Medical Laboratory Technician
Indiana University Health
Riley Gorden (he/him) is a medical laboratory technician at Indiana University Health (IUH), Indianapolis, Indiana. Gorden's primary experience is in the molecular analysis of clinical samples, with experience in nucleic acid extraction, amplification, melt curve analysis, and capillary electrophoresis. As an undergrad, Gorden studied biology at Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis, working as a part-time clinical research intern in the Indiana University School of Medicine (IUSM). At IUSM, Gorden received his first exposure to molecular techniques by genotyping mice models for downstream research. With just shy of two years of clinical laboratory experience, Riley is sitting for the MB(ASCP) exam in November 2023 and plans to return to IUSM to pursue a masters degree next spring.