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Browse labs by their listed college affiliationLaboratory for Computational Neurodiagnostics
Stony Brook University
Lilianne R. Mujica-Parodi · Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Baszucki Endowed Chair for Metabolic Neuroscience
The brain operates within a body whose metabolism, hormones, immune responses, and autonomic activity are continually changing. Mujica-Parodi’s Laboratory for Computational Neurodiagnostics investigates how neural circuits regulate themselves and interact with these physiological systems in health and disease. Research extends control theory to these regulatory processes. The group combines basic, clinical, and computational neuroscience, alongside software and instrumentation development. This interdisciplinary approach connects mathematical descriptions of regulation with questions about the relationships between brain function and the wider physiological environment.
Independently curated · UnclaimedLaboratory for Multiscale Regenerative Technologies (LMRT)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sangeeta N. Bhatia · John J. and Dorothy Wilson Professor of Health Sciences and Technology and of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
What if a tiny engineered tissue could reveal how a drug behaves in a human liver? Sangeeta Bhatia’s LMRT brings microfabrication, tissue engineering, and nanotechnology to that question. The group builds human liver models for studying drug responses and infections, and develops nanoscale tools for detecting and treating disease. Selected work includes a 3D model of the junction between liver tissue and bile ducts, and electrical stimulation to guide blood-vessel formation in engineered tissues. It is a place where device design meets cell biology, with experiments spanning molecules, cells, and tissue-scale systems.
Laboratory for Quantum Enhanced Systems and Technology
Stevens Institute of Technology
Yuping Huang · Professor
Huang develops quantum and photonic systems with practical device design as a central constraint. His Laboratory for Quantum Enhanced Systems and Technology investigates quantum-enhanced biomedical imaging, processing on chips, remote sensing, and metrology. Other projects connect quantum methods with cybersecurity and photonic artificial intelligence. Stevens describes an emphasis on highly integrated devices and approaches compatible with room-temperature operation. This offers prospective researchers a bridge between quantum physics and engineering: useful performance must be considered alongside integration and reproducibility as laboratory concepts move toward possible applications.
Independently curated · UnclaimedLaura P. W. Ranum Research Group
University of Florida
Laura P. W. Ranum · Kitzman Family Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
How do repeat expansion RNAs produce toxic proteins and drive neuron degeneration in ALS, FTD and other disorders? The Ranum Lab discovered that repeat expansion RNAs lacking AUG start codons undergo Repeat Associated Non-AUG (RAN) translation, producing homopolymeric proteins detected in patient brain tissue to study pathogenic protein accumulation. The group develops and characterizes transgenic and BAC mouse models of C9orf72, SCA8 and DM to link repeat-driven RNAs and RAN proteins to neuronal phenotypes using molecular and in vivo optical-imaging strategies. Researchers use high-throughput sequencing and repeat-enrichment strategies to identify novel repeat expansion mutations in genetically undiagnosed ataxia, ALS and dementia families. The lab tests therapeutic strategies that target RAN proteins, including passive immunotherapy and metformin-mediated PKR inhibition, in cell and mouse models to evaluate effects on RAN translation and disease-related outcomes.
Le Roch Lab
University of California, Riverside
Karine Le Roch · Professor of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology
Malaria parasites depend on carefully regulated gene activity to develop and survive. Le Roch’s laboratory investigates the molecular pathways underlying that biology using functional genomics and drug discovery approaches. Research includes chromatin structure, epigenetic regulation, and long noncoding RNAs in apicomplexan parasites such as Plasmodium falciparum. High throughput methods help identify pathways involved in parasite and host cell development. The group asks how RNA and chromatin regulation work and whether understanding those mechanisms could reveal new therapeutic approaches to parasitic disease.
Leifu Chang Research Group
Purdue University West Lafayette
Leifu Chang · Associate Professor
How do the structures of large protein and protein–nucleic acid assemblies determine their regulation and function at molecular resolution? The Chang group focuses on cryo-electron microscopy and biochemical reconstitution to solve structures of large complexes. Researchers apply X-ray crystallography, NMR, electron tomography, and advanced spectroscopy alongside computational approaches to examine nucleic acid and protein structures. Current projects document CRISPR-Cas systems and cell-cycle regulatory assemblies using structural methods to reveal mechanisms of action.
Independently curated · UnclaimedLeonard Lab
Princeton UniversityNaomi Ehrich Leonard · Edwin S. Wilsey Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Department Chair
How do many individuals coordinate without a single leader? Naomi Ehrich Leonard’s lab studies the dynamics, control, and learning behind networked systems, from robot teams to collective animal behavior. Projects include decentralized robot task allocation, nonlinear models of opinion formation, and learning three-dimensional rotational dynamics from images. The work combines mathematical models, feedback control, and computational experiments to explain how local interactions produce group-level behavior. Its selected papers offer two entry points: predicting rigid-body motion with physics-based learning, and tuning how a network reaches agreement or maintains disagreement.
Leslie Griffith Research Group
Brandeis University
Leslie Griffith · Professor
Griffith studies behavior from the molecule to the whole animal. Her group uses Drosophila to investigate how internal state and environmental cues alter sleep, movement, circadian rhythms, and courtship. Video and automated monitoring connect behavioral measurements with imaging and electrophysiological recordings of neurons. At the biochemical level, the laboratory examines calcium signaling and CaMKII-related pathways involved in synaptic function and plasticity. The central research opportunity is linking a defined cellular signaling mechanism to changes in neural activity and then to an observable behavior.
Independently curated · UnclaimedLina Pu Research Group
The University of Alabama
Lina Pu · Associate Professor
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Independently curated · UnclaimedLinda M. Abriola Research Group
Brown University
Linda M. Abriola · Joan Wernig and E. Paul Sorensen Professor of Engineering
How do organic chemicals move and persist in subsurface groundwater and soils under remediation actions? The research program models multiphase flow and reactive transport to predict contaminant fate and to design remediation strategies. Researchers investigate nanoparticle transport and reactivity for engineered subsurface applications and test transport mechanisms experimentally and in models. The group studies groundwater hydrology and soil remediation to understand PFAS and other emerging contaminants in the subsurface environment. The lab engages in interdisciplinary projects documented on the Engineering and IBES faculty pages.
Linda S. Shimizu Research Group
University of South Carolina-ColumbiaLinda S. Shimizu · Professor
Linda Shimizu studies how small molecules organize themselves into larger functional structures. Her supramolecular chemistry uses noncovalent urea interactions and bis-urea macrocycles to build predictable assemblies and crystalline materials. Research connects molecular shape and interaction with properties such as light response, conductivity, and transport through confined environments. Organic synthesis, photochemistry, and crystal engineering are central parts of the approach. By drawing inspiration from biological self-assembly while controlling synthetic building blocks, the group investigates how ordered molecular structures can become useful materials with deliberately chosen behaviors.
Lisa Morici Research Group
Tulane UniversityLisa Morici · Interim Chair and Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
A vaccine must generate protection in the tissues where infection takes hold. Lisa Morici studies how adjuvants, immunization routes, and delivery locations influence vaccine responses against difficult bacterial infections. Her lab develops outer-membrane-vesicle vaccine platforms and explores alternatives for drug-resistant wound infections, including peptides and phage approaches. The research connects immunology with vaccine design and antimicrobial strategies. It is relevant to researchers interested in tissue-specific immunity, bacterial pathogenesis, and moving experimental vaccine candidates through careful preclinical evaluation.
Liting Hu Research Group
University of California, Santa Cruz
Liting Hu · Associate Professor
How can edge and cloud systems provide low-latency, high-throughput stream and AI services across distributed infrastructures? The ELVES Research Lab implements adaptive edge stream processing projects such as DART and FP4S to scale analytics engines across Spark, Flink, and Storm. Researchers design federated learning and AI-serving platforms (Totoro, Totoro+) using distributed runtime mechanisms to train and serve models at the edge. The group develops lightweight virtualization and serverless scheduling systems (Capybara, Ekko) using container and decentralized scheduling techniques for elastic compute. They build intelligent resource orchestration control planes (RBay, Monalytics) applying monitoring-driven control for edge and datacenter clusters to optimize utilization.
Lo Lab
University of California, RiversideDavid D. Lo · Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Sciences
The immune system needs ways to monitor the surfaces where microbes enter the body. Lo studies specialized M cells, which collect material at mucosal barriers and deliver it to the immune system. Research examines these cells in the intestine and airways, and has contributed to identifying related cells in the thymus. His broader air quality collaborations also investigate environmental exposure and lung health. These directions connect cellular immune surveillance with the biological consequences of inhaled particles and other environmental challenges.
Lorena A. Barba Research Group
George Washington UniversityLorena A. Barba · Professor
How can faster computational methods make complex fluid and molecular systems practical to study? The group develops approaches in computational fluid dynamics, combining fluid mechanics with applied mathematics and computer science. Its work extends into biomolecular physics, including computer methods for problems involving protein electrostatics. Researchers use GPU accelerators and parallel algorithms to support large-scale scientific calculations. The program also examines reproducibility and open science, connecting the design of numerical methods with transparent computational workflows that other researchers can examine and reuse.
Lucy R. Hutyra Research Group
Boston University
Lucy R. Hutyra · Distinguished Professor, Chair
How does urbanization alter city-scale carbon exchanges between the atmosphere and vegetation over seasonal to decadal timescales? The Hutyra Research Lab integrates atmospheric, biometric, and climatological observations to quantify drivers of atmosphere–biosphere carbon fluxes in urban and forested systems. Researchers measure and compare carbon and nitrogen cycling across land-use gradients to determine how land use change affects ecosystem productivity and carbon storage. The group applies ecosystem-scale flux measurements and remote/biometric datasets to identify climatic controls on ecosystem carbon exchange. Ongoing projects examine urban heat island effects and their influence on carbon dynamics across heterogeneous urban landscapes.
Ludmilla Aristilde Research Group
Northwestern University
Ludmilla Aristilde · Professor
How do mineral interfaces and microbial enzymes control transformation and fate of organic nutrients and contaminants in soils? The Aristilde Group combines experiments and computation to investigate catalytic dynamics of extracellular enzymes at water–mineral interfaces and enzyme–mineral regulation. Researchers quantify cellular carbon metabolism and coupled carbon–energy fluxes in environmental bacteria to decode pathways for lignin and polymer carbon utilization. The group benchmarks catalytic parameters for iron-oxide-mediated abiotic reactions relevant to organic phosphorus recycling in soils and sediments. Projects apply metabolomics, mechanistic enzymology, and surface chemistry to inform nutrient cycling and environmental biotechnology.
Luke H. Bradley Research Group
University of KentuckyLuke H. Bradley · Chellgren Endowed Professor
Luke Bradley investigates peptide- and protein-based platforms with potential applications in neurodegenerative disease. His research connects neuroscience with molecular and structural biology to explore biotherapeutic design. A recent collaboration also turns protein structures and gene-mutation data into sound, mapping biological information onto pitch, rhythm, and timbre to investigate patterns that may be difficult to see. This unusual combination brings molecular research together with data sonification and the arts. The program offers connections among protein-based therapeutic strategies, methods for interpreting complex biological data, and neuroscience research.
Luke Hanley Research Group
University of Illinois Chicago
Luke Hanley · LAS Distinguished Professor
Can light-driven chemical measurements reveal what is happening on complex biological and material surfaces? The group develops analytical methods based on photoionization, laser ablation and mass spectrometry. Research uses approaches including ultrashort laser pulses and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, sometimes requiring new instruments built in the laboratory. Applications include mass-spectrometry imaging of bacterial biofilms and lithium-ion batteries. The program also develops data-analysis methods for these measurements, connecting surface chemistry with questions in microbiology, bioengineering and materials characterization.
Lunte Research Group
University of KansasSusan M. Lunte · Ralph N. Adams Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Measuring a biological signal is often the first obstacle to understanding it. Susan Lunte develops small-scale analytical methods for studying peptide transport and metabolism across the blood-brain barrier. Her group also builds separation-based sensors that combine microdialysis with microchip electrophoresis, cell-based assays on chips, and diagnostics for cardiovascular and metabolic disease. These projects connect analytical chemistry with neurochemistry and drug development. The research is a concrete match for interests in biosensing, microfluidic analysis, and monitoring molecules at biologically relevant concentrations.
M. Lisa Manning Research Group
Syracuse University
M. Lisa Manning · William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Physics
Lisa Manning uses theory and simulations to investigate collective behavior in living tissues and disordered materials. Her research asks how cells and their surroundings generate mechanical forces that shape developing organs, and how those forces work alongside biochemical signals. Collaborative experiments connect mathematical predictions with observed tissue movements. Other interests include mechanical metamaterials and the structure, deformation, and flow of glassy materials. The work brings soft matter physics into questions of development and disease, investigating how large-scale patterns emerge from interactions among many individual components.
Machine Learning Laboratory
Illinois Institute of Technology
Mustafa Bilgic · Professor of Computer Science, Department Chair
Machine learning becomes more useful when people can interact with it and understand its reasoning. Bilgic directs the Machine Learning Laboratory, studying active learning, interactive learning, and explainable AI. His interests include learning from rationales, probabilistic graphical models, and statistical relational learning. The group also investigates interpretability, robustness, and model stability. This research connects the way a system acquires information with the way its predictions can be examined, addressing questions about how human feedback and structured relationships contribute to learning.
Majid Minary Research Group
University of Texas at Dallas
Majid Minary · Professor
Printing a ceramic part is only the beginning: its pores, particles, and processing history determine how it performs. Minary investigates advanced manufacturing and materials design, including ceramic additive manufacturing and composite fabrication. His listed research examines vat photopolymerization, thermal processing, and combinations of printed ceramics with metal deposition. Projects also address how particle shape and internal structure affect sintering and how porous ceramics respond to thermal shock. The group offers a concrete intersection of three-dimensional printing, microstructure, and materials performance for researchers interested in building demanding engineering components.
Independently curated · UnclaimedManish Shetty Research Group
Texas A&M University
Manish Shetty · Assistant Professor
How can catalytic materials be designed to convert waste plastics and abundant feedstocks into valuable chemicals sustainably? The research program designs and tests catalysts for plastics upcycling and tandem reactions such as methanolysis and transfer hydrogenolysis of PET using experimental catalysis and reaction kinetics. Researchers perform density functional theory and computational catalysis studies to modulate surface–adsorbate interactions for ammonia synthesis and other transformations. The group investigates catalyst deactivation mechanisms and reaction pathways for polyethylene hydrogenolysis with spectroscopy and mechanistic experiments. Work develops catalyst design principles for CO2, CH4 and biomass valorization toward sustainable chemical manufacturing.
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