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Postdoctoral research fellow at Cambridge University developing novel proteomic screening methods

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A postdoctoral researcher and a Schmidt Science Fellow at the University of Cambridge developing novel proteomic screening methods reliant on state-of-the-art micron and nano scale fabrication and flow engineering approaches. Researcher profile can be found on: https://www.ch.cam.ac.uk/person/kls78 My areas of interests include: -bio- and medical technology -novel sensing approaches -soft-robotics -wearable electronics -energy generation, distribution and efficiency -data science etc.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Biophysics
• ★ Chemical Engineering
• ★ Microfluidics
• ☆ Chemistry
• ☆ Physical Chemistry
• ☆ Analytical Chemistry
• ☆ Biotechnology & Bioengineering
• ☆ Nanobiotechnology
• ☆ Engineering
• ☆ Data Science
• ☆ Data Analysis
• ☆ Data Processing
• ☆ Data Cleaning
• ☆ Health Data Analysis
• ☆ Biosensors
• ☆ Wearable Technology

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Writing Technical Writing

Research Systematic Literature Review

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Algorithm Design-Non ML, Data Visualization

Product Development Formulation, Stability/Shelf Life Testing

Work Experience

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

University of Cambridge

November 2018 - Present

Education

PhD student (Department of Chemistry)

UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

October 2014 - Present

BA & MEng (Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology)

UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

October 2010 - June 2014

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

OTHER

Georg Krainer, Kadi L. Saar, William E. Arter, Raphaël P.B. Jacquat, Quentin Peter, Pavankumar Challa, Christopher G. Taylor, David Klenerman, Tuomas P.J. Knowles(2020). Direct digital sensing of proteins through single-molecule optofluidics . Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Tom Scheidt, Tadas Kartanas, Quentin Peter, Matthias M. Schneider, Kadi L. Saar, Thomas Müller, Pavan Kumar Challa, Aviad Levin, Sean Devenish, Tuomas P. J. Knowles(2020). Multidimensional protein characterisation using microfluidic post-column analysis . Lab on a Chip. Royal Society of Chemistry ({RSC})

Matos, Maria J and Navo, Claudio D and Hakala, Tuuli and Ferhati, Xhenti and Guerreiro, Ana and Hartmann, David and Bernardim, Barbara and Saar, Kadi L and Compa{\~n}{\'o}n, Ismael and Corzana, Francisco and others(2019). Quaternization of Vinyl/Alkynyl Pyridine Enables Ultrafast Cysteine-Selective Protein Modification and Charge Modulation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 58. (20). p. 6640--6644. Wiley Online Library

Saar, Kadi L and Peter, Quentin and M{\"u}ller, Thomas and Challa, Pavan K and Herling, Therese W and Knowles, Tuomas PJ(2019). Rapid two-dimensional characterisation of proteins in solution. Microsystems & nanoengineering. 5. (1). p. 1--10. Nature Publishing Group

Ruggeri, Francesco and Saar, Kadi and Challa, Pavan and Benesch, Justin and Knowles, Tuomas and others(2019). Analysis of $α$B-crystallin polydispersity in solution through native microfluidic electrophoresis. Royal Society of Chemistry

William E. Arter, Jérôme Charmet, Jinglin Kong, Kadi L. Saar, Therese W. Herling, Thomas Müller, Ulrich F. Keyser, Tuomas P. J. Knowles(2018). Combining Affinity Selection and Specific Ion Mobility for Microchip Protein Sensing . Analytical Chemistry. American Chemical Society ({ACS})

Kadi L. Saar, Thomas Müller, Jérôme Charmet, Pavan Kumar Challa, Tuomas P. J. Knowles(2018). Enhancing the Resolution of Micro Free Flow Electrophoresis through Spatially Controlled Sample Injection . Analytical Chemistry. American Chemical Society ({ACS})

Saar, Kadi L and Zhang, Yingbo and M{\"u}ller, Thomas and Kumar, Challa P and Devenish, Sean and Lynn, Andrew and {\L}api{\'n}ska, Urszula and Yang, Xiaoting and Linse, Sara and Knowles, Tuomas PJ(2018). On-chip label-free protein analysis with downstream electrodes for direct removal of electrolysis products. Lab on a Chip. 18. (1). p. 162--170. Royal Society of Chemistry

Arter, William E and Charmet, Jérôme and Kong, Jinglin and Saar, Kadi L and Herling, Therese W and Müller, Thomas and Keyser, Ulrich F and Knowles, Tuomas PJ(2018). Combining affinity selection and specific ion mobility for microchip protein sensing. Analytical chemistry. 90. (17). p. 10302--10310. ACS Publications

Challa, Pavan Kumar and Peter, Quentin and Wright, Maya A and Zhang, Yuewen and Saar, Kadi L and Carozza, Jacqueline A and Benesch, Justin LP and Knowles, Tuomas PJ(2018). Real-time intrinsic fluorescence visualization and sizing of proteins and protein complexes in microfluidic devices. Analytical chemistry. 90. (6). p. 3849--3855. ACS Publications

Saar, Kadi L and Bombelli, Paolo and Lea-Smith, David J and Call, Toby and Aro, Eva-Mari and M{\"u}ller, Thomas and Howe, Christopher J and Knowles, Tuomas PJ(2018). Enhancing power density of biophotovoltaics by decoupling storage and power delivery. Nature energy. 3. (1). p. 75--81. Nature Publishing Group

Zhang, Yuewen and Yates, Emma V and Hong, Liu and Saar, Kadi L and Meisl, Georg and Dobson, Christopher M and Knowles, Tuomas PJ(2018). On-chip measurements of protein unfolding from direct observations of micron-scale diffusion. Chemical science. 9. (14). p. 3503--3507. Royal Society of Chemistry

Herling, Therese W and Levin, Aviad and Saar, Kadi L and Dobson, Christopher M and Knowles, Tuomas PJ(2018). Microfluidic approaches for probing amyloid assembly and behaviour. Lab on a Chip. 18. (7). p. 999--1016. Royal Society of Chemistry

Perni, Michele and Challa, Pavan K and Kirkegaard, Julius B and Limbocker, Ryan and Koopman, Mandy and Hardenberg, Maarten C and Sormanni, Pietro and M{\"u}ller, Thomas and Saar, Kadi L and Roode, Lianne WY and others(2018). Massively parallel C. elegans tracking provides multi-dimensional fingerprints for phenotypic discovery. Journal of neuroscience methods. 306. p. 57--67. Elsevier

Kong, Lingling and Saar, Kadi Liis and Jacquat, Raphael and Hong, Liu and Levin, Aviad and Gang, Hongze and Ye, Ruqiang and Mu, Bozhong and Knowles, Tuomas PJ(2017). Mechanism of biosurfactant adsorption to oil/water interfaces from millisecond scale tensiometry measurements. Interface focus. 7. (6). p. 20170013. The Royal Society

{\L}api{\'n}ska, Urszula and Saar, Kadi L and Yates, Emma V and Herling, Therese W and M{\"u}ller, Thomas and Challa, Pavan K and Dobson, Christopher M and Knowles, Tuomas PJ(2017). Gradient-free determination of isoelectric points of proteins on chip. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 19. (34). p. 23060--23067. Royal Society of Chemistry

Saar, Kadi-Liis and Yates, Emma V and M{\"u}ller, Thomas and Saunier, S{\'e}verine and Dobson, Christopher M and Knowles, Tuomas PJ(2016). Automated ex situ assays of amyloid formation on a microfluidic platform. Biophysical journal. 110. (3). p. 555--560. Elsevier

Michaels, Thomas CT and Dear, Alexander J and Kirkegaard, Julius B and Saar, Kadi L and Weitz, David A and Knowles, Tuomas PJ(2016). Fluctuations in the kinetics of linear protein self-assembly. Physical review letters. 116. (25). p. 258103. APS

DISSERTATION THESIS

Saar, Kadi Liis(2019). Advances in biophysical characterisation through micron scale flow engineering.