Ramakrishna Mukkamala

  • (2019) IEEE EMBS Most Impactful Paper Award.
  • (2019) Michigan State University (MSU) All-University Innovation of the Year Award.
  • (2017) MSU College of Engineering Withrow Teaching Excellence Award.
  • (2008) MSU All-University Teacher-Scholar Award.
  • (2007) NSF CAREER Award.
  • (2005) AHA Scientist Development Grant.
  • (1993) Whitaker Foundation Fellowship in Biomedical Engineering.
  • (1991) General Motors Scholarship Plan.

  • Post-Doctoral, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001
  • Ph.D., Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Bioelectrical Engineering), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000
  • S.M., Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Bioelectrical Engineering), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995
  • B.S.E., Biomedical/Electrical Engineering, Duke University, 1993

  • Dhamotharan, V., Jazini, M., Kumar, R., Daher, H., Mahajan, A., Hahn, J.O., Shroff, S.G., & Mukkamala, R. (2025). A popular validated home monitor uses the maximum oscillogram amplitude to compute blood pressure. Sci Rep, 15(1), 35095.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-18850-w.
  • Kim, D., Narayanan, D., Sung, S.H., Cheng, H.M., Chen, C.H., Kim, C.S., Mukkamala, R., & Hahn, J.O. (2024). Transmission line model as a digital twin for abdominal aortic aneurysm patients. NPJ Digit Med, 7(1), 301.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1038/s41746-024-01303-5.
  • Landry, C., Dhamotharan, V., Freithaler, M., Hauspurg, A., Muldoon, M.F., Shroff, S.G., Chandrasekhar, A., & Mukkamala, R. (2024). A smartphone application toward detection of systolic hypertension in underserved populations. Sci Rep, 14(1), 15410.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-65269-w.
  • Landry, C., & Mukkamala, R. (2023). Current evidence suggests that estimating blood pressure from convenient ECG waveforms alone is not viable. J Electrocardiol, 81, 153-155.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2023.09.001.
  • Mukkamala, R., Stergiou, G.S., & Avolio, A.P. (2022). Cuffless Blood Pressure Measurement. Annu Rev Biomed Eng, 24(1), 203-230.Annual Reviews. doi: 10.1146/annurev-bioeng-110220-014644.
  • Yavarimanesh, M., Cheng, H.M., Chen, C.H., Sung, S.H., Mahajan, A., Chaer, R.A., Shroff, S.G., Hahn, J.O., & Mukkamala, R. (2022). Abdominal aortic aneurysm monitoring via arterial waveform analysis: towards a convenient point-of-care device. NPJ Digit Med, 5(1), 168.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1038/s41746-022-00717-3.
  • Mukkamala, R., Kohl, B.A., & Mahajan, A. (2021). Comparison of accuracy of two uncalibrated pulse contour cardiac output monitors in off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery patients using pulmonary artery catheter-thermodilution as a reference. BMC Anesthesiol, 21(1), 189.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1186/s12871-021-01415-5.
  • Mukkamala, R. (2019). Blood Pressure With a Click of a Camera?. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging, 12(8), e009531.Wolters Kluwer. doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.119.009531.
  • Chandrasekhar, A., Kim, C.S., Naji, M., Natarajan, K., Hahn, J.O., & Mukkamala, R. (2018). Smartphone-based blood pressure monitoring via the oscillometric finger-pressing method. Sci Transl Med, 10(431).American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aap8674.
  • Chandrasekhar, A., Natarajan, K., Yavarimanesh, M., & Mukkamala, R. (2018). An iPhone Application for Blood Pressure Monitoring via the Oscillometric Finger Pressing Method. Sci Rep, 8(1), 13136.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-31632-x.
  • Martin, S.L.O., Carek, A.M., Kim, C.S., Ashouri, H., Inan, O.T., Hahn, J.O., & Mukkamala, R. (2018). Author Correction: Weighing Scale-Based Pulse Transit Time is a Superior Marker of Blood Pressure than Conventional Pulse Arrival Time. Sci Rep, 8(1), 15838.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-34167-3.
  • Liu, J., Cheng, H.M., Chen, C.H., Sung, S.H., Hahn, J.O., & Mukkamala, R. (2017). Patient-Specific Oscillometric Blood Pressure Measurement: Validation for Accuracy and Repeatability. IEEE J Transl Eng Health Med, 5, 1900110.Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/JTEHM.2016.2639481.
  • Natarajan, K., Cheng, H.M., Liu, J., Gao, M., Sung, S.H., Chen, C.H., Hahn, J.O., & Mukkamala, R. (2017). Central Blood Pressure Monitoring via a Standard Automatic Arm Cuff. Sci Rep, 7(1), 14441.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-14844-5.
  • Kim, C.S., Ober, S.L., McMurtry, M.S., Finegan, B.A., Inan, O.T., Mukkamala, R., & Hahn, J.O. (2016). Ballistocardiogram: Mechanism and Potential for Unobtrusive Cardiovascular Health Monitoring. Sci Rep, 6(1), 31297.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1038/srep31297.
  • Moslehpour, M., Kawada, T., Sunagawa, K., Sugimachi, M., & Mukkamala, R. (2016). Nonlinear identification of the total baroreflex arc: higher-order nonlinearity. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol, 311(6), R994-R1003.American Physiological Society. doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.00101.2016.
  • Mukkamala, R., Hahn, J.O., Inan, O.T., Mestha, L.K., Kim, C.S., Töreyin, H., & Kyal, S. (2015). Toward Ubiquitous Blood Pressure Monitoring via Pulse Transit Time: Theory and Practice. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng, 62(8), 1879-1901.Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/TBME.2015.2441951.
  • Mukkamala, R., & Xu, D. (2010). Continuous and less invasive central hemodynamic monitoring by blood pressure waveform analysis. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, 299(3), H584-H599.American Physiological Society. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.00303.2010.