Krishnendu (Krish) Roy
Bruce and Bridgitt Evans Dean of Engineering
University Distinguished Professor
Dean Krish Roy joined Vanderbilt in the fall of 2023 and brings clear strategic vision and leadership acumen to his new role. He is a champion of big ideas who has helped secure more than $85 million in funding from federal, state, industrial and philanthropic sources. Dean Roy and his research colleagues have applied this funding to discover innovative ways to deliver new therapies to treat complex diseases like cancer and tuberculosis.
Prior to Vanderbilt, Dean Roy directed multiple centers at Georgia Tech that led cutting-edge biomedical research, including the National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center for Cell Manufacturing Technologies, the Marcus Center for Therapeutic Cell Characterization and Manufacturing, the National Institutes of Health’s in-depth cell characterization hub and the Center for Immunoengineering.
In recognition of his seminal contributions to a cross section of specialties within biomedical engineering, Dean Roy has been elected a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, the Biomedical Engineering Society and the Controlled Release Society. He also has received the NSF CAREER Award, young investigator awards from the Society for Biomaterials and the Controlled Release Society, and the Global Indus Technovator Award from MIT, among others. Later this month, the Society of Biomaterials will recognize Roy with its Clemson Award for Basic Research for his contributions to the basic knowledge and understanding at the interaction of materials and the immune system. The award is given for significant research, important original publications, and frequent reference to and reliance on this work by fellow researchers.
Dean Roy received an undergraduate degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, followed by a master’s from Boston University and his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University.