Allison Hubel
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Allison Hubel
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
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Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Allison Hubel combines her interest in heat and mass transfer, material science and biology to address issues related to preservation of cells and tissues for therapeutic applications. She uses imaging techniques to detect cell response to freezing, optimization algorithms to improve preservation outcome and a variety of other tools to understand the behavior of water during freezing and molecular mechanisms of protection.
Lab
BioCor - Biopreservation Core Research - ME 3134
Hubel Research Group
ME Research Areas
Biosystems & Bioengineering
Thermodynamics & Heat Transfer
ME Impact Areas
Human Health
Next-Gen Manufacturing
Ph.D. 1989, Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.S. 1985, Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
B.S. 1983, Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University
Director, Biopreservation Core Resource (BioCoR), University of Minnesota, 2010-present
Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2009-present
Director of Graduate Studies, Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2008-2010
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2002-2008
Assistant Professor, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, 1996-2002
Instructor, Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1990-1993
Research Associate, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, 1993-1996
Research Fellow, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1989-1990