Erica D. Pratt

Dr. Erica D. Pratt is Moorman-Simon Interdisciplinary Career Development Assistant Professor in Biomedical Engineering at Boston University. She directs the Pratt Laboratory developing liquid biopsy technologies for cancer detection and monitoring.

Education includes a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Cornell University and B.S. from Carnegie Mellon. Research integrates molecular diagnostics, microfluidics, and multi-omics approaches to detect circulating biomarkers in pancreatic cancer with focus on clinical translation.

Recent publications advance liquid biopsy methods through droplet-based amplification techniques, kinase activity probes, and ultrasensitive mutation detection platforms. Work demonstrates novel approaches for analyzing circulating tumor DNA and cells at low concentrations.

• Rita Allen Scholar (2024)
• Moorman-Simon Interdisciplinary Career Development Professorship
• American Cancer Society Pilot Grant awardee (2023)
• NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

The Pratt Laboratory maintains collaborations with clinical oncology groups to validate diagnostic platforms, with recent Dean's Catalyst Award supporting kinase activity profiling innovations.