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Professor Dean Ho
Photo by Andrew Cambell |
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Dean Ho, Ph.D.
Assistant 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 |
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Institution |
Field of Study |
Year of Graduation |
| Ph.D. |
UCLA |
Biomedical Engineering |
2005 |
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| M.S. |
UCLA |
Biomedical Engineering |
2003 |
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| 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 |
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| 2008 |
Wallace H. Coulter Foundation Early Career Award in Translational Research |
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V Foundation for Cancer Research V Scholar
(1 of 15 selected in the nation) |
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Plenary Speaker
34th Fullerene-Nanotube Research Society International Meeting |
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Invited Speaker
Diamond 2008, Barcelona, Spain |
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Invited Speaker
Nanodiamond 2008, St. Petersburg, Russia |
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Invited Speaker
IMEC Visionary Symposium, Leuven, Belgium |
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Searle Fellow
Northwestern University |
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Visiting Professor
Peking University Department of Biomedical Engineering |
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Focus Section Editor
IEEE Nanotechnology Magazine |
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Guest Editor
(Nanobiotechnology Special Issue), Journal of the Association for Laboratory Automation |
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Guest Editor
(Nano-Engineered Medicine Special Issue), IEEE Nanotechnology Magazine |
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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) |
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Panelist
NIH-NANO Special Emphasis Study Section |
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Katten Muchin Rosenman Scholarship-Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center (to postdoctoral scholar H. Huang) |
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Who's Who in Engineering Academia |
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| 2007 |
Keynote Speaker
IEEE International Conference on Nano/Molecular Medicine and Engineering (IEEE-NANOMED) |
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IEEE New Faces of Engineering National Award Honoree, (Featured on National Engineers Week website) |
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McCormick Corporate Partners Research Grants
(5 Awarded to Laboratory Members) |
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Semi-finalist, Northwestern INNUVATION Venture Competition
(Lead inventor/team mentor) |
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Leading Health Professional of the World;
Citation: Nanoscale Medicine. (Cambridge, England) |
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| 2006 |
Who's Who Among Executives and Professionals |
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| 2005 |
Monte Jade Organization Dr. Denny J. Ko Award, Spring |
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| 2004 |
Full Member, Sigma Xi Research Society, elected
Fall 2004 |
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UCLA Biomedical Engineering Society, Outstanding
Student Award |
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| 2004-2005 |
University of California, Los Angeles, Bioengineering
Dept., Departmental Fellowship |
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| 2003 |
Best Poster Presentation Award Winner, UC Systemwide
Bioengineering Symposium |
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| 2002-2003 |
University of California, Los Angeles, Bioengineering
Dept., Departmental Fellowship |
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| 2002 |
UCLA Chancellor's Service Award |
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DARPA Molecular Mechanics Scholarship Winner, (for
best poster presentation) |
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| 1999 |
Guenther Empowerment Award, UCLA Unicamp |
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| 1997 |
Faculty Woman's Club Endowed Scholarship |
Dr. Dean Ho is currently an Assistant 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, glucocorticoid-functionalized materials as anti-inflammatory devices as post-operative treatment modalities, as well as localized and targeted chemotherapy using novel nanomaterial devices. He has published over 80 peer-reviewed journal and proceedings manuscripts in the areas of nanomedicine, drug delivery, and nanomaterials.
Dr. Ho's research achievements have garnered news coverage on the CNN homepage, Nature, United Press International, Reuters, Yahoo, The Chicago Tribune, USA Today, MICRO/NANO, as well as BBC Radio. He has also given multiple plenary/keynote talks in international meetings pertaining to nanomedicine and nanomaterials. Dr. Ho is currently an Associate Editor of the Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology, Journal of Nanotechnology Law and Business, and Advanced Science Letters, has served as a Guest Editor for multiple peer-reviewed publications, and is a member of Sigma Xi. He is a recipient of the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation Early Career Award for Translational Research, and one of fifteen cancer researchers in the nation awarded a V Foundation for Cancer Research V Scholars Award. In addition, Dr. Ho was recently named a recipient of the John G. Bollinger Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, and honored by the New Faces of Engineering National Award presented by IEEE.
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Departments
of Biomedical
and Mechanical Engineering
Technological Institute
2145 Sheridan Road, D155
Evanston, IL 60208
d-ho@northwestern.edu |
