Sasha Cai Lesher-Pérez

University of Michigan
PhD, Biomedical Engineering, 2015
Thesis: Development of Micro-actuators and Micro-sensors for the On-chip Interrogation of Cells and In Vitro Generated Tissues.

MSE, Biomedical Engineering, 2010

University of Wisconsin-Madison
BSE, Biomedical Engineering and Mathematics, 2008

• NextProf Future Faculty Program, 2020
• SHPE Faculty Development Symposium Travel Grant, 2019
• Horizon 2020 Framework Programme Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, 2017
• Independent Fellowship – H2020-MSCA-IF-2016 Recipient
• Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2017
• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke F31 Grant (Diversity Supplement), 2015

See Google Scholar for full list of publications

*- equal contribution, # – corresponding author; ^ – undergrad student; PhD student; graduated PhD student

• Sharan, P., Nsamela, A., Lesher-Pérez, S.C., Simmchen, J.# Microfluidics for microswimmers: engineering novel swimmers and constructing swimming lanes on the microscale, a tutorial review. Small. 2021. 17, 2007403
• McMillan, A. H., Alcaine, C., Teyssandier, J., Thür, R., Roy, E., Ochoa, I., Roeffaers, M.B.J., Lesher-Pérez, S.C.#, Self-sealing thermoplastic fluoroelastomer enables rapid fabrication of modular microreactors. Nano Select. 2021. 2, 1385-1402.
• McMillan, A.H., Dellaquila, A., Thomee, E.K., Nassman, H., Segura, T., Lesher-Pérez, S.C.# Rapid fabrication of membrane-integrated thermoplastic elastomer microfluidic devices. Micromachines, 2020. 11, 731, DOI: 10.3390/mi11080731
• Truong, N., Lesher-Pérez, S.C., Kurt, E., Segura, T.# Pathways governing polyethylenimine polyplex transfection in microporous annealed particle scaffolds. Bioconjugate Chemistry. 2018. 30, 476-486
• Lesher-Pérez, S.C., Zhang, C., Takayama, S. # Capacitive coupling synchronizes autonomous microfluidic oscillators. Electrophoresis. 2018. 39, 1096-1103
• Lesher-Pérez, S.C., Kim, G.-A.; Kuo, C, Leung, B.M., Mong, S.^, Kojima, T., Moraes, C., Thouless, M.D., Luker, G.D., Takayama, S.# Dispersible oxygen microsensors map oxygen gradients in three-dimensional cell cultures. Biomaterials Science. 2017. 5, 2106-2113
• Kim, S., Lesher-Perez, S.C., Kim, B.-C., Yamanishi, C., Labuz, J.M., Leung, B.M., Takayama, S. # Pharmacokinetic profile that reduces nephrotoxicity of gentamicin in a perfused kidney-on-a-chip. Biofabrication. 2016, 8, 015021
• Lesher-Perez, S.C., Segura, T., Moraes, C. # Getting there is half the battle: recent advances in delivering therapeutics. Integrative Biology. 2016, 8, 8-11
• Kim, S.-J., Yokokawa, R., Lesher-Perez, S.C., Takayama, S.# Multiple independent autonomous hydraulic oscillators driven by a common gravity head. Nature Communications. 2015, 6, 7301
• Frampton, J., Leung, B., Bingham, E., Lesher-Perez, S.C., Wang, Sarhan, H.T., J., El-Sayed, M., Feinberg, S., Takayama, S.# Rapid self‐assembly of macroscale tissue constructs at biphasic aqueous interfaces. Advanced Functional Materials. 2015, 25, 1694-1699
• Lesher-Perez, S.C., Weerappuli, P., Zhang, C., Kim, S.-J., Takayama, S.# Predictable duty cycle modulation through coupled pairing of syringes with microfluidic oscillators. Micromachines. 2014, 5, 1254-1269
• Leung, B.M., Lesher-Perez, S.C., Matsuoka, T., Moraes, C., Takayama, S.# Media additives to promote spheroid circularity and compactness in hanging drop platform. Biomaterials Science. 2014, 3, 336-44
• Lesher-Perez, S.C., Frampton, J.P., Takayama, S.# Microfluidic systems: A new toolbox for pluripotent stem cells. Biotechnology Journal. 2013, 8, 180-191
• Kim,S.-J., Yokokawa, R., Lesher-Perez, S.C., Takayama, S.# Constant flow-driven microfluidic oscillator for different duty cycles. Analytical Chemistry. 2012, 84, 1152-1156
• Moraes, C., Mehta, G., Lesher-Perez, S.C.*, Takayama, S.# Organs-on-a-chip: a focus on compartmentalized microdevices. Annals of Biomedical Engineering. 2012, 40, 1211-1227