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Jennifer Blain

Professor, School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering

Blain Christen's research includes bio-compatible integration techniques for CMOS electronics; microfluidics, non-traditional microfabrication; MEMS devices/bio-MEMS; bioelectronics focused on analog and neuromorphic design.

Recent stories

Jennifer Blain Christen

Jennifer Blain Christen won the 2022 Joseph C. Palais Distinguished Faculty Scholar Award for her outstanding contributions to electrical engineering.

Ashley Fauss (RET), Lauren Everett (REU), Andreas Spanias, Filippo Posta (RET), Michael Esposito (REU) posing together at Sensor Signal and Information Processing Center

Fulton Schools’ Sensor Signal and Information Processing Center gives high school and community college teachers and ASU undergrads valuable research experience.

powerlines in front of a orange sky caused by wildfires

ASU engineering leads a new research project empowering electric utilities to better understand and manage wildfire risk.

Five EPICS High students with a sign that says "Best in Show"

Fulton Schools EPICS High program joins community group to give young students the opportunity to aid children with disabilities.

Additional stories

A group of student entrepreneurs work together at the Hool Coury Law Tech Venture Showcase.

Passionate problem-solvers pitch for prizes

New student entrepreneurs and experienced faculty entrepreneurs pitched for funding and feedback at the ASU Hool Coury Law Tech Venture Showcase.
Jennifer Blain Christen and Jitendran Muthuswamy received Flinn Foundation Translational Research Grants to bring their research to the marketplace.

Translating innovation from the lab to the marketplace

Two Flinn Foundation grants support ASU bioscience innovations for accessible COVID-19 diagnostics and neurostimulation-based chronic migraine relief.
Mariana Bertoni speaking to a crowd in the front of a room

New Fulton Entrepreneurial Professors move innovation to the market

ASU engineering fellowships help innovative faculty commercialize their technology startup ventures.
Portrait of Jennifer Blain Christen in her lab

Jennifer Blain Christen stimulates nerves and young minds

Jennifer Blain Christen is entering an entirely new field of medicine — electroceutical. This field treats diseases with the direct electrical stimulation of specific nerves, triggering self-treatment within the body, generally with the use of electrodes.