Kit Parker

Tarr Family Professor of Bioengineering and Applied Physics

Primary Teaching Area

Bioengineering

Contact

150 Western Ave, Sci&Eng 6.307

kkparker@seas.harvard.edu

(617) 495-2850

Lab

Disease Biophysics Group

150 Western Ave, Sci & Eng Complex 6.43

Websites

diseasebiophysics.seas.harvard.edu

Staff Contact

Melissa Mendez

150 Western Ave, Sci&Eng 4.403

mmendez@seas.harvard.edu

Research Areas

Applied Mathematics

Machine Learning

Applied Physics

Materials

Bioengineering

Cell and Tissue Engineering, Biomaterials, and Therapeutics

Computer Science

Machine Learning

Materials and Mechanical Engineering

Materials

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