Department Chair and Professor
Stephen F. and Camilla T. Brauer Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Education
M.D., University of California-San Diego, 1973
Ph.D., University of California-San Diego, 1970
M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1967
B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1965
Biography
Professor Yin is a founding fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering and a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He has recently served as president of the Biomedical Engineering Society, editor-in-chief of the ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, and a member of the national advisory council of the National Institute of Biological Imaging and Bioengineering. He is also a member of numerous academic and industrial advisory boards.
Professor Yin came to Washington University from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine to lead the biomedical engineering department in 1997. From 1978-1997 at Johns Hopkins, he had appointments in medicine (cardiology), physiology and biomedical engineering departments.
Research
Professor Yin's research interests encompass soft tissue biomechanics, cell mechanics and hemodynamics. Currently, his research work involves determining how cells respond morphologically, functionally and genetically to various mechanical stimuli. He is also utilizing nanoindentation with atomic force microscopy to determine the dynamic mechanical properties of cell and sub cellular constituents. This research has applications to cancer, as well as tissue healing and remodeling.