Duke Health Distinguished Professor of Cell Biology and Biomedical Engineering
The two main research focuses of the Gladfelter lab are how the cytoplasm is spatially organized and how cells sense their own geometry. Her team…
James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Neural engineering and neural prostheses and include design and testing of electrodes and stimulation techniques, the electrical properties of tissues and cells, and computational neuroscience…
Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
Eye movement-related eardrum oscillations (EMREOs) and their role in visual-auditory processing Neural fluctuations and their role in permitting the brain to do more than one…
Muriel Theodorsen Williams E'46 Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Identifying genetic adaptation mechanisms resulting from anthropogenic contaminant exposure; developing biosensors capable of pathogen and contaminant detection in water and air; studying the impact of…
Aneurysm pathophysiology Stroke AVMCavernous Malformation Molecular Imaging of Brian Aneurysms
Using and developing systems biology tools and technologies to describe and control spatial relationships between cells in tissues, particularly in cell therapies.
Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Focused on understanding, on a molecular level, how mechanical and chemical cues from the environment are detected, integrated, and manipulated by cells to dictate physiological…
Computational optics, machine learning, and designing new algorithms for image processing. A main focus is to improve how we capture and use images of microscopic…
William Bevan Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Acoustofluidics, microfluidics, lab-on-a-chip, biomedical micro-electro-mechanical systems (BioMEMS), optofluidics, plasmofluidics.
Charles E. Putman University Distinguished Professor of Radiology
Nello L. Teer, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering, in the Edmund T. Pratt, Jr. School of Engineering
Methods for prophylaxis against STD's, emphasizing topical microbicides and contraception; biofluid mechanics; rheology and transport phenomena; biophysical aspects of mammalian sperm motility, sperm transport, and…
Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies, Assistant Professor of the Practice in the Department of BME
Education advances in biomolecular/cellular engineering, mathematical modeling of biological systems, biotechnology design, and integrating ethics in BME curriculum. Expanding authentic research experiences in undergraduate education.
Blood flow to tissues; Innovation & Entrepreneurship; Medical Device Development; Oxygenation of tissues; Implantable biosensors; Biocompatibility of implanted devices; foreign body response to implants; Intravascular catheter to…
Associate Professor of the Practice in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of the Practice in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Director of Master's Studies, W. H. Gardner, Jr. Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Focused on genetically engineering microbes to shut off their growth circuits and turn on new pathways to produce different compounds—improving production of biofuels, pharmacological molecules…
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Magnetic Resonance Fingerprinting (MRF) Fast MRI acquisition design, Image reconstruction, Image post-processing and AI, Clinical applications of MRI
Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of the Practice Emeritus in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Research and development of medical equipment in the developing world.
Neural engineering, computational neuroscience, brain imaging, and the design of human neuromodulation systems. Special expertise in the biophysics of brain stimulation and recording.
Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Alfred M. Hunt Faculty Scholar Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells), disease mechanisms, regenerative medicine, molecular and cellular basis of human kidney development and disease, organ engineering, patient-specific disease models,…
Coulter Program Director, Professor of Biomedical Engineering
An expert in head and neck impact injury biomechanics, Dr. Myers is interested in translational research innovation—overseeing programs to advance faculty research to market.
Professor Emeritus of Biomedical Engineering
Electroporation-mediated drug delivery and gene therapy; Control of cardiac arrhythmias using nonlinear dynamics
Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Director of Graduate Studies, Theo Pilkington Distinguished Professor of BME
Ultrasonic and elasticity imaging; image-guided therapies; biomechanical tissue modeling; ultrasonic bioeffects.
The main objectives of Professor Nikiforov’s research program includes identification and therapeutic exploitation of mechanisms underlying the deregulated transcription programs and metabolism in melanoma and…
Professor of the Practice in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Ultrasonic imaging, specifically using acoustic radiation force to characterize the mechanical properties of tissue, and finite element analysis of soft tissue response to impulsive radiation…
My research lab focuses on using single-cell sequencing techniques to study intratumoral heterogeneity in malignant brain tumors. Intratumoral heterogeneity is the idea that individual cancer…
