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Dr Ophelia Venturelli, Ph.D.
ophelia.venturelli@duke.eduAssociate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests
Systems biology, synthetic biology, computational modeling, microbiomes, host-microbiome interactions, microbial metabolism
Jacob Vestal
jacob.vestal@duke.eduExecutive in Residence in the Engineering Graduate and Professional Programs
Manolis Veveakis
manolis.veveakis@duke.eduProfessor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research Interests
Theoretical and applied mechanics, Geomechanics, Irreversible Thermodynamics. Emphasis on the multiphysical modelling of plasticity of solids, solid-fluid interactions, friction laws and rheology of geomaterials
Lawrie Virgin, Ph.D.
l.virgin@duke.eduProfessor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Research Interests
Nonlinear behavior of slender structural systems including buckling and vibration. Much of the current work has an aerospace flavor. More recent research has focused on…
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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…
Tuan Vo-Dinh, Ph.D.
tuan.vodinh@duke.eduR. Eugene and Susie E. Goodson Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests
Biophotonics, laser-excited luminescence spectroscopy, room temperature phosphorimetry, synchronous luminescence spectroscopy, surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, field environmental instrumentation, fiberoptics sensors, nanosensors, biosensors and biochips for the protection…
Research Interests
Diagnostic ultrasound imaging systems, IR imaging, medical instrumentation and their new applications.
William F Walker
william.f.walker@duke.eduExecutive in Residence in the Pratt School of Engineering
Charles Wallace
steve.wallace@duke.eduLecturing Fellow, Senior in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Haozhe "Harry" Wang, Ph.D.
haozhe.wang@duke.eduAssistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests
Low-dimensional materialsNanofabrication and nanodevicesSemiconductors, ceramics, metals
Patrick Wang
patrick.wang@duke.eduAdjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Seth Alain Watkins
seth.watkins@duke.eduAdjunct Associate Professor in the Engineering Graduate and Professional Programs
Research Interests
Optical spectroscopy for early cancer detection, novel microscopy and interferometry techniques.
Helen Whiteley
helen.whiteley@duke.eduAdjunct Assistant Professor in the Pratt School of Engineering
Mark Wiesner, Ph.D.
wiesner@duke.eduJames B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research Interests
Membrane processes, nanostructured materials, transport and fate of nanomaterials in the environment, colloidal and interfacial processes, and environmental systems analysis
Research Interests
I enjoy solving difficult problems surrounding computations with the goal to process large volumes of data efficiently. My research interests include computer architecture and microarchitecture, hardware-software co-designs,…
Blake Shaw Wilson
blake.wilson@duke.eduAdjunct Professor in the Department of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences
Research Interests
Advanced instrumentation for diagnosis and treatment of electrophysiological problems. This research covers two primary organ systems: the heart and the brain. In the heart, Dr.…
Donald Wright
Associate Professor Emeritus of the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Research Interests
Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Optimization, Reinforcement Learning, and High Dimensional Statistics
Junjie Yao, Ph.D.
junjie.yao@duke.eduJeffrey N. Vinik Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests
Photoacoustic tomography (PAT) technologies, and translating PAT advances into diagnostic and therapeutic applications, especially in functional brain imaging and early cancer theranostics.
Lingchong You, Ph.D.
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests
Quantitative biology, synthetic biology, machine learning, antibiotic resistance, microbiome
Rabih Younes
rabih.younes@duke.eduAssociate Director of Undergraduate Studies, Associate Professor of the Practice in the Department of ECE
Research Interests
Wearable computing, artificial intelligence/machine learning, engineering education, and Middle Eastern politics
Research Interests
Principles and mechanisms of delivery for drugs, genes, and vaccines; pharmacokinetics; electrotransfer or electroporation technology; and tumor pathophysiology.
Michael Rod Zalutsky
zalut001@mc.duke.eduJonathan Spicehandler, M.D. Distinguished Professor of Neuro Oncology, in the School of Medicine
Marta Zaniolo, Ph.D.
marta.zaniolo@duke.eduAssistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research Interests
Water resources planning and management, drought modeling and control, flexible climate change adaptation, conceptual and data-driven systems modeling, reinforcement learning for water systems, multi-objective control,…
Stefan Zauscher, Ph.D.
zauscher@duke.eduDirector of Graduate Studies and Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of MEMS
Research Interests
Nano-mechanical and nano-tribological characterization (elasticity, friction, adhesion) of materials including organic thin films; self-assembled monolayers, polymeric gels, and cellulosics; Fabrication of polymeric nanostructures by scanning…
Michael Zavlanos, Ph.D.
michael.zavlanos@duke.eduProfessor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Research Interests
Control theory, optimization, and learning; in particular, robotics and autonomous systems, networked and distributed control systems, and cyber-physical systems.
Research Interests
Machine Learning / AI Method Development for OmicsWe develop computational methods leveraging interpretable machine learning / AI models, large-scale single-cell genomics data, cutting-edge spatial transcriptomics,…
Pei Zhong, Ph.D.
pzhong@duke.eduProfessor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Research Interests
Mechanistic investigation and technology development in shock wave and laser lithotripsy; Ultrasound-elicited mechanotransduction, neuromodulation and sonogenetics; HIFU and immunotherapy for cancer treatment; Acoustic and optical…
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Zhu Lab WebsiteNeuronal Control of Cardiac ElectrophysiologySudden arrhythmic death is a leading cause of mortality worldwide. My laboratory utilizes cutting-edge neuroscience techniques to study the…