Kannan, S.M. Mitchell, C. Yun, K.D. Koube, S.C. Yoo, H.E. Whiteley, C. Richter, R.D. Galiano, W.K. Hsu, S.R. Stock, E.L. Hsu, R.N. Shah. “Hyperelastic "bone": A highly versatile, growth factor-free, osteoregenerative, scalable, and surgically friendly biomaterial,” Science Translational Medicine 2016, 8 (358). doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aaf7704
A.E. Jakus* and A.L. Rutz* , R.N. Shah. “Advancing the Field of 3D Biomaterial Printing,” Biomedical Materials 2016, 11 (1). doi: 10.1088/1748-6041/11/1/014102
A.L. Rutz*, R.N. Shah. “Protein-Based Hydrogels,” Polymeric Hydrogels as Smart Biomaterials, Springer International Publishing 2016, 73-104.
A.E. Jakus*, E.B. Secor, A.L. Rutz, S.W. Jordan, M.C. Hersam, R.N. Shah. “Three-Dimensional Printing of High-Content Graphene Scaffolds for Electronic and Biomedical Applications,” ACS Nano, 2015, 9 (4) 4636–4648. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.5b01179
A.L. Rutz*, K.E. Hyland, A.E. Jakus, W.R. Burghardt, R. N. Shah. “A Multi-Material Bioink Method for 3D Printing Tunable and Cell-Compatible Hydrogels,” Advanced Materials, 2015, 27 (9) 1607-1614. doi: 10.1002/adma.201405076
A. Zill*, A.L. Rutz, R.E. Kohman, A.M. Alkilany, C.J. Murphy, H.J. Kong, and S.C. Zimmerman, “Clickable polyglycerol hyperbranched polymers and their application to gold nanoparticles and acid-labile nanocarriers,” Chemical Communications, 2011, 47 (4) 1279-1281. doi: 10.1039/C0CC04096G
Updates.
Contact and Connect.
Google Scholar
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Kpw7paTKrOMC&hl=en
ResearchGate