Audrey Bowden
Dorothy J. Wingfield Phillips Chancellor's Faculty Fellow
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Intellectual Neighborhoods
Research Focus
Biophotonics (light-based) tools for
applications to medicine and biology, such as for early detection, diagnosis
and therapy for cancer; development and deployment of low-cost, high-performing
point-of-care technologies for rural and global health applications
Biography
Audrey K (Ellerbee) Bowden is an Associate
Professor of Biomedical Engineering. She received her BSE in EE from Princeton
University, her PhD in BME from Duke University and completed her postdoctoral
training in Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University. During her
career, Dr. Bowden served as an International Fellow at Ngee Ann Polytechnic in
Singapore and as a Legislative Assistant in the United States Senate through
the AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellows Program sponsored by the OSA and
SPIE. She is a member of the OSA, a Senior Member of SPIE and is the recipient
of numerous awards, including the Air Force Young Investigator Award, the NSF
Career Award, the Hellman Faculty Scholars Award, and the Phi Beta Kappa
Teaching Award. She is a former Associate Editor of IEEE
Photonics Journal and a member of numerous professional committees. Her
research interests include biomedical optics, microfluidics, and point of care
diagnostics.