Denise Aberle, M.D. (U. Kansas, 1979)
Medical imaging informatics: imaging-based clinical trials, medical data visualization
Pei-Yu Chiou, Ph.D. (UC Berkeley, 2005)
Optofluidics systems
Mark S. Cohen, Ph.D. (Rockefeller, 1985)
Rapid methods of MR imaging, fusion of electrophysiology and fMRI, advanced approaches to MR data analysis, ultra-low field MRI using SQUID detection, low energy focused ultrasound for neurostimulation
Linda L. Demer, M.D., Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins, 1983)
Vascular biology, biomineralization, vascular calcification, mesenchymal stem cells
Timothy J. Deming, Ph.D. (UC Berkeley, 1993)
Polymer synthesis, polymer processing, supramolecular materials, organometallic catalysis, biomimetic materials, polypeptides
Dino Di Carlo, Ph.D. (UC Berkeley, 2006)
Microfluidics, biomedical microdevices, cellular diagnostics, cell analysis and engineering
Robin L. Garrell, Ph.D. (U. Michigan, 1984)
Bioanalytical and surface chemistry with emphasis on fundamentals and applications of adhesion and wetting
Warren S. Grundfest, M.D., FACS (Columbia, 1980)
Excimer laser, minimally invasive surgery, biological spectroscopy
Zhen Gu, Ph.D. (UCLA, 2010)
Drug delivery, biomaterials, cell therapy, micro- and nano-biotechnology
Tzung Hsiai, M.D. (U. Chicago, 1993), Ph.D. (UCLA, 2001)
Cardiovascular mechnotransduction, MEMS and nanosensors, vascular endothelial dynamics, molecular imaging of atherosclerotic lesions, reactive nitrogen species (RNS) and reactive oxygen species (ROS)
Bahram Jalali, Ph.D. (Columbia, 1989)
RF photonics, fiber-optic integrated circuits, integrated optics, microwave photonics
Daniel T. Kamei, Ph.D. (MIT, 2001)
Molecular cell bioengineering, rational design of molecular therapeutics, systems-level analyses of cellular processes, drug delivery, diagnostics
H. Pirouz Kavehpour, Ph.D. (MIT, 2003)
Microscale fluid mechanics, transport phenomena in biological systems, physics of contact line phenomena, complex fluids, non-isothermal flows, micro- and nano-heat guides, microtribology
Alireza Khademhosseini, Ph.D. (MIT, 2005)
Biomaterials, tissue engineering, organ-on-a-chip, stem cell engineering, biofabrication, micro- and nano-technology, biomedical devices
Chang-Jin (CJ) Kim, Ph.D. (UC Berkeley, 1991)
Microelectromechanical systems: micro/nano fabrication technologies, structures, actuators, devices, and systems; microfluidics involving surface tension (especially droplets)
Debiao Li, Ph.D. (U. Virginia, 1992)
Development and clinical application of fast MR imaging techniques for the evaluation of the cardiovascular system
Song Li, Ph.D. (UC San Diego, 1997)
Stem cell engineering, tissue engineering and vascular remodeling, mechanobiology/mechanotransduction
Wentai Liu, Ph.D. (U. Michigan, 1983)
Neural engineering
Aman Mahajan, M.D. (U. Delhi, India, 1991), Ph.D. (UCLA, 2006)
Arrhythmia, cardiac imaging, patent foramen ovale repair, transesophageal echocardiogram, transthoracic echocardiography, valvuloplasty
Aydogan Ozcan, Ph.D. (Stanford, 2005)
Photonics, nano- and bio-technology
Jacob Rosen, Ph.D. (Tel Aviv U., Israel, 1997)
Natural integration of a human arm/powered exoskeleton system
Jacob J. Schmidt, Ph.D. (U. Minnesota, 1999)
Bioengineering and biophysics at micro and nanoscales, membrane protein engineering, biological-inorganic hybrid devices
Kalyanam Shivkumar, M.D. (U. Madras, India, 1990), Ph.D. (UCLA, 1999)
Mechanisms of cardiac arrhythmias in humans, complex catheter ablation, medical technology for cardiovascular therapeutics
Ren Sun, Ph.D. (Yale, 1993)
Integration of biology and nanotechnology to define underlying mechanism and develop new diagnostic and therapeutic approaches, with murine gammaherpesvirus 68 (MHV-68) as an in vivo model
Yi Tang, Ph.D. (Caltech, 2002)
Biosynthesis of proteins/polypeptides with unnatural amino acids, synthesis of novel antibiotics/antitumor products
Michael A. Teitell, M.D. (UCLA, 1993), Ph.D. (UCLA, 1991)
Immune system development and cancer; regulation of gene expression in development and malignancy; linking RNA processing with mitochondrial homeostasis, metabolism and proliferation; nanoscale evaluation of malignant transformation
Cun Yu Wang, D.D.S. (Peking U., China, 1989), Ph.D. (U. North Carolina Chapel Hill, 1998)
Molecular signaling (NF-KB and Wnt) tumor-invasive growth and metastasis, adult mesenchymal stem cells, dental stem cells and regenerative medicine, inflammation and innate immunity
Gerald C.L. Wong, Ph.D. (UC Berkeley, 1994)
Antimicrobials and antibiotic-resistant pathogens, bacterial communities, cystic fibrosis, apoptosis proteins and cancer therapeutics, disinfection and water purification, self-assembly in biology and biotechnology, physical chemistry of solvation, soft condensed matter physics, biophysics
Benjamin M. Wu, D.D.S. (U. Pacific, 1987), Ph.D. (MIT, 1997)
Biomaterials, cell-material interactions, materials processing, tissue engineering, prosthetic and regenerative dentistry
Yang Yang, Ph.D. (U. Massachusetts Lowell, 1992)
Conjugated polymers and applications in optoelectronic devices such as light-emitting diodes, photodiodes, and field-effect transistors
Chih-Ming Ho, Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins, 1974)
Molecular fluidic phenomena, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), bionano technologies, biomolecular sensor arrays, control of cellular complex systems, rapid search of combinatorial medicine
Edward R.B. McCabe, Ph.D. (USC, 1972), M.D. (USC, 1974)
Stem cell identification, regenerative medicine, systems biology
Andrea M. Kasko, Ph.D. (U. Akron, 2004)
Polymer synthesis, biomaterials, tissue engineering, cell-material interactions
Aaron S. Meyer, Ph.D. (MIT, 2014)
Molecular cell bioengineering, systems-level cellular signaling analysis, model-driven analysis and design, cancer and innate immune signaling
Stephanie K. Seidlits, Ph.D. (U. Texas Austin, 2010)
Neural tissue engineering, spinal cord injury, gene therapy, hydrogels, cell-material interactions, high-throughput biological techniques, nervous system extracellular matrix, neural stem cells and development
Bill J. Tawil, M.B.A. (California Lutheran, 2006), Ph.D. (McGill, 1992)
Skin tissue engineering, bone tissue engineering, vascular tissue engineering, wound healing
Chase Linsley, Ph.D. (UCLA, 2015)
Biomaterials, tissue engineering, drug delivery, additive manufacturing
Kayvan Niazi, Ph.D. (UCLA, 2000)
Molecular and cellular bioengineering, immunotherapeutics
George N. Saddik, Ph.D. (UC Santa Barbara, 2011)
Ultrasound transducer and system engineering, bulk acousitc wave resonators and filters, RF and microwave circuit and system design
Zachary Taylor, Ph.D. (UC Santa Barbara, 2010)
THz imaging, laser-generated shockwaves
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