DEPARTMENT of BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING Biomedical Engineering Faculty Since its formation in July 2000, our department has grown rapidly to include 20 primary faculty members and over 50 secondary, affiliated, visiting and adjunct members. Because Biomedical Engineering is a highly interdisciplinary field, many of our faculty hold secondary appointments in other departments and centers across campus. Most faculty members have expertise in more than one research area within Biomedical Engineering, and virtually all have research programs which involve faculty from multiple departments. For example, research in musculoskeletal biomechanics might involve the use of advanced medical imaging techniques, or the develop- ment of novel biosensors may involve both instrumentation and cell biology. The close proximity of the medical center also makes it routine for clinicians to participate in dissertation committees to offer true translational exposure. Thus our department offers a rich training environment for students interested in interdisciplinary re- search. To encourage this approach, our PhD students are required to complete three rotations during their first year, before choosing a laboratory in which they will complete their dissertation. For these rotations, they may choose from any of the primary faculty, as well as any member of the graduate faculty. Affiliated Research Centers and Research Groups Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute Center for Emerging & Innovative Sciences Center for Medical Technology and Innovation Center for Musculoskeletal Research Center for Oral Biology Center for Visual Science Clinical & Translational Science Institute Institute for Neuroscience James P. Wilmot Cancer Center Materials Science Program Rochester Center for Biomedical Ultrasound Center for Advanced Brain Imaging & Neurophysiology DEPARTMENT of BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING www.bme.rochester.edu Primary Biomedical Engineering Faculty Secondary appointments in other departments and center memberships are listed below Hani Awad Regine Choe Professor Associate Professor PhD, University of Cincinnati PhD, University of Pennsylvania Center for Musculoskeletal Research Department of Electrical and Computer Department of Orthopaedics Engineering AIMBE Fellow Research Interests: Research Interests: Diffuse optical methods based on near Musculoskeletal tissue engineering with an infared light illumination for detection and emphasis on challenging clinical problems therapy monitoring of diseases and translational solutions, tendon, and bone allografts Danielle Benoit Greg Gdowski Professor Associate Professor PhD, University of Colorado PhD, Boston University Center for Musculoskeletal Research Executive Director, Center for Medical Department of Chemical Engineering Technology and Innovation AIMBE Fellow Research Interests: Research Interests: Polymeric biomaterials, tissue engineering Technology commercialization, start-up and regenerative medicine, controlled stem ventures, neural circuitry and information cell differentiation, drug delivery, cell material processing, and computational neuroscience interactions Edward Brown Michael Giacomelli Associate Professor Assistant Professor PhD, Cornell University PhD, Duke University Department of Neuroscience James P. Wilmot Cancer Center Research Interests: Multiphoton microscopy, surgical imaging, Research Interests: digital pathology, fluorescence lifetime Multiphoton laser scanning microscopy, novel imaging, 3D and molecular imaging in vivo imaging, and measurement techniques, tumor biology, angiogenesis Mark Buckley Edmund Lalor Associate Professor Associate Professor PhD, Cornell University PhD, University College Dublin Center for Visual Science Department of Neuroscience Center for Musculoskeletal Research Research Interests: Research Interests: Human sensory neurophysiology, brain- Viscoelasticity of soft biological tissues, soft computer interfacing, computational tissue aging disease and repair, novel imaging neuroscience, neural encoding of natural techniques to characterize soft tissue sounds, sensory processing in psychiatric properties and developmental disorders Laurel Carney Whasil Lee Professor Assistant Professor PhD, University of Wisconsin PhD, Duke University Marylou Ingram Professor of Biomedical Department of Pharmacology & Physiology Engineering Research Interests: AIMBE Fellow Musculoskeletal cell mechanics, Department of Neuroscience mechanosensitive ion channels, knee Research Interests: joint tissue development, aging, disease Auditory neuroscience; neurophysiological and repair behavioral, and computational studies of hearing; signal processing for hearing aids Diane Dalecki Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering PhD, University of Rochester Rochester Center for Biomedical Ultrasound Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering Research Interests: Director, Rochester Center for Biomedical Ultrasound Biomedical ultrasound imaging and Fellow, ASA therapy, acoustics, lithotripsy, biological Fellow, AIUM effects of ultrasound Fellow, AIMBE Amy Lerner Jong Hoon Nam Associate Professor Associate Professor PhD, University of Michigan PhD, Virginia Tech Academic Director, Center for Medical Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology and Innovation Center for Musculoskeletal Research Research Interests: Department of Mechanical Engineering Cells and synapses, neurobiology of disease, AIMBE Fellow sensory systems and perception, theoretical Research Interests: and computational neurosciences Orthopaedic biomechanics, bone growth Greg Gdowski and development, cartilage mechanics, Associate Professor medical image-based finite element PhD, Boston University modeling, knee biomechanics Scott Seidman Executive Director, Center for Medical Professor Technology and Innovation Anne Luebke Associate Professor PhD, Case Western University PhD, Johns Hopkins University Department of Neuroscience Department of Neuroscience Center for Visual Science Research Interests: Research Interests: Role of cochlear outer hair cells in hearing Vestibular systems, motor learning, and hearing loss, at both the molecular physiological models, multi-sensory and system levels integration Michael Giacomelli Assistant Professor PhD, Duke University Kanika Vats Ross Maddox Assistant Professor Assistant Professor PhD, Pennsylvania State University PhD, Boston University Instructor, Rochester Scholars Pre-College Department of Neuroscience Programs Research Interests: Research Interests: Auditory neuroscience, audio-visual Biomedical nanotechnology, biomimetic integration, selective attention, membranes, cell-material interactions Edmund Lalor development of electroencephalography Associate Professor paradigms for research and diagnosis PhD, University College Dublin Department of Neuroscience Richard Waugh Stephen McAleavey Professor Associate Professor Vice Provost for Research PhD, University of Rochester PhD, Duke University Department of Electrical and Computer Department of Mechanical Engineering Engineering Department of Pharmacology and Physiology Research Interests: Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics Instrumentation, signal processing, AIMBE Fellow ultrasound imaging, motion tracking, Research Interests: Whasil Lee elasticity imaging methods, ultrasound Cell adhesion, mechanical and thermodynamic Assistant Professor echo models properties of biological membranes; cellular PhD, Duke University mechanics and function of cytoskeletal proteins Department of Pharmacology & Physiology James McGrath Professor PhD, Harvard-MIT AIMBE Fellow Research Interests: For more information on our primary Cell motility and quantitative light mi- croscopy, the characterization of nanopar- faculty members, please visit ticle interactions with protein and cellular www.hajim.rochester.edu/bme/people/ systems, and the development of ultrathin silicon nanomembranes for biological faculty/index.html applications Biomedical Engineering Graduate Faculty This list includes faculty members that have primary appointments in other departments who mentor doctoral students in Biomedical Engineering. Doctoral students have the opportunity to perform three laboratory rotations with any of these faculty or any of the primary faculty before choosing their area of research. Many of these faculty members also serve on dissertation committees and teach in our graduate courses. Andrew J. Berger, Ph.D. (Optics) Kevin J. Parker, Ph.D. (Electrical & Computer Biomedical optics, specifically spectroscopic Engineering) diagnostic techniques Medical imaging, digital imaging, halftoning, and novel scanning techniques using Doppler shift effects Robert Clark, Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering) Acoustic systems, atomic force microscopy, electrospinning & J. Edward Puzas, Ph.D. (Orthopaedics) electrospraying, optical trapping & holography Molecular and cellular biology of the skeletal system Benjamin Crane, Ph.D. (Otolaryngology) Jannick Rolland, Ph.D (Optics) The interaction of vision, the vestibular system, and human disease on motion perception Optical instrumentation, system engineering, optical coherence tomography Lisa A. DeLouise, Ph.D., M.P.D. (Dermatology) Marc H. Schieber, M.D., Ph.D. (Neurology) Engineering smart bandage bio-nanomaterials for healing skin Neural Control of Individuated Finger Movements Marvin Doyley, Ph.D. (Electrical & Computer Engineering) Edward M. Schwarz, Ph.D. (Orthopaedics) Tissue characterization, inverse problems, breast imaging, elasto- Pro-inflammatory