Ruby Lunde

I am an undergraduate student in the Department of Bioengineering pursuing a B.S.. I am going into my last year in the program with special interest in biosensors, diagnostic tools, and molecular engineering. My work in this lab has been in developing a urine processing device with special application to improving tuberculosis testing. Most of my interest in bioengineering overlaps with global health and equity issues.

Outside of the lab, I am also involved in Theta Tau professional fraternity, Q-munity social RSO for queer students at UW, and the Women's Lacrosse Team.

Education and Training

Experience/Positions

Consultant – Bristol Myers Squibb, Seattle, WA (06/2021 – 09/2021)

Co-Founder – Truly Technologies, LLC, Seattle, WA (06/2021 – Current)

Undergraduate Research Assistant – Lai Lab, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (01/2020 – Current)

Awards/Honors

2021, Mary Gates Leadership Scholarship

2021, Best Idea for Addressing Health Access and Disparities Prize, Hollomon Health Innovation Challenge, University of Washington Foster School Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship

2021, Finalist, Lemelson-MIT Collegiate Inventors Student Prize

2020, Design by Biomedical Undergraduate Teams (DEBUT) 2nd Prize, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering/VentureWell

2018-2022, Purple and Gold Scholarship