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Steven W. Graves is a Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of New Mexico, with a secondary appointment in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. He serves as the Director of the Center for Biomedical Engineering and has held various leadership roles including Associate Dean for Research for the UNM School of Engineering and Director of the Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program.
Dr. Graves received his Ph.D. from The Pennsylvania State University in 1998 and completed postdoctoral research at Los Alamos National Laboratory before joining UNM in 2008. His research spans two primary areas: Biomedical/Environmental Instrumentation and Diagnostics, and Biomolecular Engineering for Protease Studies, Screening, and Molecular Computation.
His laboratory develops innovative technologies including low-cost portable flow cytometry systems for resource-limited settings, acoustic focusing methods for high-throughput cellular analysis, and molecular computation approaches for disease detection. Current research projects include enhanced imaging flow cytometry for plankton studies, parallel systems for high-throughput flow cytometry, and computing with biomolecules.
Dr. Graves has received significant research funding from NIH, NSF, and USDA, and has been awarded the 2007 R&D100 award for the development of Portable Acoustic Cytometry. He has co-founded two companies, Eta Diagnostics, Inc. and Helion Scientific, Inc., to commercialize his research innovations.
- 2015-Present: Professor, Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, University of New Mexico
- 2014: Associate Dean for Research, School of Engineering, University of New Mexico
- 2010-2014: Director, Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program, University of New Mexico
- 2008-2015: Associate Professor, Department of Chemical & Nuclear Engineering, University of New Mexico
- 2007-2008: Team Leader, Optical Spectroscopy and Instrumentation, Los Alamos National Laboratory
His research group includes postdoctoral researchers, graduate students from multiple disciplines, and undergraduate students working collaboratively on interdisciplinary projects spanning engineering, biology, and chemistry.
