All Faculty

Gaurav  Arya

Gaurav Arya

Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

My research laboratory uses physics-based computational tools to provide fundamental, molecular-level understanding of a diverse range of biological [...]
Harold U. Baranger

Harold U. Baranger

Professor of Physics

The broad focus of Prof. Baranger's group is quantum open systems at the nanoscale, particularly the generation of correlation between particles in [...]
Alberto  Bartesaghi

Alberto Bartesaghi

Associate Professor of Computer Science

Dr. Bartesaghi is an Associate Professor in the departments of Computer Science, Biochemistry and Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke [...]
Georgia Marie Beasley

Georgia Marie Beasley

Associate Professor of Surgery

Dr. Beasley is an associate professor of surgery in the division of Surgical Oncology at Duke University with a secondary appointment as associate [...]
David N. Beratan

David N. Beratan

R.J. Reynolds Distinguished Professor of Chemistry

Dr. Beratan is developing theoretical approaches to understand the function of complex molecular and macromolecular systems, including: the molecular [...]
Volker  Blum

Volker Blum

Rooney Family Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

Volker Blum heads the "Ab initio materials simulations" group at Duke University. Dr. Blum's research focuses on first-principles computational [...]
Martin A. Brooke

Martin A. Brooke

Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Martin A. Brooke received the B.E. (Elect.) Degree (1st. Class Hons.) from Auckland University in New Zealand in 1981. He received the M.S. and Ph. D [...]
April S. Brown

April S. Brown

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Dr. April Brown received her B.S.E.E. from North Carolina State University in 1981, her M.S.E.E. and Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1984 and 1985, [...]
Kenneth R Brown

Kenneth R Brown

Michael J. Fitzpatrick Distinguished Professor of Engineering

Prof. Brown's research interest is the control of quantum systems for both understanding the natural world and developing new technologies. His [...]
Claude Shreve Burton

Claude Shreve Burton

Professor of Dermatology

Chronic non-healing wounds, especially venous ulcer, diabetic ulcer wound healing Laser treatment of skin lesions
David  Carlson

David Carlson

Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

My general research focus is on developing novel machine learning and artificial intelligence techniques that can be used to accelerate scientific [...]
Jun  Chen

Jun Chen

Professor of Medicine

Jen-Tsan Ashley Chi

Jen-Tsan Ashley Chi

Professor in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology

We are using functional genomic approaches to investigate the nutrient signaling and stress adaptations of cancer cells when exposed to various [...]
Miaofang  Chi

Miaofang Chi

Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

Chi's research interest is on designing better materials by advancing our knowledge of the behavior of atoms, electrons, and ions in materials using [...]
Ashutosh  Chilkoti

Ashutosh Chilkoti

Alan L. Kaganov Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Ashutosh Chilkoti is the Alan L. Kaganov Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Duke University [...]
Patrick James Codd

Patrick James Codd

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery

Leslie M. Collins

Leslie M. Collins

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Leslie M. Collins earned the BSEE degree from the University of Kentucky, and the MSEE, and PhD degrees from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. [...]
Steven A. Cummer

Steven A. Cummer

William H. Younger Distinguished Professor of Engineering

Dr. Steven Cummer received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 1997 and prior to joining Duke University in 1999 he spent [...]
Ingrid  Daubechies

Ingrid Daubechies

James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Mathematics and Electrical and Computer Engineering

Sandeep S. Dave

Sandeep S. Dave

Wellcome Clinical Distinguished Professor of Medicine

Olivier  Delaire

Olivier Delaire

Associate Professor of the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

The Delaire group investigates atomistic transport processes of energy and charge, and thermodynamics in energy materials. We use a combined [...]
Emily Rose Derbyshire

Emily Rose Derbyshire

Associate Professor of Chemistry

The Derbyshire Lab uses both chemical tools and biological methods to uncover novel aspects of malaria parasite biology with the ultimate aim of [...]
Gayathri R. Devi

Gayathri R. Devi

Professor in Surgery

Dr. Devi’s research interests include functional genomics, anti-cancer drug discovery and development, mechanisms of cancer cell signaling, [...]
Mark Wesley Dewhirst

Mark Wesley Dewhirst

Gustavo S. Montana Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Radiation Oncology

Mark W. Dewhirst, DVM, PhD is the Gustavo S. Montana Professor of Radiation Oncology and Vice Director for Basic Science in the Duke Cancer Institute [...]
Al-Hafeez Z Dhalla

Al-Hafeez Z Dhalla

Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering

My research focuses on the application of optical technologies for non-invasive, high-resolution imaging of biological tissues.  In particular, [...]
Richard T. Di Giulio

Richard T. Di Giulio

Research Professor of Environmental Toxicology in the Division of Environmental Science and Policy

Dr. Di Giulio serves as Director of Duke University's Integrated Toxicology Program and the Superfund Basic Research Center. Dr. Di Giulio's [...]
Anna Mae  Diehl

Anna Mae Diehl

Florence McAlister Distinguished Professor of Medicine

Our lab has a long standing interest in liver injury and repair. To learn more about the mechanisms that regulate this process, we study cultured [...]
Jessilyn  Dunn

Jessilyn Dunn

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Developing new tools and infrastructure for multi-modal biomedical data integration to drive precision/personalized methods for early detection, [...]
Timothy  Dunn

Timothy Dunn

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Glenn Steven Edwards

Glenn Steven Edwards

Professor of Physics

Glenn Edwards investigates biological systems using a range of experimental techniques and theoretical methods from physics. His interests include [...]
Harold Paul Erickson

Harold Paul Erickson

James B. Duke Distinguished Professor Emeritus

Recent research has been on cytoskeleton (eukaryotes and bacteria); a skirmish to debunk the irisin story; a reinterpretation of proposed multivalent [...]
Henry  Everitt

Henry Everitt

Adjunct Professor of Physics

Dr. Everitt is the Army's senior technologist (ST) for optical sciences, a senior executive currently working for the Army Research Laboratory in [...]
Richard B. Fair

Richard B. Fair

Lord-Chandran Distinguished Professor of Engineering

Dr. Fair is a Life Fellow of the IEEE and a Fellow of the Electrochemical Society. He has served as Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on [...]
Sina  Farsiu

Sina Farsiu

Anderson-Rupp Professor of Biolmedical Engineering

I am the director of the Vision and Image Processing (VIP) Laboratory. Along with my colleagues, we investigate how to improve early diagnostic [...]
Peter Edward Fecci

Peter Edward Fecci

Professor of Neurosurgery

As the Director of both the Brain Tumor Immunotherapy Program and the Center for Brain and Spine Metastasis at Duke University, I focus our [...]
Greg D. Field

Greg D. Field

Adjunct Associate Professor of Neurobiology

My laboratory studies how the retina processes visual scenes and transmits this information to the brain.  We use multi-electrode arrays to [...]
Gleb  Finkelstein

Gleb Finkelstein

Professor of Physics

Gleb Finkelstein is an experimentalist interested in physics of quantum nanostructures, such as Josephson junctions and quantum dots [...]
Martin  Fischer

Martin Fischer

Research Professor in the Department of Chemistry

Dr. Fischer’s research focuses on exploring novel nonlinear optical contrast mechanisms for molecular imaging. Nonlinear optical microscopes [...]
Bernard Martin Fischer

Bernard Martin Fischer

Associate Professor in Pediatrics

Comparative Pharmacology and Cell Biology Mechanisms of complementary-alternative medicines and products Signal Transduction and Cell Signaling [...]
Katherine J. Franz

Katherine J. Franz

Chair of the Department of Chemistry

Research in the Franz group is involved in elucidating the structural and functional consequences of metal ion coordination in biological systems. We [...]
Haiyan  Gao

Haiyan Gao

Henry W. Newson Distinguished Professor of Physics

Prof. Gao's research focuses on understanding the structure of the nucleon in terms of quark and gluon degrees of freedom of Quantum Chromodynamics ( [...]
Katherine Schuver Garman

Katherine Schuver Garman

Associate Professor of Medicine

My research focuses on injury, repair, and cancer development in the gastrointestinal tract. My laboratory performs translational research with the [...]
Michael Eric Gehm

Michael Eric Gehm

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Michael Gehm received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis in 1992. He earned his A.M. and Ph.D. degrees in [...]
Charles  Gersbach

Charles Gersbach

John W. Strohbehn Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Geoffrey Steven Ginsburg

Geoffrey Steven Ginsburg

Adjunct Professor in the Department of Medicine

Dr. Geoffrey S. Ginsburg's research interests are in the development of novel paradigms for developing and translating genomic information into [...]
Jeffrey  Glass

Jeffrey Glass

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Jeffrey T. Glass is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Director of the Institute for Enterprise Engineering. [...]
Lindsey  Glickfeld

Lindsey Glickfeld

Associate Professor of Neurobiology

That a picture can be worth a thousand words relies on the power of the visual system. In order to divide the labor of this task, the visual cortex [...]
Yiyang  Gong

Yiyang Gong

Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering

We're interested in understanding brain function using the combination of genetically encoded sensors and optical techniques. Using genetically [...]
Joel Alter Greenberg

Joel Alter Greenberg

Associate Research Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Dr. Greenberg's research is in the area of computational imaging with a focus on physics-based modeling and system-level design from fundamental [...]
Sonia  Grego

Sonia Grego

Associate Research Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

I am the founding director of the Duke Smart Toilet Lab, dedicated to the opportunities that data-rich human excreta offer to improve individual and [...]
Russell P. Hall

Russell P. Hall

J. Lamar Callaway Distinguished Professor of Dermatology, in the School of Medicine

Our laboratory is investigating the pathogenesis of autoimmune blistering skin diseases. Areas of special expertise include immune mediated skin [...]
Amanda Elaine Hargrove

Amanda Elaine Hargrove

Professor of Chemistry

The Hargrove lab harnesses the unique properties of small organic molecules to study the structure, function and therapeutic potential of long [...]
John Wirthlin Hickey

John Wirthlin Hickey

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Brenton D. Hoffman

Brenton D. Hoffman

James L. and Elizabeth M. Vincent Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

The overall goal of my research program is to utilize an interdisciplinary approach to first advance the basic understanding of mechanotransduction [...]
Roarke W. Horstmeyer

Roarke W. Horstmeyer

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Roarke Horstmeyer is an assistant professor within Duke's Biomedical Engineering Department. He develops microscopes, cameras and computer algorithms [...]
Nico  Hotz

Nico Hotz

Associate Professor of the Practice in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

Nico Hotz specializes in interfacial transport phenomena and thermodynamics in energy technology. His research focuses on heat, mass, and charge [...]
Po-Chun  Hsu

Po-Chun Hsu

Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

Po-Chun Hsu’s research group aims to develop innovative materials for light and heat management. With the application and desired functions in [...]
Heileen  Hsu-Kim

Heileen Hsu-Kim

Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Professor Heileen (Helen) Hsu-Kim is an environmental engineer who specializes in environmental aquatic chemistry and geochemistry. Her research [...]
Tony  Huang

Tony Huang

William Bevan Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

Tony Jun Huang received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 2005. His [...]
Megan Justine Huchko

Megan Justine Huchko

Hollier Family Associate Professor of Global Health

Megan Huchko, MD, MPH, holds a dual appointment as an Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and the Duke Global [...]
Brant Allen Inman

Brant Allen Inman

Professor of Surgery

Clinical research interests: Clinical trials of novel diagnostic tests and therapies for genitourinary malignancies, with a strong focus on bladder [...]
Joseph A. Izatt

Joseph A. Izatt

Michael J. Fitzpatrick Distinguished Professor of Engineering

My research centers on the development and application of cutting-edge optical technologies for non-invasive, high-resolution imaging and sensing in [...]
Sonke  Johnsen

Sonke Johnsen

Professor of Biology

G. Allan Johnson

G. Allan Johnson

Charles E. Putman University Distinguished Professor of Radiology

Dr. Johnson is the Charles E. Putman University Professor of Radiology, Professor of Physics, and Biomedical Engineering, and Director of the Duke [...]
Nan Marie Jokerst

Nan Marie Jokerst

J. A. Jones Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Dr. Nan Marie Jokerst is the J. A. Jones Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University, and the Executive [...]
David F. Katz

David F. Katz

Nello L. Teer, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering, in the Edmund T. Pratt, Jr. School of Engineering

Dr. Katz's research interests emphasize methods for prophylaxis against STD's, including topical microbicides, and for contraception.  Core [...]
Christopher Ryan Kelsey

Christopher Ryan Kelsey

Professor of Radiation Oncology

Clinical trials that are currently enrolling patients include a study investigating lower doses of radiation therapy for patients with diffuse large [...]
Daniel P. Kiehart

Daniel P. Kiehart

Professor of Biology

Our intellectual focus is on identifying determinants of cell shape that function during development. Utilizing molecular genetic and reverse genetic [...]
Jungsang  Kim

Jungsang Kim

Schiciano Family Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Jungsang Kim leads the Multifunctional Integrated Systems Technology group at Duke University. His main area of current research is quantum [...]
David Guy Kirsch

David Guy Kirsch

Adjunct Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology

My clinical interests are the multi-modality care of patients with bone and soft tissue sarcomas and developing new sarcoma therapies. My laboratory [...]
Bruce  Klitzman

Bruce Klitzman

Associate Professor Emeritus in Surgery

Our overriding interests are in the fields of tissue engineering, wound healing, biosensors, and long term improvement of medical device implantation [...]
George Dimitri Konidaris

George Dimitri Konidaris

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Computer Science

Jeffrey L. Krolik

Jeffrey L. Krolik

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Jeffrey Krolik is Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University in Durham, NC. Canadian-born, he received his Ph.D. in [...]
Anthony Nanlin Kuo

Anthony Nanlin Kuo

Associate Professor of Ophthalmology

Anthony Kuo, MD is an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Duke University. He is a clinician- [...]
Shivanand  Lad

Shivanand Lad

Professor of Neurosurgery

Dr. Nandan Lad is a neurosurgeon, scientist, and entrepreneur and Professor and Vice Chair of Innovation for Duke Neurosurgery. He is Director [...]
Daniel Todd Laskowitz

Daniel Todd Laskowitz

Professor of Neurology

Our laboratory uses molecular biology, cell culture, and animal modeling techniques to examine the CNS response to acute injury. In particular, our [...]
Walter T Lee

Walter T Lee

Professor of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences

Global Health, Virtue-Based Professional Development and Leadership, Device Development for Cancer Detection, otolaryngology, ENT, Head and Neck [...]
Hai "Helen"  Li

Hai "Helen" Li

Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

  Hai “Helen” Li is the Clare Boothe Luce Professor and Department Chair of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at [...]
Natalia  Litchinitser

Natalia Litchinitser

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Litchinitser holds a Ph.D. Electrical Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology. Her primary focus is on metamaterials that manipulate [...]
Jie  Liu

Jie Liu

George Barth Geller Distinguished Professor of Chemistry

Dr. Liu’s research interests are focusing on the chemistry and material science of nanoscale materials. Specific topics in his current research [...]
Jianfeng  Lu

Jianfeng Lu

Professor of Mathematics

Jianfeng Lu is an applied mathematician interested in mathematical analysis and algorithm development for problems from computational physics, [...]
Paolo F Maccarini

Paolo F Maccarini

Associate Research Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Robert A. Malkin

Robert A. Malkin

Professor of the Practice Emeritus in the Department of Biomedical Engineering

Professor Malkin is interested in medical instrumentation in the developing world. Dr. Malkin is also the founder of Engineering World Health and [...]
Hisham Z. Massoud

Hisham Z. Massoud

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Hisham Z. Massoud joined the Duke ECE Department in 1983, where is now a Professor. He is the founding director of the Semiconductor Research [...]
Ryan P McNabb

Ryan P McNabb

Medical Instructor in the Department of Ophthalmology

Dr. McNabb is an engineer by training with a research focus on combining optical coherence tomography (OCT) and robots for use in the ophthalmology [...]
Maiken  Mikkelsen

Maiken Mikkelsen

James N. and Elizabeth H. Barton Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Maiken H. Mikkelsen is the James N. and Elizabeth H. Barton Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University. She [...]
David  Mitzi

David Mitzi

Simon Family Distinguished Professor

David Mitzi received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Engineering Physics from Princeton University in 1985 and his Ph.D. in Applied Physics [...]
Christopher R Monroe

Christopher R Monroe

Gilhuly Family Presidential Distinguished Professor

Samira  Musah

Samira Musah

Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering

The Musah Lab is interested in understanding how molecular signals and biophysical forces can function either synergistically or independently to [...]
Barry S. Myers

Barry S. Myers

Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Dr. Myers has been a member of the Duke faculty since 1991 and has just completed a three-year role as Managing Director of Licensing and Ventures. [...]
Crystal  Noel

Crystal Noel

Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Prof. Noel's research interests include both the technology development for scalable ion trap quantum computers, as well as using existing ion trap [...]
Willie John Padilla

Willie John Padilla

Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Miroslav  Pajic

Miroslav Pajic

Dickinson Family Associate Professor

Miroslav Pajic's research focuses on design and analysis of cyber-physical systems with varying levels of autonomy and human interaction, at the [...]
Richard A. Palmer

Richard A. Palmer

Professor Emeritus of Chemistry

Dr. Palmer's research interests span the areas of analytical, inorganic and physical chemistry. Current projects involve the use of FTIR spectroscopy [...]
Gregory M. Palmer

Gregory M. Palmer

Professor of Radiation Oncology

Greg Palmer obtained his B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Marquette University in 2000, after which he obtained his Ph.D. in BME from the [...]
Christine K. Payne

Christine K. Payne

Yoh Family Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

Christine Payne is the Yoh Family Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science at Duke University. Her research focuses on understanding [...]
Zhen-Ming  Pei

Zhen-Ming Pei

Associate Professor of Biology

My laboratory is interested in the early signaling events by which plants sense environmental signals and decode to give the appropriate responses. [...]
Niko P. Pitsianis

Niko P. Pitsianis

Adjunct Professor of Computer Science

Nikos Pitsianis' research experience and interests are in algorithms and architectures for high performance computing, numerical linear algebra and [...]
James Michael Provenzale

James Michael Provenzale

Professor of Radiology

I have the following major research areas:I. Diffusion tensor imaging (an MR technique that measures rate and direction of microscopic water motion) [...]
Nimmi  Ramanujam

Nimmi Ramanujam

Robert W. Carr, Jr., Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Ramanujam obtained her Ph.D. degree at the University of Texas at Austin. She progressed through the ranks as an academic researcher; the first five [...]
Amanda  Randles

Amanda Randles

Alfred Winborne and Victoria Stover Mordecai Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences

My research in biomedical simulation and high-performance computing focuses on the development of new computational tools that we use to provide [...]
William M. Reichert

William M. Reichert

Professor Emeritus of Biomedical Engineering

Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda (pending)Director of the Duke-Makerere BME PartnershipDr. [...]
John H. Reif

John H. Reif

A. Hollis Edens Distinguished Professor of Computer Science

Molecular assembly, DNA computing, robot motion planning, parallel algorithms, randomized algorithms, graph algorithms, algebraic computation, data [...]
Weston  Ross

Weston Ross

Assistant Professor in Neurosurgery

Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery, Duke School of Medicine. Research Director for the Brain Tool Laboratory in the Pratt [...]
Michael  Rubinstein

Michael Rubinstein

Aleksandar S. Vesic Distinguished Professor

The research of the Rubinstein group is in the field of polymer theory and computer simulations. The unique properties of polymeric systems are due [...]
Ehsan  Samei

Ehsan Samei

Reed and Martha Rice Distinguished Professor of Radiology

Dr. Ehsan Samei, PhD, DABR, FAAPM, FSPIE, FAIMBE, FIOMP, FACR is a Persian-American medical physicist. He is the Reed and Martha Rice [...]
Guillermo  Sapiro

Guillermo Sapiro

James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Guillermo Sapiro received his B.Sc. (summa cum laude), M.Sc., and Ph.D. from the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Technion, Israel [...]
Christoph F. Schmidt

Christoph F. Schmidt

Hertha Sponer Distinguished Professor of Physics

Daniel M. Scolnic

Daniel M. Scolnic

Associate Professor of Physics

Use observational tools to measure the expansion history of the universe.  Trying to answer big questions like 'what is dark energy?'.
William  Seaman

William Seaman

Professor of Art, Art History and Visual Studies

Research Description Seaman's work  often explores an expanded media-oriented poetics through various technological means — Recombinant [...]
Tatiana  Segura

Tatiana Segura

Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Tatiana Segura is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Neurology, and Dermatology at Duke University. She received her B.S. degree in [...]
Allan B. Shang

Allan B. Shang

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

My current research interests include the investigation into current and experimental biosensors, including the use of lasers and photonic techniques [...]
Ryan  Shaw

Ryan Shaw

Associate Professor in the School of Nursing

I lead teams that discover how to integrate patient generated health data and emerging technologies into novel care delivery models for patients with [...]
Xiling  Shen

Xiling Shen

Adjunct Professor in the Department of Pathology

Dr. Shen’s research interests lie at precision medicine and systems biology. His lab integrates engineering, computational and biological [...]
David R. Smith

David R. Smith

James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Dr. David R. Smith is currently the James B. Duke Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Duke University. He is also Director [...]
Marc A. Sommer

Marc A. Sommer

Professor of Biomedical Engineering

We study circuits for cognition. Using a combination of neurophysiology and biomedical engineering, we focus on the interaction between brain areas [...]
Adrienne  Stiff-Roberts

Adrienne Stiff-Roberts

Jeffrey N. Vinik Professor

Dr. Stiff-Roberts received both the B.S. degree in physics from Spelman College and the B.E.E. degree in electrical engineering from the Georgia [...]
Amanda Kristine Suggs

Amanda Kristine Suggs

Assistant Professor of Dermatology

Xiaobai  Sun

Xiaobai Sun

Professor of Computer Science

Numerical analysis, matrix theory, high-performance scientific computing, and parallel computing. Current Projects: Theory and algorithm development [...]
Tai-ping  Sun

Tai-ping Sun

Professor of Biology

The diterpenoid phytohormone gibberellin (GA) plays pivotal roles in regulating growth and development throughout the life cycle of higher plants. [...]
Steve M Taylor

Steve M Taylor

Associate Professor of Medicine

My lab website has a fuller description of my research activities: https://sites.duke.edu/taylorlab/. I am principally interested in field and [...]
Michael J. Therien

Michael J. Therien

William R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Chemistry

Our research involves the synthesis of compounds, supramolecular assemblies, nano-scale objects, and electronic materials with unusual ground-and [...]
Nathan Maclyn Thielman

Nathan Maclyn Thielman

Professor of Medicine

Broadly, my research focuses on a range of clinical and social issues that affect persons living with or at risk for HIV infection in resource-poor [...]
Eric John Toone

Eric John Toone

Professor Emeritus of Chemistry

Dr. Toone is a physical organic chemist who studies relationships between structure and activity in the context of biology. Currently active programs [...]
Cynthia Ann Toth

Cynthia Ann Toth

Joseph A.C. Wadsworth Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology

RESEARCH INTERESTS Dr. Toth specializes in the evaluation and surgical treatment of vitreoretinal diseases in infants, children and adults, and in [...]
Michael A. Troxel

Michael A. Troxel

Associate Professor of Physics

George A. Truskey

George A. Truskey

R. Eugene and Susie E. Goodson Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering

My research interests focus upon the effect of physical forces on the function of vascular cells and skeletal muscle, cell adhesion, and the design [...]
Ganesan  Vaidyanathan

Ganesan Vaidyanathan

Professor Emeritus in Radiology

Dr. Vaidyanathan is a professor in the Department of Radiology.  He is a member of the Nuclear Medicine track of the Medical Physics Graduate [...]
Hans J. Van Miegroet

Hans J. Van Miegroet

Professor of Art and Art History

Hans J. Van Miegroet was trained at the Higher Institute for Art History and Archaeology of the University of Ghent (Belgium) and received his Ph.D. [...]
Shyni  Varghese

Shyni Varghese

Laszlo Ormandy Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

Shyni Varghese has a triple appointment in the Duke departments of Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, and [...]
Stephanos  Venakides

Stephanos Venakides

Professor of Mathematics

Fields of work: Pure and applied mathematics, physics and biology. Specific areas: Differential equations,  integrable systems, acoustic and [...]
Tuan  Vo-Dinh

Tuan Vo-Dinh

R. Eugene and Susie E. Goodson Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Dr. Tuan Vo-Dinh is R. Eugene and Susie E. Goodson Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Professor of Chemistry, and Director of The [...]
Christopher  Walter

Christopher Walter

Professor of Physics

I am a professor in the physics department studying particle physics and cosmology. I try to understand both the nature of the ghostly particles [...]
Qiu  Wang

Qiu Wang

Professor of Chemistry

Research in the Wang group aims to answer fundamental questions that lie at the interface of chemistry and biology. In particular, we are interested [...]
Warren S. Warren

Warren S. Warren

James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Chemistry

Our work focuses on the design and application of what might best be called novel pulsed techniques, using controlled radiation fields to alter [...]
Adam P. Wax

Adam P. Wax

Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Dr. Wax's research interests include optical spectroscopy for early cancer detection, novel microscopy and interferometry techniques. The study of [...]
Kevin David Welsher

Kevin David Welsher

Robert R. & Katherine B. Penn Associate Professor

Heather Elizabeth Whitson

Heather Elizabeth Whitson

Professor of Medicine

Dr. Whitson's research is focused on improving care options and resilience for people with multiple chronic conditions.  In particular, she has [...]
Benjamin J. Wiley

Benjamin J. Wiley

Professor of Chemistry

In the Wiley Group, we make new nanomaterials by controlling the assembly of atoms in solution, and explore applications for nanomaterials in [...]
Christopher Wildrick Woods

Christopher Wildrick Woods

Wolfgang Joklik Distinguished Professor of Global Health

1. Emerging Infections 2. Global Health 3. Epidemiology of infectious diseases 4. Clinical microbiology and diagnostics 5. Bioterrorism [...]
Ying  Wu

Ying Wu

Professor of Physics

Prof. Wu is interested in nonlinear dynamics of charged particle beams, coherent radiation sources, and the development of novel accelerators and [...]
Weitao  Yang

Weitao Yang

Philip Handler Distinguished Professor of Chemistry

Prof. Yang, the Philip Handler Professor of Chemistry, is developing methods for quantum mechanical calculations of large systems and carrying out [...]
Huanghe  Yang

Huanghe Yang

Associate Professor of Biochemistry

Junjie  Yao

Junjie Yao

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Our mission at PI-Lab is to develop state-of-the-art photoacoustic tomography (PAT) technologies and translate PAT advances into diagnostic and [...]
Terry Takatoshi Yoshizumi

Terry Takatoshi Yoshizumi

Professor of Radiology

Major research focus relates to the following areas: New radiation detector development and evaluation; 2-D radiochromic film dosimetry in CT; [...]
Lingchong  You

Lingchong You

James L. Meriam Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering

The You lab uses a combination of mathematical modeling, machine learning, and quantitative experiments to elucidate principles underlying the [...]
Fan  Yuan

Fan Yuan

Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Dr. Yuan has extensive experiences in analysis of therapeutic agent transport in mammalian cells, tissues, and organs, and development of effective [...]
Aimee Kirsch Zaas

Aimee Kirsch Zaas

Professor of Medicine

Medical education Genomic applications for diagnosis of infectious diseases Genomic applications for prediction of infectious diseases
Michael Rod Zalutsky

Michael Rod Zalutsky

Jonathan Spicehandler, M.D. Distinguished Professor of Neuro Oncology, in the School of Medicine

The overall objective of our laboratory is the development of novel radioactive compounds for improving the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. This [...]
Pei  Zhong

Pei Zhong

Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

My research focuses on engineering and technology development with applications in the non-invasive or minimally invasive treatment of kidney stone [...]