• Professor, Biomedical Engineering
  • Member, National Academy of Engineering
  • Eppright Chair in Biomedical Engineering
  • University Distinguished Professor
Frances Ligler headshot

Educational Background

  • D.Sc., Biosensor Technology, Oxford University
  • D.Phil., Biochemistry, Oxford University

Research Interests

    • Biosensors
    • Tissue-on-a-chip
    • Microfluidics
    • Biochemistry
    • Immunology
    • Analytical chemistry

Certifications & Memberships

  • Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • Fellow, Society for International Optics and Photonics
  • Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
  • Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • Honorary Member, Hellenic Society for Nanotechnology in Health Sciences

Awards & Honors

  • Simon Ramo Founders Award, National Academy of Engineering – 2020
  • Inductee, U.S. National Inventors Hall of Fame – 2017
  • Honorary doctorate, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece – 2014
  • Honorary doctorate, Furman University – 2018
  • Presidential Rank of Meritorious Senior Professional, awarded by President Barack Obama – 2012
  • Homeland Security Award (Biological, Radiological, Nuclear Field), Christopher Columbus Foundation – 2003
  • Presidential Rank of Distinguished Senior Professional, awarded by President George W. Bush – 2003
  • Ross Lampe Distinguished Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering at North Carolina State University and the School of Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill