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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

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Associate 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

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: Biomedical ultrasound imaging and therapy, acoustics, lithotripsy, biological effects of ultrasound

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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

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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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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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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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

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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

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.

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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

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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

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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

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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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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

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

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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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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