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Faculty The faculty at the BioMEMS Resource Center consists of individuals committed to the advancement of MEMS technology into biomedical applications. The faculty at BMRC hold primary appointments at Boston academic institutions (Harvard, MIT), and have critical roles in executing the Center's missions in research and education. Dr. Mehmet Toner is the Director. The faculty are listed in alphabetical order.
Martha Gray, PhD Core Faculty Martha Gray, PhD (HST)  Dr. Martha L. Gray is the Edward Hood Taplin Professor of Medical and Electrical Engineering in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and the Division of Health Sciences and Technology (HST) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She serves as the Director of the Division of Health Sciences and Technology. Dr. Gray received her B.S. degree in Computer Science and Systems Science from Michigan State University, Lansing, MI, in 1974, her S.M. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, in 1982, and her Ph.D. in Medical Engineering from the Harvard/MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology in 1986. Her research includes the development of microfabricated technologies for biological research and cartilage repair and imaging. Dr. Gray was the recipient of the National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award, is on the editorial board of Annual Revues of Biomedical Engineering, and is a fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineers. Daniel Irimia, MD, PhD (BMRC) 
Dr. Daniel Irimia is a research associate at the BioMEMS Resource Center at MGH. Daniel Irimia has a medical degree from the “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine in Iasi, Romania and a Ph.D. in bioengineering form the University of Illinois in Chicago. His graduate work, under the guidance of Professor Jens Karlsson pioneered the use of microfabricated devices for research in the fields of cryobiology and cryopreservation. Current research interests involve the use of microfluidic devices (BioMEMS) for various applications related to biological and clinical sciences, with a special focus on single cell manipulation and comprehensive genomic and proteomic analysis. Martin Schmidt, PhD (MIT) 
Dr. Martin A. Schmidt is a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He serves as the Director of the Microsystems Technology Laboratories at MIT. Dr. Schmidt received the B.S. degree in electrical and computer engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, in 1981, and the S.M. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT, Cambridge, in 1983 and 1988, respectively. He is an expert in microelectromechanical systems, devices with miniature moving parts made with fabrication techniques of microelectronics. Dr. Schmidt investigates microfabrication technologies for integrated circuits, sensors, and actuators; design of micromechanical sensor and actuator systems; mechanical properties of microelectronic materials, with emphasis on silicon wafer bonding technology; integrated microsensors; and microfluidic devices. His current research projects involve novel applications of MEMS technologies to a variety of fields, including miniature gas turbines, miniature chemical reactors, microswitches, biological applications and sensors monolithically integrated with electronics. He has more than 130 refereed technical publications and 28 patents. He is a recipient of a number of awards including the Ruth and Joel Spira Teaching Award, the NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award, and an honorary doctorate from the Technical University of Denmark. Ronald G. Tompkins, MD, ScD (MGH, Harvard)  Dr. Ronald Tompkins is the Sumner M. Redstone Professor of Surgery at the Harvard Medical School, the Chief of the Trauma, Burns & Surgical Critical Care Service of the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), and the Chief of Staff of the Shriners Hospitals for Children-Boston. He received a B.S. degree in Chemistry from Tulane University, an M.D. degree from Tulane Medical School, and a ScD degree in medical and chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Dr. Tompkins has served on numerous national committees and received multiple honors including a fellowship from the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering and an honorary M.A. from Harvard University, and he is a senior director of the American Board of Surgery. Dr. Tompkins has published more than 250 contributions to the medical literature. His research interests include the metabolic and inflammatory responses to injury and tissue engineering. Mehmet Toner, PhD (MGH, Harvard, HST)  Dr. Mehmet Toner is a Professor of Surgery at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Harvard Medical School. Dr. Toner is also a faculty member at the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology. He is the principal investigator and serves as the Director of the BioMicroElectroMechanical Systems Resource Center at MGH. Dr. Toner received a BS degree from Istanbul Technical University and an MS degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), both in Mechanical Engineering. He subsequently completed his PhD degree in Medical Engineering at Harvard University- MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology in 1989. Dr. Toner is a member of many national and international professional committees. He serves as the Associate Editor of the Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Associate Editor of the Annual Reviews in Biomedical Engineering, member of the Editorial Board of the journals of Cryobiology and Cryo-Letters. In 1994, he was recognized by the Y.C. Fung Young Faculty Award in Bioengineering from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). In 1997, he won the John F. and Virginia B. Taplin Faculty Fellow Award given by Harvard and MIT for his contribution to these two institutions in bioengineering research and education. In 2000, Dr. Toner was selected to become a Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering. Martin Yarmush, MD, PhD (MGH, Harvard)  Dr. Martin Yarmush is the Helen Andrus Benedict Professor of Surgery and Bioengineering at the Harvard Medical School and Director of the Center for Engineering in Medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr.Yarmush is an internationally recognized bioengineer and biophysical chemist. He is known as one of the leading investigators in the area of molecular and cellular bioengineering through seminal contributions to the fields of hepatic and skin tissue engineering, applied immunology, metabolic engineering, and genomics and proteomics. Dr. Yarmush has been credited with many advances including: innovative cell culture systems, bioartificial organs development, targeted therapies for tumors and infections, recombinant protein & recombinant retrovirus production / purification techniques, and microfabricated living cell arrays. Collaborators Davis, Ronald - Stanford http://biochemistry.stanford.edu/research/davis.html
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