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University of Rochester

Department of Biomedical Engineering

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Primary Faculty

 

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Danielle Benoit

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

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Interests: Therapeutic Biomaterials

Edward Brown III

Brown III, Edward

  • Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
    Associate Professor of Neuroscience
    James P. Wilmot Cancer Center

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Interests: Multiphoton Laser Scanning Microscopy, novel in vivo imaging and measurement techniques, tumor biology, angiogenesis

Mark Buckley

Buckley, Mark

  • Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
    Center for Musculoskeletal Research
    Center for Visual Science

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Interests: Viscoelasticity in soft biological tissues; Soft tissue aging, disease and repair

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Laurel H. Carney

Carney, Laurel H.

  • Marylou Ingram Professor of Biomedical Engineering
    Professor of Neuroscience

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Interests: Auditory neuroscience; Neurophysiological, behavioral, and computational studies of hearing; Signal processing for hearing aids

Regine Choe

Choe, Regine

  • Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
    Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Interests: Diffuse optics for in vivo cancer detection, diagnosis and therapy monitoring

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Diane Dalecki

Dalecki, Diane

  • Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering
    Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
    Director, Rochester Center for Biomedical Ultrasound

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Interests: Biomedical ultrasound, acoustics, lithotripsy, biological effects of ultrasound.

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Greg T. Gdowski

Gdowski, Greg T.

  • Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
    Executive Director, Center for Medical Technology & Innovation

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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

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Giacomelli, Michael

  • Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Assistant Professor of Optics

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Interests: Multiphoton Microscopy, Surgical Imaging, Digital Pathology, Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging, 3D and molecular imaging

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Lalor, Edmund

  • Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
    Associate Professor of Neuroscience

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Interests: Human sensory neurophysiology; Brain-computer interfacing; Computational neuroscience; Neural encoding of natural sounds; Sensory processing in psychiatric and developmental disorders

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Lee, Whasil

  • Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
    Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology
    Center for Musculoskeletal Research

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Interests: Musculoskeletal cell mechanics, Mechanosensitive Ion channels, Knee joint tissue development, aging, disease and repair

Amy L. Lerner

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

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Interests: Orthopaedic biomechanics, medical image-based finite element modeling, knee biomechanics, medical device design, cornea mechanics

Anne E. Luebke

Luebke, Anne E.

  • Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
    Associate Professor of Neuroscience

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Interests: Role of cochlear outer hair cells in hearing and hearing loss, at both the molecular and systems levels

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Ross Maddox

Maddox, Ross

  • Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
    Assistant Professor of Neuroscience

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Interests: Auditory neuroscience; Audio-visual integration; Selective attention; Development of electroencephalography paradigms for research and diagnosis

Stephen McAleavey

McAleavey, Stephen

  • Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
    Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
    Rochester Center for Biomedical Ultrasound

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Interests: Development of novel, clinically applicable ultrasound imaging techniques

James McGrath

McGrath, James

  • Professor of Biomedical Engineering

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Interests: Cell motility; Quantitative light microscopy

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Jong-Hoon Nam

Nam, Jong-Hoon

  • Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering;
    Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering

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Interests: Biophysics of inner ear sensory cells; Cell mechanics

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Scott Seidman

Seidman, Scott

  • Professor of Biomedical Engineering
    Professor of Neuroscience
    Center for Visual Science

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Interests: Vestibular systems, motor learning, physiological models, multi-sensory integration

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Vats, Kanika

  • Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
    Instructor, Rochester Scholars Pre-College Program

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Richard E. Waugh

Waugh, Richard E.

  • Professor of Biomedical Engineering
    Vice Provost for Research
    Professor of Biochemistry & Biophysics
    Professor of Pharmacology & Physiology
    Professor of Mechanical Engineering

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Interests: Cell Adhesion, Mechanical and thermodynamic properties of biological membranes; cellular mechanics and function of cytoskeletal proteins