Michelle Teplensky, Ph.D
Principal Investigator

Michelle Teplensky is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Boston University. She obtained her B.S. in Chemical-Biological Engineering from MIT, her PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Cambridge under a Gates Cambridge Scholarship, and did postdoctoral research as an NIH T32 and International Institute for Nanotechnology Postdoctoral Fellow at Northwestern University. Michelle joined the BU faculty in September 2022. Her laboratory’s research focuses on engineering immunology through nanomaterial architecture. Her past experience in this area has led to various publications, patents, and awards.
Selected Honors & Awards:
2026 BMES Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering (CMBE) Rising Star Awardee
2025 NIH NIGMS Maximizing Investigators' Research Award (MIRA)
2024 Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation: Beckman Young Investigator Award
2023 The Hartwell Foundation: Individual Biomedical Research Award
2023 ACS-BU pilot Award
2023 American Institute of Chemical Engineers 35 Under 35: Bioengineering Category
Education:
NIH T32 and International Institute for Nanotechnology Postdoctoral Fellow, Northwestern University
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Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Gates Cambridge Scholar, University of Cambridge
B.S. in Chemical-Biological Engineering, MIT
