Professor
University of California, Irvine
Professor Elliot Botvinick, PhD, University of California Irvine. I am a Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Surgery at the University of California Irvine. I am also a core faculty member of the Beckman Laser Institute (bli.uci.edu) and Associate Director of the Edwards Lifesciences Foundation Cardiovascular Innovation and Research Center (https://circ.eng.uci.edu). Research in my laboratory focuses on biophotonics in mechanobiology and medical device innovation. For example, we use optical tweezers to study how cells react to and remodel local tissue stiffness as is relevant to cancer, tissue morphogenesis, and wound healing. Related to medical devices, we have developed a hair-thin sensing platform designed for simultaneous measurement of multiple analytes. We are in a clinical study of exercise and type 1 diabetes using a lactate + glucose embodiment. Together with UCI collaborators, we are developing clinical units to additionally measure the ketone β-hydroxybutyrate, insulin and pH, as well as a new technology for infusing insulin.