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Adamo

Adamo, Joan

Director, Regulatory Support Services, CTSI

Telephone
(585) 275-0742

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

Ajay Anand

Anand, Ajay

Associate Professor of Data Science

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Deputy Director, Georgen Institute of Data Science

Telephone
(585) 276--314

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

Awad

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
Web Address
Website

Interests: Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering

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Tim Baran

Baran, Tim

Assistant Professor of Imaging Sciences

Assistant Professor of Optics

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Telephone
(585) 275-5340
Web Address
Website

Interests: Biomedical optics; photodynamic therapy; medical image processing

Edward Brown

Brown III, Edward

Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Professor of Neuroscience

James P. Wilmot Cancer Center

Office Location
5-7224A Medical Center
Telephone
(585) 273-5918
Web Address
Website

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

Office Location
317 Goergen Hall
Telephone
(585) 276-4195
Web Address
Website

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

Office Location
5-6438 Medical Center
Telephone
(585) 276-3948
Web Address
Website

Interests: Auditory neuroscience; neurophysiological behavioral, and computational studies of hearing; signal processing for hearing aids

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Castañeda, Benjamín

Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Office Location
310 Goergen Hall
Telephone
(585) 275-5774

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

Office Location
MC 5-7233A Med Center
Telephone
(585) 273-4374
Web Address
Website

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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Clark, Robert

Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Office Location
214 Hopeman

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

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Diane Dalecki

Dalecki, Diane

Kevin J. Parker Distinguished Professor in Biomedical Engineering

Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Director, Rochester Center for Biomedical Ultrasound

Office Location
308 Goergen Hall
Telephone
(585) 275-7378
Web Address
Website

Interests: Diagnostic ultrasound imaging, therapeutic ultrasound, applications of ultrasound for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, physical acoustics, biological effects of ultrasound

Greg DeAngelis

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

Interests: Visual neuroscience; Multi-sensory integration; Neural coding; Linking neurons to perception

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DeLouise, Lisa A.

Associate Professor of Dermatology

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Telephone
(585) 275-1810
Web Address
Website

Interests: Engineering Smart Bandage Bio Nanomaterials for Healing Skin

Ian Dickerson

Dickerson, Ian

Associate Professor of Neuroscience

Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology

Telephone
(585) 273-1040
Web Address
Website

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

Vikram S. Dogra, M.B.B.S.

Dogra, Vikram

Professor of Imaging Sciences

Professor of Urology

Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Telephone
(585) 273-4388

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

Marvin Doyley

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
Web Address
Website

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

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Fiebelkorn, Ian C.

Assistant Professor of Neuroscience

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Telephone
(585) 275--866
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.

Ben Frisch

Freedman, Edward G.

Associate Professor of Neuroscience

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Telephone
(585) 273-1892

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.

Ben Frisch

Frisch, Benjamin J.

Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Telephone
(585) 276-7148

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

Sr Instructor & Sr Laboratory Engineer

Office Location
311 Goergen Hall
Telephone
(585) 276-6837
Greg T. Gdowski

Gdowski, Greg T.

Professor of Instruction, Biomedical Engineering

Executive Director, Center for Medical Technology & Innovation

Office Location
218 Goergen Hall
Telephone
(585) 275-2580
Web Address
Website

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

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Giacomelli, Michael

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Associate Professor of Optics

Office Location
5-8145 Medical Center
Web Address
Website

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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Gira, Hanna

Student Programs Assistant

Office Location
204 Goergen Hall
Telephone
(585) 273-2090

Gira, Martin

Senior Laboratory Engineer

Office Location
224a Goergen Hall (office)
Telephone
(585) 275-3715
Angela Glading, Ph.D.

Glading, Angela

Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Telephone
(585) 273-5750
Web Address
Website

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

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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

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).

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Herrera-Perez, Marisol

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Office Location
215 Goergen Hall
Telephone
(585) 275-2312
Web Address
Website

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

Office Location
309 Goergen
Telephone
(585) 273-4775
Web Address
Website

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

Thomas M. Howard

Howard, Thomas

Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Telephone
(585) 275-3755

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

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Irwin, Rebecca

Visiting Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Interests: Mechanobiology, structure-function relationships, soft tissue mechanics, intravital multiphoton microscopy, regenerative therapies

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Lalor, Edmund

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Associate Professor of Neuroscience

Office Location
2.B203A Center for Advanced Brain Imaging and Neurophysiology (CABIN), Medical Annex Building
Telephone
(585) 275-3077
Web Address
Website

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

Office Location
4-8553 Medical Center
Telephone
(585) 276-4631
Web Address
Website

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

Office Location
307 Goergen Hall
Telephone
(585) 275-7847
Web Address
Website

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

Lipari , Bonnie

Senior Research and Grants Administrator

Office Location
209 Goergen Hall
Telephone
(585) 275-0453
Elena Lomakina

Lomakina, Elena

Research Assistant Professor

Office Location
213 Goergen Hall
Telephone
(585) 275-0437
Web Address
Website

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

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Luebke, Anne E.

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Associate Professor of Neuroscience

Office Location
6-8547 Medical Center
Telephone
(585) 273-1635
Web Address
Website

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

Visiting Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Web Address
Website

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

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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
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

Marple, Taimi

Undergraduate Program Coordinator

Office Location
206 Goergen Hall
Telephone
(585) 273-4754
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

Office Location
210A Goergen Hall
Telephone
(585) 275-7768
Web Address
Website

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

Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Office Location
306 Goergen Hall
Telephone
(585) 273-5489
Web Address
Website

Interests: Microphysiological systems, nanomembranes for diagnostics, and microfluidics

Mohammad Mehrmohammadi

Mehrmohammadi, Mohammad

Associate Professor of Imaging Sciences

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Telephone
(585) 276-7148
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.

William H. Merigan, Ph.D.

Merigan, William

Professor of Ophthalmology

Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences

Professor, Center for Visual Science

Telephone
(585) 275--487
Web Address
Website

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

Meyer

Meyer, Anne

Associate Professor of Biology

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Telephone
(585) 275-9290
Web Address
Website

Interests: Synthetic biology; 3D printing of bacteria; engineering of bacteria to produce biomaterials; survival strategies of bacteria; organization of bacterial DNA

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Mix, Doran

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Telephone
(585) 279-5100
Web Address
Website

Interests: Elastographic-based imaging of AAA; Fenestrated endograft

Moore

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
Web Address
Website

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

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Jong-Hoon Nam

Nam, Jong-Hoon

Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Office Location
203 Hopeman
Telephone
(585) 273-4555
Web Address
Website

Interests: Biophysics of inner ear sensory cells; Cell mechanics

Maiken Nedergaard, M.D., D.M.Sc.

Nedergaard, Maiken

Professor of Neurology, Center for Translational Neuromedicine

Professor of Neurosurgery

Co-Director, Center for Translational Neuromedicine

Telephone
(585) 276-4595
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

Anne E.Nichols, Ph.D.

Nichols, Anne

Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics, Center for Musculoskeletal Research

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Telephone
(585) 275-4273
Web Address
Website

Interests: Tendon mechanobiology and the cell biology of tissue adaptation

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Norman-Haignere, Samuel

Assistant Professor of Neuroscience

Assistant Professor of Biostatistics and Computational Biology

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Telephone
(646) 256-4905
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
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.

Kevin J. Parker

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
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

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

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

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Jannick Rolland

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
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

Romanski, Lizabeth

Associate Professor of Neuroscience

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Telephone
(585) 273-1469
Web Address
Website

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

Deborah J. Rubens, M.D.

Rubens, Deborah

Professor of Imaging Sciences

Professor of Biomedical Engineering

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

Telephone
(585) 275-8365

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

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Edward M. Schwarz, Ph.D.

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

Web Address
Website

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

Scott Seidman

Seidman, Scott

Professor of Instruction, Biomedical Engineering & Neuroscience

Center for Visual Science

Office Location
216 Goergen Hall
Telephone
(585) 275-3932
Web Address
Website

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

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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
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Website

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Uddin, Md Nasir

Assistant Professor of Neurology

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

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

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VanWyk, Molly

TRaCE Senior Grants Management Specialist

Office Location
204 Goergen Hall
Telephone
(585) 275-6736
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Vats, Kanika

Associate Professor of Instruction, Biomedical Engineering

Instructor, Rochester Scholars Pre-College Program

Office Location
316 Goergen Hall
Telephone
(585) 276-4628

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

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Vera, Melissa

Graduate Program Coordinator

Office Location
207 Goergen Hall
Telephone
(585) 275-3891

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Richard E. Waugh

Waugh, Richard E.

Professor Emeritus of Biomedical Engineering

Office Location
218 Goergen Hall
Telephone
(585) 275-3768
Web Address
Website

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

David R. Williams

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
Web Address
Website

Interests: The Human Visual System; Physiological Optics

Axel Wismueller

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
Web Address
Website

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

David Wu

Wu, J.H. David

Emeritus Professor of Chemical Engineering

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

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Wu, Chia-Lung

Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Telephone
(585) 275-1335
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Website

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

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Chao Xie

Xie, Chao

Associate Professor of Orthopaedics, Center for Musculoskeletal Research

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Telephone
(585) 275--081

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
Web Address
Website

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

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Yeh, Shu-Chi

Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology

Telephone
(585) 275-1632
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

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James M. Zavislan

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

Office Location
414 Goergen Hall
Telephone
(585) 275-9819

Interests: Optical Engineering; Biomedical Optical Systems