New Faculty Embody Scholarship and Innovation

Oct 28, 2024 | Dartmouth News

Dartmouth is welcoming 34 new faculty to campus this academic year, including three in engineering sciences. "I'm excited by the potential of these new professors' scholarship, the passion they bring to their work, and the impact they will have in their fields and on our students," says President Sian Leah Beilock, a cognitive scientist and a professor of psychological and brain sciences.

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Irene Georgakoudi '93

Professor of Engineering & Co-Director, Translational Engineering in Cancer Research Program at Dartmouth Cancer Center

Education: BA, Dartmouth | MSc, University of Rochester | PhD, University of Rochester

"I work on developing noninvasive technologies that harness the natural 'glow' of cellular and extracellular tissue components, to enable a new level of understanding of tissue function and dysfunction over a wide range of spatiotemporal scales. My goal is to bring the microscope to the patient to monitor with subcellular resolution key morphological and metabolism-focused functional features without exogenous contrast agents or biopsies. Efforts focus on cancer detection and treatment, neurodegenerative diseases, and aging."

Yoshihiro Nakayama

Assistant Professor of Engineering & Changing Polar Regions Academic Cluster

Education: BS, Nagoya University | MA, Hokkaido University | PhD, University of Bremen

"I aim at understanding the past, present, and future states of the Southern Ocean and identifying the causes of ocean warming and Antarctic ice loss on various time scales by conducting oceanographic observations, improving ocean simulations achieving high model-data agreement, and developing ice-ocean coupled simulations."

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Hung Nguyen

Assistant Professor of Engineering

Education: AS, Northern Virginia Community College | BS, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

"My research aims to develop novel platforms and technologies for nanomedicine and drug delivery applications. This is achieved by leveraging advancements in synthetic polymer chemistry, molecular engineering, cancer biology, and precision medicine—comprising a convergent engineering toolbox. This would, in turn, enable us to examine complex biological questions, as well as to translate novel therapeutics. Ongoing projects focus on the areas of combination therapy, cancer vaccine, and protein corona."

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