Reliance Industries Term Assistant Professor Claudia Loebel will establish her lab at The University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Bioengineering and the Center for Precision Engineering for Health in January 2025.
Dr. Loebel received her MD from Martin Luther University Halle Wittenberg, Germany and her Ph.D from ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
“My laboratory is developing testable models to investigate how extracellular signals regulate cellular function to direct the development and regeneration of organs, ultimately leading to more effective therapeutic treatments,” said Dr. Loebel in her research statement. “Building upon my K99/R00 and American Lung Association Innovation Awards, a major focus of my group has been on understanding the role of mechanical forces across various states of pulmonary development and regeneration.”
Dr. Loebel’s team is formed with an exciting combination of interdisciplinary scholars including postdoctoral associates, graduate and undergraduate students whose philosophy encourages respect for people’s differences, acknowledging and honoring religious and cultural practices, and foster diverse thinking. Dr. Loebel is also a recent recipient of the 2025 Rising Star Award from BMES CMBE, and also won the CMBE Young Innovators award for her published article, “Magnetoactive, Kirigami- Inspired Hammoks to Probe Lung Epithelial Cell Function.”
The Loebel Lab is funded by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation Fellowship, whose mission is dedicated to further the advancement of people and communities with their three overreaching and interdependent goals: building societies, protecting and restoring the natural world, and investing in families.
University of Pennsylvania Department of Bioengineering
