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PETER I. LELKES, Ph.D
Calhoun Chair Professor of Cellular Tissue Engineering School of Biomedical Engineering , Science and Health Systems. Drexel University Office: School of Biomedical Engineering , Science, and Health Systems Commonwealth Hall 7-721 Drexel University 3141 Chestnut Street Philadelphia , PA 19104. Email: pil22@drexel.edu Tel: (215) 895-2219 Fax: (215) 895-4983 |
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Education
I1967-1974 Technical University (RWTH), Aachen , West Germany , Physics and Biophysics
1974 M.Sc. ñ Biophysics, Thesis: Optical properties of excitable membranes
1974-1977 Nuclear Research Center (KFA), Juelich , West Germany . Cell Biology, membrane biophysics
1977 Ph.D. (Dr. rer. nat.) Thesis: Pressure- and volume-regulation by water- and ion-fluxes in Valonia utricularis
Positions and Honours:
1981 - 1983 Scientist, Dept. Membrane Research, Weizmann Institute, Rehovoth , Israel 1983 - 1988 Visiting Associate/Scientist, Lab oratory of Cell Biology and Genetics, NIADDK, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda , MD 1988 - 1991 Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Wisconsin Medical School , Milwaukee Clinical Campus, Milwaukee , WI 1991 - 1993 Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison , WI 1993 - 2000 Professor of Medicine, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison , WI 1997-1998 Lady Davis Visiting Professorship, Hebrew University , Jerusalem 2000 - present Calhoun Chair Professor for Cellular Tissue Engineering, Drexel University , Philadelphia 2007 - present Direct, Surgical Engineering Enterprises, Drexel University College of Medicine
Other Honours and Professional Membership:
1984-1988 Edison Engineering Program, General Electric Company 1989-present IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology (EMBS) 1990-1994 Undergraduate Academic Coaching Fellowship, UPENN 1994-1996 William Fontaine Fellowship, UPENN 1994-1996 NIH Pre-doctoral Traineeship, UPENN 1997 National Society of Black Engineers Outstanding Achievement, UPENN 1997 Lance R. Collins Award, Black Graduate & Professional Student Assoc, UPENN 1999-present ASME Bioengineering Division 2004-Honorary Professor, Changchun Institute of Polymer Chemistry and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences 2005-Honorary Professor, University of Applied Sciences Aachen, Germany Click here for Faculty Appointments, Awards, Personal Societies and Services