Biography

Prof. Irudayaraj, has a Bachelors’ degree in Biosystems Engineering from India; M.S. in Computer Sciences and an M.S in Biosystems Engineering from the University of Hawaii; and a Ph.D in Biological Engineering from Purdue University. He has taught at Utah State University, The Pennsylvania State University, Cornell University (sabbatical term), and Purdue University. He moved to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) Bioengineering in 2017. He is heavily vested in UIUC’s commitment to interdisciplinary research and serves as the Associate Director of Shared Resources at the Cancer Center at Illinois. He is also working to establish a Superfund Research Center in Cancer Toxicology of environmental contaminants such as PFAS, metals, and nanoplastics. He is a faculty of the Carle-Illinois College of Medicine and holds Courtesy appointments in the Departments of Materials Science and Engineering, Comparative Biosciences, and Agricultural and Biological Engineering. He is an affiliate faculty member of the Carl R. Woese Institute of Genomic Biology, Beckman Institute, and MNTL.

Research Efforts

• Drug Delivery Technologies
• Molecular, Cellular and Tissue Engineering
• Multi-scale Bioimaging
• Technology Transfer

Academic Positions

• Founder Professor of Bioengineering, Department of Bioengineering, UIUC, Urbana, IL (2017 – present)
• Associate Director of Shared Resources, Cancer Center at Illinois, UIUC, IL (2019 – present)
• Professor, Biological Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (2005 – 2017)
• Associate Professor, Biological Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
• Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA
• Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA
• Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Engineering, Utah State University, Logan, Utah