ALEXANDER A. SPECTOR, Ph.D.

Research Professor, Fellow of ASME





The Johns Hopkins University
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering



PRINCIPAL AREAS OF RESEARCH

Cell and stem cell mechanics and biophysics, cell membranes, computational modeling, mechanobiology, mechanotransduction, hearing, myogenesis.

EDUCATION

Russian Academy of Sciences, Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics (Mechanics of Solids)
Moscow State University, School of Mechanics and Mathematics, B.S. and M.S. in Engineering Mechanics

ADVANCED DEGREE

Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor in Physical and Mathematical Science

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE



HONORS AND AWARDS

  • Member of Organizing Committee and Plenary Speaker, International Conference, Nanotech-2016, Baltimore, 2016
  • Member of Organizing Committee, International Conference, Significant Advances in Biomedical Engineering, Philadelphia, 2015
  • Paper featured on a cover of Biophysical Journal, 2012
  • Elected as Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) 2010
  • International Advisory Board and Track Chair, First World Congress of Nanomedicine, Beijing, China, 2010
  • Johns Hopkins University Provost Undergraduate Research Award (PURA), faculty advisor to undergraduate student R.J. Powers, 2011
  • Invited Plenary Speaker, Mathematical Biosciences Institute, Systems Physiology Program, Ohio State University, 2007
  • Invited Speaker, Fifth World Congress of Biomechanics, Munich Germany, 2006
  • Comcast Corporation Award in Auditory Science, National Organization for Hearing Research Foundation, 2003
  • Johns Hopkins University Provost Undergraduate Research Award (PURA), faculty advisor to undergraduate student William Hsu, 2003
  • Session Chairship: Third World Congress of Biomechanics, Sapporo, Japan, 1998; Mechanics and Materials Conference, Blacksburg, 1999; 14th National Congress of Applied Mechanics, Blacksburg, 2002; ASME Summer Biomechanics Conference, Lake Tahoe, 2009; Annual Biomedical Engineering Society Meetings: Seattle, 2000; Durham, 2001; Houston, 2002; Nashville, 2003; Philadelphia, 2004; Baltimore, 2005; Chicago, 2006; Los Angeles, 2007; St. Louis, 2008; Austin, 2010; Hartford, 2011
  • Symposium Organizer: Annual Biomedical Engineering Society Meetings: Seattle, 2000; Durham, 2001; Houston, 2002, Nashville, 2003; Philadelphia, 2004; Baltimore, 2005; Chicago, 2006; Los Angeles, 2007; St. Louis, 2008; Society of Engineering Sciences Meeting, Philadelphia, 2002; 14th National Congress of Applied Mechanics, Blacksburg, 2002