Affiliated Faculty

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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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  • Patricia R. Batchelor Chess, M.D.

    Chess, Patricia

    • Professor of Pediatrics, Neonatology
      Professor of Biomedical Engineering
    Telephone
    (585) 275-2972

    Interests: Pulmonary biomechanics

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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

  • Benjamin T. Crane, M.D., Ph.D.

    Crane, Benjamin

    • Associate Professor of Otolaryngolog
      Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
      Associate Professor of Neurobiology and Anatomy
    Web Address
    Website

    Interests: The interaction of vision, the vestibular system, and human disease on motion perception

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  • David Dean

    Dean, David

    • Professor of Pediatrics, Neonatology
      Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology
      Professor of Biomedical Engineering
    Telephone
    (585) 276-3933
    Web Address
    Website

    Interests: Gene Therapy

  • 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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    Duric, Nebojsa

    • Professor of Imaging Sciences
      Professor of Biomedical Engineering
      Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
    • Vice Chair for Research, Department of Imaging Sciences
  • Andrew Dylag

    Dylag, Andrew

    • Associate Professor of Pediatrics
      Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
    Telephone
    (585) 276-6803
  • Dziorny

    Dziorny, Adam

    • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
      Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
    Telephone
    (585) 275-8138

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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.

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    Flax, Jonathan

    • Research Assistant Professor of Urology
      Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
  • 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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    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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    Henry, Kenneth S.

    • Associate Professor of Otolaryngology
      Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
      Associate Professor of Neuroscience
    Telephone
    (585) 275-4851
  • Denise C. Hocking, Ph.D.

    Hocking, Denise

    • Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology
      Professor of Biomedical Engineering
    Web Address
    Website

    Interests: Regulation of cell behavior by the extracellular matrix

  • Thomas M. Howard

    Howard, Thomas

    • Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
      Professor of Biomedical Engineering
    Telephone
    (585) 275-3755

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

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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

  • 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

  • Benjamin L. Miller, Ph.D.

    Miller, Benjamin

    • Professor of Dermatology
      Professor of Biomedical Engineering
      Professor of Optics
    Telephone
    (585) 275-9805
    Web Address
    Website

    Interests: Carbohydrate and protein recognition, molecular design, and biomolecular sensing

  • Mix

    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

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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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  • 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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  • Prof. Schallek

    Schallek, Jesse B.

    • Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
      Associate Professor of Neuroscience
      Associate Professor, Center for Visual Science
    Telephone
    (585) 273-4848
    Web Address
    Website
  • Marc H. Schieber, M.D., Ph.D.

    Schieber, Marc H.

    • Professor of Neurology
      Professor of Biomedical Engineering
      Professor of Neuroscience
      Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
      Professor, Center for Visual Science
    Web Address
    Website

    Interests: Neural Control of Individuated Finger Movements

  • 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

  • Laura Slane

    Slane, Laura

    • Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
      Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
    Telephone
    (585) 276-6872
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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
    Web Address
    Website
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    Stone, Jonathan J.

    • Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
      Assistant Professor of Neurology
      Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
    Telephone
    (585) 225-5767

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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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  • 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

  • Wilson

    Wilson, Nicole

    • Assistant Professor of Surgery, Pediatric Surgery
      Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
      Assistant Professor or Pediatrics
    Telephone
    (585) 275-4435
    Web Address
    Website
  • 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
    Web Address
    Website

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

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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

  • Jianhui Zhong, Ph.D.

    Zhong, Jianhui

    • Professor of Imaging Sciences
      Professor of Biomedical Engineering
    Web Address
    Website

    Interests: Development and medical application of magnetic resonance imaging