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Susan Napier Thomas holds the Woodruff Professorship in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where she also has adjunct appointments in Biomedical Engineering and Biological Science. She is a member of the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University. Previously, she was a Whitaker postdoctoral scholar at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and earned her B.S. in Chemical Engineering, emphasizing Bioengineering, from the University of California, Los Angeles, and her Ph.D. in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering from Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Thomas's research spans the emerging field of immunoengineering, where she has made significant contributions particularly in biomaterials science. Her accolades include the 2022 Young Investigator Award from Elsevier's journal Biomaterials, the 2018 Young Investigator Award from the Society for Biomaterials, and the 2013 Rita Schaffer Young Investigator Award from the Biomedical Engineering Society. She leads an interdisciplinary research program funded by multiple prestigious organizations including the National Cancer Institute and the Department of Defense, focused on the role of biological transport phenomena in various physiological and pathophysiological processes, including tumor progression and immune function.
Georgia Institute of Technology • Atlanta, GA
Holds the Woodruff Professorship in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and has adjunct appointments in Biomedical Engineering and Biological Science.
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