Biomedical Engineering Faculty
Faculty
Matthew Petroll, Ph.D.
Program Chair
Training Tracks: Biomaterials, Mechanics and Tissue Engineering; Biomedical and Molecular Imaging
Petroll Lab
Research Interests: Cell motility and mechanics, corneal repair and regeneration, in vivo confocal imaging
Asaithamby Aroumougame,Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Training Track: Biomedical and Molecular Imaging
Aroumougame Lab
Research Interests: Immunotherapy and Radiotherapy in cancer prevention and treatment; Premature aging and carcinogenesis; DNA damage response signaling in heart development
Shawn C. Burgess, Ph.D.
Training Track: Biomedical and Molecular Imaging
Burgess Lab
Research Interests: NMR spectroscopy and mass spectroscopy in conjunction with the application of stable isotope tracers to study metabolic function
Thomas Carroll, Ph.D.,
Professor
Carroll Lab
Research Interests:
Jonathan Cheng, M.D.
Training Track: Biomaterials, Mechanics and Tissue Engineering
Cheng Lab
Research Interests: Nerve regeneration; long nerve gap repair; nerve-machine interface
Changho Choi, Ph.D.
Training Track: Biomedical and Molecular Imaging
Choi Lab
Research Interests: In vivo 1H and 13C MR spectroscopy; MRS applications in brain tumors and neuropsychiatric diseases; MR physics and MR method development
Rajiv Chopra, Ph.D.
Training Track: Biomedical and Molecular Imaging
Chopra Lab
Research Interests: Development of MR-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound for preclinical and clinical imaging
Caroline de Gracia Lux, Ph.D.
Training Track: Molecular and Translational Nanomedicine
de Gracia Lux Lab
Research Interests: Ultrasound contrast agent, perfluorocarbon emulsions, development of new ultrasound-based strategies for early detection and treatment of diseases
Reto Fiolka, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Fiolka Lab
Research Interests: The long-term goal of our lab's research is to develop and implement imaging technologies that provide unprecedented insight into cancer biology.
Jinming Gao, Ph.D.
Training Track: Molecular and Translational Nanomedicine, Biomedical and Molecular Imaging
Gao Lab
Research Interests: Activatable optical/MRI imaging probes to study tumor metabolism and theranostic nanomedicine for cancer-targeted drug therapy
Connie Hsia, M.D.
Training Track: Biomedical and Molecular Imaging, Biomaterials, Mechanics and Tissue Engineering
Research Interests: Heart-lung interaction; lung morphometry; structure-function correlation of lung growth
Xun Jia, Ph.D.
Training Track: Biomedical and Molecular Imaging; Medical Physics
Jia Lab
Research Interests: High-performance computing for radiation therapy and medical imaging; radiation-dose calculation; Monte Carlo simulation. 3D/4D cone beam CT reconstruction; image-guided radiation therapy
Steve Jiang, Ph.D.
MAIA Lab
Research Interests: Cloud and GPU-based high-performance computing in medical physics and imaging; automatic radiotherapy treatment planning; adaptive radiotherapy; image-guided radiotherapy; low-dose and dynamic-cone-beam CT
William Lee, M.D.
Training Track: Biomaterials, Mechanics and Tissue Engineering
Lee website
Research Interests: Acute liver failure, organ preservation
Robert Lenkinski, Ph.D.
Training Track: Biomedical and Molecular Imaging
Lenkinski Lab
Research Interests: Clinical applications of in vivo MRS, development of MR, radiotracer- and optical-based imaging contrast agents for imaging
Wen-Hong Li, Ph.D.
Training Tracks: Molecular and Translational Nanomedicine, Biomedical and Molecular Imaging
Li Lab
Research Interests: Engineering probes and assays for monitoring islet beta-cell mass or function in vivo; physiological regulation of hormone secretion in pancreatic islets; functional analysis of microRNA
Jacques Lux, Ph.D.
Training Track: Molecular and Translational Nanomedicine, Biomedical and Molecular Imagingr
Lux Lab
Research Interests: Bioresponsive nanomaterials for In vivo detection and therapy; targeted and activatable ultrasound (US) agents for the detection of inflammation and cancer
Ananth Madhuranthakam, Ph.D.
Training Track: Biomedical and Molecular Imaging
Madhuranthakam Lab
Research Interests: Development of novel MR-imaging techniques for whole-body cancer screening and staging
Craig Malloy, M.D.
Research Interests: 13C MRS methods for measuring cardiac intermediary-metabolism flux and function analysis/neurotransmitter metabolism of human brain
Ralph P. Mason, Ph.D., C.Sci., C.Chem.
Training Track: Molecular and Translational Nanomedicine, Biomedical and Molecular Imaging
Mason Lab
Research Interests: Tumor pathophysiology and MR assessment of prognostic biomarkers/hypoxia and pH
Hamid Mirzaei, Ph.D.
Training Track: Biomedical and Molecular Imaging
Mirzaei Lab
Research Interests: Investigation of ubiquitin-dependent mechanisms and their role in tumor progression
Albert Montillo, Ph.D.
Training Track: Biomedical and Molecular Imaging
Montillo Lab
Research Interests: Developing state-of-the-art machine-learning approaches to extract radiological imaging and imaging-genomic biomarkers for individualized prognostics in neuroscience and oncological applications
Orhan K. Oz, M.D., Ph.D.
Training Track: Biomedical and Molecular Imaging
Oz Lab
Research Interests: Application of structural (X-ray, CT, and MR) and functional (SPECT and PET) imaging methods to quantify changes in bone mass and metabolism induced by metabolic bone diseases; in vivo assessment of beta-cell mass and function by novel probes; novel PET and SPECT probe development for bone cells
Ivan Pedrosa, M.D.
Training Track: Biomedical and Molecular Imaging
Pedrosa Lab
Research Interests: Development of novel MRI techniques for improved diagnosis of abdominal/pelvic diseases and noninvasive in vivo assessment of physiology and response to therapy in tumors
Matthias Peltz, M.D.
Training Track: Biomaterials, Mechanics and Tissue Engineering
Research Interests: Heart, lung, and perfusion preservation, magnetic resonance spectroscopy
Jay Schneider, M.D., Ph.D.
Training Track: Biomaterials, Mechanics and Tissue Engineering
Schneider Lab
Research Interests: Cardiomyocytes, cell fate mechanisms, chemical genetics/small molecules, neuronal and cancer stem cells, stem cells
Dean Sherry, Ph.D.
Training Track: Molecular and Translational Nanomedicine, Biomedical and Molecular Imaging
Research Interests: Responsive MRI contrast agents, targeted MR and PET agents, carbon-13 tracers of metabolism, high-field magnetic resonance spectroscopy in vivo
Xiankai Sun, Ph.D.
Training Track: Biomedical and Molecular Imaging
Sun Lab
Research Interests: Development of PET, SPECT, and MRI imaging probes to assess biological abnormalities and evaluation of disease treatment
Elena Vinogradov, Ph.D.
Training Track: Biomedical and Molecular Imaging
Vinogradov Lab
Research Interests: Endogenous and exogenous MRI contrast agents and mechanisms in vivo, CEST and PARACEST imaging, hyperpolarization
Jing Wang, Ph.D.
Training Track: Biomedical and Molecular Imaging
Wang Lab
Research Interests: Tomographic image reconstruction; cone-beam computed tomography; image-guided radiation therapy; medical imaging processing
Associate Members
These faculty members do not accept graduate students. They participate in teaching, co-mentoring, exam and dissertation committees, and all other program activities.
Thiru Annaswamy, M.D.
Research Interests: Physical medicine and rehabilitation, motor control, neuroscience
Pietro Bajona, M.D.
Research Interests: Surgical outcomes, heart valve anatomy and physiology, and innovative approaches to valve surgery
David Busch, Ph.D.,
Research Interests: Developing non-and minimally-invasive optical tools to monitor deep tissues in health and disease, as well as throughout therapy.
Jeffrey Cadeddu, M.D.
Research Interests: Urology; laparoscopy, telesurgical mentoring
Ian Corbin, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Molecular imaging techniques and nanomedicine-technology development to better understand and characterize liver disease
Thomas Floyd, Ph.D.
Research Interests:
Robert Eberhart, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Biomaterials; circulatory assist devices
Gerald Greil, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Interests: Evaluate the use of newly designed biodegradable stints to treat pulmonary artery stenosis
Xuejun Gu, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Image processing in radiation therapy; deformable-image registration; radiation-dose calculations; robotic control for patient positioning
Brian Hrycushko, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Tissue-response modeling in radiation therapy; brachytherapy
Mustafa Husain, M.D.
Research Interests: General psychiatry, aging and geriatric issues, new applications of lead placement in ECT and novel treatments of Major Depressive Disorder including Magnetic Seizure Therapy (MST), Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), and Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS)
Mohammad Hussain, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Interests: Cardiac imaging and modeling to improve outcomes in pediatric and congenital heart disease
Michael Jessen, M.D.
Research Interests: Circulatory assist devices; cardiac metabolism
Romaine Johnson, M.D.
Research Interests: Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, biomaterials, biomechanics, pediatric airway disorders
Zoltan Kovacs, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Generation and application of hyperpolarized 13C-labeled compounds and 89Y-complexes for MRI/Radiopharmaceutical applications
Lawrence Lavery, D.P.M.
Research Interests: Wound therapy, tissue engineering
Matthew Lewis, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Molecular-imaging instrumentation, linear and nonlinear diffraction tomography, tensor tomography, applied inverse problems
Li Liu, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Development of reporter genes and evaluation of different gene reporter’s
Weiguo Lu, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Adaptive radiation therapy; treatment-plan optimization; radiation-dose calculations
Robert Mattrey,M.D.
Research Interests: Novel Molecular-based Contrast Agents, with emphasis on ultrasound solutions, which can be used to detect and/or treat cancer, including image guided tumor ablation, ultrasound directed drug or gene delivery, or cell-based therapy.
Roderick McColl, Ph.D.
Research Interests: fMRI; DICOMs
Paul Medin, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Tissue-response modeling in radiation therapy; stereotactic radiation therapy
Alan Nugent, M.D., M.B.B.S., FRACP
Training Track: Biomaterials, Mechanics and Tissue Engineering
Jae Mo Park, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Development of noninvasive molecular imaging tools to elucidate in vivo metabolism
Karen Pawlowski, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Cellular mechanisms involved in sensory neural hearing loss; investigations of biomedical engineering technologies applied to the temporal bone and auditory system; role of biofilms in chronic recurrent infections of the temporal bone
Arnold Pompos, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Particle-beam therapy; Monte Carlo simulations; biological effects of particle-beam therapy; biological optimization
Surendranath Reddy, M.D.
Research Interests: Biodegradable stents; cardiac catheterization – pediatric and adult congenital heart disease; hybrid interventions
Jimin Ren, Ph.D.
Research Interests: In vivo MRS for studies of energy and phospholipids metabolism in brain and skeletal muscle.
Neil Rofsky, M.D.
Research Interests: Translation of novel MR imaging methods (arterial spin labeling, diffusion, perfusion) to important problems in clinical medicine
Debabrata Saha, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Role of cycloxygenase-2 in radiation and chemo-resistance, role of small molecule inhibitors as radio-sensitizers
Scott Smith, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Neural cardiovascular control during exercise; reflex dysfunction in heart failure; reflex dysfunction in hypertension
Todd Soesbe, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Clinical applications of new spectral CT technologies
Rathan Subramaniam, M.D., Ph.D.
Training Track: Biomedical and Molecular Imaging
Baran Sumer, M.D.
Research Interests: Clinical application of nanoprobes with unique nanoscale behavior
Masaya Takahashi, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Development of functional and molecular MRI techniques that can help establish a rigorous foundation for in vivo diagnosis
Animesh Tandon, M.D.
Research Interests: MRI imaging in pediatric cardiology; 3D printing and computer modeling of congenital heart disease; predictive analytics on continuous data for pediatric cardiology
Tao Wang, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Integrating structure, kinetics, and computation to understand the molecular determinants and regulatory mechanisms of microtubule dynamics
Tre Welch, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Biomaterial grafts, coatings and scaffolds; finite element analysis; polymer synthesis; bioresorbable polymer characterization
Yulong Yan, Ph.D.
Research Interests: High-performance computing; infrastructure for radiation therapy; radiobiological effects
Ming Yang, Ph.D.,
Research Interests: Range uncertainty reduction, tissue contouring using DECT, optimization for ion radiation therapy
Takeshi Yokoo, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Interests: Applied mathematics and MRI methods for translational research in liver imaging with special focus on evaluation of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)
