Dr. Annatoma Arif is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. Her research focuses on advanced manufactured micro/nano systems for healthcare, biomedical, and robotics applications, with a strong emphasis on cancer diagnostics and therapeutics. She combines additive manufacturing, printed electronics, and microfabrication to create low-cost, scalable, and high-performance devices for real-world biomedical use.
During her PhD, Dr. Arif developed a highly sensitive, selective, and reusable inkjet-printed electrochemical sensor for detecting ultra-trace levels of lead in drinking water, fabricated for just $1.00. She also contributed to the development of a gold interdigitated sensor for early colorectal cancer detection (NSF-funded) and optimized copper nanoparticle-based conductive inks for printed gas sensors (KCNSC).
At Stanford, she is designing a 3D-printed microsystem that enables high-throughput, spatially resolved mass spectrometry, addressing a critical need in spatial omics for cancer research.
Her future work will focus on three directions: (1) developing wearable/implantable biosensors for early detection of multifactorial cancer models; (2) 3D printing human organoids to advance drug screening, biomarker discovery, and cancer biology; and (3) creating fully automated 3D-printed microsystems with integrated imaging for spatial proteomic, transcriptomic, and metabolomic analysis. Together, these efforts aim to transform how micro/nano systems contribute to precision medicine and human health.