Welcome to the University of Kentucky Bioelectronics and Nanomedicine Research Center

Resolving health challenges within our Commonwealth and beyond

BNRC symposium `24

When? September 26th (Thursday); registration starts at 8:30

Where? Gorham Hall (E.S. Good Barn)

Full agenda and more information can be found on the Events page


Research areas

Material discovery, device fabrication and biomedical applications.

Innovative Materials

In vivo spectroscopy

Fundamental spectroscopy to elucidate material-biology interactions and characterize nanodevices in vivo.

Nanomedicine

The development of nanobiomaterials and utilization of nanomaterials as novel therapeutics and therapeutic delivery.

Therapeutic, surgical, and diagnostic devices including sensor development and automated sensing and therapeutic delivery via integrated devices. Biosensing of biological components in vivo including metabolites, ions, sugars, and other biomolecules.

Bioelectronics

Meet the Team

  • Chris Richards

    DIRECTOR

    The Director of the Nanomedicine and Bioelectronics Research program is responsible for providing overall strategic leadership and vision for the program.

  • Dr. Mautin Barry-Hundeyin, MD

    CLINICAL RESEARCH LEAD

    The Clinical Research Lead is responsible for leading and coordinating clinical research initiatives within the program.

  • Samuel Awuah

    BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH LEAD

    The Biomedical Research Lead is responsible for leading and coordinating biomedical research initiatives within the program.

  • Kenneth Graham

    MATERIALS RESEARCH LEAD

    The Materials Research Lead is responsible for leading and coordinating materials-focused research initiatives within the program.

Our mission

We aim to blend the life and physical sciences with engineering to create transformative therapeutic and surgical interventions, diagnostics, and broaden our insight into complex biological-material interfaces.

Contact us

Feel free to reach out to us with any inquiries or feedback.