Jason Mantei, PhD Baxter Healthcare

Jason Mantei is currently a research scientist at Baxter Healthcare in Round Lake, IL. His role is in supporting a variety of teams as a part of their Microscopy function, where he has been for over 2 years. He received his bachelor’s degree in materials science and engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2006 and his PhD in the same field at Northwestern University in 2012. His doctoral research focused on the interactions of electrically sensitive cells with carbon nanotubes as well as microscopy of self-assembled biomaterials. His technical expertise is primarily in scanning electron microscopy, light and confocal microscopy, elemental analysis, and the automation of data acquisition and analysis.