Elsje Pienaar
Director of Undergraduate Programs
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +1 765 494-4682
Fax: +1 765 496-1459
Location: West Lafayette
Purdue University
Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering
Martin C. Jischke Hall of Biomedical Engineering
206 S. Martin Jischke Drive
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2032
Research web site: https://engineering.purdue.edu/PienaarLab
Education
- BSc, Financial and Actuarial Mathematics, University of Pretoria, South Africa, 2004
- MSc, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2007
- PhD, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2010
Research Interests
- Computational modeling of host-pathogen interactions in infectious diseases
- Systems pharmacology
- Drug distribution
- Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics
Publications
Awards
- Fellow, Stellenbosch Institute of Advanced Study, 2026
- Violet B. Haas Scholarship, Susan Bulkeley Butler Center for Leadership Excellence, 2024
- Outstanding Engineer Graduate Student Mentor, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, 2023
- CAREER Award, National Science Foundation (NSF), 2022
- Willia A. Tacker Prize for Outstanding Teaching, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, 2021
- Ross-Lynn Summer Supplemental Award, Purdue University 2021
- Innovation and Career Development Award, Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES), 2014
- Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, University of Nebraska-Lincoln college of Engineering, 2010
- Keystone Symposia Scholarship, National Institutes of Health-National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 2009