ISL Welcomes Two New Faculty Affiliates
The Institute for Successful Longevity (ISL) at Florida State University is delighted to welcome two new Faculty Affiliates whose innovative research strengthens our mission to promote healthy aging, longevity, and quality of life. Their interdisciplinary work will expand ISL’s collaborative research community and advance the understanding of aging from biological, statistical, and engineering perspectives.
We are excited to introduce our new affiliates:
Dr. Nathan Richbourg is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering. His research leverages fundamental insight into multi-property hydrogel design to evaluate how cell-environment interactions drive disease development in the bone marrow microenvironment. Improved hydrogel design, by controlling stiffness, protein transport, and biochemical properties, creates new opportunities for guiding cell behavior in artificial, 3D microenvironments. This approach aims to better characterize hematopoiesis, cancer metastasis to bone marrow, and the role of cellular senescence in aging bone marrow.
Dr. Xiulin Xie is an Assistant Professor of Statistics at Florida State University. He earned his Ph.D. in Biostatistics from the University of Florida in 2023. His research focuses on statistical process control, data stream monitoring, and the application of machine learning for dynamic health surveillance and early disease detection. Dr. Xie’s work on dynamic disease screening and health monitoring contributes directly to the mission of ISL: promoting healthy aging and timely medical interventions to enhance the well-being of older adults. By developing advanced statistical and computational methods, he aims to improve early warning systems for chronic and age-related conditions, enabling proactive and data-driven approaches to healthy longevity.
We are proud to welcome Dr. Richbourg and Dr. Xie to ISL’s growing network of interdisciplinary scholars. Their research will play an important role in advancing ISL’s mission of fostering innovation, collaboration, and discovery to improve the lives of older adults.
You can find out more on ISL Faculty Affiliates page.