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Simon D’Oelsnitz on Building a Sensitive, Specific PFAS Sensor

By September 10, 2025No Comments

Simon D’Oelsnitz always keeps the potential applications of his science at the top of mind. When he studied pharmacology, he thought about the customers he worked with as a pharmacy technician at CVS. After graduate school, he did the regional NSF I-Corps program, where he interviewed different industry professionals about adopting new technologies. And now, as a Wyss Postdoc, he is motivated by conversations with professionals at environmental protection agencies, who understand the potential value of PFASense, a PFAS diagnostic he’s developing. Learn more about Simon and his work in this month’s Humans of the Wyss.