Aaron Morris, PhD — The Max Harry Weil Institute for Critical Care Research and Innovation

Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering

Aaron Morris is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Michigan, and runs the PRecision Immune MicroEnvironments Laboratory (PRIME Lab). The lab is broadly interested in immune dysfunction and uses a combination of synthetic biology and biomaterials to make new diagnostic systems and novel treatments. Dr. Morris completed a B.S. in BME at Georgia Tech, followed by a Ph.D. in BME from Yale University. As a postdoc, Dr. Morris worked with Dr. Lonnie Shea at the University of Michigan to use biomaterials to interrogate the immune system during autoimmunity and with Dr. Joshua Leonard at Northwestern University to build synthetic, modular receptor systems for synthetic biology platforms. Dr. Morris’s work has been supported through a number of mechanisms including the DARPA Young Faculty Award, NIH K99/R00, NSF GRFP, and a TED Fellowship (check out his TED talk here if interested): https://www.ted.com/talks/aaron_morris_how_your_body_could_become_its_own_diagnostic_lab