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1 CIRRICULUM VITAE SCOTT BERRY EDUCATION 12/04 12/08 Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering Dissertation: Characterization of a Direct Write Method for Fabricating 3D Polymer Microfibers and Construction of Microscale Platforms. Advisor: Dr. Robert S. Keynton 5/03 5/07 Masters of Business Administration GPA: 3.95/4.0 Graduated with Distinction 5/03 12/04 M. Eng. in Mechanical Engineering Thesis: A Characterization of Micromanipulator Controlled Dry Spinning of Micro- and Nanoscale Polymer Fibers. Advisor: Dr. Robert S. Keynton GPA: 3.96/4.0 Graduated with Highest Honors 8/99 5/03 B.S. in Mechanical Engineering Capstone Project: Prototype Development of a Low Load Prolonged Stretch Device with Pneumatic Muscle Actuators. GPA: 3.98/4.0 Graduated with Highest Honors RESEARCH INTERESTS BioMEMS/NEMS Microfluidic Assays Self-Assembly Fabrication Processes Tissue Engineering / 3D Cell Scaffold Design LOC / TAS Micro Sensors and Actuators Cancer Microenvironment PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 02/09 Present Postdoctoral Fellow (Dr. David J. Beebe, Dr. Elaine T. Alarid) Microtechnology Medicine Biology (MMB) Lab University of Madison-Wisconsin Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Oncology Development of microfluidic co-culture platforms to study cancer / stromal interactions; Development of microfluidic array for efficient extraction of nucleic acid from biological samples

2 9/03 02/09 Graduate Assistant (Dr. Robert S. Keynton) Earl and Mary Lou Kohnhorst BioMEMS & Cardiovascular Mechanics Lab Development of novel fabrication techniques in areas of polymer micro/nanofibers, microfluidics, and tissue engineering 5/03-9/03 Graduate Assistant (Dr. Peter M. Quesada) Biomechanics Lab Design and testing of pneumatic brace for applying a low-load, prolonged stretch to elbow joint 5/02 8/02 Mechanical Engineering Co-op 1 Project supervision / management Engineering analysis of pumps, systems, filters, boilers, tanks, condensers, and other power plant components 8/01 1/02 Mechanical Engineering Co-op 2 Project supervision Performance testing of power generation unit Analysis of systems operating at low efficiency 1/01 5/01 Mechanical Engineering Co-op 3 Performance testing on coal mills and cooling systems Power plant inspections Fluid flow calculation in pump systems Clerical duties related to engineering PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Pi Tau Sigma Mechanical Engineering Honor Society Member Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society Member American Society of Mechanical Engineering Student Member Biomedical Engineering Society Early Career Member AWARDS AND SERVICE Norfolk Southern Railroad Scholarship (08/99) Finalist in the 50 th Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (05/99) Graduate Fellowship (05/04) Habitat for Humanity ( ) NSF Outreach to Underprivileged Youth - ElectroOptics Research Institute and Nanotechnology Center (2007)

3 Mentor to Bioengineering Students Sean Warren, DeVonnah Hilgart, and Adam Schworer (05/07 02/09) Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center Postdoctoral Fellowship (08/09 Present) Laboratory Development: HIV detection using qpcr, UW-Madison (2009) PUBLICATIONS Refereed Journal Publications 1. Berry, S. M., and Beebe, D. J. Rapid Nucleic Acid Purification via Microchannel Immiscible Phase Filtration. (In Preparation) 2. Berry, S. M., Warren, S. P., Hilgart, D. A, Pabba, S., Gobin, A. S., Cohn, R. W., and Keynton R. S. Endothelial Cell Scaffolds Generated by 3D Direct Writing of Biodegradable Polymer Microfibers. (In Preparation) 3. Berry, S. M., Cambron, S. D., Warren, S. P., Pabba, S., Cohn, R. W., and Keynton, R. S. Characterization and Modeling of Direct Write Fabrication of Microscale and Sub-Microscale Polymer Fibers. (In Preparation) 4. Berry, S. M., Pabba, S., Crest, J., McKinley, G. H., Cohn, R. W., and Keynton, R. S. Direct Write Fabrication of Carbon Nanotube-Doped Microfibers from Non-Newtonian Polymer Solutions. (In Preparation) 5. Rathfon, J. M., AL-Badri, Z. M., Shunmugam, R., Pabba, S., Berry, S. M., Keynton, R. S., Cohn, R. W., and Tew. G. N. Fluorimetric Nerve Gas Sensing Based on Pyrene Imines Incorporated into Films and Sub-micron Fibers. Advanced Functional Materials (Accepted for Publication) 6. Yazdanpanah, M. M., Hosseini, M., Pabba, S., Berry, S. M., Dobrokhotov, V. V., Safir, A., Keynton, R. S. and Cohn, R. W. Rheological measurements by AFM of the formation of polymer nanofibers. Langmuir, 2008, 24 (23), pp Pabba, S., Sidorov, A. N., Berry, S. M., Yazdanpanah, M. M., Keynton, R. S., Sumanasekera, G. U., and Cohn, R. W. Oriented nanomaterial air-bridges formed from suspended polymer-composite nanofibers, ACS Nano 1(1), Berry, S. M., Harfenist, S. A., Cohn, R. W., Keynton, R. S. Characterization of Micromanipulator-Controlled Dry Spinning of Micro- and Sub-Microscale Polymer Fibers. J. Micromech. Microeng. 16 (2006) Harfenist, S. A., Cambron, S. D., Nelson, E. W., Berry, S. M., Isham, A. W., Crain, M. M., Walsh, K. M., Keynton, R. S., Cohn, R. W. Direct Drawing of Suspended Filamentary Micro- and Nanostructures from Liquid Polymers. Nano Letters Vol. 4 No. 10 (2004) Refereed Conferences Publications 1. Berry, S. M., Cambron, S. D., Warren, S. P., Cohn, R. W., and Keynton, R. S. Direct Write Fabrication of Polymer Fibers for Microscale Applications. University Government Industry Micro/Nano Symposium. July 13-16, 2008, Louisville, KY. 2. Yazdanapanah, M. M., Hosseini, M., Pabba, S., Fasciotto, B. H., Berry, S. M., Dobrokhotov, V. V., Safir, A., Keynton, R. S., and Cohn, R. W. Nanoneedles for biomaterial synthesis and materials characterization of live cells. Nanomaterials and Device Applications, Society for Advancement of Material and Process Engineering. October, 30, 2007, Cincinnati, OH. 3. Berry, S. M., Roussel, T. J., Cambron, S. D., Cohn, R. W., and Keynton, R. S. Fabrication Of Suspended Electroosmotic Microchannels From Sacrificial Polymer Fibers. MicroTAS October 7-11, 2007, Paris, France. 4. Berry, S. M., Roussel, T. J., Cambron, S. D., Cohn, R. W., Keynton, R. S. Fabrication and Electroosmotic Flow Analysis of Freely-Suspended, Three-Dimensional Microchannels from Sacrificial Polymer Fibers SEM Annual Conference & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, June 3-6, 2007, Springfield, MA. 5. Berry, S. M., Pabba, S., Fernandes, J. L., Rathfon, J. M., Tew, G. N., Gobin, A. S., Cohn, R. W., Keynton, R. S. Brush-On Fabrication of Suspended PLLA-PEO-PLLA Triblock Copolymer Microfibers for Cell Culture Scaffolds.

4 2007 SEM Annual Conference & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, June 3-6, 2007, Springfield, MA. 6. Yazdanpanah, M. M., Hosseini, M., Safir, A., Pabba S., Berry S. M., Dobrokhotov, V. V. Keynton R. S., Cohn R. W. Probing Viscoelastic Properties of Single Cells Through Their Entire Thickness SEM Annual Conference & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, June 3-6, 2007, Springfield, MA. 7. Yazdanpanah, M. M., Hosseini, M., Pabba, S., Berry, S. M., Dobrokhotov, V.V., Safir, A., Keynton, R. S., Cohn, R.W. Rheological Measurements by AFM of the Formation of Polymer Nanofibers SEM Annual Conference & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, June 3-6, 2007, Springfield, MA. 8. Pabba, S., Berry, S. M., Yazdapanah, M. M., Keynton, R. S., Cohn, R. W. Nanotube Suspension Bridges Directly Fabricated from Nanotube-Polymer Suspensions by Manual Brushing. IEEE Nano2006, July 16-20, 2006, Cincinnati, OH. 9. Berry, S. M., Roussel, T. J., Cambron, S. D., Harfenist, S. A., Cohn, R. W., Keynton, R. S. Micromanipulator Controlled Fabrication of Micro- and Nanoscale Polymer Fibers and Application as Sacrificial Structures in the Production of Microchannels. Hilton Head 2006: A Solid State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Workshop, June 4-8, 2006, Hilton Head, SC. 10. Berry, S. M., Roussel, T. J., Cambron, S. A., Cohn, R. W., Keynton, R. S. Fabrication of Freely-Suspended, Three-Dimensional Microchannels from Sacrificial Polymer Fibers. International Conference on Microtechnologies in Medicine and Biology, May 9-12, 2006, Bankoku-Shinryokan, Okinawa, Japan. 11. Berry, S. M., Harfenist, S. A., Cohn, R. W., Keynton, R. S. Characterization of Micromanipulator Controlled Dry Spinning of Micro- and Nanoscale Polymer Fibers. International Conference on Microtechnologies in Medicine and Biology 2005 May 12-15, 2005, Oahu, Hawaii. Conference Presentations 1. Yazdanapanah, M. M., Hosseini, M., Pabba, S., Fasciotto, B. H., Berry, S. M., Dobrokhotov, V. V., Safir, A., Keynton, R. S., Cohn, R. W. AFM Probes with Selectively Attached and Oriented Ultra-High Aspect Ratio Metal Nanoneedles and Their Applicability to in situ Measurements and Manipulations of Soft Biomaterials. AFM BIO Med October 15-18, 2008, Monterey, CA. 2. Berry, S. M., Warren S. P., Pabba, S., Gobin, A. S., Cohn, R. W., and Keynton, R. S. Direct Write Fabrication Of Microfibrous Endothelial Cell Scaffolds BMES Annual Fall Meeting. October 2-4, 2008, St. Louis, MO. 3. Yazdanapanah, M. M., Hosseini, M., Pabba, S., Berry, S. M., Safir, A., Dobrokhotov, V. V., Keynton, R. S., and Cohn, R. W. Directed Self-Assembled Nanostructures and Their Applicability to Intracellular Probing Gordon Research Conference on Nanostructure Fabrication. July 13-18, 2008, Tilton, NH. 4. Hosseini, M., Yazdanpanah, M.M., Pabba, S., Berry, S.M., Safir, A., Dobrokhotov, V.V., Keynton, R.S., and Cohn, R.W. Rugged Nanoneedle Probes For Live Intracellular Sensing, In-Situ Biomaterials Synthesis and Characterization of Complex Fluids. KY Nanomat Louisville, KY. 5. Yazdanpanah, MM., Hosseini, M., Pabba, S., Berry, S. M., Dobrokhotov, V. V., Safir, A., Fasciotto, B. H., Keynton, R. S., and Cohn, R. W. Ultra-High aspect Ratio AFM Probes for Property Measurements of Liquids International Scanning Probe Microscopy Conference. June 22-24, 2008, Seattle, WA. 6. Yazdanapanah, M. M., Hosseini, M, Pabba, S., Fasciotto, B. H., Berry, S. M., Dobrokhotov, V. V., Safir, A., Keynton, R. S., Cohn, R. W. Rugged nanoneedle probes for live intracellular sensing, in-situ biomaterials synthesis and characterization of complex fluids. SAMPE Fall Technical Conference. October 29, 2007, Cincinnati, OH. 7. Yazdanapanah, M. M., Hosseini, M., Pabba, S., Fasciotto, B. H., Berry, S. M., Dobrokhotov, V. V., Safir, A., Keynton, R. S., and Cohn, R. W. Rugged Nanoneedle Probes for Live Intracellular Sensing, In-Situ Biomaterials

5 Synthesis and Characterization of Complex Fluids. 13th Annual Kentucky EPSCOR Conference. October 2, 2007, Lexington, KY. 8. Yazdanapanah, M. M., Hosseini, M., Pabba, S., Fasciotto, B. H., Berry, S. M., Dobrokhotov, V. V., Safir, A., Keynton, R. S. and Cohn, R. W. Nanoneedles for biomaterial synthesis and materials characterization of live cells. Nanoelectronic Devices for Defense and Security Conference. June 18-21, 2007, Crystal City, VA. 9. Yazdanpanah, M. M., Hosseini, M., Safir, A., Pabba, S., Berry, S. M., Dobrokhotov, V. V., Keynton, R. S., and Cohn, R. W. Probing Viscoelastic Properties of Single Cells Through Their Entire Thickness. Seeing at the Nanoscale V., June 24-27, 2007, Santa Barbara, CA. 10. Berry, S. M., Pabba, S., Fernandes, J. L., Rathfon, J. M., Tew, G. N., Gobin, A. S., Cohn, R. W., Keynton, R. S. Direct Fabrication by Manual Brushing of Suspended Microscale Fibers for Cell Culture Scaffolds. Society for Biomaterials 2007 Annual Meeting. April 18-21, 2007, Chicago, IL. 11. Pabba, S., Berry, S. M., Yazdanpanah, M. M., Keynton, R. S., and Cohn, R. W. Nanotube Air Bridges Made by Manual Brushing of Nanotube-Polymer Solutions. 12th Annual KY EPSCoR Conference. May 15, 2006, Louisville, KY.