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Blain Christen

Jennifer M. Blain Christen

  • Assistant Professor
School of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering
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Jennifer Blain Christen joined the ASU faculty in 2008. She received a PhD in 2006 and an MS in electrical engineering in 2001 from the Johns Hopkins University. She conducted her post-doctoral research at the Immunogenetics Department of the Johns Hopkins Medical School. Her research focuses on engineering systems that directly interface biology; this interface usually includes low-power analog circuits and microfluidics.

Bio-compatible integration techniques for CMOS electronics; microfluidics and soft lithography; 3D and non-traditional microfabrication techniques and devices; MEMS devices with emphasis on bio-MEMS; analog and mixed-mode VLSI for bio-medical/analytical instrumentation including SOS/SOI technologies.

Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Johns Hopkins University 2006
M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Johns Hopkins University 2001
B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Johns Hopkins University 1999

STIMESI Design Contest (International MEMS Competition) Winner (2008)National Science Foundation Graduate Teaching Fellow in K-12 Education (2005-2006), National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (2001-2005), General Electric Faculty for the Future Undergraduate Engineering Research Opportunities Grant (1998), Maryland Scholars Award (1997).

J. M. Blain Christen and R. Winsor, “An Optical Waveguide in a Silicon Wafer,” accepted in Journal of Lightwave Technology.

J.M. Blain Christen, B. Iglehart and P.O. Pouliquen, “Ultra-High Dilution Microfluidic System for Single Strand DNA Isolation,” IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, May 2008.

A.G. Andreou and J.M. Blain Christen, “Self-Biased Operational Transconductance Amplifier in 0.18 micron 3D SOI-CMOS,” IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, May 2007.

A.G. Andreou, J.M. Blain Christen and B. Iglehart, “Localized Closed-Loop Temperature Control and Regulation in Hybrid Silicon/Silicon Life Science Microsystems,” IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, May 2007 – Student Paper Contest Honorable Mention.

J.M. Blain Christen and A.G. Andreou, “Integration of Silicon CMOS with Multilayer Silicone (PDMS) Fluidics into a Micro-Incubator for Cell Culture Studies,” IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, Invited Paper, vol.1, no. 1, 3-18, March 2006.