MARU ANDO

MARU ANDO

2017-2021: Music scholarship student, Westminster School, Rugby School, U.K.
2017: Inaugural study abroad scholarship recipient at Waseda Jitsugyo, Enrolled in Rugby School, U.K.
2019: Enrolled in the Westminster School, U.K.
2019 to present: Engaged in research at Keio University on the application of the use of chemical microbeads on in vivo glucose sensors
2021: Enrolled in Johns Hopkins University, U.S. (Biomedical Engineering)
2021: Published research article as the First Author to international academic journal, Sensors
(Janus Hydrogel Microbeads for Glucose Sensing with pH Calibration, Sensors (2021))
2021: Poster presentation at µTAS2021, Palm Spring, CA, nominated for the four Poster Awards
2024: Poster presentation at The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) 2024, Seattle, WA, selected for ‘Hot Topic’

I am carrying out research on innovative glaucoma treatment at Johns Hopkins University Center for Nanomedicine. I presented the research at ARVO 2024, the largest international gathering of eye and vision researchers, and my research was selected as ‘Hot Topic’ representing the newest and most innovative research. I hope to continue my research and show potential as a new therapeutic approach for treating glaucoma. I am also selected and working in a team of Johns Hopkins Biomedical Engineering department to revolutionize stoma care in collaboration with Johns Hopkins Medicine.