Nathan Zavanelli’s research aims to replace the current outdated paradigm of rigid, bulky, and wired medical electronics with a new class of soft, conformal, and stretchable devices. He is especially interested in how this work can expand medical access in underserved and low resource communities. He is excited to mentor a multifaceted team of Gonzaga undergraduates interested in materials, mechanics, electronics, signal processing, and medical devices for this interdisciplinary pursuit. During His PhD, he was awarded the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, ARCS Fellowship, Bioengineering Department Best Thesis Award, IEEE VIC Innovation Award, Imlay Foundation Global Impact Award, and the Office of the Provost Award for Innovation. He then pursued post-doctoral research at Carnegie Mellon University, where he focused on printing nanomaterial-based stretchable conductors and sensors. He is the primary author of five patents, including one for a medical device with FDA 510(k) clearance.
