Dr. Derin Sevenler

Biography

Derin Sevenler is an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, with a courtesy appointment in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. He received his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Boston University and a B.S. in Mechanical Aerospace Engineering from Cornell University. Prior to joining Carnegie Mellon University, he was a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Mehmet Toner at Massachusetts General Hospital and served as an instructor in the Center for Engineering in Medicine & Surgery at Harvard Medical School. His research focuses on developing microscale and nanoscale technologies to improve human health and longevity. He leads a multidisciplinary group that creates new microfluidic devices and optical techniques to study individual cells, biomolecules, bio-nanoparticles, and viruses. His current major research efforts aim to enhance the safety and efficiency of therapeutic gene editing methods, which could have significant clinical impacts in areas such as cancer therapy and regenerative medicine.

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