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On the research front, Diamond develops microfluidic devices that recreate the body’s fluid mechanics,
which his lab uses to test small volumes of blood.
“Scott works with scientists from every corner of this
campus,” says Eduardo D. Glandt, Nemirovsky Family
Dean of Penn Engineering. “He is equally fluent with
biologists, clinicians and computer scientists.” An elected
Fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society, Diamond
has been honored with the George Heilmeier Award
for Excellence in Faculty Research from Penn and the
Allan P. Colburn award from the American Institute of
Chemical Engineers. Diamond is the founding director
of the Penn Center for Molecular Discovery, an NIH
initiative established in 2005, and the director of the
Penn Biotechnology Master’s Program, one of the largest
of its kind in the country.
“It’s fascinating how the classic engineering tools of fluid
mechanics, transport physics and reaction kinetics are
now applied to today’s problems,” notes Diamond, the
Arthur E. Humphrey Professor. “In a recent conversation
with Dr. Humphrey, the founding Dean of our
School, Arthur noted that his career was focused on
running a single 1,000-liter fermenter. In a given week,
our lab runs thousands of different one-microliter
reactions simultaneously. Our capacity as scientists to
generate novel data and insights has skyrocketed.”
“The ability to manage high-dimensional data sets and
apply computer skills for implementing creative ideas
is something our undergraduates need to learn,” says
Diamond. “Our goal is to encourage students to get
involved in discovery and research early on, and we’re
creating more opportunities to do that.” For instance,
students can grapple with high-dimensional data sets
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