Biomedical Engineering at Duke University

53 faculty and 0 courses in Biomedical Engineering at Duke University.

Faculty

• Michael Rubinstein, Aleksandar S. Vesic Distinguished Professor h-index 86
  Polymer theory and computer simulations Bio The research of the Rubinstein group is in the field of polymer theory and computer simulations. The unique properties of polymeric systems are due to the size, topology and interactions of the mo
• Tuan Vo-Dinh, R. Eugene and Susie E. Goodson Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering h-index 85
• Dan Ma, Associate Professor of Neurosurgery h-index 78
  Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Magnetic Resonance Fingerprinting (MRF) Fast MRI acquisition design, Image reconstruction, Image post-processing and AI, Clinical applications of MRI Bio Our lab is committed to advancing quantitative Magne
• Sina Farsiu, Associate Chair for Faculty, Anderson-Rupp Professor of BME h-index 65
  Focused on medical imaging and machine learning to improve the overall health and vision outcome of patients with ocular and neurological diseases (e.g., age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, Alzheimer, and ALS) through ea
• Gregg Trahey, Robert Plonsey Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering h-index 65
  Medical ultrasound, image guided surgery, adaptive imaging, imaging of tissue's mechanical properties, and radiation force imaging. Bio My laboratory develops and evaluates novel ultrasonic imaging methods. Current projects involve high res
• David Katz, Nello L. Teer Jr. Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering h-index 62
• Sharon Gerecht, Chair of Biomedical Engineering, Paul M. Gross Distinguished Professor h-index 62
  Regenerative medicine, stem cells, biomaterials, hypoxia, blood vessels, physics of cancer Bio Dr. Gerecht is an internationally recognized pioneer in stem cells and vascular biology and engineering. Gerecht’s research group studies h
• George Truskey, Associate Chair for Education, R. Eugene and Susie E. Goodson Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering h-index 59
  Cardiovascular tissue engineering, mechanisms of atherogenesis, cell adhesion, and cell biomechanics. Bio My research interests focus upon the effect of physical forces on the function of vascular cells and skeletal muscle, cell adhesion, a
• Nenad Bursac, Professor of Biomedical Engineering h-index 56
  Embryonic and adult stem cell therapies for heart and muscle disease; cardiac and skeletal muscle tissue engineering; cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias; genetic modifications of stem and somatic cells; micropatterning of proteins an
• Shyni Varghese, Laszlo Ormandy Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery h-index 56
• Nimmi Ramanujam, Robert W. Carr Jr. Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering h-index 55
  Biomedical engineering, biophotonics, women's cancers, global health, engineering design, point of care technologies, metabolic imaging, deep learning, immune modulating therapies. rn Bio Nirmala (“Nimmi”) Ramanujam is th
• Tatiana Segura, Professor of Biomedical Engineering h-index 54
  The design of biomaterials to promote endogenous repair and reducing inflammation through the design of the geometry of the material, and delivering genes, proteins and drugs. Bio Tatiana Segura is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Neu
• Mark L. Palmeri, Professor of the Practice in the Department of Biomedical Engineering h-index 52
  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 force excitation. Other research interests inclu
• Patrick D. Wolf, Associate Professor Emeritus of Biomedical Engineering h-index 47
• John Hickey, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering h-index 46
  Using and developing systems biology tools and technologies to describe and control spatial relationships between cells in tissues, particularly in cell therapies. Bio The Hickey Lab sits at the interface of engineering and immunology, usin
• Joel Collier, Associate Dean for Doctoral Education, Theodore Kennedy Professor of BME h-index 46
  The design of biomaterials for a range of biomedical applications, with a focus on understanding and controlling adaptive immune responses. Most materials investigated are created from molecular assemblies- proteins, peptides or bioconjugat
• Jessilyn Dunn, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering h-index 35
  Generation and use of large-scale biomedical datasets for AI modeling and digital biomarker development to guide personalized, just-in-time therapies. Bio Developing new AI and sensing tools and infrastructure for multi-modal biomedical dat
• Roarke Horstmeyer, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering h-index 35
  Computational optics, machine learning, and designing new algorithms for image processing. A main focus is to improve how we capture and use images of microscopic phenomena within a range of biomedical contexts. In general, I like to create
• Daniel Reker, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering h-index 31
  Integration of active machine learning, biomedical data science, and biochemical experiments for the analysis and design of personalized therapeutic opportunities. Bio The Reker lab tightly integrates biomedical data science and wet-lab exp
• Brent Hoffman, Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering h-index 27
  Focused on understanding, on a molecular level, how mechanical and chemical cues from the environment are detected, integrated, and manipulated by cells to dictate physiological and patho-physiological responses important in vascular biolog
• Ophelia Venturelli, Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering h-index 26
  Systems biology, synthetic biology, computational modeling, microbiomes, host-microbiome interactions, microbial metabolism Education Ph.D. California Institute of Technology, 2013 Positions Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedic
• Amanda Randles, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering h-index 25
  Biomedical simulation and high-performance computing Bio My research in biomedical simulation and high-performance computing focuses on the development of new computational tools that we use to provide insight into the localization and deve
• Ashutosh Chilkoti, Alan L. Kaganov Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering h-index 23
  Focused on biomolecular materials and biointerface science and emphasizes the development of applications that span the range from bioseparations, biosensors, biomaterials, and targeted drug delivery. Bio Ashutosh Chilkoti is the Alan L. Ka
• Timothy Dunn, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering h-index 18
  Machine learning, computer vision, neurobiology, animal behavior, computational neuroscience, prognostic modeling, traumatic brain injury Education Ph.D. Harvard University, 2015 Positions Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering Assis
• Junjie Yao, Jeffrey N. Vinik Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering h-index 17
  Photoacoustic tomography (PAT) technologies, and translating PAT advances into diagnostic and therapeutic applications, especially in functional brain imaging and early cancer theranostics. Bio Our mission at PI-Lab is to develop state-of-t
• Fan Yuan, Professor of Biomedical Engineering h-index 16
  Principles and mechanisms of delivery for drugs, genes, and vaccines; pharmacokinetics; electrotransfer or electroporation technology; and tumor pathophysiology. Bio Dr. Yuan has extensive experiences in analysis of therapeutic agent transp
• Emma Chory, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering h-index 14
• Samira Musah, Alfred M. Hunt Faculty Scholar Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering h-index 14
  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, biomarkers, therapeutic discove
• Ann Saterbak, Young Director of First-Year Design, Professor of the Practice in BME h-index 12
  Innovations in undergraduate engineering education, particularly new pedagogical methods that broaden students’ problem solving skills and design thinking. Bio Ann Saterbak is director of the Duke Engineering First-Year Experience and
• Sonia Bansal, Assistant Professor of the Practice in the Department of Biomedical Engineering h-index 7
• Elizabeth K Bucholz, BME Director of Undergraduate Studies, Claude B. Williams and David M. Hesse Associate Professor of the Practice h-index 6
• Cameron M Kim, Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies, Assistant Professor of the Practice in BME h-index 4
  Education advances in biomolecular/cellular engineering, mathematical modeling of biological systems, biotechnology design, and integrating ethics in BME curriculum. Expanding authentic research experiences in undergraduate education. Bio C
• Pengfei Song, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering h-index 2
  Super-resolution ultrasound imaging; ultrafast 3D ultrasound imaging; deep learning applications in ultrasound imaging; ultrasound shear wave elastography. Bio Dr. Pengfei Song conducted his PhD and postdoctoral training on the topics
• Aaron M Kyle, Professor of the Practice in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
• Adam Wax, Professor of Biomedical Engineering
  Optical spectroscopy for early cancer detection, novel microscopy and interferometry techniques. Bio Dr. Wax's research interests include optical spectroscopy for early cancer detection, novel microscopy and ninterferometry techniques. The
• Amanda M. Buch, Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
• Amy Susanne Gladfelter, Duke Health Distinguished Professor of Cell Biology and Biomedical Engineering
• Barry Myers, Coulter Program Director, Professor of Biomedical Engineering
  An expert in head and neck impact injury biomechanics, Dr. Myers is interested in
• Cameron McIntyre, Professor of Biomedical Engineering
  Neural engineering, computational neuroscience, brain imaging, and the design of human neuromodulation systems. Special expertise in the biophysics of brain stimulation and recording. Bio The McIntyre Laboratory hopes to improve deep brain
• Charlie Gersbach, John W. Strohbehn Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering
  Gene therapy, genomics and epigenomics, biomolecular and cellular engineering, regenerative medicine, and synthetic biology. Education B.S. Georgia Institute of Technology, 2001 Ph.D. Georgia Institute of Technology, 2006 Positions John W.
• Jon Viventi, Hawkins Family Associate Professor
  Using flexible electronics to create new technology for interfacing with the brain at high resolution over large areas. These new tools can help diagnose and treat neurological disorders such as epilepsy, and help improve the performance of
• Joseph A Knight, Associate Professor of the Practice in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
• Kathy Nightingale, Director of Graduate Studies, Theo Pilkington Distinguished Professor of BME
  Ultrasonic and elasticity imaging; image-guided therapies; biomechanical tissue modeling; ultrasonic bioeffects. Bio The goals of our laboratory are to investigate and improve ultrasonic imaging methods for clinically-relevant problems. We
• Lingchong You, James L. Meriam Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering
  Quantitative biology, synthetic biology, machine learning, antibiotic resistance, microbiome Bio The You lab uses a combination of mathematical modeling, machine learning, and quantitative experiments to elucidate principles underlying the
• Marc Sommer, Professor of Biomedical Engineering
• Michael Rizk, Assistant Professor of the Practice of Biomedical Engineering
  First-year engineering education, with a focus on design Education Ph.D. Duke University, 2008 Positions Assistant Professor of the Practice of Biomedical Engineering Assistant Director of the Duke Engineering First Year Experience Courses
• Mike Lynch, Director of Master's Studies, W. H. Gardner Jr. Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
  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 and industrial chemicals. Education Ph.D
• Mikhail A. Nikiforov, Professor of Pathology
• Nanthia Suthana, Professor in Neurosurgery
• Olaf Von Ramm, Thomas Lord Distinguished Professor of Engineering
  Diagnostic ultrasound imaging systems, IR imaging, medical instrumentation and their new applications. Bio Dr. von Ramm's research interests include diagnostic ultrasound imaging systems, IR imaging, medical instrumentation and ntheir new a
• Paul J Fearis, Associate Professor of the Practice in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
  Innovation & product development processes, design for manufacture Bio Paul Fearis joined Duke after 28 years in the medical device design consulting industry with PDD, Sagentia and latterly his own consultancy Clinvue. Origin
• Phil Romero, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
  Protein engineering, computational biology, technology development Education Ph.D. California Institute of Technology, 2012 Positions Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering Courses Taught EGR 393: Research Projects in Engineering BME
• Warren M Grill, James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering
  Neural engineering and neural prostheses and include design and testing of electrodes and stimulation techniques, the electrical properties of tissues and cells, and computational neuroscience with applications in restoration of bladder fun

Roster/catalog compiled from the college’s public directory. Faculty counts are directory headcounts; the named list may be a subset. h-index shown only for ORCID-backed or high-confidence OpenAlex matches. Data as of 2026-07-01.