Ingar Ying Ka Lau

E-mail : ingarlau@rice.edu

Current address Permanent address

2825 Bellefontaine, #302A 2D, 17/F, 15,

Houston, TX 77025 Watson Road, Causeway Bay

(713) 665-6576 (852)2571-0458

Education Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Major: Agricultural and Biological Engineering ( Biological concentration )

Minor: Biomedical Engineering

Degree: BS ( cum laude) Dec 2000

Cumulative GPA: 3. 76 Major GPA: 3.9

Rice University, Houston, TX ( current )

PhD candidate in Bioengineering

Project: Gene Therapy for improvement of cardiovascular grafts

Awards Dean’s List ( 6 semesters)

1997 Ministry of Education Hong Kong Pre-University Scholarship

Chan Kan Shiu Ching Scholarship 1995-1996

Work Experience Research Assistant June 1999– Aug 2000

U.S. Plant, Soil and Nutrition Laboratory &

Cornell University, ABEN Department

i Research on the correlation between the up-take of heavy metals

and phytochelatins in hypercumulative plants

i Research on the cryopreservation of plants

Research Assistant Sept 2000-Dec 2000

Cornell University, ABEN Department

i Research on developing biosensor for detection of E. coli using

hybridization system of oligonucleotides and liposomes

Research Assistant May – June 1999

Hong Kong University, Molecular Biology Laboratory

i Homology modeling of novel proteins using computer softwares

Research Assistant June-August 1998

Prince of Wales Hospital, Paediatrics Department, Hong Kong

i Data analysis for three different medication treatments for asthma

Activities Graduate Student Association, Ho-Nun-De-Kah Honor Society, Society of

Women Engineers, Biomedical Engineering Society, Tau Beta Pi Honor Society

Publications Stephen Ebbs, Ingar lau, Beth Ahner, Leon Kochian ; Phytochelatin synthesis is not rssponsible for Cd tolerance in the Zn/Cd hyperaccumulator Thlaspi caerulescens Planta 214(4) P.635-640

Research Presentation HSEMB 2003: Enhancing mechanical properties of vascular grafts through increased expression of lysyl oxidase