Undergraduate Student
Valparaiso University
Lauren Kadlec is a senior Bioengineering undergraduate student at Valparaiso University. She started conducting research at Los Alamos National Lab in nuclear physics in 2021. In 2022, she interned at Stryker in research and design for shoulder replacements. For the last 2 years, she has been researching biomaterials, including a summer internship in 2023. Besides research, Lauren is active in Tau Beta Pi, ASME, and tutoring. She is the Co-President of Valpo Robotics, which was crowned the Robotic Football National Champion in 2022 and 2023.
After graduation, Lauren hopes to obtain a PhD in Biomedical Engineering.