susan leggett
Assistant Professor of Bioengineering
[she/her/hers]
Susan
Leggett is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of
Bioengineering. She is an Associate Member in the Cancer Center at
Illinois and an Affiliate in the Carl R. Woese Institute of Genomic
Biology.
Susan received her Ph.D. from Brown University in May 2018 and completed postdoctoral training at Princeton University in December 2022. She joined the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Bioengineering in January 2023. She has been awarded several honors in her field of expertise and has received national recognition; She is a 2012 Goldwater Scholar and was named a 2021 Rising Star in Engineering and Health by Columbia and Johns Hopkins University.
Dr. Leggett’s research integrates live-cell imaging, bioengineering, and machine learning to elucidate dynamic single and collective cell behaviors that drive cancer progression.
︎ sleggett@illinois.edu | ︎@SELeggett https://bioengineering.illinois.edu/people/sleggett
Susan received her Ph.D. from Brown University in May 2018 and completed postdoctoral training at Princeton University in December 2022. She joined the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Bioengineering in January 2023. She has been awarded several honors in her field of expertise and has received national recognition; She is a 2012 Goldwater Scholar and was named a 2021 Rising Star in Engineering and Health by Columbia and Johns Hopkins University.
Dr. Leggett’s research integrates live-cell imaging, bioengineering, and machine learning to elucidate dynamic single and collective cell behaviors that drive cancer progression.
︎ sleggett@illinois.edu | ︎@SELeggett https://bioengineering.illinois.edu/people/sleggett