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

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

STEPHEN BOPPART, M.D., Ph.D.
Director of Imaging at Illinois, Professor of Engineering

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, 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

KAREN WHITE, Ph.D.
Critical Care at Carle Foundation Hospital