Professor Dean Ho


Photo by Andrew Cambell
 

Dean Ho, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Departments of Biomedical and Mechanical Engineering
Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
Northwestern University

Technological Institute
2145 Sheridan Road, Room D155
Evanston, IL 60208
Phone: 310-570-0750
Email: d-ho@northwestern.edu

Curriculum Vitae (PDF)

 

Professional Education
Degree Institution Field of Study Year of Graduation
Ph.D. UCLA Biomedical Engineering 2005
       
M.S. UCLA Biomedical Engineering 2003
       
B.S. UCLA Physiological Sciences 2001

 

Honors and Awards
2009 Society of Manufacturing Engineers John G. Bollinger Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award
Notification in 2008, Awarded in 2009
   
2008 Wallace H. Coulter Foundation Early Career Award in Translational Research
   
  V Foundation for Cancer Research V Scholar
(1 of 15 selected in the nation)
   
  Plenary Speaker
34th Fullerene-Nanotube Research Society International Meeting
   
  Invited Speaker
Diamond 2008, Barcelona, Spain
   
  Invited Speaker
Nanodiamond 2008, St. Petersburg, Russia
   
  Invited Speaker
IMEC Visionary Symposium, Leuven, Belgium
   
  Searle Fellow
Northwestern University
   
  Visiting Professor
Peking University Department of Biomedical Engineering
   
  Focus Section Editor
IEEE Nanotechnology Magazine
   
  Guest Editor
(Nanobiotechnology Special Issue), Journal of the Association for Laboratory Automation
   
  Guest Editor
(Nano-Engineered Medicine Special Issue), IEEE Nanotechnology Magazine
   
  First Place
Kellogg School of Management Venture Competition (For BioticLabs, emerging nanomedicine technology based on Prof. Ho's work in scalably fabricated drug delivery systems)
   
  Panelist
NIH-NANO Special Emphasis Study Section
   
  Katten Muchin Rosenman Scholarship-Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center (to postdoctoral scholar H. Huang)
   
  Who's Who in Engineering Academia
   
2007 Keynote Speaker
IEEE International Conference on Nano/Molecular Medicine and Engineering (IEEE-NANOMED)
   
  IEEE New Faces of Engineering National Award Honoree, (Featured on National Engineers Week website)
   
  McCormick Corporate Partners Research Grants
(5 Awarded to Laboratory Members)
   
  Semi-finalist, Northwestern INNUVATION Venture Competition
(Lead inventor/team mentor)
   
  Leading Health Professional of the World; Citation: Nanoscale Medicine. (Cambridge, England)
   
2006 Who's Who Among Executives and Professionals
   
2005 Monte Jade Organization Dr. Denny J. Ko Award, Spring
   
2004 Full Member, Sigma Xi Research Society, elected Fall 2004
   
  UCLA Biomedical Engineering Society, Outstanding Student Award
   
2004-2005 University of California, Los Angeles, Bioengineering Dept., Departmental Fellowship
   
2003 Best Poster Presentation Award Winner, UC Systemwide Bioengineering Symposium
   
2002-2003 University of California, Los Angeles, Bioengineering Dept., Departmental Fellowship
   
2002 UCLA Chancellor's Service Award
   
2001 DARPA Molecular Mechanics Scholarship Winner, (for best poster presentation)
   
1999 Guenther Empowerment Award, UCLA Unicamp
   
1997 Faculty Woman's Club Endowed Scholarship

 

Dr. Dean Ho is currently an Associate Professor in the Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering in the Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, and Member of the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University where he directs the Laboratory for Nanoscale Biotic-Abiotic Systems Engineering (N-BASE).

Dr. Ho is investigating the fabrication of nanodiamond-based technologies for drug delivery as well as localized and targeted chemotherapy using novel nanomaterial devices. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed journal and proceedings papers in the areas of nanomedicine, drug delivery, and nanomaterials.

Dr. Ho's research achievements have garnered news coverage on the CNN homepage, Reuters, Yahoo, and The Chicago Tribune, among other international news outlets. He was also recently featured on the National Geographic Channel show, ‘Known Universe’ which aired domestically and internationally. Dr. Ho is currently Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the Association for Laboratory Automation, and serves on the Editorial Boards of Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine, the Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology, and Journal of Nanotechnology Law and Business. He is a recipient of the National Science Foundation CAREER Award, Wallace H. Coulter Foundation Early Career Award for Translational Research, Phase 2 Coulter Translational Research Award, and V Foundation for Cancer Research V Scholars Award. In addition, Dr. Ho was an invited participant in the National Academy of Engineering Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, a recipient of the John G. Bollinger Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, and received the Distinguished Young Alumnus Award from the UCLA School of Engineering and Applied Science.

 

Departments of Biomedical
and Mechanical Engineering

Technological Institute
2145 Sheridan Road, D155
Evanston, IL 60208
d-ho@northwestern.edu