Lars B. Laurentius

Analytical Chemist with over 15 years of progressive experience in both academia and industry conducting scientific tests and experiments in diagnostics and building biomedical sensors. Strong background in surface chemistry, immunological chemistry, nanotechnology, polymer chemistry, and overcoming biocompatibility challenges. Successful at developing and implementing research strategies with proven track-record of managing cross-functional teams. Ready to apply talents to rewarding new opportunity.

• Member of PhD Supervisory Committees in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Utah.
• Advisor for postdocotal researchers and undergraduates.
• Mentored and supervised a senior engineer and technician.
• Hosted and mentored 3 High School students.

• Co-Instructor (Spring 2023) - Fundamentals of Micromachining Processes.
• Guest lecturer in Special Topics on SARS-CoV-2, Nanoscience, Nanoscale Probing and Imaging, and Introductory Spectroscopy Courses.
• Graduate Teaching Assistant, General Chemistry and Quantitative Chemistry, University of Alberta.

• University of Utah, Academic Appeals and Misconduct Committee.
• University of Utah Student Fee Study Abroad Scholarship Committee.
• University of Utah, College of Engineering Laboratory Safety Committee.
• American Chemical Society - Member.
• University of Utah, Postdoctoral Association – Secretary (2015-2017).
• Ad hoc Reviewer for Sensors & Actuators: B. Chemical (Elsevier), Analyst (Royal Society of Chemistry), ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, ACS Sensors, ACS Nano, ACS Omega, IEEE Sensors, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, ACS Langmuir, and Nature Communications.
• Poster Judge for several conferences and events.

• N. Farhoudi, L. B. Laurentius, J. J. Magda, C. F. Reiche, and F. Solzbacher; “In vivo Monitoring of Glucose using Ultrasound-induced Resonance in Implantable Smart Hydrogel Microstructures”, ACS Sensors, 2021, 6, 10, 3587-3595. (Corresponding author)
• Owens, N.A., Laurentius, L.B., Porter, M.D., Li, Q., Wang, S., and Delphi Chatterjee. Handheld Raman spectrometer instrumentation for quantitative tuberculosis biomarker detection: a performance assessment for point-of-need infectious disease diagnostics. Applied Spectroscopy, 2018, 72(7), 1104-1115.
• Laurentius, L.B., Crawford, A.C., Mulvihill, T.S., Granger, J.H., Robinson, R., Spencer, J.S., Chatterjee, D. Hanson, K.E., and Marc D. Porter. Importance of specimen pretreatment for the low-level detection of mycobacterial lipoarabinomannan in human serum. Analyst, 2017, 142, 177-185.
• Laurentius, L.B., Owens, N.A., Park, J., Crawford, A.C., and Marc D. Porter. Advantages and limitations of nanoparticle labeling for early diagnosis of infection. Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics, 2016, 16(8), 883-895.
• Chizari, K., Vena, A., Laurentius, L., Sundararaj, U. The effect of temperature on the morphology and chemical surface properties of nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes. Carbon, 2014, 68, 369-379.
• Laurentius, L., Stoyanov, S.R., Gusarov, S., Kovalenko, A., Du, R., Lopinski, G.P., and Mark T. McDermott. Diazonium-derived aryl films on gold nanoparticles: Evidence for a carbon–gold covalent bond. ACS Nano, 2011, 5, 4219-4227.