Dr. Jeanne Stachowiak, formerly a senior researcher with Sandia Laboratories, has joined The University of Texas at Austin as an assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. Stachowiak is a leading biomedical researcher whose work has already received recognition.
Jeanne Stachowiak
Dr. Jeanne Stachowiak, formerly a senior researcher with Sandia Laboratories, has joined The University of Texas at Austin as an assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. Stachowiak is a leading biomedical researcher whose work has already received recognition.
Stachowiak’s research focuses on the biophysical mechanisms that underlie the function of lipid membranes in cells, as well as the opportunity to create bio-inspired materials and systems that borrow these mechanisms. Along with her associates she develops new lipid membrane substrates and lipid-encapsulated systems and examines them using advanced microfluidic and fluorescence microscopy tools. Her research impacts the design of materials that can form functional interfaces with cells and tissues. Specifically, work in her laboratory will enable biomimetic approaches to biomedical problems such as drug delivery, tissue engineering, and biodetection.
“Jeanne Stachowiak is a leading scientist of the younger generation of biomedical engineers,” says Professor Nicholas A. Peppas, Chair of the Biomedical Engineering Department. “Over the past six years she has collaborated with major figures of the field such as Professors Daniel Fletcher, Arun Majumdar, Arup Chakraborty, and Samir Mitragotri, and she has attained strong expertise in areas of great interest to this department.”
Among other awards, Stachowiak has been the recipient of the Cornell University Award for Outstanding Mentorship of Co-op Students and the Soroptimist Founder Region Dissertation Fellowship Award. She was also a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow and an ARCS Foundation Graduate Research Fellow.
She received her B.S. in mechanical engineering from The University of Texas at Austin, and her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering from The University of California, Berkeley. Prior to joining The University of Texas at Austin, Stachowiak worked as a senior researcher with Sandia Laboratories, where she designed synthetic analogs of cellular membranes and developed microdevices used for biodetection and biomedical applications.
