Julia
E. Babensee (Ph.D., Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry,
University of Toronto, 1996)
Associate Professor, The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical
Engineering.
Biocompatibility, leukocyte biology, inflammation, immunology,
tissue engineering, biomaterials, drug delivery.
Gang
Bao (Ph.D., Applied Mathematics, Lehigh University,
1987)
Professor, The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical
Engineering.
Molecular biomechanics of the deformation and dynamics of DNA
and proteins, molecular bioengineering of early cancer detection
and the molecular analysis of cancer using protein chips, molecular
beacons and other techniques, cellular and subcellular biomechanics.
Ravi
V. Bellamkonda (Ph.D., Biomaterials and Medical Science, Brown
University, 1994)
Professor, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical
Engineering.
Biomaterials and Neural Tissue Engineering. Anisotropic biomaterial
scaffolds for guided tissue regeneration; Peripheral and central
nerve repair; CNS-Electrode Interfaces, Targeted drug delivery
for Gliomas of the Brain.
Paul
J. Benkeser (Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of
Illinois, 1985)
Associate Professor, The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical
Engineering.
Ultrasonics, tissue characterization, image processing.
Barbara
D. Boyan (Ph.D., Biology, Rice University, 1974)
Professor and Price Gilbert, Jr. Chair in Tissue Engineering,
The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering.
Orthopaedic tissue engineering.
Thomas
J. Burkholder (Ph.D., Bioengineering, University of California,
San Diego, 1997)
Associate Professor, School of Applied Physiology.
Mechanisms by which mechanical signals alter muscle structure,
understanding the functional demands on muscle.
Elliot
L. Chaikof (Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, MD, Johns Hopkins University, 1989)
Professor and John E. Skandalakis Chair of Surgery, Department
of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine.
Biomaterials, material synthesis characterization, blood material
interactions.
Rachel Chen (Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1994)
Associate Professor, School of Chemical and Molecular Engineering
Biocatalysis, metabolic engineering, directed evolution, molecular modeling, glycomics and green chemistry.
Michael E. Davis (Ph.D., Pharmacology, Emory University 2003)
Assistant Professor, The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering Assistant Professor, Division of Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine
Cardiac regeneration, drug delivery, cell therapy, biomaterials.
Stephen
P. DeWeerth (Ph.D., Computation and Neural Systems, California
Institute of Technology, 1991)
Professor, The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
and School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Computational neural systems.
Sam
Dudley (Ph.D., Physiology, Virginia Commonwealth University,
1991, M.D., Medical College of Virginia, 1989)
Associate Professor of Medicine and Physiology, Emory University
School of Medicine.
The role of redox stress in the pathogenesis of atrial fibrillation,
stem cell transplantation therapy in heart failure, and genetic
determinants of sudden death.
Timothy Duong (Ph.D., Chemistry, Washington University , St. Louis, 1998)
Associate Professor, Neuroscience Division Yerkes Primate Research Center and Associate Professor of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine
Developments and applications of biomedical imaging techniques (MRI, PET, optical imaging) to study neuroscience.
A.
Bruno Frazier (Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1993)
Associate Professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Micro scale biomedical instrumentation including the design, fabrication
and characterization of micro systems.
Ken Gall (Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois, 1998)
Associate Professor, School of Materials Science and Engineering.
Associate Professor, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering.
Biomaterials, shape memory alloys/polymers, mechanical behavior of biomaterials at multiple scales.
Andrés
J. García (Ph.D., Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania,
1996)
Associate Professor, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering.
Cell adhesion, biomaterials, tissue engineering.
Don
P. Giddens (Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute
of Technology, 1967)
Dean, College of Engineering, Lawrence L. Gellerstedt, Jr. Chair
in Bioengineering & Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar
Professor, The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering.
Biomechanics, atherosclerosis, hemodynamics.
Rudolph L. Gleason, Jr. (Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University , 2004)
Assistant Professor, The George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering Biomechanics and growth and remodeling of soft tissues and tissue engineered constructs with an emphasis on vascular tissues.
Daniel I. Goldman (Ph.D., Physics, University of Texas at Austin, 2002)
Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, School of Physics
Nonlinear dynamics, biomechanics of locomotion, interaction of physical and biological matter with complex media (like granular materials).
Robert
E. Guldberg (Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of
Michigan, 1995)
Associate Professor, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering.
Tissue Engineering, orthopaedic biomechanics.
Rami Haj-Ali (PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1996)
Associate Professor, School of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Multi-scale nonlinear and damage modeling of materials and structures, Finite-Elements, Micromechanics, Computational Mechanics, and Artificial Neural-Networks in Engineering Application
Paul
Hasler (Ph.D., Computation and Neural Systems, California
Institute of Technology, 1997)
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Analog-digital signal processing /mixed signal integrated circuits,
scaling of deep submicron devices, floating-gate devices, circuits,
and systems, low power electronics, analog VLSI models of on on-chip
learning, sensory processing in neurobiology.
Peter
Hesketh (Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania,
1987)
Professor, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering.
Micro/Nano-electromechanical Systems (M/NEMS) and biosensing.
Immunoassays utilizing redox cycling and magnetic nanoparticles,
nanosensors and porous silicon sensors. Miniature gas chromatography
systems, fabrication of microvalves, micropumps, and their integration
into miniature chemical analysis systems on a chip.
Xiaoping
Hu (Ph.D. Medical Physics, University of Chicago, 1988)
Professor and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Imaging,
The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering.
Magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy, functional MRI, image
reconstruction and processing, molecular imaging.
William D. Hunt (Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois, 1987)
Professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Ultrasound instrumentation, imaging.
Joseph B. Hughes, (Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Iowa, 1992)
Professor and Chair, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Environmental biotechnology and in particular, determining how novel metabolic capabilities of living organisms can be harnessed to improve environmental quality; nanotechnology in environmental systems.
William
D. Hunt (Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois,
1987)
Professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Ultrasound instrumentation, imaging.
Hanjoong
Jo (Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University, 1989)
Associate Professor, The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical
Engineering. Responses of vascular endothelium to blood flow,
atherosclerosis, microgravity-induced vascular dysfunction.
Jens
O.M. Karlsson (Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, 1994)
Associate Professor, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering.
Thermodynamics and transport in biological systems, non-equilibrium
solidification, tissue engineering, bioMEMS
Shella Keilholz (Ph.D., Engineering Physics, University of Virginia,
2001)
Assistant Professor, The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical
Engineering.
Magnetic resonance imaging, functional MRI, neural connectivity
David
N. Ku (Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of
Technology, 1983 and MD Emory University, 1984)
Lawrence P. Huang Endowed Chair in Engineering and Entrepreneurship
and Regents' Professor, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical
Engineering.
Hemodynamics, sudden cardiac death, soft tissue biomaterials,
medical device design.
Michelle
LaPlaca (Ph.D., Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania,
1996)
Associate Professor, The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical
Engineering.
Mechanics of traumatic CNS injury, tissue engineering in the nervous
system.
Joe
LeDoux (Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Rutgers University, 1998)
Associate Professor, The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical
Engineering.
Gene therapy, cell and tissue engineering, genetic modification
of stem cells.
Robert Lee (Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Northwestern University,
1989)
Assistant Professor, The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical
Engineering.
Cellular neurophysiology of mammalian interneurons and motoneurons,
relationship between whole cell behavior and sub-cellular structures
and mechanisms, computer modeling of neurons.
Marc
Levenston (Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University,
1995)
Associate Professor, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering.
Orthopaedic soft tissue mechanics and tissue engineering, effects
of mechanical stimulation on the biological response of cartilage,
meniscus and tendon, use of mechanical stimulation in cartilage
and fibrocartilage tissue engineering.
Hang Lu (Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)
Assistant Professor, School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering.
BioMEMS, microfluidics, neural systems
Peter
J. Ludovice (Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, 1989)
Associate Professor, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.
Computer simulation and molecular modeling of biomolecular systems.
Nael
McCarty (Ph.D., Cell Physiology, UT Health Science Center-Houston,
1990)
Associate Professor, School of Biology.
Structure-function of ion channels, molecular physiology of cystic
fibrosis, regulation of ion channels by synaptic proteins, human
physiology. Ion channels and transporters in the plasma membrane
play important roles in cellular physiology. They provide the
pathways for movement of solutes across epithelia, such as in
the kidney, and underlie signaling in excitable cells, such as
neurons and myocytes.
Todd
McDevitt (Ph.D., Bioengineering, University of Washington,
2001)
Assistant Professor, The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical
Engineering.
Stem cell bioengineering, cell and tissue engineering, biomaterials.
Larry
V. McIntire (Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Princeton University,
1970)
The Wallace H. Coulter Chair & Professor, The Wallace H. Coulter
Department of Biomedical Engineering.
Bioengineering aspects of vascular biology, cellular engineering,
tissue engineering, tissue culture reactors.
Valeria Tohver Milam (Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2001)
Assistant Professor, School of Materials Science and Engineering
Bio-inspired colloidal assembly, colloid-based biomaterials, rheological properties of hydrogels and suspensions
Niren
Murthy ((Ph.D., Bioengineering, University of Washington,
2001)
Assistant Professor, The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical
Engineering.
New materials for the delivery of biotherapeutics.
Shamkant
Navathe (Ph.D., Industrial and Operations Engineering University
of Michigan, 1976)
Professor, College of Computing
Biological genome databases, data mining, modeling of database
security, and knowledge base design.
Robert
M. Nerem (Ph.D., Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering,
Ohio State University, 1964)
Parker H. Petit Distinguished Chair for Engineering in Medicine
and Institute Professor, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical
Engineering.
Atherosclerosis, hemodynamics, vascular endothelial.
Shuming
Nie (Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1989)
Professor, The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical
Engineering.
Development of BioMEM devices and smart nanostructures for genomics
and cancer detection, biospectroscopy and bioimaging for tissue
diagnosis, synthesis and characterization of advanced biomaterials
for tissue engineering, BioMEMS and bionanotechnology, genomics
and proteomics.
John
Oshinski (Ph.D, Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute
of Technology, 1993)
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology, Emory University
School of Medicine.
Development of clinical applications of magnetic resonance imaging
(MRI) including cardiac imaging, blood flow measurement, and angiography,
use of MRI to examine the role of hemodynamics on the development
and progression of cardiovascular disease, use of a combination
of imaging, computational fluid mechanics (CFD), and solid mechanics
to stratify patient treatment options and predict patient outcomes
after surgery.
Kurt D. Pennell (Ph.D., Soil and Water Science, University of Florida, 1990)
Associate Professor, School of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Environmental remediation and toxicology, neurodegenerative disease, oxidative stress, metabolomics web
Steven
Potter (Ph.D., Biological Sciences, University of California,
Irvine, Dept. of Neurobiology and Behavior, 1993)
Assistant Professor, The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical
Engineering.
Neuroscience technologies for studying learning in vitro, multi-electrode
array culture dishes, 2-photon time-lapse microscopy, high-speed
imaging of neural activity.
Mark
R. Prausnitz (Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, 1994)
Associate Professor, School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering.
Drug delivery using ultrasound, electric fields, microfabricated
devices and other engineering approaches.
Don M. Ranly (D.D.S., Ph.D., Loyola Dental School, 1956; Ph.D.,
Graduate School for Biomedical Sciences, The University of Texas
Health Science Center at Houston, 1972)
Principal Research Scientist, Petit Institute for Bioengineering
and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology.
Bone physiology and pathology; musculoskeletal growth and development.
F. Michael Saunders (PhD, University of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign, 1975)
Professor & Associate Chair, School of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Environmental biosystems; persistent-contaminant fate in ecosystems; plant biochemistry & toxicology; mercury transformations and aquatic food chains.
Athanassios
Sambanis (Ph.D., Chemical Engineering and Materials Science,
University of Minnesota, 1985)
Professor, School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering.
Cellular mechanics, metabolic engineering, controlled protein
secretion.
Eric H. Schumacher (Ph.D., Psychology: Cognitive Science and Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Michigan, 1998)
Assistant Professor, School of Psychology
Brain mechanisms for attention, memory and cognitive control. Cortical reorganization and neural plasticity.
Functional magnetic resonance imaging.
Minoru Shinohara (Ph.D., Exercise Physiology and Biomechanics, University of Tokyo, 2000) Associate Professor, School of Applied Physiology.
Neuromuscular physiology of movement in humans, fine motor skills, sympathetic nerve activity, muscle fatigue, aging.
Oskar
Skrinjar (Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Yale University,
2001)
Assistant Professor, The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical
Engineering.
Image processing, computer vision, computer graphics, analysis
of 3D objects that deform in time (e.g. brain deforms during surgery),
3D visualization of various image modalities and objects, feature
extraction algorithms, and design of surgical planning and navigation
tools.
Joel Sokol (Ph.D., Operations Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999)
Assistant Professor, School of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Protein structure alignment, protein folding models.
Jim Spain (Ph.D., Microbiology, University of Texas, 1979)
Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and School of Biology
Environmental Biotechnology, Biodegradation, Biocatalysis, Green Chemistry, Photobiological Hydrogen Production
Stephen
Sprigle (Ph.D, Biomechanics, University of Virginia, 1989)
Associate Professor, Industrial Design Program and School of Applied
Physiology. Director, Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental
Access.
Rehabilitation engineering, wheeled mobility and seating; assistive
technology design, prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers.
Allen
Tannenbaum (Ph.D., Mathematics, Harvard University, 1976)
Julian Hightower Professor of Engineering, Electrical and Computer
Engineering.
Medical Imaging, functional MRI, image processing, computer vision,
medical visualization.
Rina Tannenbaum (D.Sc. Chemical Engineering, 1982, ETH-Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)
Professor, School of Material Science and Engineering
Self-assembly of nanostructures, soft condensed matter and complex fluids, interfacial and surface phenomena, nucleation and growth processes, photonic materials and thin films, catalysis.
Johnna Temenoff (Ph.D., Bioengineering, Rice University, 2003)
Assistant Professor, The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical
Engineering.
The development of novel biomaterials for the tissue engineering
of orthopaedic and connective tissues.
Lena
Ting (Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, 1998)
Assistant Professor, The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical
Engineering.
Biomechanics and neuromuscular control of posture and locomotion,
musculoskeletal modeling and dynamic simulation of movement
George Vachtsevanos (Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, City University, New York, 1970)
Professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Machine learning for biomedical applications, epileptic seizure prediction
Raymond
P. Vito (Ph.D., Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Cornell
University, 1971)
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor, George W. Woodruff
School of Mechanical Engineering.
Soft tissue mechanics, biomedical design.
Eberhard
Voit (Ph.D., Developmental/Theoretical biology, Universität
zu Köln, 1981)
Professor - The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
Metabolic pathway analysis, mathematical analysis of biomedical
and environmental systems.
May Dongmei
Wang (Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia
Institute of Technology, 2000)
Assistant Professor, The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical
Engineering.
Biomedical informatics, biomedical image analysis, biological
and medical data visualization, telemedicine
Donald R. Webster (Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1994)
Associate Professor, School of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Ecological fluid mechanics; organism interaction with fluid mechanics, turbulence, and turbulent mixing.
Ajit
P. Yoganathan (Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, California Institute
of Technology, 1978)
The Wallace H. Coulter Distinguished Faculty Chair in Biomedical
Engineering & Regents Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering
Cardiovascular fluid mechanics, artificial heart valves, Doppler
ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging, blood rheology.
Cheng
Zhu (Ph.D., Engineering Mechanics, Columbia University, 1988)
Professor, Schools of Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering.
Cell and molecular biomechanics, biophysics of adhesion and signaling
molecules in the immune system.
