He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Lehigh University, an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin, and a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University. Prior to joining VCU in 2012, Dr. Lemmon was a post-doctoral fellow at Duke University Medical Center. Dr. Lemmon’s research focuses on the mechanical interactions between cells and their surrounding extracellular matrix. His lab studies how cell forces modulate the extracellular matrix, and how the mechanics of the extracellular matrix in turn regulate the contractile properties of cells. His work is funded by the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation