Andre Levchenko PhD, MS

Dr. Andre Levchenko is the Principal Investigator of CaSB@Yale. He is the John C. Malone Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Yale and is also the Founding Director of Yale Systems Biology Institute (YSBI), whose major unifying activity will be centered on this Project. Dr. Levchenko has been the director of YSBI since Fall 2013, guiding it through a 2-fold expansion, consolidation in a new space, and establishment of vigorous research experience on a new campus. Dr. Levchenko is a systems biologist, bio-engineer, and biophysicist who has been among the active developers of Systems Biology as a discipline since its most recent emergence and has made a considerable impact on the integrative computational/experimental analysis of cellular signaling and cell-cell communication.

Levchenko more recent efforts are in the development of novel micro- and nano-fabricated devices for enhanced control of cellular micro-environments. His work on understanding the innate immune response and mechanisms of cell migration has received wide acclaim (with the latter leading to his election as a Fellow of the American Physical Society earlier this year). His current focus is on understanding the mechanisms of aggressive cell migration in diverse settings and in response to different cues. This research emphasis created the platform for unifying the efforts of multiple Yale researchers.