Full Directory
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Adamo, Joan
- Director, Regulatory Support Services, CTSI
- joan_adamo@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-0742
Interests: Regulatory Science; guidance for researchers who are planning studies regulated by the FDA
Anand, Ajay
- Deputy Director, Georgen Institute of Data Science
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- ajay.anand@rochester.edu | (585) 276-3149
- 1203 Wegmans Hall
Interests: Ultrasound signal processing; Model-based parameter estimation; Novel clinical ultrasound imaging techniques; Biomedical data analytics
Awad, Hani
- Professor of Orthopaedics
Professor of Biomedical Engineering - Center for Musculoskeletal Research
- hani_awad@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 273-5268
- 1.8531 Medical Center
Interests: Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering
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Baran, Tim
- Research Assistant Professor of Imaging Sciences
Research Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- timothy.baran@rochester.edu | (585) 275-5340
Interests: Biomedical optics; photodynamic therapy; medical image processing
Benoit, Danielle
- Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Director, Materials Science Program
Center for Musculoskeletal Research and Center for Oral Biology
Departments of Chemical Engineering, Orthopaedics, and Biomedical Genetics
Society for Biomaterials, Special Interest Groups Representative to the Board of Directors
- benoit@bme.rochester.edu | (585) 273-2698
- 308 Goergen Hall
Interests: Therapeutic Biomaterials
Berger, Andrew J.
- Professor of Optics
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- ajberger@optics.rochester.edu | (585) 273-4724
- 405 Goergen Hall
Interests: Biomedical Optics; Optics Education
Beyene, Mahllet
- CMTI Graduate Program Coordinator
- mbeyene@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 273-2353
- 204 Robert B. Goergen Hall
Brown III, Edward
- Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor of Neuroscience
James P. Wilmot Cancer Center
- edward_brown@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 273-5918
- 5-7224A Medical Center
Interests: Multiphoton Laser Scanning Microscopy, novel in vivo imaging and measurement techniques, tumor biology, angiogenesis
Buckley, Mark
- Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Center for Musculoskeletal Research
Center for Visual Science
- mark.buckley@rochester.edu | (585) 276-4195
Interests: Viscoelasticity in soft biological tissues; Soft tissue aging, disease and repair
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Carney, Laurel H.
- Marylou Ingram Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Neuroscience
- laurel.carney@rochester.edu | (585) 276-3948
- Medical Center
Interests: Auditory neuroscience; Neurophysiological, behavioral, and computational studies of hearing; Signal processing for hearing aids
Chess, Patricia
- Professor of Pediatrics, Neonatology; Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Interests: Effects of strain on pulmonary epithelium
Choe, Regine
- Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- regine.choe@rochester.edu | (585) 273-4374
- MC 5-7233A Med Center
Interests: Diffuse optics for in vivo cancer detection, diagnosis and therapy monitoring
Clark, Robert
- Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Provost, and Senior Vice President for Research
- rclark@rochester.edu | (585) 275-4151
- 213 Wallis Hall
Interests: Dynamic systems; Measurement and control; Single-molecule mechanics; Bio-nano-manufacturing; Scaffolds for tissue engineering
Crane, Benjamin
- Associate Professor of Otolaryngology; Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Associate Professor of Neurobiology and Anatomy
Interests: The interaction of vision, the vestibular system, and human disease on motion perception
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Dalecki, Diane
- Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Director, Rochester Center for Biomedical Ultrasound
- diane.dalecki@rochester.edu | (585) 275-7378
- 210A Goergen Hall
Interests: Biomedical ultrasound, acoustics, lithotripsy, biological effects of ultrasound.
Dean, David
- Professor of Pediatrics, Neonatology; Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Interests: Gene Therapy
DeAngelis, Greg
- Professor of Brain & Cognitive Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Neuroscience, Center for Navigation & Communication Sciences, and Center for Visual Science
Interests: Visual neuroscience; Multi-sensory integration; Neural coding; Linking neurons to perception
DeLouise, Lisa A.
- Associate Professor of Dermatology
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- lisa_delouise@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-1810
Interests: Engineering Smart Bandage Bio Nanomaterials for Healing Skin
Dickerson, Ian
- Associate Professor of Neuroscience
Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology
Interests: Carbon Nanotube-Mediated Gene Transfer; Neuropeptide Signal Transduction; Protein-Protein Interactions
Dogra, Vikram
- Professor of Imaging Sciences; Professor of Biomedical Imaging; Professor of Urology
Interests: Photoacoustic imaging for medical diagnosis ; Application of high resolution ultrasound for bladder tumor detection and follow-up; High intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) for hemostasis
Doyley, Marvin
- Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and of Imaging Sciences (Radiology)
- Chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- m.doyley@rochester.edu | (585) 275-3774
- 518 Chair Office / 723 Faculty Office Computer Studies Building
Interests: Therapeutic and diagnostic imaging using optical, magnetic resonance, and ultrasound imaging
Dylag, Andrew
- Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
- andrew_dylag@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 276-6803
Dziorny, Adam
- Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
- adam_dziorny@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-8138
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Eagan, Gina
- Student Programs Assistant
- gina.eagan@rochester.edu | (585) 273-2090
- 204 Robert B. Goergen Hall
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Flax, Jonathan
- Assistant Professor, Department of Urology (SMD)
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Foster, Thomas
- Professor of Imaging Sciences, Emeritus
Interests: Photodynamic Therapy of Cancer and Microbial Infections
Frisch, Benjamin J.
- Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Wilmot Cancer Institute
- Benjamin_frisch2@urmc.rochester.edu
- 601 Elmwood Ave Rm 1-7564
Interests: The role of inflammation in bone marrow microenvironmental dysfunction; interactions of myelogenous leukemia with the bone marrow microenvironment; in vitro modeling of the bone marrow microenvironment
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Ganeshan, Veena
- Senior Laboratory Engineer
- veena.ganeshan@rochester.edu | (585) 276-6837
- 311 Goergen Hall
Gdowski, Greg T.
- Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Executive Director, Center for Medical Technology & Innovation
- ggdowski@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-2580
- 310 Robert B. Goergen Hall
Interests: Teaching Area — The process of commercialization of medical technologies from identifying unmet clinical needs to the design, fabrication, marketing, regulatory, and intellectual property aspects of creating medical technologies and devices
Giacomelli, Michael
- Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Assistant Professor of Optics
- m.giacomelli@rochester.edu | (585) 276-6260
- 5-8527 Medical Center
Interests: Multiphoton Microscopy, Surgical Imaging, Digital Pathology, Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging, 3D and molecular imaging
Gildner, Candace
- Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Gira, Martin
- Senior Laboratory Engineer
- mgira@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-3715
- 224a Goergen Hall (office)
Glading, Angela
- Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology; Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Interests: Role of cell-cell contact in regulating cellular function in both the normal and disease state
Gracewski, Sheryl M.
- Professor Emeritus, Department of Mechanical Engineering
- sheryl.gracewski@rochester.edu
- 344 Hopeman Hall
Interests: Solid mechanics, more specifically in wave propagation and vibrations in elastic media; Bubble dynamics; Optics manufacturing and metrology
Gronski, Nancy
- Senior Accountant
- nancy.gronski@rochester.edu | (585) 275-8034
- 204 Robert B. Goergen Hall
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Henry, Kenneth S.
- Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Neuroscience, Department of Otolaryngology (SMD)
- kenneth_henry@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-4851
Hocking, Denise
- Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology; Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Interests: Regulation of cell behavior by the extracellular matrix
Howard, Thomas
- Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Assistant Professor of Computer Science; Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- thoward@ece.rochester.edu | (585) 275-3755
Interests: Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Machine Learning, Natural Language Understanding
Hunter, Jennifer
- Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology; Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Assistant Professor, Center for Visual Science
Interests: Mechanisms of light-induced retinal damage and development of non-invasive fluorescence imaging techniques
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Lalor, Edmund
- Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor of Neuroscience
- Edmund_Lalor@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-3077
- G9609 SMD (Dept. of Neuroscience)
Interests: Human sensory neurophysiology; Brain-computer interfacing; Computational neuroscience; Neural encoding of natural sounds; Sensory processing in psychiatric and developmental disorders
Lee, Whasil
- Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology
Center for Musculoskeletal Research
- Whasil_Lee@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 276-4631
- 4-8553 Medical Center
Interests: Musculoskeletal cell mechanics, Mechanosensitive Ion channels, Knee joint tissue development, aging, disease and repair
Lerner, Amy L.
- Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Academic Director, Center for Medical Technology & Innovation
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Center for Musculoskeletal Research
- amy.lerner@rochester.edu | (585) 275-7847
- 307 Goergen Hall
Interests: Orthopaedic biomechanics, medical image-based finite element modeling, knee biomechanics, medical device design, cornea mechanics
Lipari , Bonnie
- Senior Research and Grants Administrator
- bonnie.lipari@rochester.edu | (585) 275-0453
- 209 Robert B. Goergen Hall
Loiselle, Alayna E.
- Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Orthopaedics , Center for Musculoskeletal Research (SMD)
- alayna_loiselle@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-7239
Lomakina, Elena
- Research Assistant Professor
- elena.lomakina@rochester.edu | (585) 275-0437
- 213 Goergen Hall
Interests: Cell Adhesion, Mechanical and thermodynamic properties of biological membranes; cellular mechanics and function of cytoskeletal proteins
Luebke, Anne E.
- Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor of Neuroscience
- anne_luebke@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 273-1635
- 6-8547 Medical Center
Interests: Role of cochlear outer hair cells in hearing and hearing loss, at both the molecular and systems levels
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Maddox, Ross
- Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
- ross.maddox@rochester.edu | (585) 275-1835
- G9607 SMD (Dept. of Neuroscience)
Interests: Auditory neuroscience; Audio-visual integration; Selective attention; Development of electroencephalography paradigms for research and diagnosis
Marple, Taimi
- Undergraduate Program Coordinator
- taimi.marple@rochester.edu | (585) 273-4754
- 206 Robert B. Goergen Hall
McAleavey, Stephen
- Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Rochester Center for Biomedical Ultrasound
- stephen.mcaleavey@rochester.edu | (585) 275-7768
- 309 Goergen Hall
Interests: Development of novel, clinically applicable ultrasound imaging techniques
McGrath, James
- Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- james.mcgrath@rochester.edu | (585) 273-5489
- 306 Goergen Hall
Interests: Cell motility; Quantitative light microscopy
Merigan, William
- Professor of Ophthalmology
Professor, Center for Visual Science
Interests: Imaging the function of retinal neurons using calcium indicators; Evaluating vision restoration by optogenetics, stem cells or gene therapy
Mesfin, Addisu
- Associate Professor - Department of Orthopaedics
Associate Professor - Department of Neurosurgery
Associate Professor - Department of Public Health Sciences
Associate Professor - Department of Biomedical Engineering
- addisu_mesfin@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-5321
Meyer, Anne
- Associate Professor of Biology; Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- anne.meyer@rochester.edu | (585) 275-9290
- 472 Hutchison Hall
Interests: Synthetic biology; 3D printing of bacteria; engineering of bacteria to produce biomaterials; survival strategies of bacteria; organization of bacterial DNA
Miller, Benjamin
- Professor of Dermatology; Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics
- benjamin_miller@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-9805
Interests: Carbohydrate and protein recognition, molecular design, and biomolecular sensing
Mix, Doran
- Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
- dmix@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 279-5100
Interests: Elastographic-based imaging of AAA; Fenestrated endograft
Moore, Duncan T.
- Rudolf and Hilda Kingslake Professor in Optical Engineering Science
Professor of Optics
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Business Administration in the William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration
- moore@optics.rochester.edu | (585) 275-5248
- 409A Goergen Hall
Interests: Optical Engineering; Lens Design & Manufacturing; Gradient-Index Optics
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Nam, Jong-Hoon
- Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering;
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
- jong-hoon.nam@rochester.edu | (585) 273-4555
- 212 Hopeman
Interests: Biophysics of inner ear sensory cells; Cell mechanics
Nedergaard, Maiken
- Professor of Neurosurgery, Center for Translational Neuromedicine; Professor of Neuroscience, Professor of Neurology
Interests: The basic biology of glial cells in the CNS and the role of astrocytes in several neurological diseases, including stroke, spinal cord injury, epilepsy, tremor, and ALS. Research is aimed at defining new strategies for the treatment of neurological diseases that target astrocytic dysfunction
Nielsen, Courtney R.
- Marketing/Communications & Outreach Manager
- courtney.nielsen@rochester.edu | (443) 846-2298
- 204 Robert B. Goergen Hall
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Paige, Gary
- Professor of Neuroscience; Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Professor of Neurology, Cognitive Behavioral Neurology; Professor of Ophthalmology
Interests: Visual, vestibular, and adaptive control of spatial orientation and balance
Parker, Kevin J.
- William F. May Professor of Engineering
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, of Biomedical Engineering, and of Imaging Sciences (Radiology) - Dean Emeritus, School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
- kevin.parker@rochester.edu | (585) 275-3294
- 724 Computer Studies Building
Interests: Medical Imaging; 3D and 4D Imaging; CT, MRI, and ultrasound; Multi-dimensional processing and display techniques; Doppler Imaging Techniques; Sonoelasticity; Digital Halftoning; Blue Noise Mask ; Color Halftoning
Perucchio, Renato
- Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Program Director, Archaeology, Technology, and Historical Structures
- rlp@me.rochester.edu | (585) 275-4071
- 236 and 415 Hopeman
Interests: Computational solid and structural mechanics; Engineering practices in Classical Antiquity
Principe, Judy
- Graduate Program Coordinator
- judith.principe@rochester.edu | (585) 275-3891
- 207 Robert B. Goergen Hall
Puzas, J. Edward
- Professor of Orthopaedics, Center for Musculoskeletal Research; Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics; Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Professor of Environmental Medicine
Interests: Molecular and Cellular Biology of the Skeletal System
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Rolland, Jannick
- Brian J. Thompson Professor of Optical Engineering
Professor of Optics and Biomedical Engineering
Professor in the Center for Visual Science - Director, NSF/IUCRC: Center for Freeform Optics
Director, R.E. Hopkins Center for Optical Design and Engineering
- rolland@optics.rochester.edu | (585) 752-1013
- 505 Goergen Hall
Interests: Optical Aberration Theory; Freeform Optics; Metasurfaces; Metaform; Optical System Design; Optical Metrology; Illumination; Instrumentation and System Engineering; Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT); Optical Coherence Elastography (OCE); Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR); Head-Worn Displays; Heads-up Displays
Rubens, Deborah
- Professor of Imaging Sciences; Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Interests: Ultrasound sonoelasticity; 3-dimensional imaging; Contrast agents
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Schieber, Marc H.
- Professor of Neurology; Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Professor of Neuroscience, Professor of Brain/Cognitive Sciences; Professor, Center for Visual Science
Interests: Neural Control of Individuated Finger Movements
Schwarz, Douglas Mitchell
- Senior Analyst/Programmer
- douglas_schwarz@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 276-3985
Schwarz, Edward
- Professor of Orthopaedics; Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Professor of Medicine, Allergy/Immunology and Rheumatology; Professor of Microbiology and Immunology; Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Professor of Urology
Interests: Pro-inflammatory cytokine signal transduction and novel drug and gene therapies for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Seidman, Scott
- Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Neuroscience
Center for Visual Science
- scott_seidman@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-3932
- 216 Goergen Hall
Interests: Vestibular systems, motor learning, physiological models, multi-sensory integration
Slane, Laura
- Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
- Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- laura.slane@rochester.edu | (585) 276-6872
- 217 Hopeman
Small, Eric M.
- Associate Professor, Department of Medicine , Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute (SMD)
- eric_small@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 276-7706
Stone, Jonathan J.
- Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- jonathan_stone@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 225-5767
- 2180 Clinton Avenue
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Vats, Kanika
- Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Instructor, Rochester Scholars Pre-College Program
- Kanika_Vats@URMC.Rochester.edu | (585) 276-4628
- 311 Goergen Hall
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Wan, Jiandi
- Adjunct Assistant Professor
- University of Rochester Medical Center; Center for Neuroscience at UC Davis
Waugh, Richard E.
- Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Vice Provost for Research
Professor of Biochemistry & Biophysics
Professor of Pharmacology & Physiology
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
- waugh@bme.rochester.edu | (585) 275-3768
- 218 Robert B. Goergen Hall
Interests: Cell Adhesion, Mechanical and thermodynamic properties of biological membranes; cellular mechanics and function of cytoskeletal proteins
Williams, David R.
- William G. Allyn Professor of Medical Optics
Professor of Optics
Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Professor of Ophthalmology
Professor of Biomedical Engineering - Director of the Center for Visual Science
- david@cvs.rochester.edu | (585) 275-8672
- 270 Meliora Hall
Interests: The Human Visual System; Physiological Optics
Wilson, Nicole
- Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
- nicole_wilson@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-4435
Wismueller, Axel
- Professor of Imaging Sciences, of Biomedical Engineering, and of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Axel_Wismueller@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 613-2399
- MCA 2-2214 Medical Center
Interests: Mathematical algorithms for computational analysis; Pattern recognition in clinical real-world applications
Wu, Chia-Lung
- Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedics
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
- chia-lung_wu@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-1335
Wu, J.H. David
- Professor of Chemical Engineering; Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Interests: Biochemical Engineering, Fermentation, Biocatalysis, Bone Marrow Tissue Engineering, Molecular Biology
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Yoon, Geunyoung
- Professor of Ophthalmology, Optics, Center for Visual science and Biomedical Engineering
Interests: Customized vision correction using advanced optical techniques such as wavefront sensor, customized optics and laser refractive surgery
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Zavislan, James M.
- Professor of Optics
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Associate Professor, Center for Visual Science
Mercer Brugler Distinguished Teaching Professor 2018-2021
- zavislan@optics.rochester.edu | (585) 275-9819
- 414 Goergen Hall
Interests: Optical Engineering; Biomedical Optical Systems
Zhang, Xinping
- Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, Center for Musculoskeletal Research
- xinping_zhang@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-7928
Interests: Understanding bone tissue repair using molecular, genetic, imaging and engineering approaches