Biological Engineering
The biological engineering research activities in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering cover broad topics in both biochemical and biomedical engineering research. Areas include biomaterials, biosensors, tissue engineering, bioinformatics, molecular modeling of proteins, diabetes, bio-derived energy, bioremediation, fermentation and a host of others.
Examples of research interests of individual faculty in biological engineering are:
Ali Cinar
Professor of Chemical Engineering, Vice Provost for Research and Dean of the Graduate College
Expertise:
Agent-based modeling of angiogenesis; modeling and control of glucose in patients with diabetes
Allan Myerson
Philip Danforth Armour Professor of Engineering Provost and Senior Vice President
Expertise:
Crystallization and molecular modeling for pharmaceutical processes
Satish Parulekar
Professor of Chemical Engineering and Associate Chair of Undergraduate Affairs
Expertise:
Biochemical engineering; recombiant protein production; microbial inactivation in foods by high pressure and microwave processing
Victor Perez-Luna
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
Expertise:
Biomaterials; biosensors; hydrogels for biomedical applications
Jay Schieber
Professor of Chemical Engineering
Expertise:
Multi-scale modeling of biomimetic materials; macromolecular dynamics
Fouad Teymour
Johnson Polymer Professor and Chairman of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Expertise:
Medical applications of hydrogels, biofuels, and enzyme kinetics