Office: ESB 444
Phone: (615)322-3598
Fax: (615)343-7919
Education:
Postdoctoral Training, Bioengineering, 2007-2009, University of Washington
Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, 2007, Georgia Tech and Emory University
B.S. Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, 2001, University of Kentucky
Bryan Dollinger, Ph.D. (2021) is now an equity research associate in Biotechnology at BTIG.
Prarthana Patil, Ph.D. (2021) is now a Scientist II in Discovery Medicine at Kodiak Sciences.
Sean Bedingfield, Ph.D. (2020) is now a research engineer in RNA innovation at Eli Lilly exploring novel RNA delivery technologies.
Meredith A. Jackson, Ph.D. (2019) is now a staff scientist at the Immunotherapy Integration Hub at Seattle Children’s Research Institute.
Kameron V. Kilchrist, Ph.D. (2019) is now a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson.
Brian C. Evans, Ph.D. (2015) Completed Ph.D. and Post-Doc at Vanderbilt, worked as Research Assistant Professor until 2019. Brian is now a Research Scientist at Cumberland Emerging Technologies.
Taylor (Kavanaugh) Collins, M.S. (2017): completed M.S. at Vanderbilt (2016); now Clinical Studies Engineer at BIOTRONIK in Portland, OR.
Thomas A. Werfel, Ph.D. (2017): is now an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at University of Mississippi.
Samanta M. Sarett, Ph.D. (2017): now a Senior Scientist at Exicure
John R. Martin, Ph.D. (2017): now a post doc with Dr. Paula Hammond in the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology; starting in 2020 as Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at University of Cincinnati.
Kelsey (Beavers) Mayo, Ph.D. (2016): now Program Manager at Precision Medicine Initiative, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Kristin Poole O’Grady, Ph.D. (2015): now a Research Instructor in Radiology, Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science
Christopher Nelson, Ph.D. (2014): now an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at University of Arkansas
Martina Miteva, M.S. (2014): now Life Sciences Consultant and Client Engagement Manager at CGI
Rucha Joshi, Ph.D. (2016): completed M.S. at Vanderbilt (2011) and Ph.D. at Purdue (2016); now BME Assistant Tenure Track Lecturer at U California Davis
Eric Dailing, Ph.D.: now a Senior Scientific Engineering Associate at the Molecular Foundry of Berkeley National Lab.
Kellye Kirkbride, Ph.D.: now Senior Biological Scientist at StemSynergy Therapeutics.
Hongmei Li, Ph.D.: now a Scientist at Nektar Therapeutics.
Jacob Ayers is currently a chromatography technician for Pfizer.
Linus Lee is now pursuing his MD at Carle Illinois College of Medicine
Alvin Mukalel is a PhD student at the University of Pennsylvania.
Constance Lents is now in medical school pursuing an MD at the University of Kentucky.
Arnold Kim is now in medical school pursuing an MD at the Ohio State University.
Ann Hannah is now a graduate student at University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Dr. Duvall is currently accepting postdoctoral applications from highly qualified and motivated researchers interested in working at the interface between polymer science and nanomedicine. Please send CVs and a brief statement of research interests to craig.duvall[at]vanderbilt.edu
Graduate students interested in joining the Advanced Therapeutics Laboratory should apply to the Vanderbilt University Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program. The application page can be found through the Graduate School. More information is available on the School of Engineering’s prospective graduate students page. Interested students are also welcome to contact students and professors directly with specific questions–see our personnel page for info.