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ben-yakar@mail.utexas.edu
512-475-9280
Office Location: ETC 7.132
Adela Ben-Yakar
Professor
Mr. N Doug Williams Memorial Centennial Fellow in Engineering
Department Research Area:
Biomedical Imaging and Instrumentation
Research Focus
Femtosecond laser surgery, nonlinear microscopy, high-throughput microfluidics with applications to nerve regeneration and degeneration, stem cells, and RNA-sequencing.
Research Interests
Dr. Ben-Yakar investigates femtosecond laser interaction with biological tissues to develop novel laser surgery techniques, nonlinear imaging modalities, and endoscopes for image-guided treatment of diseases. Her group also develops high-throughput microfluidics and novel optical methods to study nerve regeneration and degeneration, and stem cells.
Ben-Yakar is the recipient of the NIH Director’s Transformative Award, Human Frontier Science Program Research Award, and an NSF CAREER Award, among others. She received numerous grants totaling more than $10 million. Most recently, Ben-Yakar has been elected an OSA fellow.
