Biomechanics and mechanobiology unites engineers, life scientists, veterinarians and doctors to study how mechanical forces contribute to health and disease processes. This multidisciplinary approach enables or faculty and students to pioneer both basic and applied research.
Cornell’s top-ranking schools in engineering, veterinary, and medical fields boost its research. This effort spans from nanoscale studies in cells to organ functions in large animals.
Research in this area is also pushing the frontiers of mechanobiology by linking cell and molecular biology to tissue structure at the meso-scale, creating new theories and experimental test systems that are integrated with genetic and molecular tools to discover functional principles in biological structures with the long-term goal of improving human health.
The faculty researchers in this area exemplify the collaborative nature of the work done at Cornell Engineering.
Faculty
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![Lawrence Bonassar]()
Lawrence Bonassar
Daljit S. and Elaine Sarkaria Professor in Biomedical Engineering Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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![Claudia Fischbach]()
Claudia Fischbach
James M. and Marsha McCormick Family Director of the Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering Stanley Bryer 1946 Professor of Biomedical Engineering
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Esak (Isaac) Lee
Assistant Professor Nancy and Peter Meinig Family Investigator in the Life Sciences
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![Marjolein van der Meulen]()
Marjolein van der Meulen
Swanson Professor of Biomedical Engineering Associate Vice Provost for Research and Innovation
Graduate Field Faculty
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![Nelly Andarawis-Puri]()
Nelly Andarawis-Puri
Associate Director of Graduate Programs and DGS for Mechanical Engineering Clare Boothe Luce Associate Professor
Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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![Lara A. Estroff]()
Lara A. Estroff
Chair of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering Herbert Fisk Johnson Professor of Industrial Chemistry
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
