• Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering
  • Unocal Professor
  • Affiliated Faculty, Translational Medical Sciences
Dr. Tanmay Lele

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Purdue University – 2002

Research Interests

    • Cancer mechanobiology and tissue development
    • Cellular adaptation to mechanical properties of the extracellular matrix
    • Effects of mechanical stress on nuclear functions and gene expression
    • Quantitative measurements of nuclear forces


    Dr. Lele is a scholar in cancer research at the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.