Umut Gurkan PhD

Umut A. Gurkan is leading the CASE Biomanufacturing and Microfabrication Laboratory (CASE-BML) in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU). Inspired by modern advanced manufacturing methods, the primary focus of CASE-BML is developing micro/nano-scale technologies for biomanufacturing complex multiscale biological systems and microengineered methods for rare cell isolation and manipulation. Micro/nano-engineered systems and platforms developed at CASE-BML enable broad applications in blood cell research, cardiovascular medicine, orthopaedics, musculoskeletal research, regenerative medicine, and advanced cell therapies. Dr. Gurkan has received the IEEE-Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Wyss Award for Translational Research in 2011 for developing a clinical microfluidic chip based white blood cell isolation and monitoring platform for kidney patients.