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
