Alayne Morrel

Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California

Alayne Morrel was born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She graduated cum laude with her bachelor of science in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Southern California with an emphasis in Molecular-Cellular Engineering.

Morrel has been published in MDPI Bioengineering and SLAS Technology. She was awarded the USC Presidential Scholarship and research grants from the Center for Undergraduate Research in Viterbi Engineering (CURVE) and Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE).

Her research experience includes modeling gene-tumor associations with bipartite networks and developing a thread-based biosensor for acetylcholine detection and monitoring. She also interned for a startup that designed ML-enhanced, wearable accommodation technology. Her service projects centered on community health, with her favorites being a community garden and mobile clinic.

Morrel chose EnMed because of her passion for using innovation to circumvent accessibility constraints. In addition to creating low-cost devices, she hopes to further develop mobile clinic technology to bring quality care to the people that need it most.

In her free time, she enjoys reading and attempting to garden. Her favorite genres are mysteries and science fiction, and her favorite plant orchids.