February 2017

Alfred G. and Meta A. Ennis Professor
Bioengineering (BE)
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (CBE)
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Honors and Awards:  Heilmeier Faculty Award for Excellence in Research - 2004, AIMBE Fellow - 1997, Presidential Young Investigator Award - 1982

Research Expertise: Cellular Engineering | Bioengineered Therapeutics | Devices and Drug Delivery | Cell Mechanics

Dan applies his research in nanometric soft matter to his studies in biology. Working with colleagues, he has forged polymersomes, membranes made of block...Read more

Arup K. Chakraborty is one of the 12 Institute Professors at MIT, the highest rank and honor awarded to a MIT faculty member. He is also a Professor of Chemical Engineering, Physics, and Chemistry at MIT. He served as the founding Director of MIT’s Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, and he is a founding member of the Ragon Institute of MIT, MGH, and Harvard.

For over two decades, Chakraborty’s work has largely focused on bringing together approaches from immunology, physics, and engineering. His interests span T cell signaling, T cell development and...Read more

Stephen Quake
Ph.D., University of Oxford, Physics (1994)
M.S., Stanford University, Mathematics (1991)
B.S., Stanford University, Physics (1991)

Professor Quake's interests lie at the nexus of physics, biology and biotechnology. His group pioneered the development of Microfluidic Large Scale Integration (mLSI), demonstrating the first integrated microfluidic devices with thousands of mechanical valves. This technology is helping to pave the way for large scale automation of biology at the nanoliter scale, and he and his students have been exploring...Read more

Patrick Stayton currently serves as the Distinguished Career Professor in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of Washington. He received his B.S. in Biology (summa cum laude) from Illinois State University, his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Illinois, and was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, also at the University of Illinois. Stayton has been elected as a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, and has been the recipient of the Clemson Award from the Society For...Read more