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Michelle Laplaca

GaTech Instructor

michelle.laplaca@bme.gatech.edu

Compensation history

YearTitleCategoryOrganizationSalaryTravel
FY2025PROFESSORTeaching FacultyGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$211,805
FY2024PROFESSORTeaching FacultyGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$207,805$4,067
FY2023PROFESSORTeaching FacultyGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$195,665$2,518
FY2022PROFESSORTeaching FacultyGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$175,381
FY2021ASSOCIATE PROFESSORTeaching FacultyGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$154,924$310
FY2020ASSOCIATE PROFESSORTeaching FacultyGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$146,475$1,098
FY2019ASSOCIATE PROFESSORTeaching FacultyGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$142,614$2,552
FY2018ASSOCIATE PROFESSORTeaching FacultyGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$141,389$1,065
FY2017ASSOCIATE PROFESSORTeaching FacultyGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$139,614$2,639
FY2016ASSOCIATE PROFESSORTeaching FacultyGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$133,733$2,478
FY2015ASSOCIATE PROFESSORTeaching FacultyGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$127,500$565

Federal grants acquired

Public NIH + NSF awards where this person is the lead/contact PI, FY20152023. A defensible lower bound — co-PI, non-federal, and unmatched awards are not counted.

Total federal
$2.5M
NIH
$2.2M
NSF
$262K
Awards
11
$192.4K$269.6K$346.8K$424K$501.2K$578.4KFY2015FY2016FY2017FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023

Research output

Scholarly record from OpenAlex, publishing since 1991. Author matched by name; metrics are indicative. ORCID 0000-0002-8417-5152.

h-index
45
Citations
5.3K
Works
123
Works FY15–25
36
Publications and citations by year
04386129172215012456CitationsWorks20152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Works (bars, right axis)Citations received (line, left axis)

Career history

Prior positions and education from ORCID (self-reported). Academic history is well covered; corporate and founder roles are often omitted, so their absence isn’t evidence they don’t exist.

Position, Georgia Tech · The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineeringindustry

Georgia Tech teaching

311 classes taught33 distinct coursesSpring 2006Spring 2026
20261 termLecture 3.3hStudio 1.9hGraduate Research 2hIndependent Study 24h
Spring 2026Lecture 3.3hStudio 1.9hGraduate Research 2hIndependent Study 24h
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20253 termsLecture 2.5hLaboratory 0hStudio 1.9hGraduate Research 6hIndependent Study 62h
Fall 2025Lecture 0.8hGraduate Research 2hIndependent Study 24h
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Summer 2025Laboratory 0hGraduate Research 2hIndependent Study 14h
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Spring 2025Lecture 1.7hStudio 1.9hGraduate Research 2hIndependent Study 24h
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20243 termsLecture 4.2hStudio 6.6hGraduate Research 4hIndependent Study 38h
Fall 2024Lecture 1.7hGraduate Research 2hIndependent Study 24h
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Summer 2024Graduate Research 2hIndependent Study 14h
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Spring 2024Lecture 2.5hStudio 6.6h
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20233 termsLecture 5.8hStudio 13.4hGraduate Research 6hIndependent Study 77h
Fall 2023Lecture 2.5hStudio 7.6hGraduate Research 2hIndependent Study 24h
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Summer 2023Graduate Research 2hIndependent Study 14h
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Spring 2023Lecture 3.3hStudio 5.7hGraduate Research 2hIndependent Study 39h
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20223 termsLecture 5.0hStudio 11.5hGraduate Research 6hIndependent Study 60h
Fall 2022Lecture 2.5hStudio 5.7hGraduate Research 2hIndependent Study 30h
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Spring 2022Lecture 2.5hStudio 5.7hGraduate Research 2hIndependent Study 28h
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20213 termsLecture 5.0hStudio 11.5hGraduate Research 6hIndependent Study 49h
Fall 2021Lecture 2.5hStudio 5.7hGraduate Research 2hIndependent Study 19h
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Spring 2021Lecture 2.5hStudio 5.7hGraduate Research 2hIndependent Study 28h
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20203 termsLecture 10.0hStudio 3.8hGraduate Research 6hIndependent Study 34h
Fall 2020Lecture 2.5hStudio 1.9hGraduate Research 2hIndependent Study 19h
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Spring 2020Lecture 7.5hStudio 1.9hGraduate Research 2hIndependent Study 13h
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20193 termsLecture 33.5hGraduate Research 6hIndependent Study 19h
Fall 2019Lecture 5.8hGraduate Research 2hIndependent Study 13h
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Summer 2019Lecture 7.3hGraduate Research 2hIndependent Study 2h
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Spring 2019Lecture 20.3hGraduate Research 2hIndependent Study 4h
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20183 termsLecture 25.5hGraduate Research 6hIndependent Study 10h
Fall 2018Lecture 12.6hGraduate Research 2hIndependent Study 4h
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Summer 2018Graduate Research 2hIndependent Study 2h
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Spring 2018Lecture 12.9hGraduate Research 2hIndependent Study 4h
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20173 termsLecture 23.7hGraduate Research 5hIndependent Study 7h
Fall 2017Lecture 12.9hGraduate Research 2hIndependent Study 4h
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Summer 2017Graduate Research 2hIndependent Study 2h
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Spring 2017Lecture 10.8hGraduate Research 1hIndependent Study 1h
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20163 termsLecture 35.6hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 1h
Fall 2016Lecture 18.6hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 1h
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Summer 2016Lecture 3.5hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 0h
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Spring 2016Lecture 13.5hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 0h
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20153 termsLecture 40.7hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 1h
Fall 2015Lecture 21.3hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 1h
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Summer 2015Lecture 3.5hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 0h
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Spring 2015Lecture 16.0hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 0h
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20143 termsLecture 13.5hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 1h
Fall 2014Lecture 8.0hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 1h
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Spring 2014Lecture 5.5hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 0h
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20133 termsLecture 12.3hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 1h
Fall 2013Lecture 2.7hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 1h
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Summer 2013Lecture 3.5hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 0h
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Spring 2013Lecture 6.2hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 0h
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20123 termsLecture 21.0hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 1h
Fall 2012Lecture 2.7hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 1h
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Summer 2012Lecture 12.8hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 0h
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20113 termsLecture 21.6hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 1h
Fall 2011Lecture 9.6hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 1h
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Summer 2011Lecture 9.3hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 0h
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Spring 2011Lecture 2.7hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 0h
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20103 termsLecture 5.5hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 1h
Fall 2010Lecture 2.7hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 1h
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20093 termsLecture 5.2hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 1h
Fall 2009Lecture 2.7hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 1h
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20083 termsLecture 25.0hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 3h
Fall 2008Lecture 2.5hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 0h
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Spring 2008Lecture 22.5hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 3h
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20073 termsLecture 45.6hGraduate Research 1hIndependent Study 7h
Fall 2007Lecture 22.0hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 2h
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Summer 2007Graduate Research 1hIndependent Study 2h
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Spring 2007Lecture 23.6hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 3h
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20063 termsLecture 34.6hGraduate Research 1hIndependent Study 5h
Fall 2006Lecture 16.5hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 2h
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Summer 2006Graduate Research 1hIndependent Study 2h
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Spring 2006Lecture 18.2hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 1h
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Compiled from public records and matched by name — grant, research, and teaching figures are indicative and may be incomplete or, rarely, misattributed, and do not reflect a person’s worth. See methodology. Report a correction.