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Derin Sevenler is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. His research focuses on challenges at the interface of biotechnology and fluid mechanics, exploring areas such as microfluidics, non-Newtonian complex fluids, biomaterials, gene and drug delivery, nano-optics, and molecular diagnostics. Sevenler earned a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Boston University and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Aerospace Engineering from Cornell University. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the laboratory of Mehmet Toner at Massachusetts General Hospital, where he also served as an instructor at the Center for Engineering in Medicine & Surgery at Harvard Medical School. He has been recognized with the NIH Pathway Independence Award for his contributions to the field of biomedical engineering. His work aims to advance methods for gene therapies and improve drug delivery mechanisms utilizing red blood cells.
Massachusetts General Hospital • Boston, MA
Conducted research in the laboratory of Mehmet Toner focusing on biomedical applications.
Center for Engineering in Medicine & Surgery, Harvard Medical School • Boston, MA
Instructed medical and engineering students in the intersection of chemical engineering and biotechnology.
Admission is extremely competitive with no strict GPA cut-offs; holistic review is used.