Elain Fu PhD

Elain Fu is an Associate Professor of Bioengineering at Oregon State University. Elain received a Sc.B. degree in Physics from Brown University, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Physics from the University of Maryland, College Park. Her research focus has been microfluidics-based sensor development with the goal of using an understanding of the physics and chemistry of device operation to improve device performance for field applications. Most recently, she has been active in the area of capillarity-based microfluidics to create high-performance analyte detection for precision health applications. She has published 50 articles in peer-reviewed journals and is a co-inventor on multiple patents and patent applications.