Deva Chan
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering (courtesy)
Director, Purdue Small Animal and Engineering (3T) MRI Facilities
Email: chand@purdue.edu
Phone: +1 (765) 496-1768
Fax: +1 765 496-1459
Location: West Lafayette
Purdue University
Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering
Martin C. Jischke Hall of Biomedical Engineering
206 S. Martin Jischke Drive
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2032
Research web site: engineering.purdue.edu/ChanLab
Education
- BS, Bioengineering, University of California at Berkeley, 2004
- MS, Biomedical Engineering, University of California at Davis, 2008
- PhD, Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, 2012
Research Interests
- Multi-scale orthopedic biomechanics
- Magnetic resonance imaging for diagnosis, assessment, and intervention in musculoskeletal and neural disease
- Mechanobiology of hyaluronan metabolism, function, and signaling
- Osteoarthritis and degenerative disc disease
- Brain biomechanics and neurotrauma
Publications
Awards
- Young Innovators of Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering Award, 2025
- Ralph W. and Grace M Showalter Research Trust Award, 2022
- Young Faculty Award (YFA), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), 2021
- Violet B Haas Memorial Fellowship/Susan Bulkeley Butler Center for Leadership Excellence, Purdue University, 2021
- CAREER Award, National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering, 2020
- Richard Skalak Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Bioengineering Division, 2019
- Career Advancement Pathways in Engineering (CAPE) Award, College of Engineering, RPI, 2019
- Arthritis Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, 2013