Catherine K. Kuo PhD

Catherine K. Kuo arrives from Tufts University, where she had been an assistant professor of biomedical engineering since 2008, as well as from MIT, where she had been a visiting scientist in chemical engineering since 2011.

She said that several factors convinced her to join University of Rochester—the high caliber faculty and students working in diverse areas of research in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Hajim School, the Center for Musculoskeletal Research being one of the top-funded orthopaedic research groups in the nation, the strong ties between BME and the Medical School, and the “stimulating scientific discussions and warm personal interactions” she enjoyed with faculty and students when she interviewed here. “The University of Rochester is a big name in orthopaedics, one of my primary research areas,” Kuo said. “The Center for Musculoskeletal Research is one of the most successful and highly regarded research centers in the country. I find BME at UR to be equally impressive with a department of outstanding faculty that has created a vibrant scientific community with an extraordinarily positive culture. Either of these would have been a draw for me, but the two together (across the street from each other!) is unrivaled.