Faculty Listings
Biomaterials & Nanotechnology
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Tissue engineering, adipose microenvironments, disease modeling, tissue regeneration, natural biomaterials, silk, engineering the extracellular matrix |
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| Chris J. Bettinger | BioMEMS for tissue regeneration; biodegradable electronic devices; biomimetic tissue-device interfaces; biomaterials synthesis; microfabrication of biomaterials |
| Tzahi Cohen-Karni | Nano-biotechnology; nano-bio interfaces; nanomaterials synthesis; biomedical applications of nanowires/nanotubes; biomedical nanodevices/sensors |
| Keith E. Cook | Artificial lungs; hemodynamics; pulmonary drug delivery; liquid ventilation; right ventricular function; critical care medicine |
| Adam W. Feinberg | Tissue regeneration in neuromuscular and cardiovascular systems; self-assembly and multi-scale coupling in biological systems; cell-material interactions; protein-based materials; bioprosthetics; stem cell differentiation and engineered morphogenesis |
| Philip R. LeDuc | Biological mechanical systems; mechanotransduction; biological microfluidics and MEMS; molecular micropatterning |
| Carmel Majidi | Soft-matter engineering; stretchable electronics; soft robotics; wearable computing |
| Tagbo Niepa | Biomaterials, biotechnology and pharmaceutical engineering, colloids, machine learning, microfluidic systems, nanomaterials, polymer engineering, pulmonary diseases, soft materials and complex fluids, transport phenomena, infection control, microbiome engineering |
| Rahul Panat | Microscale 3D printing, bioengineering, neuroengineering, sensors, Li-ion batteries |
| Xi (Charlie) Ren | Whole-organ bioengineering; extracellular matrix engineering; vascular endothelial heterogeneity; stem cell-based directed tissue morphogenesis |
| Stefanie Sydlik | Polymer synthesis; polymer synthesis; biomimetic polymers and materials; graphene biomaterials; surgical adhesives; covalent controlled release; stem cells; bone and cartilage regeneration |
| Rebecca Taylor |
Micro- and nanoscale force sensors; MEMS |
| Robert D. Tilton |
Nanoparticle probes; nanoparticle-cell interactions; environmental effects of nanoparticles; surfactant-based carriers for pulmonary drug delivery; protein adsorption and protein drug delivery; cell sorting technologies |
| Yu-li Wang | Mechanisms of cell migration and division; cellular mechanical activities; mechanics of cell-matrix interactions; mechanotransduction; live cell imaging and image processing; cellular micromanipulations |
| Newell R. Washburn | Bioactive polymers for wound healing and regenerative medicine; biopolymer mediated manipulations of cytokines and growth factors |
| Victoria Webster-Wood | Bioinspired robotics; biohybrid robotics; cell & tissue engineering; biomaterials; organic actuators; organic control |
| Yongxin (Leon) Zhao | Bioengineering, cell and tissue engineering, diagnostic and therapeutic, expansion microscopy, nanoscale |
| Siyang Zheng |
Micro/nano engineering/fabrication, BioMEMS, microfluidics, cancer diagnosis by liquid biopsy, virus discovery and detection, nanomedicine, extracellular vesicles (exosomes), translational research |
Biomechanics
| Howie Choset | Surgical robotics; snake robots; path planning; motion control; mapping |
| Keith E. Cook | Artificial lungs; hemodynamics; pulmonary drug delivery; liquid ventilation; right ventricular function; critical care medicine |
| Zackory Erickson | Healthcare robotics; robot learning; physical human-robot interaction; wearables; mobile manipulation |
| Noelia Grande Gutiérrez | Bioengineering, computer-aided design (CAD), biomechanics, fluid mechanics, medical laboratory technology |
| Hartmut Geyer | Legged dynamics and control; motor control of human locomotion; powered prosthetics; humanoid robotics |
| Eni Halilaj | Musculoskeletal biomechanics, medical imaging, computational modeling, wearable sensing, machine learning |
| Axel Moore |
Articular cartilage, intervertebral disc, spine, osteoarthritis, scoliosis, physical rehabilitation, in vivo biomechanics, ex vivo biomechanics |
| Cameron N. Riviere |
Medical robotics; rehabilitation robotics; control systems; medical devices; biomedical human-machine interfaces |
| Kenji Shimada | Medical robotics; computer-assisted surgery; human body modeling and simulation |
| Jason Szafron | Simulation tools, cardiovascular disease, pulmonary vascular disease, fetal growth restriction, biomechanical modeling, computational frameworks |
| Douglas J. Weber | Functional electrical stimulation (FES); activity-based neuromotor rehabilitation; neural coding; and neural control of prosthetic devices; 3D motion analysis |
| Victoria Webster-Wood | Bioinspired robotics; biohybrid robotics; cell & tissue engineering; biomaterials; organic actuators; organic control |
| Y. Jessica Zhang | Finite element applications in biomechanics; patient-specific geometric modeling and mesh generation; image processing; multiscale modeling of biomolecular complexes; computer-assisted surgery |
Biomedical Imaging
| Maysam Chamanzar | Neural engineering; multimodal (electro-acousto-optical) neural interfacing; bio-photonics; optogenetics; bio-sensing |
| Tzahi Cohen-Karni | Nano-biotechnology; nano-bio interfaces; nanomaterials synthesis; biomedical applications of nanowires/nanotubes; biomedical nanodevices/sensors |
| John Galeotti | Novel optics for imaging and visualization; biomedical image analysis and visualization; combining robotic multi-camera computer vision with volumetric/tomographic biomedical imaging modalities; Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) |
| Aryn Gittis | Electrophysiology; optogenetics; neural circuits; movement disorders |
| Pulkit Grover | Theory, noninvasive neural sensing and stimulation |
| Bin He |
Electrophysiological source imaging; brain-computer interface; neuromodulation; functional neuroimaging; tissue electrical property imaging |
| Jana Kainerstorfer |
Biomedical optics; neurophotonics; neural sensing; medical devices; optical imaging of disease |
| Shawn K. Kelly | Retinal prostheses for the blind; neural prostheses; neural stimulation circuitry; wireless power and data telemetry for medical devices; hermetic packaging for medical devices |
| Rahul Panat | Microscale 3D printing, bioengineering, neuroengineering, sensors, Li-ion batteries |
| Sossena Wood | Ultrahigh field and high field magnetic resonance imaging, sickle cell disease, optical imaging, electromagnetic and thermal simulations, phantom |
Cardiopulmonary Engineering
| Keith E. Cook | Artificial lungs; hemodynamics; pulmonary drug delivery; liquid ventilation; right ventricular function; critical care medicine |
| Adam W. Feinberg | Tissue regeneration in neuromuscular and cardiovascular systems; self-assembly and multi-scale coupling in biological systems; cell-material interactions; protein-based materials; bioprosthetics; stem cell differentiation and engineered morphogenesis |
| Noelia Grande Gutiérrez | Bioengineering, computer-aided design (CAD), biomechanics, fluid mechanics, medical laboratory technology |
| Jana Kainerstorfer | Biomedical photonics; diffuse optical imaging; clinical translation of optical imaging methods; microvascular imaging; disease diagnostics and treatment monitoring; imaging of brain functions |
| Tagbo Niepa | Biomaterials, biotechnology and pharmaceutical engineering, colloids, machine learning, microfluidic systems, nanomaterials, polymer engineering, pulmonary diseases, soft materials and complex fluids, transport phenomena, infection control, microbiome engineering |
| Xi (Charlie) Ren |
Whole-organ bioengineering; extracellular matrix engineering; vascular endothelial heterogeneity; stem cell-based directed tissue morphogenesis |
| Jason Szafron |
Simulation tools, cardiovascular disease, pulmonary vascular disease, fetal growth restriction, biomechanical modeling, computational frameworks |
| Rebecca Taylor | Mechanobiology; micro- and nanoscale force sensors; cardiovascular biomechanics |
Cell & Tissue Engineering
| Rosalyn Abbott | Tissue engineering, adipose microenvironments, disease modeling, tissue regeneration, natural biomaterials, silk, engineering the extracellular matrix |
| Chris J. Bettinger | BioMEMS for tissue regeneration; biodegradable electronic devices; biomimetic tissue-device interfaces; biomaterials synthesis; microfabrication of biomaterials |
| Phil G. Campbell | Bioavailability and proteolytic processing of growth factors; musculoskeletal tissue repair and regeneration; biomimetic tissue engineering materials |
| Michael M. Domach | High throughput systems for cell growth analysis; optimization of bioreactor performance |
| Adam W. Feinberg | Tissue regeneration in neuromuscular and cardiovascular systems; self-assembly and multi-scale coupling in biological systems; cell-material interactions; protein-based materials; bioprosthetics; stem cell differentiation and engineered morphogenesis |
| Noelia Grande Gutiérrez | Bioengineering, computer-aided design (CAD), biomechanics, fluid mechanics, medical laboratory technology |
| Carmel Majidi | Soft-matter engineering; stretchable electronics; soft robotics; wearable computing |
| Xi (Charlie) Ren | Vascular engineering; extracellular matrix engineering; cardiopulmonary engineering; whole organ decellularization and regeneration |
| Stefanie Sydlik | Polymer synthesis; polymer synthesis; biomimetic polymers and materials; graphene biomaterials; surgical adhesives; covalent controlled release; stem cells; bone and cartilage regeneration |
| Yu-li Wang | Mechanisms of cell migration and division; cellular mechanical activities; mechanics of cell-matrix interactions; mechanotransduction; live cell imaging and image processing; cellular micromanipulations |
| Newell R. Washburn | Bioactive polymers for wound healing and regenerative medicine; biopolymer mediated manipulations of cytokines and growth factors |
| Victoria Webster-Wood | Bioinspired robotics; biohybrid robotics; cell & tissue engineering; biomaterials; organic actuators; organic control |
| Kathryn A. Whitehead | Drug delivery; biomaterial design and synthesis; transport in biological systems; RNA interference therapeutics |
| Yongxin (Leon) Zhao | Bioengineering, cell and tissue engineering, diagnostic and therapeutic, expansion microscopy, nanoscale |
| Siyang Zheng |
Micro/nano engineering/fabrication, BioMEMS, microfluidics, cancer diagnosis by liquid biopsy, virus discovery and detection, nanomedicine, extracellular vesicles (exosomes), translational research |
Computational Biomedical Engineering
| Rosalyn Abbott | Tissue engineering, adipose microenvironments, disease modeling, tissue regeneration, natural biomaterials, silk, engineering the extracellular matrix |
| Alison L. Barth | High-throughput behavioral training; learning and memory; fluorescence imaging; synaptic plasticity; neocortex; electrophysiology; in-vivo recording; molecular probes; connectomics |
| Steven M. Chase | Information representation in neural systems; brain-computer interfaces; neural signal processing; learning, adaptation, and motor control |
| Howie Choset | Surgical robotics; snake robots; path planning; motion control; mapping |
| Michael M. Domach | High throughput systems for cell growth analysis; optimization of bioreactor performance |
| John Galeotti | Novel optics for imaging and visualization; biomedical image analysis and visualization; combining robotic multi-camera computer vision with volumetric/tomographic biomedical imaging modalities; Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) |
| Hartmut Geyer | Biomechanics and motor control of human locomotion; design and control of powered segmented legs in robotics and rehabilitation |
| Noelia Grande Gutiérrez | Bioengineering, computer-aided design (CAD), biomechanics, fluid mechanics, medical laboratory technology |
| Pulkit Grover | Noninvasive neural sensing and stimulation; theory |
| Eni Halilaj | Musculoskeletal biomechanics, medical imaging, computational modeling, wearable sensing, machine learning |
| Zakia Hammal | Facial recognition, multimodal learning and classification, deep learning, sensing & perception, behavioral health, affective computing, social robot, human-robot interactions, human-centered robotics |
| Bin He | Electrophysiological source imaging, functional neuroimaging, tissue electrical property imaging |
| Jana Kainerstorfer | Biomedical photonics; diffuse optical imaging; clinical translation of optical imaging methods; microvascular imaging; disease diagnostics and treatment monitoring; imaging of brain functions |
| Robert E. (Rob) Kass | Statistics in neuroscience; neural decoding and brain-machine interface; analysis of single and multiple spike train data; statistics education; differential geometry in statistical inference; Bayesian inference |
| Tagbo Niepa | Biomaterials, biotechnology and pharmaceutical engineering, colloids, machine learning, microfluidic systems, nanomaterials, polymer engineering, pulmonary diseases, soft materials and complex fluids, transport phenomena, infection control, microbiome engineering |
| Kenji Shimada | Medical robotics; computer-assisted surgery; human body modeling and simulation |
| Barbara Shinn-Cunningham | Auditory attention in normal and special populations; binaural and spatial hearing; subcortical and cortical sound processing; multi-sensory attention networks |
| Jason Szafron | Simulation tools, cardiovascular disease, pulmonary vascular disease, fetal growth restriction, biomechanical modeling, computational frameworks |
| Timothy Verstynen | Adaptive decision-making, cortico-basal ganglia pathways, white matter networks |
| Newell R. Washburn | Bioactive polymers for wound healing and regenerative medicine; biopolymer mediated manipulations of cytokines and growth factors |
| Sossena Wood | Ultrahigh field and high field magnetic resonance imaging, sickle cell disease, optical imaging, electromagnetic and thermal simulations, phantom |
| Eric Yttri | Neurophysiology; circuit dynamics; computational neuroscience; motor control; reinforcement learning; too development |
| Byron Yu | Neural signal processing; machine learning approaches in neuroscience; neural prosthetic systems |
Medical Devices & Robotics
| Chris J. Bettinger | BioMEMS for tissue regeneration; biodegradable electronic devices; biomimetic tissue-device interfaces; biomaterials synthesis; microfabrication of biomaterials |
| Maysam Chamanzar | Neural engineering; multimodal (Electro-acousto-optical) neural interfacing; bio-photonics; optogenetics; bio-sensing |
| Steven M. Chase | Information representation in neural systems; brain-computer interfaces; neural signal processing; learning; adaptation; and motor control |
| Howie Choset | Surgical robotics; snake robots; path planning; motion control; mapping |
| Keith E. Cook | Artificial lungs; hemodynamics; pulmonary drug delivery; liquid ventilation; right ventricular function; critical care medicine |
| Marc Dandin | Integrated circuits, bioMEMS, biosensors, bioelectronics, microfluidics |
| Zackory Erickson | Healthcare robotics; robot learning; physical human-robot interaction; wearables; mobile manipulation |
| John Galeotti | Novel optics for imaging and visualization; biomedical image analysis and visualization; combining robotic multi-camera computer vision with volumetric/tomographic biomedical imaging modalities; Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) |
| Hartmut Geyer | Biomechanics and motor control of human locomotion; design and control of powered segmented legs in robotics and rehabilitation |
| Noelia Grande Gutiérrez | Bioengineering, computer-aided design (CAD), biomechanics, fluid mechanics, medical laboratory technology |
| Bin He | Electrophysiological source imaging; brain-computer interface; neuromodulation; functional neuroimaging; tissue electrical property imaging |
| Eni Halilaj | Musculoskeletal biomechanics, medical imaging, computational modeling, wearable sensing, machine learning |
| Zakia Hammal | Facial recognition, multimodal learning and classification, deep learning, sensing & perception, behavioral health, affective computing, social robot, human-robot interactions, human-centered robotics |
| Jana Kainerstorfer | Microvascular imaging and associated devices |
| Shawn Kelly | Retinal prostheses for the blind; neural prostheses; neural stimulation circuitry; wireless power and data telemetry for medical devices; hermetic packaging for medical devices |
| Axel Moore | Articular cartilage, intervertebral disc, spine, osteoarthritis, scoliosis, physical rehabilitation, in vivo biomechanics, ex vivo biomechanics |
| Burak Ozdoganlar | Micro- and nano-manufacturing; medical device fabrication; surgical engineering; neural probes fabrication; microneedle arrays for transdermal delivery; bone drilling analysis |
| Rahul Panat | Microscale 3D printing, bioengineering, neuroengineering, sensors, Li-ion batteries |
| Cameron Riviere | Robotics for microsurgery and minimally invasive surgery; precision tracking in microsurgery |
| Kenji Shimada | Medical robotics; computer-assisted surgery; human body modeling and simulation |
| Douglas J. Weber | Neurorehabilitation, sensorimotor integration, brain-computer interfaces, biomechanics, motor control |
| Victoria Webster-Wood | Bioinspired robotics; biohybrid robotics; cell & tissue engineering; biomaterials; organic actuators; organic control |
| Byron Yu | Neural signal processing; machine learning approaches in neuroscience; neural prosthetic systems |
| Developing medical devices to treat cardiovascular disease, focusing on the areas of cardiac assist devices and prosthetic heart valves | |
| Y. Jessica Zhang | Finite element method and its applications in biomechanics; image-based geometric modeling and mesh generation; image processing and analysis; patient-specific geometric modeling for cardiovascular surgical planning; geometric modeling and active site detection for molecular/protein structures; geometric modeling and mesh generation from medical imaging data; computer-assisted surgery |
| Yongxin (Leon) Zhao | Bioengineering, cell and tissue engineering, diagnostic and therapeutic, expansion microscopy, nanoscale |
| Siyang Zheng |
Micro/nano engineering/fabrication, BioMEMS, microfluidics, cancer diagnosis by liquid biopsy, virus discovery and detection, nanomedicine, extracellular vesicles (exosomes), translational research |
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Neural Engineering
| Alison L. Barth | High-throughput behavioral training; learning and memory; fluorescence imaging; synaptic plasticity; neocortex; electrophysiology; in-vivo recording; molecular probes; connectomics |
| Maysam Chamanzar | Neural engineering; multimodal (Electro-acousto-optical) neural interfacing; bio-photonics; optogenetics; bio-sensing |
| Steven M. Chase | Information representation in neural systems; brain-computer interfaces; neural signal processing; learning; adaptation; and motor control |
| Tzahi Cohen-Karni | Nano-biotechnology; nano–bio interfaces; nanomaterials synthesis; biomedical applications of nanowires/nanotubes; biomedical nanodevices/sensors |
| Hartmut Geyer | Biomechanics and motor control of human locomotion; design and control of powered segmented legs in robotics and rehabilitation |
| Aryn H. Gittis | Electrophysiology; optogenetics; neural circuits; movement disorders |
| Pulkit Grover | Noninvasive neural sensing and stimulation; theory |
| Bin He | Electrophysiological source imaging; functional neuroimaging; tissue electrical property imaging; brain-computer interface; neuromodulation |
| Jana Kainerstorfer | Biomedical photonics; diffuse optical imaging; clinical translation of optical imaging methods; microvascular imaging; disease diagnostics and treatment monitoring; imaging of brain functions; near IR diffuse optical imaging of brain functions |
| Shawn Kelly | Retinal prostheses for the blind; neural prostheses; neural stimulation circuitry; wireless power and data telemetry for medical devices; hermetic packaging for medical devices |
| Sandra Kuhlman | Neural circuit assembly and development; functional plasticity; structural plasticity |
| Burak Ozdoganlar | Micro- and nano-manufacturing; medical device fabrication; surgical engineering; neural probes fabrication; microneedle arrays for transdermal delivery; bone drilling analysis |
| Rahul Panat | Microscale 3D printing, bioengineering, neuroengineering, sensors, Li-ion batteries |
| Barbara Shinn-Cunningham | Auditory attention in normal and special populations; binaural and spatial hearing; subcortical and cortical sound processing; multi-sensory attention networks |
| Matthew A. Smith | Neural engineering, visual perception, cognition, eye movements, neural circuits |
| Douglas J. Weber | Neurorehabilitation, sensorimotor integration, brain-computer interfaces, biomechanics, motor control |
| Victoria Webster-Wood | Bioinspired robotics; biohybrid robotics; cell & tissue engineering; biomaterials; organic actuators; organic control |
| Sossena Wood | Ultrahigh field and high field magnetic resonance imaging, sickle cell disease, optical imaging, electromagnetic and thermal simulations, phantom |
| Eric Yttri | Neurophysiology; circuit dynamics; computational neuroscience; motor control; reinforcement learning; too development |
| Byron Yu | Neural signal processing; machine learning approaches in neuroscience; neural prosthetic systems |
| Yongxin (Leon) Zhao | Bioengineering, cell and tissue engineering, diagnostic and therapeutic, expansion microscopy, nanoscale |