Loza Assistant Tadesse

Loza Assistant Tadesse is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Their research interests include medical diagnostics, cell type monitoring, and detection, as well as optics, spectroscopy, plasmonics, and nanophotonics. They also engage with machine learning, spectral analysis, and tools for limited dataset applications. Tadesse holds a PhD from Stanford University in Bioengineering, a Master's in Bioengineering from Stanford University, and a Bachelor's in Biology from Minnesota State University Moorhead. Their work is associated with the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering and can be explored through their profile page.

Loza Tadesse is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT and the Ragon Institute, specializing in nanophotonic platforms for chiral sensing and separation. Their research integrates plasmonic and electrostatic interactions to enhance surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) for bacterial detection. Tadesse also explores the use of acoustic bioprinting combined with AI-assisted Raman spectroscopy for high-throughput bacterial identification in blood. Their work includes developing machine learning models for label-free single-cell analysis and rapid tuberculosis drug resistance detection. Additionally, they investigate Li–O2 battery cathodes and nonlinear optical responses in energetic materials. Tadesse's contributions span from spectroscopic diagnostics to advanced materials characterization.