Melissa Skala

  • Vanderbilt University

    Biomedical engineering researcher receives NSF Early Career award

    A Vanderbilt biomedical engineering researcher has received a Faculty Early Career Development award from the National Science Foundation. Skala Melissa Skala, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, is a pioneering researcher in the development of optical imaging, optical spectroscopy and nanotechnology for cancer diagnosis and therapy. The $509,000,… Read More

    Mar. 4, 2016

  • Vanderbilt University

    Amy Shah receives Vanderbilt’s Lai Sulin Scholarship

    A Vanderbilt biomedical engineering researcher has received a Faculty Early Career Development award from the National Science Foundation. Skala Melissa Skala, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, is a pioneering researcher in the development of optical imaging, optical spectroscopy and nanotechnology for cancer diagnosis and therapy. The $509,000,… Read More

    Jan. 15, 2016

  • Vanderbilt University

    Improving breast cancer chemo by testing tumors in a dish

    A Vanderbilt biomedical engineering researcher has received a Faculty Early Career Development award from the National Science Foundation. Skala Melissa Skala, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, is a pioneering researcher in the development of optical imaging, optical spectroscopy and nanotechnology for cancer diagnosis and therapy. The $509,000,… Read More

    Oct. 28, 2014

  • Vanderbilt University

    Kristin Poole awarded an SPIE Optics and Photonics Education Scholarship

    A Vanderbilt biomedical engineering researcher has received a Faculty Early Career Development award from the National Science Foundation. Skala Melissa Skala, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, is a pioneering researcher in the development of optical imaging, optical spectroscopy and nanotechnology for cancer diagnosis and therapy. The $509,000,… Read More

    May. 29, 2014

  • Vanderbilt University

    New technique tracks breast cancer subtypes, treatment effectiveness

    A Vanderbilt biomedical engineering researcher has received a Faculty Early Career Development award from the National Science Foundation. Skala Melissa Skala, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, is a pioneering researcher in the development of optical imaging, optical spectroscopy and nanotechnology for cancer diagnosis and therapy. The $509,000,… Read More

    Oct. 21, 2013

  • Vanderbilt University

    School of Engineering recruits 4 new faculty members

    A Vanderbilt biomedical engineering researcher has received a Faculty Early Career Development award from the National Science Foundation. Skala Melissa Skala, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, is a pioneering researcher in the development of optical imaging, optical spectroscopy and nanotechnology for cancer diagnosis and therapy. The $509,000,… Read More

    Sep. 20, 2010