Rahaf Bashmail

Rahaf’s research focuses on developing OECT-based biosensors with novel biorecognition units to achieve high sensitivity and specificity. Her work aims to translate these devices into point-of-care and wearable health monitoring platforms for precision medicine.

• Prototype Development of a Temperature-Sensitive High-Adhesion Medical Tape to Reduce Medical-Adhesive-Related Skin Injury and Improve Quality of Care. Swanson S, Bashmail R, Fellin CR, et al., Int. J. Mol. Sci. 23, 7164 (2022).

• M.Sc. Bioengineering – King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, KSA (2024)
• B.Sc. Materials Science and Engineering, Honors – University of Washington, Seattle, USA (2021)

• Graduate Researcher – Smart Hybrid Materials (SHMs) Lab, KAUST, KSA (2024)
• Research Assistant – Human Photonics Laboratory (HPL), UW, USA (2021)
• Research Intern – The Center for Industrial and Medical Ultrasound, USA (2020)
• Engineering Peer Educator – College of Engineering, UW, Seattle, USA (2020)