Jonathan Brunger

  • Vanderbilt University

    Brunger receives 2024 Rising Star Award from Biomedical Engineering Society group

    Jonathan Brunger, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, has received a 2024 Biomedical Engineering Society-Cellular Molecular Bioengineering Rising Star Award. CMBE is a special interest group of the BMES. The Rising Star Award recognizes a BMES-CMBE special interest group member who is at their early independent career stage and has… Read More

    Nov. 20, 2023

  • Vanderbilt University

    Vanderbilt biomedical engineering professor wins NSF early career award to support tissue engineering research

    Vanderbilt University engineering professor Jonathan Brunger has won a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to understand how cells and biomaterials can work together to improve tissue regeneration. The prestigious five-year award honors early career faculty who have the potential to serve as role models in research and education and lead… Read More

    Feb. 15, 2023

  • Vanderbilt University

    Brunger leads $1.5 million NSF project to develop advanced brain organoids

    Vanderbilt engineers have received a $1.49 million National Science Foundation grant to advance the science of organoids with cells that organize themselves and mimic development of human brain structures. Organoids are lab-produced groups of cells that serve as research models for human physiology in development and disease, including design and… Read More

    Jan. 7, 2021

  • Vanderbilt University

    Engineering school announces faculty appointments

    The Vanderbilt University School of Engineering announces the appointment of three tenure-track junior faculty members representing the biomedical, mechanical, and electrical engineering and computer science departments, and three non-tenure appointments. David Braun David Braun is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering. Prior to joining the engineering faculty, he was assistant… Read More

    Sep. 20, 2019