Cornell Engineering

Biography

Ankur Singh is an Assistant Professor in the Sibley School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering and the Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering at Cornell University. Dr. Singh has strong expertise in the engineering of biomaterials-based platforms for cell and immune modulation, cell-biomaterial interactions, cell adhesion, stem cell engineering, and vaccines. He received his postdoctoral training at Georgia Tech where he employed engineering and molecular cell biology principles to understand human stem cell reprogramming and differentiation, stem and mature cell adhesion, force response and mechanotransduction. Dr. Singh received his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. His research has established multi-modal, biomaterials-based functionalized hydrogel and microparticle to enhance the potency of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma and Hepatitis vaccines.

Research Interests

Dr. Singh's "Immunotherapy and Cell Engineering Lab (ICEL)" focuses on engineering immune and therapeutic cells by integrating innovative materials and core concepts of cell immunology, biomechanics, and force transmission. The overall goal of ICEL is to understand the fundamentals of cell-material interactions, underlying cell mechanics, signaling, and to establish novel micro-nano-bioengineering strategies to generate therapeutic cells and engineered tissues. We will achieve this by working at the interface of biomaterials, microfluidics and microfabrication, immune cells, stem cells, and mechanotransduction, Specific research focus includes:

1. Immune-engineering: Materials and Molecular Engineering for Modulating Immunity

2. Engineering Human Stem Cells

3. Micro-Nano-Bioengineering for Cell-Matrix Interactions and understanding cell adhesion

Teaching Interests

Biofluid Mechanics -MAE 4650/4651/5650

Immuno-engineering -MAE 6630

Biofluid Mechanics and Physiological Transport -MAE 6690