
Directory





Jason F Luck
jason.luck@duke.eduAssistant Research Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering

Dr Mike Lynch, M.D., Ph.D.
michael.lynch@duke.eduW. H. Gardner, Jr. Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests
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…


Research Interests
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Magnetic Resonance Fingerprinting (MRF) Fast MRI acquisition design, Image reconstruction, Image post-processing and AI, Clinical applications of MRI


Megan Madonna
megan.madonna@duke.eduAssistant Research Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering

Robert A. Malkin
robert.malkin@duke.eduProfessor of the Practice Emeritus in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests
Research and development of medical equipment in the developing world.



Research Interests
Neural engineering, computational neuroscience, brain imaging, and the design of human neuromodulation systems. Special expertise in the biophysics of brain stimulation and recording.




Cassio Mendes Fontes
cassio.fontes@duke.eduAssistant Research Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering







Samira Musah, Ph.D.
samira.musah@duke.eduAssistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests
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,…


Barry Myers, M.D., Ph.D.
bsm@dm.duke.eduCoulter Program Director, Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests
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.


Wanda Krassowska Neu
Professor Emeritus of Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests
Electroporation-mediated drug delivery and gene therapy; Control of cardiac arrhythmias using nonlinear dynamics


Kathy Nightingale, Ph.D.
kathy.nightingale@duke.eduDirector of Graduate Studies, Theo Pilkington Distinguished Professor of BME
Research Interests
Ultrasonic and elasticity imaging; image-guided therapies; biomechanical tissue modeling; ultrasonic bioeffects.

Research Interests
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…



Mark L. Palmeri
mark.palmeri@duke.eduProfessor of the Practice in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests
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…




