Dr. Brandon Dixon is Professor in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech, where since joining the faculty in 2009 he has established a research program focused on developing engineered approaches to understanding and treating diseases of the lymphatic system. He serves as the Co-Director for the Georgia Clinical and Translational Science Alliance Research Education Programs. Prior to coming to Georgia Tech, he was a post-doc at Ecole Polytechnique Federal de Lausanne in Switzerland. He received his Ph.D. in biomedical engineering in 2006 from Texas A&M University. His research has been funded by the NIH, NSF, DOD, Gates Foundation, the Georgia Research Alliance, the American Heart Association, and other private foundations. He is a recipient of the NSF Career Award and the NIH Pathway to Independence Award and is a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. He is also a co-founder of a start-up company lab focused on developing enabling technologies for assessing and managing clinical lymphedema.