Gang Bao

Ph.D., Lehigh University (1987)
Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology

Research
(Laboratory of Biomolecular Engineering and Nanomedicine)
Dr. Gang Bao is a College of Engineering Distinguished Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, and director of the Program of Excellence in Nanotechnology at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University. He has been with the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory since 1999. He has performed research in several fields – including continuum mechanics, mechanics of composites, molecular biomechanics, biomolecular engineering and nanomedicine. Currently, Dr. Bao's research focuses on the development of dual FRET molecular beacons, peptide-linked molecular beacons, magnetic nanoparticle probes, quantum dot bioconjugates for combined optical and EM imaging, activitable molecular probes, filtration-based protein microarrays, and biofunctionalization of nanodevices. These novel technologies have been applied to cancer research, viral infection detection, and the analysis of plaque formation in cardiovascular disease.

Education and experience
Dr. Bao received his bachelor's and master's degrees from Shandong University, China; and a doctorate degree in Applied Mathematics from Lehigh University. After completing his postdoctoral fellowship at Peking University and University of California, Santa Barbara, Dr. Bao joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University as an assistant professor and he was soon promoted to associate professor.