Elizabeth Berezovsky

Elizabeth Berezovsky

Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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Harvard-trained R&D leader with a passion for transforming innovative discoveries into…

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    General Inception

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    Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

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    Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

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    Eugene, Oregon Area

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    Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

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    Cambridge, MA

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    Harvard University

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    Harvard University

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    Advisor: Dr. George M. Whitesides
    Thesis Title: “Microfluidic Tools for Studying the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans”

    • Developed rapid, medium-throughput, low-cost assays to screen for toxicity in candidate pharmaceutical compounds using the nematode C. elegans
    • Developed screening platform for the discovery of candidate anthelmintic (anti-parasitic) drugs using electrophysiological approach
    • Designed and fabricated a set of microfluidic tools to enable quantification of…

    Advisor: Dr. George M. Whitesides
    Thesis Title: “Microfluidic Tools for Studying the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans”

    • Developed rapid, medium-throughput, low-cost assays to screen for toxicity in candidate pharmaceutical compounds using the nematode C. elegans
    • Developed screening platform for the discovery of candidate anthelmintic (anti-parasitic) drugs using electrophysiological approach
    • Designed and fabricated a set of microfluidic tools to enable quantification of aging, behavior, neuronal growth/degeneration in C. elegans
    • Wrote image analysis software to quantify locomotion and behavior in C. elegans
    • Used knowledge of materials chemistry and fluid dynamics to solve engineering challenges related to culture of C. elegans in a microfluidic environment
    • Collaborated with many research groups, both in academia and in industry

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Honors & Awards

  • Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Postdoctoral Fellowship

    NIH

  • Fieser Lecture Award

    Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology

  • Harvard-Vertex Scholar

    Vertex Pharmaceuticals

  • Harvard Certificate of Distinction in Teaching

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  • National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship

    DoD

  • Anachemia Prize in Chemistry

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    Awarded to an undergraduate student achieving high academic merit in the Research Project courses

  • R.F. Robertson Prize in Chemistry

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    Awarded to the graduating student achieving the highest academic merit in the Honours Chemistry program

  • AstraZeneca Scholarship in Chemistry

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  • Canadian Society for Chemistry Silver Medal

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