Andrea S. Carlini

Happy to announce our first paper of 2025, published in @NatureComms -- introducing wearable technologies for measuring flow through vascular access (VA) devices, such as those used in hemodialysis with patients who suffer from chronic kidney disease. The operating principles are related to those associated with devices that are under commercial development by @rhaeos for tracking flow of cerebrospinal fluid through shunts used to treat individuals with hydrocephalus.  Adapted use of this technology with VA devices, as described and demonstrated here, opens up a range of additional possibilities in patient monitoring. Particular thanks to Yujun Deng (now a faculty member at Shanghai Jiao Tong University @sjtu1896), @CarliniChemPD (now a faculty member at @ucsantabarbara) and Hany Arafa (now at Apple) for their leadership on this project, and to senior collaborators Prof. Yonggang Huang (@NorthwesternU) and Prof. @rahmioklu (@MayoClinic) for their theoretical and clinical contributions, respectively. Great way to kick off the new year! nature.com/articles/s4146…

@stephenacton7 @MarioNawfal Joke’s on you. We don’t go grey either, instead experiencing achromotrichia. Rough time to joke about those who never lose their powers.

@MarioNawfal When a ginger goes gray, do the lose their magic power?

🚨STUDY: REDHEADS AREN'T JUST RARE — THEY'RE WIRED DIFFERENTLY Oxford scientists confirm what 2% of the population already knew: redheads are built different. Their MC1R gene doesn't just give them striking looks — it rewires their entire sensory system. From higher pain tolerance to heightened pleasure sensitivity, the "ginger gene" is nature's performance enhancer. They handle 25% more pain than others, and report a 41% higher rate of... satisfaction. Maybe blondes don't have more fun after all. Source: NY Post

Congratulations Carlini Group! The university has selected Erica Barandica, Miranda Luzanilla, Ben Krey, Matthew Smith, and Nathan Nasseri for the FRAP Award!

Recent Publication: Mammalian Fuel Cells Produce Electric Current. pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…

Congratulations to Nathan Nasseri for being awarded the Crowe Family Summer Research Scholarship!

Our grad student Elana Muzzy presents her first poster entitled, "Structurally Dynamic Polymers as Sensors of Tissue Acidosis", at the 2023 UC Systemwide Bioengineering Symposium.

We are pleased to announce we have been awarded the UCSB Senate Faculty Research Grant for our project on, "Polymeric Fluorescent Hydrogel Patches Capable of Individualized Skin Cancer Treatment". This research will be led by our postdoctoral researcher, Shiv Mane. @SRMPolyarc

Honored to speak at the CPOS Workshop on "Functional Materials & Organic Electronics".

Congratulations to Emile Morin on being awarded a BioPacific MIP Fellowship! BioPACIFIC MIP is a platform dedicated to scalable production of bio-derived building blocks and polymers from yeast, fungi, and bacteria.

Thank you WiSE (Women in Science and Engineering) for the opportunity to speak as a panelist at ‘Life in Academia’, and for the lovely gift basket.

ACS Spring 2023 in Indianapolis. Invited seminar on “pH-Responsive Charge-Conversion Peptide Progelators”.

Prof. Leslie Hamachi from Cal Poly visits UCSB, great to see an old colleague interacting with my first grad student.

Peaks and Professors with talented UCSB undergrads! instagram.com/p/CjOreBPvynq/…

@freedman_lab @WalshLabUMass Freedman group looking good!

It was fabulous that former Freedman Lab postdoc Prof. James Walsh from @WalshLabUMass visited us today! We had invigorating scientific discussions and a wonderful lunch.

Grad students and Postdocs working on Soft & Biological Materials, check out the Rising Stars Symposium hosted by UCSD and UChicago MRSECs! Please retweet and we look forward to hearing about everyone's amazing research! @UCSDJacobs mrsec.uchicago.edu/rising-stars-p…

In the 1990s, Herbert Hui invited me to give a seminar at Cornell. “Let me introduce you to an interesting character,” Herbert said. ⁦I met @stevenstrogatz⁩. “Here is a gift for you,” Steve said. The book has given me many hours of pleasure of reading and illumination.

@zhigangsuo @stevenstrogatz Love this book!!

@GARRRRICK @mahamhaq401 @UCSB_chemistry Yes engineering is a huge focus in my lab as we aim to develop devices for biotech and biomedicine

@GingerCarlini @mahamhaq401 @UCSB_chemistry Is there any interest or research in your field to work or collaborate with any Engineers ?

Very honored and proud to announce I will be joining the faculty at UC Santa Barbara as Assistant Professor of Biomaterials in the Chemistry & Biochemistry Department this year! @UCSB_chemistry

@mahamhaq401 @UCSB_chemistry Yes I am currently hiring new group members. You can email your CV and a cover letter to acarlini@ucsb.edu

@GingerCarlini @UCSB_chemistry Hearty congratulations on your new beginning. I would like to know more about the Phd students opening in your upcoming lab as I am really interested in applying. It would be great if you could allow me to connect to you.