Research Interests
We study transport at biological interfaces. This includes developing tools to treat biofilms responsible for vascular graft infections, skin infections, water borne diseases, and mold in buildings after floods.
Selected Grants
Duke University Program in Environmental Health
Inst. Training Prgm or CMECo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences · 2019 - 2029NSF Engineering Research Center for Precision Microbiome Engineering (PreMiEr)
ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2022 - 2027University Training Program in Biomolecular and Tissue Engineering
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institute of General Medical Sciences · 1994 - 2027Quantifying the impacts of chloride on bismuth mediated lead detection
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation · 2025 - 2026Developing platforms for studying the impact of external stresses on multi species biofilms
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of General Medical Sciences · 2021 - 2026Fellowships, Gifts, and Supported Research
Enabling a Lab-On-a-Faucet Device ·
2020
- 2021
Awarded by: Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
· $10,000.00
Carl Storm Underrepresented Minority Fellowship ·
2019
Awarded by: Gordon Research Conference
· $1,500.00
Sloan Scholar ·
2015
- 2018
Awarded by: MIT/Alfred P. Sloan Foundation University Center for Exemplary Mentorship
· $20,000.00
A. Neil Papallardo Graduate Fellowship ·
2011
- 2012
Awarded by: MIT School of Engineering
Lemelson Presidential Fellowship ·
2010
- 2011
Awarded by: MIT/Lemelson Foundation
External Relationships
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
- Broad Institute
- Humacyte
- M&F Bancorp, Inc
- National Institute for Theory and Mathematics in Biology
- The Water Research Foundation
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