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Alex Hyler

Adjunct Faculty
  • Program Manager, Teleflex Medical
portrait of Alex Hyler in a blue blazer
Teleflex Medical
ahyler@vt.edu

Alex is a Program Manager in the Surgical Business Unit at Teleflex Medical. She initiates, manages, and executes new product development and sustaining projects of current product portfolios in devices spanning surgical staplers, clip appliers, and accessories. She previously served as Vice President and CSO of CytoRecovery, Inc. in Blacksburg, VA. 

Serving as a consultant with CytoRecovery, Alex leads a team commercializing a novel cell sorting platform with improved cell viability, recovery, and behavior. Using label-free, microfluidics technology invented in the Davalos Laboratory at Virginia Tech, they are developing a novel tool for cell enrichment, sorting, and recovery for applications spanning oncology, neurology, regenerative medicine, and more. 

Research Interests

  • Biotechnology
  • Commercialization
  • Translational cancer research
  • Nanobioengineering
  • Medical devices
  • Microfluidics.

Education

  • Virginia Tech: Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, 2018
  • University of Kansas: B.S., Chemical Engineering, German minor, 2013  

Department Involvement

  • BMES 4154/5154: Commercialization of Biomedical Engineering (BME) Research

Awards, Honors, and Service

  • 2018: Virginia Tech Graduate Student of the Year
  • 2015-2016: J. William Fulbright Fellow to Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 2013-2018: NSF Interdisciplinary Graduate Education Program Fellowship

Selected Publications

AR Hyler, D Hong, RV Davalos, NS Swami, EM Schmelz. “A Novel Ultra-Low Conductivity Electromanipulation Buffer Improves Cell Viability and Enhances Dielectrophoreitc Consistency.” Electrophoresis, 2021 (https://doi.org/10.1002/elps.202000324).

A Salahi, WB Varhue, V Farmehini, AR Hyler, EM Schmelz, RV Davalos, NS Swami. “Self-aligned microfluidic contactless dielectrophoresis device fabricated by single-layer imprinting on cyclic olefin copolymer.” Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 412:3881-3889, 2020 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-020-02667-9).

V Farmehini, W Varhue, A Salahi, AR Hyler, J Cemezar, RV Davalos, NS Swami. “On-Chip Impedance for Quantifying Parasitic Voltages During AC Electrokinetic Trapping.” IEEE Trans on Biomedical Eng. 67(6):1664-1671), 2020 (10.1109/TBME.2019.2942572).

AR Hyler, NC Baudoin, MS Brown, MA Stremler, D Cimini, RV Davalos, EM Schmelz. “Fluid shear stress impacts ovarian cancer cell viability, subcellular organization, and promotes genomic instability.” PLOS ONE, 2018 (http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0194170).