Biographies of Authors and Editors
Ruiz-Taylor, Laurence Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Zyomyx, Inc., 3911 Trust Way, Hayward, CA 94545, USA
E-mail: lruiz-taylor@zyomyx.com
Web-site: www.zyomyx.com
Laurence Ruiz-Taylor, born in 1971, studied Materials Science at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland and Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA, USA. She concentrated essentially on biomaterials, surface chemistry and analytical surface characterization and obtained her Ph.D. degree at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering of EPFL. Her research focused on the synthesis and characterization of phosphorylcholine containing polymers designed to promote specific cell attachment via surface derivatisation. In 1997, she joined the Laboratory of Surface Science and Technology of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETHZ), Switzerland, as a Research Assistant and Lecturer in Biomaterials Surface Properties and Characterization. In 1999, she joined Zyomyx, Inc. in Hayward, CA, USA as a Research Scientist. Her main research interests are the design, development and characterization of high affinity interfaces for biosensing devices, based on novel polymers and self-assembled monolayers on metal oxides.
