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Adamo, Joan
- Associate Director, Regulatory Support Services, CTSI
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 Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Orthopaedics
- 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
- Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
Center for Musculoskeletal Research
UR Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Institute
- 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
Borkholder, David
- Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering; Associate Professor of Microsystems Engineering
- david.borkholder@rit.edu | (585) 475-6067
Interests: Biosensors, biomedical MEMs, medical devices, the auditory system, and treatment of auditory dysfunction
Brown III, Edward
- Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
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
- Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- 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.
- Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Professor of Neurobiology and Anatomy
Center for Navigation and Communication Sciences
- laurel.carney@rochester.edu | (585) 276-3948
- Medical Center
Interests: Auditory neuroscience; Neurophysiological, behavioral, and computational studies of hearing; Signal processing for hearing aids
Chakkalakal, Joe V.
- Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- Joe_Chakkalakal@URMC.Rochester.edu | (585) 273-5631
- 4-6423 Medical Center
Interests: Development, Regeneration, Aging, Cancer, Stem Cells
Chess, Patricia
- Professor of Pediatrics, Neonatology; Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Interests: Effects of strain on pulmonary epithelium
Choe, Regine
- Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- regine_choe@urmc.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
Condon, Jason
- Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Project Manager, CMC at Vaccinex, Inc
Interests: Bioprocess engineering; Biopharmaceutical manufacturing; Biologics process development
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 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, Neurobiology & Anatomy, 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 & 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
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- m.doyley@rochester.edu | (585) 275-3774
- 723 Computer Studies Building
Interests: Therapeutic and diagnostic imaging using optical, magnetic resonance, and ultrasound imaging
Dworzanski, Ania
- Graduate Program Coordinator
- adworzan@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-3891
- 207 Robert B. Goergen Hall
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Foster, Thomas
- Professor of Imaging Sciences; Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Professor of Physics & Astronomy; Professor of Optics
Interests: Photodynamic Therapy of Cancer and Microbial Infections
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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
- 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
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 | (585) 275-4083
- 344 Hopeman Hall
Interests: Solid mechanics, more specifically in wave propagation and vibrations in elastic media; Bubble dynamics; Optics manufacturing and metrology
Gronski, Nancy
- Financial Information Analyst
- nancy.gronski@rochester.edu | (585) 275-8034
- 208 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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Kingsley, Patrick
- Staff Accountant
- pkingsl3@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 276-6704
- 204 Robert B. Goergen Hall
Kuo, Catherine K.
- Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor of Orthopaedics
Center for Musculoskeletal Research
Genetics, Development and Stem Cells Program
Materials Science Graduate Program
- Catherine.K.Kuo@rochester.edu | (585) 275-2312
- 215 Robert B. Goergen Hall
Interests: Tissue engineering ; Orthopaedics; Stem cells; Developmental biology ; Mechanobiology ; Biomaterials
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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
- 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 Faculty Research 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 Neurobiology and Anatomy
- 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
Meirelles, Luiz, A. D.
- Assistant Professor of Dentistry; Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Interests: Dentistry
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
Miller, Benjamin
- Professor of Dermatology; Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Interests: Carbohydrate and protein recognition, molecular design, and biomolecular sensing
Mody, Nipa
- Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Senior Engineer at Ortho Clinical Diagnostics
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 Neurobiology and Anatomy; 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 Specialist
- courtney.nielsen@rochester.edu | (585) 275-7580
- 204 Robert B. Goergen Hall
Ning, Ruola
- Professor of Imaging Sciences; Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Interests: Research Radiology, CT Physics, Medical Imaging Systems
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Paige, Gary
- Professor of Neurobiology and Anatomy; Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Professor of Neurology, Cognitive Behavioral Neurology; Professor of Ophthalmology
Interests: Visual, vestibular, and adaptive control of spatial orientation and balance
Papuga, Owen
- Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Interests: Analysis of gait and balance, assessment of physical function outcome measures pre/post intervention, investigations of several aspects of low back pain
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
Pasternak, Tatiana
- Professor of Neurobiology & Anatomy, Brain & Cognitive Sciences, Biomedical Engineering
Interests: Cortical circuitry underlying memory-guided sensory decisions
Perucchio, Renato
- Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Program Director, Archaeology, Technology, and Historical Structures
- rlp@me.rochester.edu | (585) 275-4069
- 415 Hopeman Hall
Interests: Computational solid and structural mechanics; Engineering practices in Classical Antiquity
Principe, Judy
- CMTI Program Coordinator
- judith.principe@rochester.edu | (585) 273-2353
- 204 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 OpticsDirector, R.E. Hopkins Center for Optical Design & Engineering
- rolland@optics.rochester.edu | (585) 276-4562
- 505 Goergen Hall
Interests: Optical System Design; Instrumentation and System Engineering; Optical Coherence Tomography; Head Worn Displays
Rubens, Deborah
- Professor of Imaging Sciences; Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Interests: Ultrasound sonoelasticity; 3-dimensional imaging; Contrast agents
Ruddy, Sandy
- Student Programs Assistant
- sandy.ruddy@rochester.edu | (585) 273-2090
- 204 Robert B. Goergen Hall
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Sarelius, Ingrid
- Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology; Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Interests: Vascular cell communication and signaling
Schell, Michael
- Professor of Radiation Oncology; Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Schieber, Marc H.
- Professor of Neurology; Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Professor of Neurobiology and Anatomy; Professor of Brain/Cognitive Sciences; Professor, Center for Visual Science
Interests: Neural Control of Individuated Finger Movements
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
- Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor of Neurobiology and Anatomy
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
Small, Eric M.
- Associate Professor, Department of Medicine , Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute (SMD)
- eric_small@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 276-7706
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Vats, Kanika
- Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- Kanika_Vats@URMC.Rochester.edu | (585) 276-4628
- 311 Goergen Hall
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Wan, Jiandi
- Assistant Professor of Microsystems Engineering
Assistant Professor of Center for Translational Neuromedicine
Interests: Microfluidics; Red cell mechanosensing; tissue engineering; cerebral microcirculation; biofluid mechanics
Ward, Denham Salisbury
- Professor Emeritus of Anesthesiology; Professor Emeritus of Biomedical Engineering
Interests: Control of breathing
Waugh, Richard E.
- Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Professor of Biochemistry & Biophysics; Professor of Pharmacology & Physiology
- 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 - Dean for Research in Arts, Sciences and EngineeringDirector of the Center for Visual Science
- david@cvs.rochester.edu | (585) 275-8672
- 270 Meliora Hall
Interests: The Human Visual System; Physiological Optics
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, 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.
- Associate Professor of Optics
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Associate Professor, Center for Visual Science
Associate Dean of Education and New Initiatives
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
Zhong, Jianhui
- Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Professor of Imaging Sciences; Professor of Physics & Astronomy
Interests: Development and medical application of magnetic resonance imaging
Zuscik, Michael
- Associate Professor of Orthopaedics, Center for Musculoskeletal Research; Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Interests: Cartilage biology and osteoarthritis