Kerry Lane, Ph.D,

Dr. Kerry Lane joined the Biomedical Engineering Department in Fall 2025. She earned her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she was recognized with the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, the UC Chancellor’s Fellowship, and the Mechanical Engineering Department’s Best TA Award. Her doctoral research focused on developing platforms to improve the maturity of stem cell-derived heart muscle cells. Following her Ph.D., Dr. Lane joined the Mechanical Engineering Department at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, as a post-doctoral teaching scholar. During her two years at Cal Poly, she taught courses including Senior Design, Statics, and Dynamics. At Gonzaga, Dr. Lane’s research will focus on mechanobiology—the study of how mechanical inputs, such as force or shear stress, influence biological processes at the cellular level. Her work incorporates a variety of techniques, including microfabrication, tissue culture, live-cell imaging, and image processing and analysis.