Last Updated: 11/11/2009
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| Alphabetical Faculty Listing & Keywords |
Faculty Members Listed: 147 Last Updated: 11/11/2009 |
| Alireza Akhbardeh, Ph.D. (Email: alireza@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.2234) Post-Doctoral Associate, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Advanced Signal Processing especially Wavelets, SVD and Statistical tools . Developing Pattern recognition and Machine Learning algorithms based on (Neural Networks, Fuzzy systems, and Genetic Algorithms). Different applications of Biomedical engineering. Disease diagnosing and decision making. Biological-inspired Human-Computer Interface: EOG based Eye tracker, Brain-Computer interaction, etc. |
| Vinay V Abhyankar, Ph.D. (Email: vabhyankar@exponent.com. Phone: 215.594.8840) Research Assistant Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Microfluidics, microtechnology, BioMEMS, chemical gradient generation, tissue engineering, soft lithography, cell patterning, and microscale phenomena. |
| Anthony W. Addison, Ph.D. (Email: addisona@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.2646) Professor, Chemistry. Affiliate Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Metallobiochemistry and biophysical chemistry, structure and equilibria of dioxygen-binding and redox proteins and model systems, energy-transfer and electron-transfer molecules, novel chelating agents, chiroptical and paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy, chemical modification of biological macromolecules, surface modification of intraocular lenses. |
| Ata A. Akin, Ph.D. (Email: sualp@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.6148) Research Assistant Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Other, Other. Research Keywords: Biomedical Signal Processing, Biomedical Instrumentation, Biomedical optics, Physiological Systems Modeling. |
| Fred D. Allen, Ph.D. (Email: fred.douglas.allen@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.1812) Assistant Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Tissue Engineering, Cell Engineering, Orthopedics, Bone Remodeling, Wound Healing, Mechanotransduction, Signal Transduction, Adhesion, Migration. |
| Simon J. Archibald, Ph.D. (Email: sarchibald@integra-ls.com. Phone: 609.936.2343) Chief Scientific Officer and VP of Clinical Affairs, Integra LifeSciences Corporation. Affiliate Research Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Regenerative medicine, neurotrauma, spinal cord injury, peripheral nerve, extra-cellular matrix, gliosis, fibrosis |
| Sundar Babu, Ph.D. (Email: nsb25@drexel.edu. ) Research Assistant Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Nano-optical biosensors, electrochemical biosensors, surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy, carbon nanotubes, drug delivery vehicle design, transdermal drug delivery, micro and nanofluidics. |
| Kenneth A. Barbee, Ph.D. (Email: barbee@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.1335) Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Cellular biomechanics of neural and vascular injury, mechanotransduction in the cardiovascular system, mechanical control of growth and development for wound healing and tissue engineering. |
| James E. Barrett, Ph.D. (Email: james.barrett@drexelmed.edu. Phone: 215.762.2398) Professor and Chair, College of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology and Physiology. Affiliate Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Drug discovery and development, behavioral pharmacology, cognitive neuroscience, CNS plasticity and pain |
| Maurice Baynard, Ph.D. (Email: mdb27@drexel.edu. ) Adjunct, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Individual differences, sleep architecture, sleep deprivation, neurobehavioral performance, cognition, attentional mechanisms, neurobiology |
| Richard B. Beard, Ph.D. (Email: beard@cbis.ece.drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.4956) Professor Emeritus, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems and Electrical & Computer Engineering. Research Keywords: Biophysical and electrochemical studies of implantable electrode interfaces, dielectric and acoustic studies of biomaterials. |
| Baruch Ben Dor, Sc.D. (Email: bbendor@infrascanner.com. ) School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. |
| Joseph E. Bentz, Ph.D. (Email: bentzj@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.1513) Professor, Bioscience & Biotechnology and School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Biophysics of cell membrane function, molecular mechanisms of membrane fusion, drug/peptide/protein-membrane interactions. |
| Philip E. Bloomfield, Ph.D. (Email: bloomfpe@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.1810) Research Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Dielectric and polarization studies of ferroelectric materials, silicon based copolymer integrated IR and ultrasonic sensor arrays, thermoelectric devices, ultrasonic tissue characterization, piezoelectric ultrasonic transducers. |
| David Boorman, M.S. (Email: dwb342@drexel.edu. ) School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. |
| Jean-Claude Bradley, Ph.D. (Email: bradlejc@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.2647) Assistant Professor, Chemistry and School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Contactless wire formation, electrodeposition, circuitry, supracolloidal, colloid chemistry, catalysis, toposome, microcircuitry, electric field. |
| David E. Breen, Ph.D. (Email: david@cs.drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.1626) Assistant Professor, Computer Science. Research Keywords: Geometric Modeling, Computer Graphics, Scientific Visualization, Medical Image Analysis, Biological Simulation |
| Ari D. Brooks, M.D. (Email: adb32@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.762.2295) Adjunct Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine. Research Keywords: Ultrasound Tissue Characterization, Tissue Turgidity, Prostate Bracytherapy, Zebrafish and Micromanipulation, Cholesterol Plaques, Urinary Iodine, Molecular Pathway of Iodine in Breast Tissue, Plasma, Magnetic Stents, Tissue Joining Device - Drug Delivery, NCDB Re-design, and Data Mining. |
| Donald G. Buerk, Ph.D. (Email: dgb28@drexel.edu. ). Research Keywords: blood flow, microcirculation, nitric oxide, oxygen transport |
| Peter J. Bugelski, Ph.D. (Email: pbugelsk@cntus.jnj.com. ) Adjunct, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Pathology, Hematology, Image Analysis, Flow Cytometry, Drug Discovery and Development, Toxicology |
| Scott C Bunce, Ph.D. (Email: scott.bunce@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.762.8387) Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Clinical Neuroscience Research Unit. |
| Pablo D. Burstein, Ph.D. (Email: pdb33@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.1988 x215) Research Assistant Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. |
| Murat P. Cakir, Ph.D. (Email: mpc48@drexel.edu. ) Research Assistant Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Computer-supported collaborative learning, design of software to support collaborative knowledge building activities of small groups, and analysis of mathematical concept development in computer mediated learning environments. |
| Robin R Carr, Ph.D. (Email: rcarr@coe.drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.6759) Director of Engineering Laboratories, College of Engineering. Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Mathematical physics, symbolic algebra, web-based remote experimentation. |
| Andres E. Castellanos, M.D. (Email: Andres.E.Castellanos@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.762.1545) Affiliate Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Assistant Professor, College of Medicine. |
| Chang Chang, Ph.D. (Email: chang.chang@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.2690) Adjunct, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Biomedical Optics, Coherence Imaging, X-ray Imaging Techniques and Instrumentation |
| Douglas L. Chute, Ph.D. (Email: chute@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.6105) Professor of Neuropsychology, Psychology. Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Rehabilitation medicine, memory, human performance measurement, cognitive deficits, neurological impairment, distance education, instructional technology, educational software, behavioral neuroscience, psychology, continuing education. |
| Fernand S. Cohen, Ph.D. (Email: fernand_cohen@coe.drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.1420) Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Computer vision, image processing, texture. |
| Nily R. Dan, Ph.D. (Email: nily.r.dan@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.6624) Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Theoretical analysis of synthetic gene delivery systems, biopolymers, trans-membrane protein configuration and aggregation. |
| Afshin S. Daryoush, Ph.D. (Email: afshin@cbis.ece.drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.2362) Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Microwave imaging, effect of E&M fields on tissues, microwave photonics (devices, circuits, subsystems), nonlinear devices and circuits, antennas and radiating systems, and telecommunications (physical layer). |
| Michael A. DellaVecchia, M.D.,Ph.D. (Email: mdellavecchia@willseye.org. Phone: 215.503.8144) School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Director, Emergency Room Services, Wills Eye Hospital. Research Keywords: Photonics, instrument development, dielectrics, biocompatibility, pathology, clinical, anatomical, ophthalmology |
| Jaydev P. Desai, Ph.D. (Email: jaydev.prataprai.desai@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.1738) Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Medical robotics, motion planning, robotics, haptics, dynamical systems, non-linear control. |
| N. John DiNardo, Ph.D. (Email: dinardo@einstein.physics.drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.2790) Professor, Physics and School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Surface and interface sciences, surface analysis, microscopy, spectroscopy, spectrometry, laser-surface interactions, microelectronics, polymers, biomaterials. |
| Todd C. Doehring, Ph.D. (Email: todd.c.doehring@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.1650) Assistant Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Biomechanics, soft tissue mechanics, continuum mechanics, robotics, 2 and 3-D imaging, image reconstruction, human motion, orthopedic biomechanics, tissue engineering, collagen, connective tissues, structural properties, material properties. |
| David Ebaugh, Ph.D. (Email: dde22@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.762.1957) Affiliate Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Clinical Associate Professor, College of Nursing and Health Professions. Research Keywords: Neuromuscular and kinematic patterns, shoulder pathology. |
| Bruce A. Eisenstein, Ph.D. (Email: bruce_eisenstein@coe.drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.2359) Arthur J. Rowland Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Digital signal processing, pattern recognition, diagnostics. |
| Mahmoud El-Sherif, Ph.D. (Email: elsherif@ece.drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.2324) Research Professor, Materials Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Fiber optic sensors and devices, non-destructive evaluation techniques for materials/structures characterization, electro-optic materials for on-fiber devices. |
| Bakhtier Farouk, Ph.D. (Email: bfarouk@cbis.ece.drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.2287) Professor, Mechanical Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Computational fluid mechanics, acoustics, convective and radiative heat transfer, reactive flows, transport phenomena in materials processing, bio-heat transfer. |
| Frank A. Ferrone, Ph.D. (Email: frank_ferrone@coasmail.drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.2778) Associate Vice Provost for Research, Office of Research. Professor, Physics; School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Experimental biophysics, conformational changes in biological molecules, optical probes, dynamics of internal structure of proteins, protein condensation and self-assembly. |
| Leonard X. Finegold, Ph.D. (Email: leonard.x.finegold@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.2740) Professor, Physics. Affiliate Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Biological physics, phase transitions in biomembranes. |
| Richard Foulds, Ph.D. (Email: foulds@njit.edu. Phone: 302.651.6830) Research Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Human machine interaction, computer regonition of human gesture, rehabilitation engineering, biomechanics, neural networks. |
| William Freedman, Ph.D. (Email: freedman@coe.drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.2249) Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems and Electrical & Computer Engineering. Research Keywords: Control Of Motor Systems, Postural Control And Locomotion, Neural Network Description Of Plasticity In Motor Systems. |
| Gregory Fridman, Ph.D. (Email: greg.fridman@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.0576) Research Assistant Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. |
| Eli Fromm, Ph.D. (Email: fromme@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.2201) Director, Center for Educational Research. Roy A. Brothers University Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Implant telemetry systems, bioinstrumentation, human physiology, engineering education. |
| Vladimir Genis, Ph.D. (Email: genisv@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.0902) Associate Professor & Program Director, Applied Engineering Technology, Goodwin College of Professional Studies. Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. |
| Simon Giszter, Ph.D. (Email: sg33@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.991.8412) Assistant Professor, Neurobiology and Anatomy, MCP Hahnemann University. Research Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Neuroscience, neuroengineering, computational neuroscience and motor control, neuro-biomechanical modularity, intraspinal and intracortical neuroprostheses, biomimetic and neuromimetic robot design and control. |
| Anthony P. Green, Ph.D. (Email: anthony@sep.benfranklin.org. Phone: 215.972.6700 x3713) Visiting Research Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Vice President of Regional Technology Initiatives, Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern PA. Research Keywords: Biotechnology, Microbiology, Immunology, Gene Transfer, DNA/RNA, Gene Vaccines, Gene Therapy, and Pharmaceutical Manufacturing. |
| Allon Guez, Ph.D. (Email: guezal@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.1646) Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Neural networks and systems, the design and construction of a neuromorphic, real time, hierarchical control architecture for multirobot system, operating in a partially known environment, based upon competitive/cooperative behavior criteria. |
| Hyoil Han, Ph.D. (Email: hyoil.han@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.0493) Assistant Professor, Information Science & Technology. Research Keywords: Semantic Web, GRID computing, Ontolgy learning and mapping, Text mining with information extraction, Semantic Web mining, Data mining, Databases, XML/RDF data management, Stream data mining/management, Machine Learning techniques, Relational Learning, and applying these techniques to Bioinformatics and Medical informatics. |
| Neal B. Handly, M.D. (Email: neal.handly28@drexel.edu. ) Assistant Professor, College of Medicine. School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. |
| Jennifer L Herbst (Email: jherbst@mmwr.com. Phone: 215.772.7669). |
| Peter Herczfeld, Ph.D. (Email: herczfeld@ece.drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.2256) Lester A. Kraus Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Microwave and lightwave engineering, communication devices and systems, telecommunication. |
| Michael Herr, M.S. (Email: michaelherr@verizon.net. ). |
| Nira Herrmann, Ph.D. (Email: nherrman@mcs.drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.2668) Associate Professor, Math & Computer Science and School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Mathematical and applied statistics, early decision problems, expert systems in statistics, computer science, multivariate analysis, biostatistics, computer science education. |
| Maureen M. Hetu, B.S. (Email: hetum@lourdesnet.org. ) Adjunct, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. |
| Thomas T Hewett, Ph.D. (Email: hewett@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.2461) Professor of Psychology & Computer Science, Psychology. Research Keywords: Human computer interaction design, empirical evaluation, human factors and cognitive engineering, instructional computing. |
| Leonid Hrebien, Ph.D. (Email: leonid_hrebien@coe.drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.6755) Associate Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering and School Of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Cardiovascular system characterization, tissue excitability measurement, acceleration effects on cardiovascular function. |
| Sanqing Hu, Ph.D. (Email: sanqing.hu@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.571.3720) Research Assistant Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Computational Neuroscience, Neural Networks, Signal Processing, Artificial Intelligence |
| Kurtulus Izzetoglu, Ph.D. (Email: kurtulus.izzetoglu@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.1579) Research Assistant Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. |
| Meltem Izzetoglu, Ph.D. (Email: meltem@cbis.ece.drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.1988) Research Assistant Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. |
| Dov Jaron, Ph.D. (Email: dov.jaron@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.2216) Calhoun Distinguished Professor of Engineering in Medicine, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Engineering development and optimization of cardiac assist devices, cardiovascular dynamics, cardiovascular function under stress, modeling of biological systems, mechanisms of gas transport in the mivtocirculation, biomedical instrumentation. |
| Surya Kalidindi, Ph.D. (Email: surya.kalidindi@coe.drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.1311) Associate Professor, Materials Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Continuum mechanics, plasticity, crystal plasticity, deformation processing, experimental mechanics, mechanical testing, mechanics of composite materials, processing of advanced composites, biomaterials, biomechanics. |
| Jens Karlsson, Ph.D. (Email: karlsson@drexel.edu. Phone: 610.519.6250) Research Professor, Mechanical Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Biotransport; Biothermal Sciences; Cryobiology; Cryopreservation; Cryosurgery; Cryomicroscopy; Theoretical Modeling; Mathematical Modeling; Computer Simulation; Process Optimization; Biophysics |
| Constantine Katsinis, Ph.D. (Email: katsinis@cbis.ece.drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.6245) Associate Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Computer architecture, modeling and applications, parallel processing systems, fault tolerant systems, image processing and pattern recognition. |
| MinJun Kim, Ph.D. (Email: mkim@coe.drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.2295) Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Micron and Nano-scale Fluid Mechanics, Bacterial Actuation, Sensing, and Transport (BAST), Single Molecule Biophysics, Biological Transports Phenomena, Solid-state Sensors and Actuators, Optical Diagnostics for Bio/Micro/Nanofluidics, Micro/Nanofabrication. Microbial Risk Assessment |
| Frank K. Ko, Ph.D. (Email: fko@coe.drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.1640) Professor, Materials Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Textile structural composites, medical and industrial textiles, engineering properties of fibrous materials. |
| J. Yasha Kresh, Ph.D. (Email: jkresh@drexelmed.edu. Phone: 215.762.1703) Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Cardiac Repair and Regeneration, Tissue Engineering, Cardiovascular System Dynamics, Systems Biology, Cellular Networks, Cardiovascular Engineering, Tele-robotics |
| Andres Kriete, Ph.D. (Email: ak3652@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.6163) Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Systems Biology of Aging, Aging Physiome, High-Content Cellular Bioimaging, Multiscale Modeling |
| Peter B. Kurnik, M.D. (Email: peter.kurnik@drexelmed.edu. Phone: 215.762.8790) Professor and Director, Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology, College of Medicine. |
| Steven Kurtz, Ph.D. (Email: skurtz@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.901.4520) Research Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Computational biomechanics of bone-implant systems and impact-related injuries, orthopaedic biomechanics, contact mechanics, orthopaedic biomaterials, large-deformation mechanical behavior and wear of polymers, degradation and crosslinking of polyolefins in implant applications. |
| Alan C.W. Lau, Ph.D. (Email: lau@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.2377) Professor, Mechanical Engineering and School Of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Modeling and simulation; Mechanics and materials; Deformation and fracture; Damage-tolerance; Biomedical engineering. |
| Richard T Lauer, Ph.D. (Email: rlauer@shrinenet.org. Phone: 215.430.4071) Visiting Research Assistant Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Rehabilitation Engineering, Functional Electrical Stimulation, Biomechanics, Biological Signal Processing |
| Philip Lazarovici, Ph.D. (Email: pl57@drexel.edu. ) School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. |
| Ryszard Lec, Ph.D. (Email: r.lec@coe.drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.1334) Professor of Biomedical Technology Development, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering. Research Keywords: Medical and biomedical sensors, surface acoustic wave (SAW) devices, new sensing mechanisms, sensor intelligence and micromachining. |
| Young Lee, Ph.D. (Email: ylee@coe.drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.2231) Professor, Chemical Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Microelectronic materials processing, biochemical engineering, and sensor/instrument development. |
| Peter I. Lelkes, Ph.D. (Email: pilelkes@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.2219) Calhoun Chair Professor of Cellular Tissue Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: 3-D Tissue Engineering: scaffolds,,solid-free-form fabrication, smart biomaterials, decelluarized matrices,tissue-specific differentiation, vascularization of engineered tissues,bioreactors. Stem Cell Research: Target differentiation of embryonic and adult stem cells for lung, cardiac, spinal cord and musculoskeletal tisue engineering and regenerative medicine. Space biology: (simulated) microgravity, space flight, NASA Other interests: neurodegenerative diseases, cardiovascular pathophysiology, biomatrices, cell-biomaterials interactions, artificial internal organs, endothelial cell biology, hemodynamic forces, atherosclerosis, genomics, signal transduction. |
| Peter A. Lewin, Ph.D. (Email: lewin@ece.drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.2361) Richard B. Beard Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems and Electrical & Computer Engineering. Research Keywords: Ultrasonic characterization of materials, propagation of ultrasonic waves in inhomogeneous media, electro-acoustic transducers, biological effects of ultrasound, physical acoustics, and underwater acoustics. |
| Hualou Liang, Ph.D. (Email: hualou.liang@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.571.3706) Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Neuroengineering, neuroinfomatics, cognitive and computational neuroscience, neural data analysis and computational modeling, biomedical signal processing. |
| Diane C. Lim, M.D. (Email: diane.lim@drexelmed.edu. Phone: 215.762.4235) Assistant Professor, Pulmonary Medicine. |
| Robert J. Loring, Ph.D. (Email: robert.j.loring28@drexel.edu. ) Senior Entrepreneur in Residence, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. |
| Anthony Lowman, Ph.D. (Email: alowman@cbis.ece.drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.2228) Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Insulin delivery systems, protein delivery, intelligent hydrogels, biomaterials. |
| Michele S. Marcolongo, Ph.D. (Email: marcolms@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.2329) Assistant Professor, Materials Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Biomaterials, resorbable materials, bioactive materials, biocomposite, materials, orthopaedics. |
| Anthony Mazzarelli, M.D. (Email: mazzarelli@drexel.edu. Phone: 856.397.5455) Adjunct, School Of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Other, Other. Research Keywords: Bioethics, Medicine, Law, and Policy |
| Donald L. McEachron (Email: mceachdl@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.1382) Research Professor & Associate Director, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Other, Other. Research Keywords: Animal behavior, autoradiography, biological rhythms, cerebral metabolism, evolutionary theory, image processing, neuroendocrinology. |
| Calum McRae, Ph.D. (Email: cgm32@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.430.4084) Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. |
| Alexander M. Meystel, Ph.D. (Email: alex@impact.drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.2220) Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Intelligent control, autonomous robots, learning systems, computer architectures for cognitive machines and manufacturing and the theory of knowledge representation. |
| Alisa Morss, Ph.D. (Email: amorss@coe.drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.2366) Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. |
| Allan R. Moser, Ph.D. (Email: allan.moser@ciradiscovery.com. Phone: 610.453.5071) Research Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Biomedical informatics; systems biology; signal and image processing; pattern discovery; proteomic, genomic, and flow cytometric data analysis; Bayesian networks; machine learning; wavelet analysis. |
| Karen Moxon, Ph.D. (Email: karen.moxon@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.1959) Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems and Neurobiology and Anatomy. Research Keywords: Computational modeling, neural modeling, neurorobotics, neuromimetics, neurocontrol, multi-unit neural recording. |
| Linda Mullen, Ph.D. (Email: mullenlj@navair.navy.mil. Phone: 301.342.2021) Research Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Hybrid lidar-radar, laser radar, lidar, underwater imaging. |
| Sreekant Murthy, Ph.D. (Email: sm53@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.762.8103) Vice Provost for Research Compliance, Office of Research. Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Inflammation, inflammatory bowel diseases, inflammation and cancer, gastrointestinal cancers. |
| Raj Mutharasan, Ph.D. (Email: raj.mutharasan@coe.drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.2236) Frank A.Fletcher Professor, Chemical Engineering. |
| Bahram Nabet, Ph.D. (Email: bahram_nabet@coe.drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.6761) Associate Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Electrophysics, compound semiconductor devices and circuits fabrication & modeling, neural networks, vision. |
| Jonathan Nissanov, Ph.D. (Email: nissanov@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.991.8410) Associate Professor, Other. Research Keywords: Neuroimaging, neuroanatomical atlases, neurocartography, functional brain mapping, autoradiography, computer assisted neuroanatomy, structured light. |
| Hongseok (Moses) Noh, Ph.D. (Email: mosesnoh@coe.drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.2273) Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering. Affiliate Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: • Microfluidic platforms for cellular/molecular biology studies and drug screening • Electrokinetic manipulation of fluids and particles in microfluidic environments • Lab-on-a-chip systems for medical diagnosis • Implantable microdevices for clinical applications • Novel microfabrication technologies and smart materials for microsystems |
| BMES Courses Non (Email: mceachdl@mac.com. ). |
| Michael Ochs, Ph.D. (Email: m_ochs@fccc.edu. ) Affiliate, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Director, Bioinformatics, Fox Chase Cancer Center. |
| Michael P. O'Connor, M.D., Ph.D (Email: mike.oconnor@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.2637) Associate Professor, Bioscience & Biotechnology and School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Biophysical and physiological ecology, thermoregulation of vertebrates, ecological modeling. |
| Banu Onaral, Ph.D. (Email: banu.onaral@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.2247) H. H. Sun Professor & Director, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Biomedical signal processing, complexity and scaling in biomedical signals, systems, and imaging. |
| Elisabeth S. Papazoglou, Ph.D. (Email: esp25@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.4956) Assistant Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Skin Research, Wound Healing, Deployment of Non-Invasive Technologies for Skin Characterization, Correlation of Spectroscopic/Imaging Information to Skin Chemistry, Wound Healing, Transdermal Delivery, and Nanosomes. |
| Herbert Patrick, M.D. (Email: herbert.patrick@drexelmed.edu. Phone: 215.762.7013) Associate Professor, College of Medicine. Research Keywords: Physiologic Monitoring Non-Invasive Monitoring Critical Care Pulmonary Granulomatous Inflammation Sarcoidosis Crohn's Disease |
| Athina Petropulu, Ph.D. (Email: athina@artemis.ece.drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.2358) Associate Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Statistical signal processing, communications, non-Gaussian signal processing, ultrasound image processing, earthquake engineering. |
| Steven M Platek, Ph.D. (Email: platek@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.762.8342) Psychology. |
| Kambiz Pourrezaei, Ph.D. (Email: kambiz@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.2260) Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Nanotechnology, near infrared imaging (NIR), medical devices. |
| Tariq Rahman, Ph.D. (Email: rahman@asel.udel.edu. Phone: 302.651.6831) Research Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Robotics, haptics, rehabilitation, orthosis, controls, proprioception. |
| John M. Reid, Ph.D. (Email: reid@coe.drexel.edu. Phone: 425.391.4494) Professor Emeritus, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Diagnostic ultrasound, wave propagation and scattering in inhomogeneous media, imaging, instrumentation. |
| Richard F Rest (Email: richard.rest@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.991.8382) Professor, Microbiology. |
| Arye Rosen, Ph.D. (Email: ar86@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.1913) Academy Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems and Electrical & Computer Engineering. Research Keywords: Telemedicine, microwave/RF and semiconductors lasers in clinical applications, solid state devices. |
| Gail L. Rosen, Ph.D. (Email: gailr@ece.drexel.edu. Phone: 215.985.04.895.0400) Assistant Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Signal processing, signal processing for biological analysis and modeling, bio-inspired designs, source localization and tracking. |
| Andrew Rusczek (Email: andrew.rusczek@ropesgray.com. Phone: 617.235.4924) Adjunct, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. |
| Ilya A. Rybak, Ph.D.
(Email: ilya.rybak@drexelmed.edu. Phone: 215.991.8596) Research Professor, College of Medicine and School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Computational neuroscience, neural networks, oscillations in biological neural networks, neural control of locomotion and breathing, neuroengineering and robotics, biological and computer vision, visual perception and pattern recognition. |
| Ahmet Sacan, Ph.D. (Email: as3344@drexel.edu. ) Assistant Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Indexing and Data Mining in Biological Databases, Protein Sequence and Structure, Similarity Search, Protein Structure Modeling, Protein-Protein Interaction, Automated Cell Tracking |
| Kevin Scoles, Ph.D. (Email: scoles@ece.drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.2259) Associate Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Biosensors, biomedical electronics, biotelemetry. |
| Miriam Seliktar, Ph.D. (Email: miriam.seliktar@villanova.edu. Phone: 610.519.6950) Assistant Professor, Mathematical Sciences. |
| Rahamim (Rami) Seliktar, Ph.D. (Email: seliktar@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.2357) Vice Director, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Rehabilitation engineering, Limb prostheses, biomechanics, human motion, orthopedic biomechanics. |
| Mihir Shah (Email: mihir@ueusa.com. Phone: 215.895.0317). |
| P. Mohana Shankar, Ph.D. (Email: shankar@cbis.ece.drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.6632) Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Coherent optics, fiber optics, biomedical ultrasound, ultrasonic signal processing, and optical signal processing. |
| Li Sheng, Ph.D. (Email: lsheng @mcs.drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.6613) Assistant Professor, Math & Computer Science and School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Computational biology, DNA physical mapping, DNA sequencing, phylogenetic tree reconstruction, multiple sequence alignment, (sub)sequence comparisons, sequence assembly, cluster analysis. gene prediction, drug discovery. |
| Patricia A. Shewokis, Ph.D. (Email: shewokis@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.762.4442) Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. College of Nursing and Health Professions. Research Keywords: Motor learning, human performance, biofeedback, neural imaging, statistics and measurement, brain-computer interface. |
| Wan Y. Shih, Ph.D. (Email: wan.y.shih@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.2325) Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems and Materials Science and Engineering. Research Keywords: Piezoelectric microcantilever biosensors development, piezoelectric finger development, quantum dots development, tissue elasticity imaging, piezoelectric microcantilever force probes. |
| Wei-Heng Shih, Ph.D. (Email: shihwh@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.6636) Professor, Materials Science and Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. |
| Anita Singh, Ph.D. (Email: anita.singh@drexelmed.edu. Phone: 215.991.8358) Co-Director, Behavior and Biomechanics Lab, Spinal Cord Research Center, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, College of Medicine. Affiliate Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. |
| Bahrad A. Sokhansanj, Ph.D. (Email: bahrad.sokhansanj@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.2215) Adjunct, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: COPD, Apoptosis, Oxidative Stress, DNA Repair, Inflammation, Quantitative Biology, Systems Biology |
| James Spotila, Ph.D. (Email: spotiljr@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.2627) L Drew Betz Chair Professor, School of Environmental Engineering, Science & Policy and School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Physiological and biophysical ecology, thermoregulation of aquatic vertebrates, and biology of sea turtles. |
| Loretta D Spotila, Ph.D. (Email: spotilld@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.1436) Research Associate Professor, Bioscience & Biotechnology and School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Genetics of human bone mineral density, gene expression during early development in the turtle, molecular genetics of turtle populations. |
| Marla J. Steinbeck, Ph.D. (Email: mjs348@drexel.edu. ) Research Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Biocompatibility, Joint Arthroplasty, Joint Implant Biomaterials, Wear Debris, Tissue processing, Histology, Immune Response |
| Kurt Stenn, M.D. (Email: kstenn@h-ari.com. Phone: 215.382.7705 x2101) Research Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Vice President & Chief Scientific Officer, Aderans Research Institute Inc.. Research Keywords: Biomedical Sciences, Medical Science; Bioscience |
| Hun H. Sun, Ph.D. (Email: sun@cbis.ece.drexel.edu. ) Professor Emeritus, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems and Electrical & Computer Engineering. Research Keywords: Biological control systems,physiological modeling, systems analysis. |
| Wei Sun, Ph.D. (Email: sunwei@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.5810) Albert Soffa Chair Professor, Mechanical Engineering. Affiliate Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Biomanufacturing, Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering, CAD/CAM, and Solid Freeform Fabrication. |
| Marek Swoboda, Ph.D. (Email: dr.marekswoboda@gmail.com. Phone: 215.895.2261) Adjunct, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Cardiovascular engineering, cardiovascular system, diagnostic devices in cardiology, piezoelectric biosensors, pathogen detection |
| Mukul Talaty, Ph.D. (Email: mctalaty@einstein.edu. Phone: 215.456.9901 x69308) Research Assistant Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Gait,rehabilitation,computer modeling & simulation, compensatory & adaptive responses, prosthetics & orthotics |
| Davood Tashayyod, M.S. (Email: dt97@drexel.e. ) Entrepreneur-in-Residence, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Biomedical Ultrasound, Optics, Sensors; Biomedical Informaation Processing. |
| James A. Tom, M.D. (Email: james.tom@drexelmed.edu. Phone: 215.762.8444) Assistant Professor, Orthopedic Surgery. College of Medicine. Research Keywords: Orthopedics, orthopedic surgery, arthroscopic, anterior shin, labral tears. |
| Aydin Tozeren, Ph.D. (Email: aydin.tozeren@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.6148) Distinguished Professor and Director, Center for Integrated Bioinformatics, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Breast cell adhesion and communication, signal transduction networks in cancer and epithelial cells; integrated bioinformatics, molecular profiling, 3D-tumors, bioimaging. |
| Oleh J. Tretiak, Ph.D. (Email: tretiak@coe.drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.2214) Robert C. Disque Professor & Assistant Department Head for Planning and Development, Electrical & Computer Engineering. Robert C. Disque Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Application of image processing and computer vision to neuroscience, brain mapping, and medical imaging. |
| Som Tyagi, Ph.D. (Email: tyagi@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.6956) Professor, Physics. |
| Sumet Umchid, Ph.D. (Email: sumet.umchid@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.1829) School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Ultrasonic characterization of materials, Acousto-optic, propagation of ultrasonic waves in inhomogeneous media, biological effects of ultrasound, physical acoustics, and underwater acoustics. |
| Marta Villarraga, Ph.D. (Email: mvillarraga@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.751.9050) Research Assistant Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Spine biomechanics, computer modeling, finite element modeling, mechanical testing of biological structures and implant, in vivo experiments (canine), implant retrieval. |
| Yen Wei, Ph.D. (Email: weiyen@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.2650) Professor, Chemistry. Research Keywords: Polymer, materials and biological chemistry: conductive polymers, organic-inorganic hybrid materials, mesoporous and nanostructured materials, nanocomposites, enzyme-immobilization, biocatalysis, biosensors, dental materials, protein folding, protein-protein interactions in apoptosis, cell/tissue engineering, and neurosciences. |
| Margaret A. Wheatley, Ph.D. (Email: wheatley@coe.drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.2232) John M. Reid Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Other, Other. Research Keywords: Ultrasound contrast agent development (tumor targeting and triggered drug delivery), controlled release technology (bioactive compounds), microencapsulated allografts (ex vivo gene therapy) for spinal cord repair. |
| Dara L. Woerdeman, Ph.D. (Email: dara.l.woerdeman@drexel.edu. ) Visiting Research Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. |
| David Wootton, Ph.D. (Email: dwootton@coe.drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.2366) Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering. Research Keywords: Thrombosis, Hemostasis, Computational Biology, Fluid Mechanics, Hemodynamics, Transport Processes |
| Steven Wrenn, Ph.D. (Email: steven.parker.wrenn@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.6694) Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Biological colloids, cholesterol nucleation, steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy, fluorescence anisotropy, fluorescence microscopy, vesicles and micelles, lipoproteins, macrophages, foam cells, gallstones, atherosclerosis. |
| Birsen Yazici, Ph.D. (Email: yazici@coe.drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.5901) Assistant Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Biomedical imaging systems, statistical signal and image processing, and pattern recognition. |
| Jian-Min Yuan, Ph.D. (Email: yuanjm@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.2722) Professor, Physics. School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Protein folding, laser-molecule interaction, nonlinear dynamics, phase transition in polymers, molecular dynamics and monte carlo simulations, molecular reaction dynamics. |
| Jack G. Zhou, Ph.D. (Email: zhoug@drexel.edu. Phone: 215.895.1480) Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. Research Keywords: Rapid prototyping, manufacturing system integration, CAD/CAM, fractal geometry and engineering applications, automatic control and robotics. |
| Leonid A. Zubkov, Ph.D. (Email: leonid.a.zubkov@drexel. Phone: 215.895.1522) Research Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems. |
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