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Professor Ogata obtained a B.Sc. from the College of William & Mary, where she conducted undergraduate research with Dr. Kristin Wustholz. As an NSF Graduate Fellow, Ogata completed her PhD under Dr. Reginald Penner at UC Irvine. She was a visiting scholar at KAIST with Dr. Il-Doo Kim, also an NSF GROW fellow. Ogata served as an NIH T32 postdoctoral fellow at Brigham Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, where she led COVID-19 research using ultrasensitive protein assays to study SARS-CoV-2 antigens in patients including pediatrics and vaccinated health care workers. She believes that dedicated mentorship and skills in independent research, leadership, communication, diversity, and inclusion are essential for student growth, and she looks forward to collaborating with chemists, material scientists, biomedical chemical engineers, and MD-PhDs to foster an empathetic and accountable team environment that drives research innovations.
Department of Sociology