Xuemei May Cheng Appointed Dean of Graduate Studies at Bryn Mawr College
CEMB member Xuemei May Cheng, PhD, Professor of Physics at Bryn Mawr College, has been appointed to the position of Dean of the Graduate Studies. May joined the faculty at Bryn Mawr College in ...
Center for Engineering MechanoBiology Affiliate Member Elliot Elson Elected to the NAS
On April 26, 2021, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) announced the election of Elliot Elson, PhD, along with 120 other members. He is the Alumni Endowed Professor Emeritus in the Department of Biochemistry ...
Ben Prosser to Co-Lead $6.5 Million Transatlantic Grant to Investigate Cytoskeleton’s Role in Heart Disease
Benjamin L. Prosser, PhD, an assistant professor of Physiology in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, will serve as the North American coordinator for a new, multi-institutional $6.5 million grant from ...
Yale E. Goldman: 2020 recipient of the Kazuhito Kinosita Award in Single-Molecule Biophysics
Congratulations to Yale E. Goldman for winning the Biophysical Society’s 2020 Kazuhito Kinosita Award in Single Molecule Biophysics. This award is in recognition of Yale’s seminal contributions in measuring and understanding orientations, rotations, and ...
Dan Huh Wins 2018 Lush Science Prize for Organ-on-a-Chip Work
The Lush Prize is a major initiative aiming to bring forward the day when safety testing takes place without the use of animals. It focuses pressure on toxicity testing for consumer products and ingredients, ...
Vivek Shenoy receives Heilmeier Research Award
Heilmeier Awards Committee in Penn Engineering has selected Professor Vivek Shenoy from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering as the recipient of the 2019 Heilmeier Research Award. This award is named for our late ...