Jillian Ortner

Experience

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  University of Central Florida

  Jun 2015 - Aug 2015

  Summer Research Intern

  CREOL Laser Plasma Laboratory• Designed and built Michelson interferometer with a HeNe laser and photodiode receiver• Investigated vibrational responses of laser mounts by interferometer frequency analysis• Wrote MATLAB code to analyze raw data for frequency of the mounts’ vibrational responses

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  Georgia Institute of Technology

  Sept 2016 - Sept 2020

  • Investigating the biomechanics leading to mitral valve annuloplasty ring dehiscence• Developed the protocol for calibrating the force transducers on the mitral annuloplasty ring• Designed an experiment to characterize sensitivity of force transducers to out-of-plane forces• Analyzed hemodynamics and leaflet kinematics from eight different valve models using MATLAB Pediatric Concussion Assessment Subgroup• Developed a virtual reality pediatric concussion assessment app on an interdisciplinary team• Completed CITI certification for ethically conducting experiments on human subjects• Edited and compiled usability study protocol, which was approved by IRB for human subject testing• Led interdisciplinary subgroup of 8 members in successfully completing promised deliverables • Investigated the relationship between the metastatic potential of ovarian cancer cells, cell stiffness, and the organization of cytoskeletal protein with an atomic force microscope (independent project)• Maintained cell stock of three different cell lines for two grad students and my experiments• Imaged microtubule organization on epifluorescence microscope with GFP-tagged b-tubulin• Conducted atomic force microscope stiffness experiments for several collaborators

  • Undergraduate Researcher in the Yoganathan Cardiovascular Mechanics Lab

    Jan 2019 - Sept 2020

  • 1-to-1 Tutor for the Center for Academic Success

    Aug 2018 - May 2020

  • Physics Lab TA

    Jan 2018 - May 2019

  • Undergraduate Researcher on the Concussion Connect Vertically Integrated Project

    Jan 2018 - May 2019

  • Undergraduate Researcher in the Sulchek BioMEMS and Biomechanics Lab

    Sept 2016 - Dec 2017
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  The University of Texas at Austin

  Jun 2017 - Aug 2017

  Summer Research Scholar

  BME CUReS Cancer REU, Yeh Nanobiosensors and Molecular Tracking Lab• Developed bioconjugation protocols for the synthesis of Antibody-DNA constructs for use in the study of nucleic acid hybridization kinetics in live cells (independent project)• Evaluated yield of desired Antibody-DNA constructs using MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry• Tested binding specificity of fluorescently labelled constructs by imaging on confocal microscope• Measured hybridization kinetics of short DNA segments (7-9 base pairs) in solution with a 3D single molecule tracking microscope for use in CRISPR/Cas9 processes • Created and presented poster at summer symposium and at BMES conference in October 2017 Show less

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  W. L. Gore & Associates

  Sept 2020 - Jun 2024

  Quality Engineer
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  Georgia Institute of Technology

  Aug 2024 - now

  PhD Student in Biomedical Engineering