Clyne, Alisa Morss
Interim Department Chair
Professor
Fischell Fellow
Professor
Fischell Fellow
Fischell Department of Bioengineering
Brain and Behavior Institute
Robert E. Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices
Brain and Behavior Institute
Robert E. Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices
4224 A. James Clark Hall
Ph.D., Medical and Mechanical Engineering, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Cincinnati
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
Dr. Clyne is director of the Vascular Kinetics Laboratory, which unravels the complexity of vascular diseases ranging from the very common (atherosclerosis, Alzheimer's disease) to the very rare (Niemann Pick). She is particularly interested in how altered blood flow (e.g., during exercise or at an arterial bifurcation) and altered blood metabolites (e.g., high glucose in diabetes) contribute to vascular disease. The laboratory uses 3D in vitro systems, computational models, and animal and human studies to discover fundamental biological mechanisms, which then enable innovative vascular disease therapies.
Dr. Clyne is a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME), Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES), American Heart Association (AHA), and the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE). She received the NSF CAREER award in 2008, an AHA National Scientist Development Grant in 2010, the BMES-CMBE Rising Star award in 2011, the Association for Women in Science Elizabeth Bingham Mentoring Award in 2017, the University of Maryland Faculty Service Award and Poole & Kent Teaching Award in 2025, a Fulbright Distinguished Scholar Award in 2025, and the ASME Van C. Mow Medal in 2026.
Her research and educational innovations are funded by NIH, NSF, AHA, and the Department of Education.
ENES100: Introduction to Engineering Design
BIOE331: Biofluid Mechanics
BIOE416: Cardiovascular Engineering