Aaron Esser-Khan
Departmental Website:
https://pme.uchicago.edu/faculty/aaron-esser-kahn
https://pme.uchicago.edu/faculty/aaron-esser-kahn
Prof. Esser-Khan’s primary area of research focuses on immunoengineering and improving immune responses in vaccination. Here, his group works on improving innate immune responses through better understanding immune responses and finding new ways to manipulate and improve responses. His secondary area of research focuses on adaptive materials. Here, his group works on developing materials that mimic the human body in their ability to respond and adapt to an external environment - providing force-mediated adaptation.