Summary
Luis Ayala is a Biomedical Engineering PhD candidate at Northwestern's Kelley Lab with nine years of hands-on experience designing and prototyping wearable diagnostic devices, BioMEMS, and biosensors. A UC Berkeley bioengineering alumnus with a minor in EECS, he led human on-body trials and developed sweat-based electrochemical sensors and hygrometer wearables, even filing a provisional patent for a digital sweat-monitoring device. An international researcher from Mexico, he blends human-centered design and rapid fabrication (3D printing, microfluidics) with automation and data-driven analysis to push real-time, noninvasive monitoring toward precision, accessible healthcare. Outside the lab he channels visual thinking into photography and design and pursues running and rock climbing—habits that inform his pragmatic, user-focused approach to solving complex bioengineering problems.
9 years of coding experience