Levent Degertekin

Dr. F. Levent Degertekin is a Professor at Georgia Tech's Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering with expertise in micromachined sensors and ultrasonic devices. He holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University and has published over 150 papers with 20 U.S. patents. His research focuses on medical ultrasound imaging, atomic force microscopy, and microscale bioinstrumentation.

Research interests include:

• Micromachined ultrasonic transducers for medical imaging
• Optoelectronic sensor readout technologies
• Nanoscale bioanalytical systems

Awards include NSF CAREER Award, IEEE UFFC Outstanding Paper Award, and Sigma Xi Young Faculty Award. Recent publications focus on advanced ultrasound technologies for biomedical applications including blood-brain barrier opening and subwavelength particle manipulation.