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Beatrise Berzina

     Disciplinary Writing Consultant

     Office: Hach Hall 0251

     Email: bberzina@iastate.edu

Education

Ph.D. Candidate in Analytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University

Graduate Certificate in Forensic Science, Department of Anthropology, Iowa State University

MS of Natural Sciences, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia

BS Of Natural Sciences, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia

Research Areas

Non-linear electrokinetic separation and enrichment of charged and neutral species; development of an electrokinetic method that will allow miniaturization of hemodialysis equipment, to treat kidney disease

Publications and Patents

Berzina, B.; Anand, R. K. Tutorial Review: Enrichment and Separation of Neutral and Charged Species by Ion Concentration Polarization (ICP). Forthcoming, 2019.

Berzina, B.; Anand, R. K. Continuous Micellar Electrokinetic Focusing of Neutral Species by Ion Concentration Polarization. Submitted, 2019.

Anand, R. K.; Berzina, B. An electrokinetic route to a wearable device for kidney disease management. Patent, Submitted, 2018.

Berzina, B.; Anand, R. K. An electrokinetic separation route to source dialysate from excess fluid in blood, Anal. Chem. 2018, 90, 3720 – 3726.

Berzina, B.; Sokolovs, I.; Suna, E. Copper-Catalyzed para–Selective C–H Amination of Electron-Rich Arenes, ACS Catalysis, 2015, 5, 7008 – 7014.

Berzina, B.; Mutule, I.; Suna, E. Hydridopalladium (II) Halides as Preformed Catalysts for Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Coupling Reactions. Patent, WO2015/063543 A1, May 7, 2015.

Select Conference Presentations

Berzina, B.; Anand, R. K., Electrochemical and electrokinetic route for dialysate regeneration, Pittcon, 2019, Philadelphia, USA. Oral presentation (Invited).

Berzina, B.; Anand, R. K. Continuous micellar electrokinetic separation of neutral analytes driven by ion concentration polarization, American Chemical Society Midwest Regional Meeting, 2018, Ames, USA. Poster presentation.

Berzina, B.; Anand, R. K. An Electrochemically Mediated Separation Route to Source and Regenerate Dialysate for Wearable Hemodialysis, IDEAS, 2018, Seattle, USA. Poster presentation.

Berzina, B.*; Stephenson, M.* Creating Effective Research Statements. Graduate and Professional Student Senate Research conference, 2018, Ames, USA. Oral presentation.

Berzina, B.; Anand, R. K. An Electrokinetically Mediated Separation Route to Source Dialysate from Human Blood Plasma, Cotton-Uphaus competition final, 2018, Ames, USA. Oral presentation.

Berzina, B.; Anand, R. K. An Electrochemically Mediated Separation Route to Source Dialysate from Human Blood Plasma, Pittcon, 2018, Orlando, FL, USA. Poster presentation.

Berzina, B.; Anand, R. K. Electrokinetic Separation of Neutral Species from Blood: Therapeutic and Clinical Applications, Gordon Research Conference: Physics and Chemistry of Microfluidics, 2017, Lucca, Italy. Poster presentation.

Berzina, B.; Anand, R. K. Electrokinetic Separation of Neutral Species from Blood: Therapeutic and Clinical Applications, American Chemical Society Midwest Regional Meeting, 2016, Manhattan, KS. Poster presentation.

Berzina, B.; Anand, R. K. Lab-on-a-chip device for an electrokinetic alternative to hemodialysis. Pacific Northwest Women in Science Retreat, 2016, Rockaway Beach, Oregon. Poster presentation.

Berzina, B.; Sokolovs, I.; Suna, E. Unsymmetrical λ3-Iodines in Cu-catalyzed C-H amination, Walden Symposium, 2015, Riga, Latvia. Poster presentation.

Berzina, B.; Mutule, I.; Suna, E. Palladium (II) hydrides as catalysts in Suzuki-Miyaura reaction, Balticum Organicum Syntheticum, 2012, Tallinn, Estonia. Poster presentation.

Honors and Awards

Mary Helen Merriam Stewart Scholarship, Community Foundation of Jackson County, USA, 2018.

Fassel Travel Award, Iowa State University, 2017 & 2018.

Baxter Young Investigator Award, 2nd tier, Baxter, USA, 2017.

Teaching Excellence Award, Iowa State University, 2017.

Fulbright Scholarship, Department of State, USA, 2015-2016.

Master of Science with Distinction, University of Latvia, 2014.

Young Investigator Award, Latvia Academy of Science, Grindeks Pharma, Latvia, 2014.

Scholarship for excellent academic performance, University of Latvia, 2013-2014.

Scholarship for excellency in research, Riga Technical University, Institute of Organic Synthesis collaborative funds, Latvia, 2013-2014.