ThomasYankeelov

About
After completing master’s degrees in Applied Mathematics and Physics in 1998 and 2000, respectively, at Indiana University, Thomas Yankeelov completed his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering at SUNY Stony Brook in the general area of quantitative cancer imaging. He then went to Vanderbilt University as a post-doctoral fellow in 2003, where he continued to advance quantitative imaging in both the pre-clinical and clinical settings.

Yankeelov became an assistant professor in 2005, achieved tenure as an associate professor in 2010, and was promoted to full professor in 2014. At the end of 2015, he was recruited to The University of Texas at Austin as the W.A. “Tex” Moncrief Chair of Computational Oncology and Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Diagnostic Medicine, and Oncology. As part of this recruitment, he received the prestigious $6 million “Recruitment of Experienced Investigators” grant from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas. At UT Austin, he serves as Director of the Center for Computational Oncology, Director of Cancer Imaging Research, and co-Program leader for the Quantitative Oncology Research Program of the Livestrong Cancer Institutes.

Thomas Yankeelov’s clinical research strives to improve patient care by employing advanced imaging methods for the early identification, assessment and prediction of tumors’ response to therapy. He develops tumor forecasting methods by integrating advanced imaging technologies with patient-specific data and builds predictive, multi-scale biophysical models of tumor growth with the purpose of optimizing therapies for the individual cancer patient.

Educational Qualifications
Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, SUNY Stony Brook
M.S., Applied Mathematics, Indiana University
M.S., Physics, Indiana University

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• Friar Centennial Teaching Fellowship

Related Websites
Center for Computational Oncology
Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences

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