Kasey Catt
Research Projects
- Electrochemical coupling of conducting polymers to prevent magnesium corrosion
- Incorporation of carbon nanotubes and graphene oxide dopants to improve conducting polymer drug release
- Self powered drug release utilizing conducting polymers on magnesium
- Novel methods of surface functionalization of graphene oxide and conducting polymer nano-composites
Education
Graduate Student pursuing PhD Bachelors of Science Bioengineering Bioengineering University of Pittsburgh Penn State Fall 2010-Current 2006-2010
Publications
Alba NA, Du Z, Catt K, Kozai TDY, Cui XT. In vivo electrochemical analysis of a PEDOT/MWCNT neural electrode. Biosensors. 2015, 5(4) 618-646.
Kozai TDY, Catt K, Du Z, Na K, Srivannavit O, Haque RM, Seymour J, Wise KD, Yoon E, Cui XT. Chronic in vivo evaluation of PEDOT/CNT for stable neural recordings. IEEE TBME. 2015.
Kozai TDY, Catt K, Li X, Gugel ZV, Olafsson VT, Vazquez AL, Cui XT. Mechanical failure modes of chronically implanted planar silicon-based neural probes for laminar recording. Biomaterials. 2015. 37. 25-39.
Kolarcik CL, Catt K, Rost E, Albrecht I, Bourbeau D, Du Z, Kozai TDY, Luo X, Weber DJ, Cui XT. Evaluation of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)/carbon nanotube neural electrode coatings for stimulation in the dorsal root ganglion. J Neural Eng.2015. 12. 016008.
Entrepreneurial Experience
- Pitt Blast Furnace Program 2015
http://www.innovation.pitt.edu/programs/blast-furnace - Pitt Ventures Gear Program 2015
http://www.innovation.pitt.edu/programs/pitt-ventures
Innovation Competition
*member of the team
- Randall Family Big Idea - Grand Prize Winners 2015
- Michael G. Wells Healthcare Competition - Grand Prize Winners 2015
- Pitt Innovation Challenge - Grand Prize Winners 2015
Email: kac200@pitt.edu