School of Biomedical Engineering Core Faculty

Molecular, Cellular and Tissue Engineering

Jim Bamburg
Professor
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology.
Research Interests: Regulation of cell behavior through cytoskeletal dynamics

Randy Bartels
Associate Professor
Electrical & Computer Engineering.
Research Interests: Ultrafast optics and lasers, molecular optoelectronics, extreme ultraviolet lasers, and learning control

David Dandy
Professor
Chemical & Biological Engineering.
Research Interest: Biosensors, microfluidics
David(Qiang) Wang
Assistant Professor
Chemical & Biological Engineering.
Research Interests: Computer simulations & theories for polymeric systems

 

Lakshmi Prasad Dasi
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Research Interests: Cardiovascular biomechanics, biofluid dynamics, blood cell and platelet biomechanics, cardiac devices

Frank Dinenno
Assistant Professor
Health and Exercise Science.
Research Interests: Integrative cardiovascular physiology, blood flow control, vascular dynamics

David Frisbie
Assistant Professor
Clinical Sciences.
Research Interest: Joint disease

Charles Henry
Associate Professor
Dept of Chemistry.
Research Interests: Lab-on-a-chip, bioanalytical

Matt J.Kipper
Assistant Professor
Chemical & Biological Engineering.
Research Interests: Polymeric biomaterials, polysaccharides

John Kisiday
Assistant Professor
Clinical Sciences.
Research Interests: Tissue engineering, mechanobiology

Wayne McIlwraith
Professor
Clinical Sciences.
Research Interests: Diagnosis and treatment of joint disease including cartilage healing

KetulAshok Prasad
Assistant Professor
Chemical and Biological Engineering.
Research Interests: Systems biology modeling for tissue engineering, immunology, infectious diseases and cancer. Mechanisms of photosynthesis regulation in bacteria. Biophysics of fluids and membranes.

KetulChristie Peebles
Assistant Professor
Chemical and Biological Engineering.
Research Interests: Application of plant metabolic engineering and synthetic biology to produce important pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals in plant tissue or cell culture.

Ken Reardon
Professor & Associate Department Head, Chemical & Biological Engineering.
Research Interests: Environmental biotechnology, design of biosensors for environmental contaminants and toxicity, development of innovative bioreactor strategies

Stewart Ryan
Assistant Professor
Surgery / Research, Co-Director ACC Musculoskeletal Oncology laboratory.
Research Interests: Limb salvage techniques – surgical and radiation therapy, Allograft healing, Radiopharmaceuticals for treatment of primary and metastatic bone cancer

stu tobetStuart Tobet
Director, Professor
Biomedical Sciences.
Research Interests: Developmental Neurobiology,
Neuroendocrinology, Biosensors for Chemical Vision

Jozseph Vigh
Assistant Professor
Biomedical Sciences.
Research Interests: Visual signalling processes in the retina

 

Medical Diagnostics, Devices and Imaging

Chuck Anderson
Professor
Computer Science.
Research Interests: Biomedical image and signal processing

Jim Bamburg
Professor
Biochemistry & Molecular.
Research Interests: Regulation of cell behavior through cytoskeletal dynamics

V. Chandrasekar (Chandra)
Professor
Electrical & Computer Engineering.
Research Interests: Radar systems and networking, radar meteorology, RF communication systems, signal processing

Tom Chen
Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Research Interests: Computer architecture, parallel processing, VLSI design & testing, virtual environments, neural network algorithms and architecture

stutobetStuart Tobet
Director, Professor
Biomedical Sciences.
Research Interests: Determination of cell positions in the developing neuroen doctrine brain

 

David Dandy
Professor
Chemical & Biological Engineering.
Research Interest: Biosensors, microfluidics

Frank Dinenno
Assistant Professor
Health and Exercise Science.
Research Interests:
Integrative cardiovascular physiology, blood flow control, vascular dynamics

Charles Henry
Assistant Professor
Dept of Chemistry.
Research Interests: Lab-on-a-chip, bioanalytical

Susan P. James, Video
Professor
Mechanical Engineering.
Research Interests: Polymeric biomaterials for orthopedic applications, medical device development, tissue regeneration

KrapfDiego Krapf
Assistant Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Research Interests: Single-moleculebiophysics, nanopores, nucleosome dynamics, protein-DNA interaction

Kevin Lear
Professor
Electrical & Computer Engineering.
Research Interests: Optoelectronic devices/systems, optical interconnects/communications systems, semiconductor devices/fabrication, photonic biosensors

Carmen Menoni
Professor
Electrical & Computer Engineering.

Jennifer Mueller
Associate Professor
Mathematics.
Research Interests: Electrical impedancetomography, numerical analysis, mathematical biology, inverse problems

Brad Reisfeld
Assistant Professor
Chemical & Biological Engineering.
Research Interests: Metabolomics, computation toxicology, systems biology

 

Biomechanics and Biomaterials

Ray Browning
Assistant Professor
Health and Exercise Science.
Research Interests: Energetics and biomechanics of physical activity, development of physical activity monitoring tools

Nicole Ehrhart
Professor
Clinical Sciences.
Research Interests: Osteoneogenesis, limb salvage, allograft science, cytokine therapy

David Frisbie
Assistant Professor
Clinical Sciences.
Research Interest: Joint disease

Laurie Goodrich
Assistant Professor
Clinical Sciences.
Research Interests: Gene therapy, cartilage repair

Kevin Haussler
Assistant Professor
Clinical Sciences.
Research Interests: Diagnosis and management of back problems in equine athletes, Biomechanics of the musculoskeletal system

suenewpicSusan P. James, Video
Professor
Mechanical Engineering.
Research Interests: Polymeric biomaterials for orthopedic applications, medical device development, tissue regeneration

Chris Kawcak
Associate Professor
Clinical Sciences.
Research Interests: Osteoarthritis, fracture repair

Matt J. Kipper, Video
Assistant Professor
Chemical & Biological Engineering.
Research Interests: Polymeric biomaterials, polysaccharides

KetulKetul C. Popat
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering.
Research Interests: Biomaterial design for tissue engineering and drug delivery applications

KetulAshok Prasad
Assistant Professor
Chemical and Biological Engineering.
Research Interests: Systems biology modeling for tissue engineering, immunology, infectious diseases and cancer. Mechanisms of photosynthesis regulation in bacteria. Biophysics of fluids and membranes

KetulVakhtang Putkaradze
Professor
Mathematics.
Research Interests: Mathematical models for molecular conformations, dynamics, and collective behavior of cells and molecules.

Christian Puttlitz, Video
Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering.
Research Interests: Orthopaedic biomechanics

Raoul Reiser
Associate Professor
Health & Exercise Science.
Research Interests: Musculoskeletal biomechanics, design, fabrication, and implementation of custom equipment/instrumentation

Melissa Reynolds
Assistant Professor
Chemistry.
Research Interests: Biomimetic NO materials for use in medical device applications

Stewart Ryan
Assistant Professor
Surgery / Research, Co-Director ACC Musculoskeletal Oncology laboratory.
Research Interests: Limb salvage techniques – surgical and radiation therapy, Allograft healing, Radiopharmaceuticals for treatment of primary and metastatic bone cancer

btBrian Tracy
Assistant Professor
Health & Exercise Science.
Research Interests: Neuromuscular system

David(Qiang) Wang
Assistant Professor
Chemical & Biological Engineering.
Research Interests: Polymeric materials