Mireille Kamariza | |
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| Alma mater | San Diego Mesa College University of California, San Diego (BS) University of California, Berkeley (MA) Stanford University (PhD) |
| Known for | chemical tools, biosensors, point-of-care diagnostics |
| Scientific career | |
| Thesis | The Power of Solvatochromism: Using Environment-sensitive Trehalose Probes to Detect Mycobacteria with Applications in Research and Medicine (2019) |
| Doctoral advisor | Carolyn R. Bertozzi |
Mireille Kamariza is a Burundian-born American bioscientist and an Assistant Professor in the Bioengineering Department at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science. Previously, Kamariza was appointed as a Harvard Junior Fellow for her postdoctoral studies and she completed her doctoral studies in Biology at Stanford University. Her research considers the development of chemical biosensing tools, low cost point-of-care diagnostics, infectious diseases, and global health. In 2020, she was named as one of Chemical & Engineering News's Talented 12.