Alison Burklund
Personal Information
Born: Unknown
Country of Birth: USA
Nationality: USA
Ethnicity: White
Education
Johns Hopkins University BS Chemical & Biomedical engineering 2015; UC Berkeley MEng Bioengineering 2016; Dartmouth College Thayer School of Engineering PhD Engineering 2021
"TBD"
— Alison Burklund
Professional Life
Field of Study: Biomedical Engineering
Institution/Corporation: Nanopath Inc; Dartmouth College
Degrees & Memberships: Member: Sigma XI
Awards & Achievements
Awards: 2017 American Society for Microbiology Student & Postdoctoral Travel Award; 2012 Johns Hopkins Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Dept Award for Student Excellence; 2023 Forbes 30 Under 30 Healthcare; Magnuson Center Startup Prize; 2021 Ignite Golden Ticket, LabCentral; 2022 MassNextGen Entrepreneur
Achievements: 2019 co-founder (with Drs Amogha Tadimety & John Zhang) & CTO of Nanopath, which creates diagnostics that test pelvic & gynecological infections during a single visit so treatment can begin immediately
met co-founder Amogha Tadimety while they were both PhD candidates at Dartmouth Thayer School of Engineering; credits Dartmouth's PhD Innovation Program wit providing support & tools necessary to get their research results from identifying global problems to allowing them to develop solutions for human need
has 2 pending patents & clinical trials with 2 Massachusetts hospitals & hopes to have FDA approval for their tests within 2 years