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Primary Faculty

Eben Alsberg, Ph.D.
Biomimetic tissue engineering; Innovative biomaterials and drug delivery vehicles for functional tissue regeneration and cancer therapy; Control of stem cell fate decision; Precise temporal and spatial presentation of signals to regulate cell behavior; Mechanotransduction and the influence of mechanics on cell behavior and tissue formation; Cell-cell interactions.

James P. Basilion, Ph.D.
High resolution imaging of endogenous gene expression; definition of "molecular signatures" for imaging and treatment of cancer and other diseases; generating and utilizing genomic data to define informative targets; strategies for applying non-invasive imaging to drug development; novel molecular imaging probes and paradigms.

Harihara Baskaran , Ph.D.
Tissue Engineering, Cell/cellular transport processes in inflammation, wound healing, and cancer metastasis.

Niloy Bhadra, M.D., Ph.D.
Experimental and computational studies of high frequency waveforms for reversible conduction block of peripheral nerves. Design, testing and implementation of neuroprosthetic systems for the upper limb.

Ann-Marie Broome, Ph.D.
Molecular imaging of complex signatures in cancer, in vivo/in vitro imaging of cellular mechanisms in differentiation, inflammation, and carcinogenesis, signaling of chemotactic peptides in epithelia.

Patrick Crago, Ph.D.
Control of neuroprostheses for restoration of motor function; neuromechanics; modeling of neuromusculoskeletal systems.

Jeffrey Duerk, Ph.D.
Magnetic resonance imaging; rapid magnetic resonance imaging pulse sequence development; image reconstruction from non-rectilinearly sampled data; the development of image guided interventional MRI procedures including percutaneous cancer and cardiovascular procedures

Dominique Durand, Ph.D.
Neural Engineering, neural Interfacing, neural prostheses, computation neuroscience, neurophysiology and control of epilepsy.

Steven Eppell, Ph.D.
Biomaterials, instrumentation, nanoscale structure-function analysis of orthopaedic biomaterials; scanning probe microscopy and spectroscopy of skeletal tissues.

Miklos Gratzl, Ph.D.
Biomedical sensing and diagnostics in vitro and in vivo; electrochemical and optical techniques; BioMEMS for cellular transport; cancer multidrug resistance at the single cell level; sliver sensor for multianalyte patient monitoring.

Kenneth J. Gustafson, Ph.D.
Neural engineering; neural prostheses; neurophysiology and neural control of genitourinary function; devices to restore genitourinary function; functional neuromuscular stimulation.

Zhilin Hu, Ph.D.
Applied optics including optical remote sensing biomedical imaging and laser spectroscopy; optical instrumentation including theoretical modeling to system and components design; for applications in clinical GI endoscopies, pulmonary studies, skin and cardiac diseases, and disease prevention.

J. Lawrence Katz, Ph.D. (Emeritus)
Structure-property relationships in bone, osteophilic biomaterials, ultrasonic studies of tissue anisotropy, scanning acoustic microscopy.

Robert Kirsch, Ph.D.
Restoration of movement using neuroprostheses; neuroprosthesis control system design; natural control of human movements; biomechanics of movement; computer-based modeling; system identification.

Melissa L. Knothe Tate, Ph.D.
Development of preventative, treatment and replacement measures for bone disease and failure; Multi-scale modeling of the interplay between mechanics and transport in biological systems: cell mechanics => tissue engineering.

Roger Marchant, Ph.D.
Self-assembling biomimetic materials; vascular tissue engineering, novel biomaterials for surface modification of cardiovascular devices and hydrogels for tissue engineering; targeted liposome drug delivery; bacterial adhesion; cell and protein interactions with biomaterials using atomic force microscopy.

J. Thomas Mortimer, Ph.D. (Emeritus)
Neural control and prostheses; electrical activation of neural tissue; membrane properties and electrodes.

Hunter Peckham, Ph.D.
Rehabilitation engineering in spinal cord injury, neural prostheses, functional electrical stimulation and technology transfer.

Andrew Rollins, Ph.D.
Biomedical optics, optical biomedical diagnostics, novel optical methods for high-resolution, minimally invasive imaging, tissue characterization and analyte sensing; real-time in vivo microstructural, functional, and molecular imaging using optical coherence tomography.

Gerald Saidel, Ph.D.
Mass transport, heat transport, and metabolism in cells, tissues, and organs; mathematical modeling, simulation, nonlinear parameter estimation, and optimal experiment design applied to biomedical systems.

Anirban Sen Gupta, Ph.D.
Targeted Drug Delivery; Targeted Molecular Imaging; Image-guided Therapy; Platelet Substitutes; Novel Polymeric Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering Scaffolds.

Dawn Taylor, Ph.D.
Brain-computer interfaces for control of computers, neural prostheses, and robotic devices; Invasive and non-invasive brain signal acquisition; Adaptive decoding algorithms for retraining the brain to control alternative devices after paralysis.

Dustin Tyler, Ph.D.
Neuromimetic neuroprostheses; laryngeal neuroprostheses; clinical implementation of nerve electrodes; cortical neuroprostheses; minimally invasive implantation techniques; modeling of neural stimulation and neuroprostheses.

Horst von Recum, Ph.D.
Delivery of therapeutic proteins, antibiotics and other small molecule drugs from degradable polymeric platforms. Directed differentiation of stem cells for tissue engineering applications. Novel polymeric scaffolds which control cell fate through temporal and spatial arrangement of biological cues.

David Wilson, Ph.D.
Biomedical image processing; digital processing and quantitative image quality of X-ray fluoroscopy images; interventional MRI.

Xin Yu, Sc.D.
Cardiovascular physiology; magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy; characterization of the structure-function and energy–function relationships in normal and diseased hearts; small animal imaging and spectroscopy.

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