Research and Mentors
BRITE fellows train with faculty across engineering, sciences, and health sciences. Explore the program's research areas and find faculty whose work matches your interests.
Research areas
Research opportunities span computational, biological, engineering, and translational approaches. Many faculty work in more than one area, so fellows are encouraged to speak with several potential mentors before choosing a home laboratory.
- Bioinformatics and AI/ML
Computational analysis, machine learning, and data-driven approaches to biomedical and biotechnology questions.
- Biomedical and Health Diagnostics Devices
Instrumentation and device-based research for sensing, imaging, diagnostics, and health technology.
- Biomaterials
Materials research at the intersection of chemistry, biology, and engineering.
- Genetic and Cellular Therapeutics
Gene- and cell-based therapeutic strategies and the biology that supports them.
- Tissue Engineering
Engineered tissues, biomimetic systems, and regenerative approaches.
- Biomanufacturing
Production, scale-up, and process development that carry biotechnology from the lab to patients.
- Biotechnology
Interdisciplinary biotechnology research aligned with the NIGMS T32 focus area.
- Systems and Synthetic Biology / Metabolic Engineering
Integrated biological design, systems analysis, and metabolic pathway engineering.
Faculty mentors
BRITE draws on a network of 30 faculty mentors across three colleges. Select a name to view the faculty member’s UMass Lowell profile.
| Faculty mentor | Department | BRITE research areas |
|---|---|---|
| Dhimiter Bello Professor and Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies | Biomedical and Nutritional Sciences | Biomaterials; Biotechnology |
| Paul Bryce Professor and Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies | Biological Sciences | Genetic and Cellular Therapeutics; Biotechnology |
| Gulden Camci-Unal Professor | Chemical Engineering | Biomaterials; Tissue Engineering; Biomedical and Health Diagnostics Devices |
| Frédéric Chain Associate Professor | Biological Sciences | Bioinformatics and AI/ML |
| Kwok-Fan Chow Associate Professor | Chemistry | Biomedical and Health Diagnostics Devices |
| Dionysios Christodouleas Associate Professor | Chemistry | Biomedical and Health Diagnostics Devices; Biomaterials |
| Soumita Das Professor | Biomedical and Nutritional Sciences | Genetic and Cellular Therapeutics; Tissue Engineering; Biotechnology |
| Jerome Delhommelle Professor | Chemistry | Bioinformatics and AI/ML |
| Matthew Gage Professor and Chair | Chemistry | Bioinformatics and AI/ML; Biotechnology |
| Peter Gaines Professor and Chair | Biological Sciences | Genetic and Cellular Therapeutics; Biotechnology |
| Jessica Garb Professor | Biological Sciences | Bioinformatics and AI/ML; Biotechnology |
| Chiara Ghezzi Associate Professor | Biomedical Engineering | Tissue Engineering; Biomaterials |
| Sarah Gignoux-Wolfsohn Assistant Professor | Biological Sciences | Bioinformatics and AI/ML |
| Nancy Goodyear Associate Professor | Biomedical and Nutritional Sciences | Biomedical and Health Diagnostics Devices |
| Michael Graves Associate Professor | Biological Sciences | Biotechnology |
| Zeinab Hajjarian Assistant Professor | Biomedical Engineering | Biomedical and Health Diagnostics Devices |
| Gui-Xin (Susan) He Associate Professor | Biomedical and Nutritional Sciences | Biotechnology |
| Suri Iyer Professor | Chemistry | Biomedical and Health Diagnostics Devices; Biotechnology |
| Shannon Kelleher Professor | Biomedical and Nutritional Sciences | Biotechnology |
| Jonghan Kim Professor | Biomedical and Nutritional Sciences | Biomaterials; Biotechnology |
| Yuho Kim Assistant Professor | Physical Therapy and Kinesiology | Genetic and Cellular Therapeutics; Biotechnology |
| Yanfen Li Principal Investigator Assistant Professor | Biomedical Engineering | Biomaterials; Tissue Engineering |
| Pengyuan Liu Assistant Professor | Chemistry | Biotechnology |
| Rachel Melamed Assistant Professor | Biological Sciences | Bioinformatics and AI/ML |
| Amy Peterson Professor | Plastics Engineering | Biomaterials; Biomanufacturing |
| David Ryan Professor | Chemistry | Biomedical and Health Diagnostics Devices |
| Jinxiang Xi Professor | Biomedical Engineering | Biomedical and Health Diagnostics Devices; Bioinformatics and AI/ML |
| Dongming Xie Professor | Chemical Engineering | Systems and Synthetic Biology / Metabolic Engineering; Biomanufacturing; Biotechnology |
| Mingdi Yan Professor | Chemistry | Biomaterials; Biotechnology |
| Seongkyu Yoon Principal Investigator Professor | Chemical Engineering | Biomanufacturing; Systems and Synthetic Biology / Metabolic Engineering; Biotechnology |
Interested in a faculty member who isn’t listed? Contact the program to ask whether they can serve as a BRITE mentor.