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Adamo, Joan

Director, Regulatory Support Services, CTSI

Telephone: (585) 275-0742
Email: joan_adamo@urmc.rochester.edu

Interests: Regulatory Science; guidance for researchers who are planning studies regulated by the FDA

Anand, Ajay

Associate Professor of Data Science

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Deputy Director, Georgen Institute of Data Science

Telephone: (585) 276--314
Email: ajay.anand@rochester.edu

Interests: Ultrasound signal processing; Model-based parameter estimation; Novel clinical ultrasound imaging techniques; Biomedical data analytics

Awad, Hani

Professor of Orthopaedics, Center for Musculoskeletal Research

Donald and Mary Clark Professorship of Orthopaedics

Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Office Location: 1.8531 Medical Center
Telephone: (585) 273-5268
Email: hani_awad@urmc.rochester.edu
Web Address: Website

Interests: Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering

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Baran, Tim

Assistant Professor of Imaging Sciences

Assistant Professor of Optics

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Telephone: (585) 275-5340
Email: timothy.baran@rochester.edu
Web Address: Website

Interests: Biomedical optics; photodynamic therapy; medical image processing

Benoit, Danielle

Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Telephone: (585) 273--269
Email: benoit@bme.rochester.edu
Web Address: Website

Interests: Therapeutic Biomaterials

Berger, Andrew J.

Professor of Optics

Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Office Location: 405 Goergen Hall
Telephone: (585) 273-4724
Email: ajberger@optics.rochester.edu
Web Address: Website

Interests: Biomedical Optics; Optics Education

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Chess, Patricia

Professor of Pediatrics, Neonatology

Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Telephone: (585) 275-2972
Email: patricia_chess@urmc.rochester.edu

Interests: Pulmonary biomechanics

Clark, Robert

Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Office Location: 214 Hopeman
Email: rclark@rochester.edu

Interests: Dynamic systems; Measurement and control; Single-molecule mechanics; Bio-nano-manufacturing; Scaffolds for tissue engineering

Crane, Benjamin

Professor of Otolaryngology

Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Professor of Neurobiology and Anatomy

Email: benjamin_crane@urmc.rochester.edu
Web Address: Website

Interests: The interaction of vision, the vestibular system, and human disease on motion perception

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Dean, David

Professor of Pediatrics, Neonatology

Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology

Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Telephone: (585) 276-3933
Email: david_dean@urmc.rochester.edu
Web Address: Website

Interests: Gene Therapy

DeAngelis, Greg

George Eastman Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences

Professor of Neuroscience

Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Professor, Center for Visual Science

Telephone: (585) 275-8677
Email: gdeangelis@ur.rochester.edu

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

Telephone: (585) 275-1810
Email: lisa_delouise@urmc.rochester.edu
Web Address: Website

Interests: Engineering Smart Bandage Bio Nanomaterials for Healing Skin

Dickerson, Ian

Associate Professor of Neuroscience

Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology

Telephone: (585) 273-1040
Email: Ian_Dickerson@urmc.rochester.edu
Web Address: Website

Interests: Carbon Nanotube-Mediated Gene Transfer; Neuropeptide Signal Transduction; Protein-Protein Interactions

Dogra, Vikram

Professor of Imaging Sciences

Professor of Urology

Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Telephone: (585) 273-4388
Email: vikram_dogra@urmc.rochester.edu

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

Wilson Professor of Electronic Imaging

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Professor of Imaging Sciences (Radiology)

Chair, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Office Location: 518 Chair Office / 621 Faculty Office Computer Studies Building
Telephone: (585) 275-3774
Email: m.doyley@rochester.edu
Web Address: Website

Interests: Therapeutic and diagnostic imaging using optical, magnetic resonance, and ultrasound imaging

Duric, Nebojsa

Professor of Imaging Sciences

Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Vice Chair for Research, Department of Imaging Sciences

Email: nebojsa_duric@urmc.rochester.edu

Dylag, Andrew

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Telephone: (585) 276-6803
Email: andrew_dylag@urmc.rochester.edu

Dziorny, Adam

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Telephone: (585) 275-8138
Email: adam_dziorny@urmc.rochester.edu

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Fiebelkorn, Ian C.

Assistant Professor of Neuroscience

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Telephone: (585) 275--866
Email: Ian_Fiebelkorn@URMC.Rochester.edu
Web Address: Website

Interests: The overarching goal of the Fiebelkorn lab’s research is to understand how the brain flexibly allocates its limited processing resources to improve behavioral outcomes.

Flax, Jonathan

Research Assistant Professor of Urology

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Email: jonathan_flax@urmc.rochester.edu

Freedman, Edward G.

Associate Professor of Neuroscience

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Telephone: (585) 273-1892
Email: ed_freedman@urmc.rochester.edu

Interests: Understanding the neural underpinnings of sensory processing, cognitive control of behavior, and the interactions of motor control and executive functions across the human lifespan.

Frisch, Benjamin J.

Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Telephone: (585) 276-7148
Email: Benjamin_frisch2@urmc.rochester.edu

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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Gdowski, Martha Johnson

Associate Professor of Neuroscience

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Telephone: (585) 275-6592
Email: martha_gdowski@urmc.rochester.edu

Interests: Human Anatomy; Sensorimotor Integration in Normal and Pathological Aging

Gildner, Candace

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Telephone: (585) 276-4113
Email: candace_gildner@urmc.rochester.edu

Glading, Angela

Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Telephone: (585) 273-5750
Email: angela_glading@urmc.rochester.edu
Web Address: Website

Interests: Role of cell-cell contact in regulating cellular function in both the normal and disease state

Gomez-Ramirez, Manuel

Assistant Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Telephone: (585) 275-1497
Email: mgomezra@ur.rochester.edu
Web Address: Website

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Haddas, Ram

Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics, Center for Musculoskeletal Research

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Director, UR Medicine Motion Analysis Laboratories

Email: ram_haddas@urmc.rochester.edu

Interests: My research is dedicated to improving the care of patients with musculoskeletal and neurological pathologies as well as their sequelae using Disability and Functional Outcomes Measurement (DFOMs).

Henry, Kenneth S.

Associate Professor of Otolaryngology

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Associate Professor of Neuroscience

Telephone: (585) 275-4851
Email: kenneth_henry@urmc.rochester.edu

Hocking, Denise

Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology

Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Email: denise_hocking@urmc.rochester.edu
Web Address: Website

Interests: Regulation of cell behavior by the extracellular matrix

Hollenbach, Stefanie

Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Telephone: (585) 275-7480
Email: Stefanie_Hollenbach@URMC.Rochester.edu

Interests: Maternal and Fetal Medicine

Howard, Thomas

Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Telephone: (585) 275-3755
Email: thomas.howard@rochester.edu

Interests: Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Machine Learning, Natural Language Understanding

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Loiselle, Alayna E.

Associate Professior of Orthopaedics, Center for Musculoskeletal Research

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Telephone: (585) 275-7239
Email: alayna_loiselle@urmc.rochester.edu
Web Address: Website

Lopatkin, Allison J.

Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Telephone: (585) 275-6858
Email: allison.lopatkin@rochester.edu
Web Address: Website

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Maddox, Ross

Visiting Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Email: ross.maddox@rochester.edu
Web Address: Website

Interests: Auditory neuroscience; Auditory brainstem response; Audio-visual integration; Selective attention; Audiologic diagnosis

Marcos, Susana

Nicholas George Professor of Optics

Professor of Ophthalmology

Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Professor of Optics

Director, David R Williams Center for Visual Science

Telephone: (585) 276-6279
Email: smarcos2@UR.Rochester.edu
Web Address: Website

Interests: Ocular Imaging, Corneal Biomechanics, Ocular implants, Opto-mechanical modeling in the eye, Myopia, Presbyopia, Cataract, Adaptive Optics, Visual Simulation, Diagnostic technologies in ophthalmology

Mehrmohammadi, Mohammad

Associate Professor of Imaging Sciences

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Telephone: (585) 276-7148
Email: mohammad_mehr@urmc.rochester.edu
Web Address: Website

Interests: The primary focus of the PURE lab at the University of Rochester is to develop novel, hybrid, and ultrasound-based diagnostic methods, and define the clinical utility of the developed technologies as it applies to detection, diagnosis, and therapy of various pathologies.

Merigan, William

Professor of Ophthalmology

Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences

Professor, Center for Visual Science

Telephone: (585) 275--487
Email: wmerigan@ur.rochester.edu
Web Address: Website

Interests: Imaging the function of retinal neurons using calcium indicators; Evaluating vision restoration by optogenetics, stem cells or gene therapy

Meyer, Anne

Associate Professor of Biology

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Telephone: (585) 275-9290
Email: anne.meyer@rochester.edu
Web Address: Website

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 Biomedical Engineering

Professor of Optics

Telephone: (585) 275-9805
Email: benjamin_miller@urmc.rochester.edu
Web Address: Website

Interests: Carbohydrate and protein recognition, molecular design, and biomolecular sensing

Mix, Doran

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Telephone: (585) 279-5100
Email: dmix@urmc.rochester.edu
Web Address: Website

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

Telephone: (585) 524-8
Email: moore@optics.rochester.edu
Web Address: Website

Interests: Optical Engineering; Lens Design & Manufacturing; Gradient-Index Optics

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Nam, Jong-Hoon

Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Office Location: 203 Hopeman
Telephone: (585) 273-4555
Email: jong-hoon.nam@rochester.edu
Web Address: Website

Interests: Biophysics of inner ear sensory cells; Cell mechanics

Nedergaard, Maiken

Professor of Neurology, Center for Translational Neuromedicine

Professor of Neurosurgery

Co-Director, Center for Translational Neuromedicine

Telephone: (585) 276-4595
Email: nedergaard@urmc.rochester.edu
Web Address: Website

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

Nichols, Anne

Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics, Center for Musculoskeletal Research

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Telephone: (585) 275-4273
Email: Anne_Nichols@URMC.Rochester.edu
Web Address: Website

Interests: Tendon mechanobiology and the cell biology of tissue adaptation

Norman-Haignere, Samuel

Assistant Professor of Neuroscience

Assistant Professor of Biostatistics and Computational Biology

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Telephone: (646) 256-4905
Email: samuel_norman-haignere@URMC.Rochester.edu
Web Address: Website

Interests: Auditory neuroscience and perception; Neural encoding of speech and music; Statistical modeling of neural responses; Temporal integration; Human intracranial recordings; Functional MRI; Cross-species comparisons

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Padmanabhan, Krishnan

Associate Professor of Neuroscience

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Associate Professor, Center for Visual Science A&S

Telephone: (585) 275-0698
Email: Krishnan_Padmanabhan@URMC.Rochester.edu
Web Address: Website

Interests: The broad goal of the NCC Lab’s research is to understand the principles of computation performed by individual neurons and the neural circuits they form, and to identify how neurological and psychiatric diseases disrupt these operations.

Parker, Kevin J.

William F. May Professor of Engineering

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Professor of Imaging Sciences (Radiology)

Dean Emeritus, School of Engineering & Applied Sciences

Office Location: 724 Computer Studies Building
Telephone: (585) 275-3294
Email: kevin.parker@rochester.edu
Web Address: Website

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

Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Program Director, Archaeology, Technology, and Historical Structures

Telephone: (585) 275-4071
Email: rlp@me.rochester.edu

Interests: Optical Engineering; Lens Design & Manufacturing; Gradient-Index Optics

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Rolland, Jannick

Brian J. Thompson Professor of Optical Engineering

Professor of Optics

Professor of 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

Office Location: 505 Goergen Hall
Telephone: (585) 752-1013
Email: rolland@optics.rochester.edu
Web Address: Website

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

Romanski, Lizabeth

Associate Professor of Neuroscience

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Telephone: (585) 273-1469
Email: Liz_Romanski@URMC.Rochester.edu
Web Address: Website

Interests: Understanding how social communication information is processed, integrated and remembered in the brain

Rubens, Deborah

Professor of Imaging Sciences

Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Vice Chair, Faculty and Professional Development, Department of Imaging Sciences

Telephone: (585) 275-8365
Email: deborah_rubens@urmc.rochester.edu

Interests: Ultrasound sonoelasticity; 3-dimensional imaging; Contrast agents

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Schallek, Jesse B.

Associate Professor of Ophthalmology

Associate Professor of Neuroscience

Associate Professor, Center for Visual Science

Telephone: (585) 273-4848
Email: jschall3@ur.rochester.edu
Web Address: Website

Schwarz, Edward

Professor of Orthopaedics

Richard and Margaret Burton Distinguished Professor in Orthopaedics

Professor of Medicine, Allergy/Immunology and Rheumatology

Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Professor of Microbiology and Immunology

Professor of Urology

Director , Center for Musculoskeletal Research

Email: edward_schwarz@urmc.rochester.edu
Web Address: Website

Interests: Pro-inflammatory cytokine signal transduction and novel drug and gene therapies for Rheumatoid Arthritis

Slane, Laura

Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Telephone: (585) 276-6872
Email: laura.slane@rochester.edu

Small, Eric M.

Associate Professor of Medicine, Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology

Telephone: (585) 276-7706
Email: eric_small@urmc.rochester.edu
Web Address: Website

Stone, Jonathan J.

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery

Assistant Professor of Neurology

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Telephone: (585) 225-5767
Email: jonathan_stone@urmc.rochester.edu

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Uddin, Md Nasir

Assistant Professor of Neurology

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Email: nasir_uddin@urmc.rochester.edu

Interests: Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Neuroimaging; Iron and Myelin Mapping; Microstructure Imaging; MR Angiography; Neuroinflammation

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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

Professor in the Center for Visual Science

Director, Center for Visual Science

Office Location: 270 Meliora Hall
Telephone: (585) 275-8672
Email: david@cvs.rochester.edu
Web Address: Website

Interests: The Human Visual System; Physiological Optics

Wilson, Nicole

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Pediatric Surgery

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Assistant Professor or Pediatrics

Telephone: (585) 275-4435
Email: nicole_wilson@urmc.rochester.edu
Web Address: Website

Wismueller, Axel

Professor of Imaging Sciences, of Biomedical Engineering, and of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Office Location: MCA 2-2214 Medical Center
Telephone: (585) 613-2399
Email: Axel_Wismueller@urmc.rochester.edu
Web Address: Website

Interests: Mathematical algorithms for computational analysis; Pattern recognition in clinical real-world applications

Wu, J.H. David

Emeritus Professor of Chemical Engineering

Email: j.wu@rochester.edu

Interests: Biochemical Engineering, Fermentation, Biocatalysis, Bone Marrow Tissue Engineering, Molecular Biology

Wu, Chia-Lung

Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Telephone: (585) 275-1335
Email: chia-lung_wu@urmc.rochester.edu
Web Address: Website

Interests: Bioengineering, cellular biology, next-generation sequencing techniques and genome editing tools

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Xie, Chao

Associate Professor of Orthopaedics, Center for Musculoskeletal Research

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Telephone: (585) 275--081
Email: Chao_Xie@URMC.Rochester.edu

Interests: Bone repair and regeneration for critical defects caused by trauma, infection, and tumors, aiming to connect translational medicine with innovative therapies for musculoskeletal diseases

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Yao, Zhenqiang

Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Associate Professor or Dentistry

Telephone: (585) 273-4129
Email: zhenqiang_yao@urmc.rochester.edu
Web Address: Website

Interests: Basic and translational studies of musculoskeletal diseases and breast cancer

Yeh, Shu-Chi

Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology

Telephone: (585) 275-1632
Email: ShuChi_Yeh@URMC.Rochester.edu
Web Address: Website

Interests: Intravital imaging-based approaches for direct visualization, quantification, and molecular profiling of the local regulatory machineries that harbor the skeletal, hematopoietic, and malignant stem cells