Author: Evan Lerner

David Meaney Named Senior Associate Dean of Penn Engineering David Meaney David F. Meaney, Solomon R. Pollack Professor of Bioengineering, has been named the Senior … Read More ›

Ravi Radhakrishnan Named Chair of the Department of Bioengineering Ravi Radhakrishnan Ravi Radhakrishnan has been named Chair of the Department of Bioengineering. Radhakrishnan holds joint … Read More ›

Justin Cooke: Aspiring to Improve Unmanned Aerial Flight Justin Cooke By the time prototype unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) get to the test phase, solving problems in … Read More ›

Jennifer Phillips-Cremins Featured in Nature’s ‘Technologies to Watch in 2020’ Jennifer Phillips-Cremins Nature, one of the world’s most prestigious scientific journals, recently reached out to a … Read More ›

Monroe Kennedy: Robotics for the Greater Good Monroe Kennedy A sci-fi dream has yet to materialize: Despite living in an age of quasi-self-driving cars and ubiquitous … Read More ›

Danielle Bassett Among Science’s ‘Favorite Photos of 2019’ MATTHEW BENDER/JAMES BARTOLOZZI Among shots of a towering thunderstorm reaching into the stratosphere, the moon Daphnis peeking through … Read More ›

Penn Researchers Predict 10-Year Breast Cancer Recurrence with MRI Scans Using imaging to characterize the genetic makeup of tumors paves the way for individualized, non-invasive treatment. … Read More ›

Drops of Liquid Crystal Molecules Branch Out Into Strange Structures Shaped by surface tension and elasticity, spherical drops of chain-like liquid crystal molecules transform upon … Read More ›

Computer-generated Antibiotics, Biosensor Band-Aids, and the Quest to Beat Antibiotic Resistance For Penn synthetic biologist César de la Fuente and his team, these concepts aren’t … Read More ›