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Nicholas Durr is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University's Whiting School of Engineering, with secondary appointments in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute. He co-directs the undergraduate Design Team program and leads the Durr Computational Biophotonics Lab, focusing on creating optical technologies to improve diagnostics and healthcare accessibility. His work integrates optical engineering, machine learning, and biodesign to develop tools like QuickSee (via his co-founded company PlenOptika), smart endoscopy systems, and non-invasive blood analysis devices.
Education: B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from UC Berkeley (2003), M.S. and Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from UT Austin (2007, 2010). Postdoctoral training at Harvard Medical School and MIT's M+Visión program. Joined Johns Hopkins faculty in 2016.
Research interests include computational biophotonics, medical imaging, and accessible healthcare technologies. His lab emphasizes low-cost innovations for global health, such as diffuser-based fundus cameras and carbon dioxide cryotherapy systems. Awards include the NIH Trailblazer Award and Johns Hopkins mentoring accolades.
Collaborations span industry partners like Google, Olympus, and Under Armour, and he actively mentors via MedHacks and the FLI Network for first-generation students. His work has been published in journals like Nature BME and IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging.
