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Edward Brown

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

Mark Buckley

Buckley, Mark

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

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Interests: Soft tissue biomechanics, surgical biomechanics, viscoelasticity and poroelasticity, novel imaging techniques to characterize soft tissue properties

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Laurel H. Carney

Carney, Laurel H.

  • Marylou Ingram Professor in Biomedical Engineering
    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

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Castañeda, Benjamín

  • Visiting Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Interests: Development of Point-of-Care Technologies for resource limitted settings. Development of ultrasound-based imaging diagnostic techniques.

Regine Choe

Choe, Regine

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

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Interests: Diffuse optical methods based on near infared light illumination for disease detection and therapy monitoring in brain, bone, and breast

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Diane Dalecki

Dalecki, Diane

  • Kevin J. Parker Distinguished Professor in Biomedical Engineering
    Professor of Biomedical Engineering
    Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Director, Rochester Center for Biomedical Ultrasound

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Interests: Biomedical ultrasound imaging and therapy, acoustics, lithotripsy, biological effects of ultrasound

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Greg T. Gdowski

Gdowski, Greg T.

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

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Interests: Technology commercialization, start-up ventures, neural circuitry and information processing, and computational neuroscience

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Giacomelli, Michael

  • Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
    Assistant Professor of Optics

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Interests: Multiphoton microscopy, surgical imaging, high throughput imaging, fluorescence lifetime imaging, high-speed analog and optoelectronics, design of microscopic and medical imaging systems

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Herrera-Perez, Marisol

  • Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

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Interests: Tissue self-organization, biophysics of cell shape and motility, morphogenesis, mechanics of development, control of cell communication.

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Hill, Cherice Natasha

  • Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Interests: Multi-scale biomechanics of the human temporomandibular and lower extremity joints with a particular focus on diverse populations

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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: Cell mechanics and mechanotransduction, mechanosensitive ion channels, therapeutic strategies for musculoskeletal disease and joint pain

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Lerner, Amy L.

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

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Interests: Orthopaedic bio-mechanics, cornea mechanics, cartilage mechanics, medical image- based finite element modeling, knee biomechanics

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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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Stephen McAleavey

McAleavey, Stephen

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

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Interests: Instrumentation, signal processing, ultrasound imaging, motion tracking, elasticity imaging methods, ultrasound echo models

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McGrath, James

  • William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Biomedical Engineering

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Interests: Microphysiological systems, nanomembranes for diagnostics, and microfluidics

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Scott Seidman

Seidman, Scott

  • Professor of Instruction, Biomedical Engineering & 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

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

Interests: Biomedical nanotechnology, biomimetic membranes, cell-material interactions

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Richard E. Waugh

Waugh, Richard E.

  • Professor of Biomedical Engineering
    Professor of Biochemistry & Biophysics

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