Carle Illinois students work hand-in-hand with world-class researchers to receive high-touch guidance and mentorship during their training. As students encounter health care’s greatest challenges, they bring their ideas to the lab, work closely with Research Mentors, and develop high-impact solutions for the world.

RASHID BASHIR, Ph.D.
Dean of The Grainger College of Engineering, Grainger Distinguished Chair of Bioengineering
LIBNA (Laboratory of Integrated Bio Medical Micro/Nanotechnology & Applications)
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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

MARTY BURKE, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry, Interim Associate Dean for Research

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

PAOLO GARDONI, Ph.D.
Professor and Excellence Faculty Scholar in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Director of MAE Center

MARTHA GILLETTE, Ph.D.
Director, Neuroscience Program, Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology

DIANA S. GRIGSBY-TOUSSAINT, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Kinesiology and Community Health and Nutritional Sciences
Global Research and training in Non-Communicable Diseases and Perinatal Epidemiology (GRAPE)

MARTIN GRUEBELE, Ph.D.
Professor and Head of Chemistry, Professor of Physics, Biophysics and Quantitative Biology

WENDY HELLER, Ph.D.
Head of Psychology Department, Professor of Psychology
Cognitive & Affective Neuroscience of Psychopathology Lab
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PAUL HERGENROTHER, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry, Co-founder: Vanquish Oncology

PRINCESS IMOUKHUEDE, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Bioengineering

PAUL KENIS, Ph.D.
Professor and Head of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

KESH KESAVADAS, Ph.D.
Director, Health Care Engineering Systems Center
Professor of Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering

KING LI, M.D., M.B.A.
Dean, Carle Illinois College of Medicine

SUSAN MARTINIS, Ph.D.
Professor and Head of Biochemistry, Vice Chancellor for Research

JEFFREY MOORE, Ph.D.
Director of Beckman Institute, Professor of Chemistry

KLARA NAHRSTEDT, Ph.D.
Professor of Computer Science
Multimedia Operating Systems and Networking Lab
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JIAN PENG, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Data and Information Systems Research Laboratory
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GENE ROBINSON, Ph.D.
Swanlund Chair, Director of Institute for Genomic Biology

PETROS SOFRONIS, Ph.D.
Professor of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Director of WPI International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research
International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research
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EMAD TAJKHORSHID, Ph.D.
Professor of Biochemistry
Computational Structural Biology Molecular Biophysics Lab
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KIMANI TOUSSAINT, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Director of NSF Center for Nanofabrication
PROBE (Photonics Research of Bio/Nano Environments) Lab Group
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WILFRED VAN DER DONK, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry, HHMI Investigator

ANN-PERRY WITMER, P.E., Ph.D.
Lecturer, Faculty Advisor to Engineers without Borders-Illinois Chapter