Rate My Professor Briana Fiser

Fiser's research focuses on biomimetics, microfluidics, and soft matter, with emphasis on biology-inspired micro- and nanotechnologies for human health applications, including strategies to prevent bacterial biofilm formation on surfaces. She has received funding from the National Science Foundation and the North Carolina Biotechnology Center. Fiser is an inventor on four U.S. patents concerning an artificial cilia system to monitor biofluid properties like blood clotting and mucus, including U.S. Patent 8,586,368 titled "Methods and systems for using actuated surface-attached posts for assessing biofluid rheology" granted in 2013. Notable publications include "Biomimetic cilia arrays generate simultaneous pumping and mixing regimes" in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2010), "A highly tunable silicone-based magnetic elastomer with nanoscale homogeneity" in Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (2012), "Micro-elastometry on whole blood clots using actuated surface-attached posts (ASAPs)" in Lab on a Chip (2015), and "Functionalized Self-Assembled Monolayers: Versatile Strategies to Combat Bacterial Biofilm Formation" in Pharmaceutics (2022). She also conducts educational research on student identity in STEM fields.