Luke Boudreau (he/him)

Biographical Statement

Luke graduated with a B.S. in both Chemical Engineering and Biochemistry in May 2022. He worked on a project to understand how polymer chemistry affects the properties of materials formed from complex coacervates.

Luke is currently working as a research technician in the lab of Dr. O. Berk Usta at Massachusetts General Hospital with an ultimate goal of pursuing an MD or an MD/PhD.

Publications

1. U. Parlatan, L. Boudreau, H. Torun, L. Fan, U. Aygun, A.A. Gokaltun, D. Akin, O.B. Usta, U. Demirci, "SPECTRA-Based Detection of Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity Through Extracellular Vesicle Analysis," Sensors and Actuators B, (2026), 455, 139520. [PDF]
2. T. Nemkov, Z. Isiksacan, N. William, R. Senturk, L.E. Boudreau, M.L. Yarmush, J.P. Acker, A. D’Alessandro, O.B. Usta, "Supercooled Storage of Red Blood Cells Slows Down the Metabolic Storage Lesion," Scientific Reports, (2025), 15 34574. [PDF]
3. I. Ramírez Marrero, L. Boudreau, R. Gutzler, N. Kaiser, B. von Vacano, R. Konradi, S.L. Perry, "Decoupling the Effects of Charge Density and Hydrophobicity on the Phase Behavior and Viscoelasticity of Complex Coacervates," Macromolecules, (2024), 57(10), 4680-4694. [PDF]