Kerem Pekkan PhD

Kerem Pekkan is an Associate Professor at Carnegie Mellon University Biomedical and Mechanical Engineering Departments. He is trained at Middle East Technical University, Purdue University and Georgia Institute of Technology. He studies embryonic fluid mechanics and cardiovascular development to understand progression of heart defects in order to discover new fetal cardiac interventions. Computational arm of his research involves the development of multi-scale computational tools to optimize vascular systems, neonatal devices and novel micro-imaging protocols. His team focuses pediatric cardiovascular engineering in order to improve the surgical outcome of congenital heart defects. Professor Pekkan authored over 60 peer-reviewed manuscripts and holds three US patents. He is the Associate Editor of Artificial Organs and BMES Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology journals. He is supported through NSF CAREER, AHA, NIH and ERC awards. His group has founded three spin-off companies.