External Research Advisory Board Participants
ARUP CHAKRABORTY, Ph.D.
MIT, Professor of Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, and Biological Engineering, NAE, Director, Institute for Medical Engineering and Science
SHU CHIEN, Ph.D.
University of California, San Diego, NAE, NIM, NAS, AAAS, Founding Director of UCSD’s Institute of Engineering in Medicine, and the UC System-wide Bioengineering Institute in California
DOROTHEE KERN, Ph.D.
Brandeis University, Professor of Biochemistry, HHMI Investigator, Founder, Relay Therapeutics
CATO LAURENCIN, Ph.D.
University of Connecticut, University Professor, Van Dusen Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Professor of Chemical Engineering, Laureate, National Medal of Technology and Innovation, Elected member, National Academy of Medicine, National Academy of Engineering and Chinese Academy of Engineering, CEO of UConn’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute
DR. RAPHAEL C. LEE, Ph.D.
University of Chicago, Professor of Surgery, Medicine, Anatomy and Organismal Biology, NAE, International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering, MacArthur Fellow, AAAS Fellow
JACK SZOSTAK, Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School, Professor of Genetics, Chemistry and Chemical Biology, HHMI Investigator, NAS, 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
ART WEISS, Ph.D.
UCSF, Departments of Medicine, Microbiology, and Rheumatology, NAS, Institute of Medicine, HHMI Investigator, Director of Medical Scientist Training Program at UCSF
Internal Research Advisory Board Participants
DR. KENNETH ARONSON
Neurology + Neurosciences at Carle Foundation Hospital
ROHIT BHARGAVA, Ph.D.
Head of Cancer Center of Illinois, Professor of Bioengineering
PAUL BRAUN, Ph.D.
Director of Materials Research Lab, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
NEAL COHEN, Ph.D.
Director the Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute at Illinois, Professor of Psychology
BRIAN CUNNINGHAM, Ph.D.
Director, Micro and Nanotechnology Lab, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
JENNIFER EARDLEY, Ph.D.
Vice President of Research at Carle Foundation Hospital
MARTHA GILLETTE, Ph.D.
Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology
MARTIN GRUEBELE, Ph.D.
Professor and Head of Chemistry, Professor of Physics, Biophysics and Quantitative Biology
KESH KESAVADAS, Ph.D.
Director, Health Care Engineering Systems Center
Professor of Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering
SUSAN MARTINIS, Ph.D.
Professor and Head of Biochemistry, Interim Vice Chancellor for Research
KLARA NAHRSTEDT, Ph.D.
Professor of Computer Science, Director of Coordinated Science Lab
DR. SALLY SALMONS
Family Medicine at Carle Foundation Hospital
PETROS SOFRONIS, Ph.D.
Professor of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Director of WPI International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research
KIMANI TOUSSAINT, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Director of NSF Center for Nanofabrication
DR. MICHAEL TSIPURSKY
Ophthalmology at Carle Foundation Hospital
DR. KAREN WHITE, Ph.D.
Critical Care at Carle Foundation Hospital
