2025 Recipient

Rafael V. Davalos

Rafael Davalos is the Margaret P. and John H. Weitnauer Jr. Chaired Professor within the Georgia Tech – Emory University Department of Biomedical Engineering. He is receiving this award due to his research accomplishments in the areas of dielectrophoresis, microfluidics, electroporation, organ-on-a-chip platforms, and medical devices, which have led to innovations for personalized medicine and advanced technologies for cancer therapy. Davalos has authored over 155 peer-reviewed articles, 17 book chapters, and has 50 issued patents; his h-index is 78 with over 20,500 citations. Davalos has mentored 23 PhD and 8 MS students who are now pursuing careers in academia, national laboratories, startups, and industry. His patents have been licensed to 7 companies and have been used to help thousands of lives around the world. Davalos has served as Treasurer for the ASME Bioengineering Division and the International Society for Electroporation-Based Therapies and Treatments. He was Program Co-Chair for the 2013 AES Meeting and serves on the Editorial Board of IEEE Transactions of Biomedical Engineering, Bioelectricity, the ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Annals of Biomedical Engineering, and Electrophoresis. Prof. Davalos is a Fellow at ASME, NAI, BMES, and AIMBE. He is also recipient of the NSF CAREER Award and the 2021 ASME Van C. Mow Medal.