Dr. Marc Dandin

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Marc Dandin is an Assistant Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, where he has previously co-founded and led a start-up company in the medical diagnostics arena. He has worked as a technical specialist focused on intellectual property matters in law firms in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. His research and entrepreneurship efforts have garnered him several awards, including the University of Maryland Bioengineering department's Robert E. Fischell Fellowship and the inaugural Jimmy H. C. Lin Award for Entrepreneurship from the Electrical Engineering department. In recognition of his professional standing, he was elevated to Senior Member status by the IEEE in 2017. Dandin's research interests lie at the intersection of microsystems engineering, integrated circuit design, and biomedicine. His objective is twofold: to learn biology for the design of efficient and smarter artificial sensing and actuation systems, and to develop translational bioengineering approaches that enable novel diagnostics methods and therapies to address unmet needs in medicine.

Research Interests

Awards

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NSF Career Award

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Elevation to Senior Member Grade

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Jimmy H. C. Lin Award for Entrepreneurship

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Fischell Fellowship in Biomedical Engineering

Requirements for Carnegie Mellon University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.5
GRE General
Verbal
Required:158
Quantitative
Required:149
Analytical Writing
Required:4
Overall
Required:4
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in Psychology or related field Research experience/publications
Application Checklist
  • Online application
  • Statement of Purpose
  • Three letters of recommendation
  • Transcripts
  • GRE scores (optional but reported in profile)
  • English Proficiency (TOEFL/IELTS/Duolingo)
Specialization Notes

Admission is extremely competitive with no strict GPA cut-offs; holistic review is used.