Awards & Recognition
Our faculty members are recognized nationally and internationally for their professional excellence
2019-2020
National Recognition and Professional Leadership
- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science—Ravi Bellamkonda, Ashutosh Chilkoti and Tony Huang
- Fellow, National Academy of Inventors—Kathryn Nightingale and Blake Wilson
- Senior Member, National Academy of Inventors—Amanda Randles
- Chair, US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, National Academy of Engineering—Jennifer West
- Top 100 Finalist, 100&Change Competition, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation—Nimmi Ramanujam
Professional Society Recognition
- Michael S. Feld Biophotonics Award, The Optical Society—Nimmi Ramanujam
- Biophotonics Technology Innovator Award, Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)—Nimmi Ramanujam
- Women in Molecular Imaging (WIMIN) Outstanding Leadership Award, World Molecular Imaging Congress—Nimmi Ramanujam
- Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Sina Farsiu
- Fellow, International Union of Societies for Biomaterials and Engineering—Ashutosh Chilkoti
- President, American Association of Physicists in Medicine—James T. Dobbins III
- EMBS Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society—Nimmi Ramanujam
Early Career Awards
- Young Investigator Award, IEEE Photonics Society—Junjie Yao
Fellowships
- Faculty Fellow in Israel, Jewish National Fund—Xiling Shen
Media Recognition
- 100 Inspiring Black Scientists in America, Cell Press—Samira Musah
- Highly Cited Researchers, ISI-Web of Science—Charles Gersbach and Guillermo Sapiro
2018-2019
National Research and Professional Leadership Awards
- Fulbright Global Scholar Award, U.S. Department of State—Nimmi Ramanujam
- Trailblazer Award, National Institutes of Health—Stefan Zauscher
Professional Society Recognition
- Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)—Lingchong You
- Van C. Mow Medal, American Society of Mechanical Engineers—Tony Jun Huang
Early Career Awards
- Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, National Science Foundation—Yiyang Gong
- Young Investigator Award, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)—Junjie Yao
University and School Honors
- Bass Connection Professor (Duke University)—Amanda Randles
- Graduate Dean's Award for Excellence in Mentoring (Duke University)—Jennifer West
- Betsy Alden Outstanding Service-Learning Award (Duke University)—Kevin Caves
- Klein Family Distinguished Teaching Award (Duke University Pratt School of Engineering)—Wanda Krassowska Neu
- Stansell Family Distinguished Research Award (Duke University Pratt School of Engineering)—Charles Gersbach
- Lois and John L. Imhoff Distinguished Teaching Award (Duke University Pratt School of Engineering)—Ann Saterbak
- Capers and Marion McDonald Mentoring and Advising Award (Duke University Pratt School of Engineering)—Gregg Trahey
- Capers and Marion McDonald Teaching and Research Award (Duke University Pratt School of Engineering)—Sina Farsiu
2017-2018
National Research and Professional Leadership Awards
- Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (United States of America) – Joseph Izatt, Nimmi Ramanujam, Tuan Vo-Dinh
- Drs. Anvar and Pari Velji Emerging Leader in Global Health Innovation Faculty Award, Consortium of Universities for Global Health (Multinational) – Nimmi Ramanujam
Professional Society Recognition
- Fellow, Biomedical Engineering Society — Fan Yuan
- Outstanding Member of the Editorial Board Award, IEEE Signal Processing Society – Sina Farsiu
- Bingham Medalist, Society of Rheology – Michael Rubinstein
Early Career Awards
- IEEE-CS Technical Consortium on High Performance Computing Award for Excellence for Early Career Researchers in High Performance Computing – Amanda Randles
- Grace Murray Hopper Award, Association for Computing Machinery – Amanda Randles
Distinguished and Plenary Lectures
- Plenary lecturer, Second World Congress on Electroporation and Pulsed Electric Fields in Biology, Medicine and Food & Environmental Technologies — Fan Yuan
2016-2017
National Academy of Engineering Membership
- Elected in 2017 – Blake Wilson
National Research and Professional Leadership Awards
- Member, National Academy of Inventors – Jennifer West
- Helmholtz-Rayleigh Interdisciplinary Silver Medal, Acoustical Society of America – Blake Wilson
- ARVO Foundation/Pfizer Ophthalmics Carl Camras Translational Research Award – Sina Farsiu
- Allen Distinguished Investigator, Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group – Charles Gersbach
Professional Society Recognition
- Fellow, Acoustical Society of America – Blake Wilson
- Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering – Joel Collier and Charles Gersbach
- Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) – Xin Li
- Editor-in-Chief, Current Opinion in Biomedical Engineering – George Truskey
Early Career Awards
- Analytic Chemistry 2017 Young Innovator Award – Tony Jun Huang
- Beckman Young Investigator, Beckman Foundation – Yiyang Gong
- Sloan Research Fellowship, Sloan Foundation – Yiyang Gong
- Stanley Fahn Junior Faculty Award, Parkinson's Disease Foundation – Michael Tadross
- Vallee Young Investigator, Vallee Foundation – Yiyang Gong
University and School Honors
- Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award (Duke University) – Libby Bucholz
- Dean's Award for Excellence in Mentoring (Duke University Graduate School) – Joseph Izatt
- Distinguished Service Award (Pratt School) – Roger Coke Barr
- Capers & Marion McDonald Award for Excellence in Teaching & Research (Pratt School) – Fan Yuan
- Capers & Marion McDonald Award for Excellence in Mentoring & Advising (Pratt School) – Marc Sommer
- Lois & John L. Imhoff Distinguished Teaching Award (Pratt School) – Mark Palmeri
- Diamond Award for Distinguished Achievement in Academia (University of Washington) – Ashutosh Chilkoti
- Distinguished Visiting Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (University of Edinburgh) – Dan Sorin
- Distinguished Visiting Fellow of the Scottish Informatics & Computer Science Alliance (University of Edinburgh) – Dan Sorin
Distinguished and Plenary Lectures
- Director's Lecture, National Institutes of Health – Jennifer West
Media Recognition
- "Top 100 Discoveries of 2016," Discover Magazine – Xiling Shen
- “Innovators Under 35,” MIT Technology Review – Amanda Randles
- Most Cited Researchers in Materials Science and Engineering (Elsevier Scopus data compiled by MSE Supplies) – Ashutosh Chilkoti
2015-2016
National Academy of Engineering Membership
- Elected in 2016 – Jennifer West
National Research and Professional Leadership Awards
- 2016 Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke -- Warren Grill
- NVIDIA Global Impact Award -- Joseph Izatt
- GSK & Save the Children Healthcare Innovation Award -- Robert Malkin/Fundación VIHDA, Ecuador
- 2016 Technology Award, Eduard Rhein Foundation -- Blake Wilson
Professional Society Recognition
- Finalist, 2015 Gordon Bell Prize – Amanda Randles
- Senior area editor, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing – Sina Farsiu
- Pascal Rol Award for Best Paper in Ophthalmic Technologies at the SPIE Photonics West 2015 – Sina Farsiu
- President-Elect, International Society for Bioelectromagnetism – Craig Henriquez
- Charter Member, NIH BMIT-B Study Section – Kathryn Nightingale
- Vice chair & chair-elect, Gordon Research Conference on Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering – Jennifer West
- Vice chair & chair-elect, Gordon Research Conference on Eye Movements – Marc Sommer
Early Career Awards
- Young Investigator Award, Office of Naval Research -- Michael Lynch
- Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering (CMBE) Young Innovator, 2015 -- Brent Hoffman
University and School Honors
- 2016 Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award (Duke University) -- Elizabeth Bucholz
- Teamwork Award (Duke University) -- Guillermo Sapiro & colleagues
- 2016 Dean's Award for Inclusive Excellence in Graduate Education, The Duke University Graduate School -- MRSEC (Stefan Zauscher, Director)
- Klein Family Distinguished Teaching Award (Pratt School) -- Brenton Hoffman
- Lois and John L. Imhoff Distinguished Teaching Award (Pratt School) -- Roger Nightingale
- Capers and Marion McDonald Teaching and Research Award (Pratt School) -- Jennifer West
- 2015 Distinguished Alumnus Award, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi -- Ashutosh Chilkoti
- Honorary doctorate in medicine, University of Salamanca (Spain) -- Blake Wilson
Distinguished Lectureships
- Plenary lecture, SPIE Biophotonics South America Symposium -- Tuan Vo-Dinh
Media Recognition
- 2015 Global Thinkers, Foreign Policy -- Miguel Nicolelis
2014-2015
Society Member/Fellow Recognition
- Fellow, National Academy of Inventors – Ashutosh Chilkoti
- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science – George Truskey
- Fellow, IEEE – Guillermo Sapiro and Blake S. Wilson
- Alternate Member, IEEE – Roger Barr
- Fellow, AIMBE College of Fellows – Lawrence Boyd, Nenad Bursac, Kathy Nightingale and Adam Wax
- Chair, AIMBE College of Fellows – Jennifer West
University and School
- Scholar/Teacher of the Year Award (Duke University) – Warren Grill
- Inaugural Dastgheib Pioneer Award in Ocular Innovation (Duke University Eye Center) – Joseph Izatt
- Lois and John L. Imhoff Distinguished Teaching Award (Pratt School) – Charles Wallace
- Capers and Marion McDonald Teaching and Research Award (Pratt School) – Kathy Nightingale
- Robert W. Carr, Jr., Distinguished Professorship of Biomedical Engineering – Nimmi Ramanujam
National/International
- National Academy of Engineering Russ Prize – Blake S. Wilson
- Clemson Award for Basic Research, Society of Biomaterials – Jennifer West
- Highly Cited Researcher, Thomson-Reuters – Jennifer West
- C.E.K. Mees Medal, Optical Society of America – Warren Warren
- Honorary Doctorate, Uppsala University (Sweden) – Blake S. Wilson
Early Career
- Young Investigator Award, Creative and Novel Ideas for HIV Research – Benjamin Yellen
- National Science Foundation CAREER Award – Brenton Hoffman
Media Recognition
- MIT Technology Review 35 Innovators Under 35, Popular Science Brilliant 10 – Jon Viventi
2013-2014
Society Member/Fellow Recognition
- Elected 2014 Fellow, National Academy of Inventors – Kam Leong
University and School
- Lois and John L. Imhoff Distinguished Teaching Award (Pratt School) – Elizabeth Bucholz
- Stansell Family Distinguished Research Award (Pratt School) – Nenad Bursac
- Outstanding Postdoc Mentor (Duke University) – & Secret Provost honor in Fall
Warren Grill - Chandran Award in Neuro-Oncology (Pratt School) – Paolo Maccarini
- Capers & Marion McDonald Award for Excellence in Teaching and Research (Pratt School) – Lori Setton
- 2013 Chandran Lecture in Neuro-Oncology (Pratt School) – Jennifer West
National/International
- Inaugural recipient of the BMES Innovator Award for Cell & Molecular Bioengineering and the 2014 Arthritis Foundation Investigator Award – Farsh Guilak
- 2014-15 Fulbright Scholar Grant – Monty Reichert
Early Career
- Outstanding New Investigator, ASGCT and Capers & Marion McDonald Teaching and Research Award (Pratt School) – Charlie Gersbach
Previous Academic Years
2012-2013
Faculty Early Career Awards
- Rising Star Award, Society for Physical Regulation in Medicine and Biology -- Charles Gersbach
- Searle Scholar Award; Basil O’Connor Starter Scholar Research Award, March of Dimes -- Brent Hoffman
Research and Professional Leadership Awards
- Robert A. Pritzker Distinguished Lecture Award, Biomedical Engineering Society -- Ashutosh Chilkoti
- Diversity Award, Biomedical Engineering Society -- Monty Reichert
- Distinguished Service Award, Biomedical Engineering Society -- George Truskey
- Clemson Award for Applied Research — Kam Leong
Teaching Awards
- Dean’s Award for Excellence in Mentoring, Duke Graduate School -- Dale Bass
- Outstanding Post-Doc Mentor Award, Duke University -- Adam Wax
Professional Society Recognition
- Fellow, Biomedical Engineering Society -- Ashutosh Chilkoti
- Fellow, Controlled Release Society College of Fellows -- Ashutosh Chilkoti
- Member, National Academy of Engineering — Kam Leong
- Senior Member, IEEE -- Kathy Nightingale
- Fellow, American Institute of Medical & Biological Engineering; Fellow, SPIE -- Nimmi Ramanujam
2011-2012
Faculty Early Career Awards
- National Science Foundation Early CAREER Award for Scientists and Engineers - Charles Gersbach
Research Awards
- 2011 Clemson Award for Contributions to the Literature -- Ashutosh Chilkoti
- 2011 Clemson Award for Applied Research, Society for Biomaterials - Kam Leong
- 2011 NIH Director's New Innovator Award - Charles Gersbach
Professional Society Recognition
- Fellow, Biomedical Engineering Society - Warren Grill
2010-2011
- National Science Foundation Early CAREER Award - Lingchong You
- NIH Merit Award - Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Imaging of Cardiac Tissue - Gregg Trahey
- Nicolas Andry De Bois-Regar, Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons - Farshid Guilak
- Chair, NIH Neurotechnology Study Section - Warren Grill
- 2010 Ruth and A. Morris Williams Faculty Research Prize, Duke University - Farshid Guilak
- Clemson Award for Basic Research in Biomaterials, Society for Biomaterials - William Reichert
2009-2010
- Capers & Marion McDonald Teaching and Research Award - David Katz
- Lois and John L. Imhoff Distinguished Teaching Award - Robert Malkin
- Fellow of the Optical Society of America, Nimmi Ramanujam
- Fellow, Optical Society of America - Adam Wax
- Fellow, International Photonics Society (SPIE) - Adam Wax
- Stansell Family Distinguished Research Award - Kam Leong
- Fellow of the Optical Society of America - Nimmi Ramanujam
- Technical Expert, World Health Organization’s Technical Advisory Group on Health Technology - Robert Malkin
- Editor, Biomedical Optics Express - Joseph Izatt
- NIH grant review study section for cancer nanotechnology partnership - David Needham
- Department of Defense breast cancer research program integration panel - Nimmi Ramanujam
2008-2009
- President, Biomedical Engineering Society – George Truskey
- Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers - Farshid Guilak
- Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering - Robert Malkin
- Fellow of the Optical Society of America - Joseph Izatt
- Inaugural chair, Nanotechnology Study Section at the National Institutes of Health - Ashutosh Chilkoti
2007-2008
- American Council on Education Fellowship –William Reichert
- Klein Family Distinguished Teaching Award – Wanda Krassowska
- Capers and Marion McDonald Award for Excellence in Teaching and Research - Warren Grill
- Capers and Marion McDonald Award for Excellence in Mentoring and Advising - Joseph A. Izatt
- Theo Pilkington Professor of Biomedical Engineering - Ashutosh Chilkoti
- James L. and Elizabeth M. Vincent Professor of BME - Wanda Krassowska
- Anderson-Rupp Professor of Biomedical Engineering - Roger C. Barr
- Fulbright Scholarship - Kerry Costello, '08
- Fellow, American Institute of Biological and Medical Engineering – Craig Henriquez
- President, Biomedical Engineering Society - George Truskey
- Fellow, SPIE - Joseph Izatt
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Advisory Committee - Warren Grill