AdelaBen-Yakar

Texas Engineer Adela Ben-Yakar
ProfessorMr. N Doug Williams Memorial Centennial Fellow in Engineering

Research Areas
Research Interests

Biomechanical and biomedicine engineering; Femtosecond laser nanosurgery techniques for manipulation of biological systems; Two-photon fluorescence laser scanning microscopy; Applications for nerve regeneration processes; Early cancer detection and treatment

About
Adela Ben-Yakar is a Harry Jr. L. Kent Endowed Professor in the departments of biomedical engineering, mechanical engineering and electrical and computer engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. Ben-Yakar received her Ph.D. in engineering from Stanford University and completed postdoctoral work at Stanford and Harvard Universities in physics. She is a Fellow of the SPIE, Optica and AIMBE and the recipient of the Fulbright Scholarship, Zonta Amelia Earhart Award, NSF Career Award, Human Frontier Science Program Research Award and NIH Director’s Transformative Award.

Educational Qualifications
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University (2000)
M.S., Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Israel Institute of Technology (1995)

Select Awards & Honors

  • CAREER Award – National Science Foundation
  • Zonta Amelia Earhart Award
  • Director’s Transformative Award – National Institutes of Health
  • Human Frontier Science Program Research Award

Related Websites
vivoVerse
Ben-Yakar Group
Texas Materials Institute

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