Mark Sprowls
Chemical engineering
Hometown: Tempe, Arizona
Graduation date: Spring 2018
FURI | Spring 2018
Acetone: A Promising Biomarker for Human Fat Metabolism
This research study focuses on the development of a wearable sensor for acetone quantification in skin headspace through measuring color change in a hydroxylamine coated substrate. The development of such a sensor would allow passive tracking of a person’s fat metabolism rate and could alert diabetic individuals of the onset of diabetic ketoacidosis. Thus far, a mobile application for measuring acetone sensor color changes has been developed, as well as the invention of a device capable of providing consistent lighting to photograph colorimetric sensors. Future work will focus on the quantification of acetone vapor in skin headspace using GCMS.
Mentor: Erica Forzani
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