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Denis Wirtz | |
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| Born | Denis Wirtz February 20, 1965 Brussels, Belgium |
| Nationality | American Belgian |
| Alma mater | Université libre de Bruxelles (B.S.) Stanford University(M.S., Ph.D.) |
| Known for | 3D Cell Motility Digital Pathology Cancer Metastasis Nuclear dynamics Tumor Microenvironment Particle-tracking Microrheology |
| Awards | Fellow of the American Physical Society Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS Fellow) Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering National Science Foundation CAREER Award Biomedical Engineering Foundation Award, Whitaker Foundation Hoover Fellow, Belgian American Educational Foundation Fellow of the Belgian Royal Academy of Medicine (ARMB) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemical engineering, biomolecular engineering, pathology, oncology, materials science |
| Institutions | Johns Hopkins University |
| Doctoral advisor | Gerald G. Fuller(Ph.D.) Pierre-Gilles de Gennes(Postdoctoral Fellowship) |
| Website | wirtzlab |
Denis Wirtz is the vice provost for research and Theophilus Halley Smoot Professor of Engineering Science at Johns Hopkins University. He is an expert in the molecular and biophysical mechanisms of cell motility and adhesion and nuclear dynamics in health and disease.[1]
Wirtz was the first to establish how a three-dimensional environment fundamentally affects the way cancer cells migrate, providing more biologically and medically relevant information than two-dimensional studies.[2] He also pioneered the technique of particle-tracking microrheology to probe the rheological properties of complex fluids and living cells and tissues. He is a professor in the Departments of Chemical Engineering & Biomolecular Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering in the Whiting School of Engineering, and in the Departments of Oncology and Pathology in the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.[3]
Wirtz was named vice provost for research in February 2014, charged with directing the university's $2.24 billion research enterprise,[4][5] implementing institutional research compliance, expanding research development,[6] and producing and managing cross-divisional research initiatives, such as the Johns Hopkins Catalyst and Discovery Awards program,[7][8] the President's Frontier Award program,[9] and the Bloomberg Distinguished Professorships,[10] which were established as part of a $350 million gift by Michael Bloomberg.[11][12][13]
- ^ Keiger, Dale.“Moving cancer research out of the Petri dish and into the third dimension” Johns Hopkins Magazine, Baltimore, 1 January 2013. Retrieved on 28 March 2016.
- ^ "Reddit Cancer AMA". 22 February 2016. Retrieved 2016-03-28.
- ^ "Denis Wirtz Profile Page". Retrieved 2016-03-28.
- ^ O’Shea, Dennis “Johns Hopkins leads U.S. in research spending for 36th year in a row”, JHU Hub, Baltimore, 9 December 2015. Retrieved on 27 March 2016.
- ^ National Science Foundation “Higher Education Research and Development Survey: Higher education R&D expenditures, ranked by FY 2014 R&D expenditures” National Science Foundation, Arlington, 31 July 2015. Retrieved on 25 March 2016.
- ^ "Denis Wirtz Vice Provost for Research".
- ^ Hub Staff “Johns Hopkins scholars, leaders celebrate faculty research awards”, JHU Hub, Baltimore, 4 September 2015. Retrieved on 25 March 2016.
- ^ Sneiderman, Phil “New Johns Hopkins awards to provide $15 million to support faculty-led research”, JHU Hub, Baltimore, 27 January 2015. Retrieved on 27 March 2016.
- ^ "Johns Hopkins biologist Scott Bailey receives $250,000 President's Frontier Award". February 2016.
- ^ Brooks, Kelly "Johns Hopkins names four new Bloomberg Distinguished Professors", JHU Hub, Baltimore, 30 March 2015. Retrieved on 27 July 2015.
- ^ Office of Communications Staff Report “Michael R. Bloomberg commits $350 million to Johns Hopkins for transformational academic initiative”, JHU Hub, Baltimore, 26 January 2013. Retrieved on 27 March 2016.
- ^ Anderson, Nick. "Bloomberg pledges $350 million to Johns Hopkins University", The Washington Post, Washington, D.C., 23 January 2013. Retrieved on 12 March 2015.
- ^ Barbaro, Michael. "$1.1 Billion in Thanks From Bloomberg to Johns Hopkins", The New York Times, New York, 26 January 2013. Retrieved on 1 March 2015.