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Biomedical Engineering Faculty

Active BME Faculty

currently mentoring students and/or serving on BME committees

Name
Department Research Interests Phone/
Email
Ron Allen Growth and Repair of Skeletal Muscle 621-7626
rallen@ag.arizona.edu
Roger Barthelson Plant Sciences Genomics, Cell Biology, Enzymatic Synthesis 626-1799
rogerab@cals.arizona.edu
Jennifer K. Barton BME
-Program Chair
Biological Imaging, Medical Instrumentation

621-4116
barton@u.arizona.edu

Scott Boitano Physiology Respiratory Cell Physiology, Cell-Cell Communication, Cell-Pathogen Interactions

626-2105
sboitano@email.arizona.edu

Joel Cuello ABE Biosensors and Bioreactor Design for Cell Cultures

621-7757
Jcuello@ag.arizona.edu

Pierre Deymier MSE Nanobiomolecular Science and Technology, Computer Modeling and Simulation 621-6080
deymier@email.arizona.edu
Lars Furenlid Optical Sciences Nuclear Medicine, Imaging 626-4256
furen@radiology.arizona.edu
David Galbraith Plant Sciences Biological Instrumentation, Developmental and Tissue-Specific Gene Expression in Eukaryotes, Functional Genomics and Proteomics, Food Safety

621-9153
galbraith@arizona.edu

Art Gmitro Radiology Medical Optics, MRI, Optical Computing

626-4720
gmitro@radiology.arizona.edu

Henk Granzier MCB Role of the filamentous proteins titin and nebulin in function of normal and diseased muscle

626-3641
granzier@email.arizona.edu

Charles Higgins
ECE Neuromorphic Engineering, Bio-Inspired Vision

621-6604
higgins@ece.arizona.edu

Shanker Karunanithi
Neurobiology Synaptic Function under Normal and Stressful Conditions

626-5699
shanker@neurobio.arizona.edu

M. Anthony Lewis ECE Biological Models of Visuomotor Behavior, Consumer Robotics, Hardware implementations of Central Pattern Generators

626-2434
malewis@ece.arizona.edu

Ron Lynch Physiology Cell Imaging

626-2472
rlynch@u.arizona.edu

Linda Powers ECE MicroBioengineering, Sensors for Microbial Contamination  621-7634
lsp@ece.arizona.edu
Terry Matsunaga Radiology Ultrasound Contrast Agents and Novel Drug Delivery Systems for Drug and Gene Delivery 626-6834
Tmatsunaga@radiology.arizona.edu
Natarajan Raghunand Radiology MRI, Tumor Physiology

626-5050
raghunan@u.arizona.edu

Mark Riley ABE Applied Spectroscopy, Hybridoma Cell Culture, BioTransport

626-9120
riley@ag.arizona.edu

Marek Romanowski BME Contrast Agent Development   626-1578 marekrom@email.arizona.edu
Jim Schwiegerling Ophthalmology Corneal Topograpy, Optical Properties of the Eye

621-8688
jschwieg@u.arizona.edu

Timothy Secomb Physiology Microcirculatory Functions - Applied Mathematics

626-4513
secomb@u.arizona.edu

Bruce Simon AME Biosolid Mechanics (Cardiovascular and Orthopedic)

621-4451
simon@ame.arizona.edu

Robert Snyder BME Remodeling and Regeneration of Retinal Tissue

327-2020
rsnyder781@gmail.com

Dan Stamer Ophthalmology Eye Structure, Trabecular Meshwork

626-7767
dstamer@eyes.arizona.edu

John Szivek Surgery Orthopedic Implants, Mechanical Sensors

626-6094
szivek@u.arizona.edu

Ted Trouard BME Medical Imaging, MRI

626-2177
trouard@email.arizona.edu

Evan Unger Radiology Diagnostic Imaging, Interventional Radiology, Contrast Agents 626-1957
eunger@radiology.arizona.edu
Urs Utzinger BME Tissue Spectroscopy, Imaging and Bioinstrumentation

626-9281
uutzinger@azcc.arizona.edu

Jonathan P. Vande Geest AME Soft Tissue Biomechanics, Finite Element Analysis 621-2514
vandegeestjp@ame.arizona.edu
Russell Witte Radiology Experimental Ultrasound and Neural Imaging 626-6834
rwitte@radiology.arizona.edu
Pak Kin Wong AME Bio-Nanotechnologies for Manipulation and Detection of Biological Systems 626-8724
pak@email.arizona.edu
Xiaoyi Wu AME Experimental biomaterials
Tissue mechanics
Computational biomaterials
626-8724
xwu@ame.arizona.edu
Jeong-Yeol Yoon ABE Lab-on-a-Chip, Protein Nanoarray, Immunoassay 621-3587
jyyoon@email.arizona.edu

Affiliated BME Faculty

Name
Department Research Interests Phone/
Email
Ara Arabyan AME Biodynamics, Computer Modeling, Motor Control 621-2116
arabyan@ame.arizona.edu

David Arzouman

BME Cardiac Transplantation, Artificial Heart, Valves


arzouman@u.arizona.edu

A. Terry Bahill SIE Motion Analysis, Biosystems 621-6561
terry@sie.arizona.edu
Ann Baldwin Physiology Microcirculatory Functions, Artificial Blood 626-6264
abaldwin@u.arizona.edu
Harrison H. Barrett Radiology, Optical Sciences Image science, Nuclear Medicine 626-6815
hhb@email.arizona.edu
Scott Berman Surgery Vascular Implants, Endovascular Grafts
sberman@azvasc.com
Christopher Choi ABE Heat Transfer in Biosystems 621-1890
cchoi@ag.arizona.edu
Jack G. Copeland Surgery Cardiac Transplantation, Artificial Heart 626-6339
jgc@u.arizona.edu
William Dallas Radiology Digital Image Processing 626-6834
dallas@radiology.arizona.edu
Michael Descour Optical Sciences Computed-Tomography Imaging Spectrometer (CTIS) 626-5086
michael.descour@optics.arizona.edu
Richard L. Donnerstein Pedriatrics Heart Valves 626-6508
donnerst@peds.arizona.edu
Andrew Fuglevand Physiology Neurophysiology, Biomechanics 621-6983
fuglevan@u.arizona.edu
Robert J. Gillies Biochemistry NMR Spectroscopy, Vascular Imaging 626-5050
gillies@u.arizona.edu
Allan J. Hamilton Surgery Stereoactic Surgery 626-4409
ajh@u.arizona.edu
James B. Hoying BME Angiogenesis, Genomics, Microvascular Engineering
jhoying@u.arizona.edu
Scott E. Klewer Pediatrics Heart valve development 626-6508
sklewer@peds.arizona.edu
Douglas Larson Surgery Cardiopulmonary Bypass 626-6339
dflarson@u.arizona.edu
Ralph Martinez Radiology, ECE Virtual PACS & Network- Medical Informatics 621-6174
martinez@ece.arizona.edu
Michael Mayersohn Pharmacology Pharmacokinetics, Drug Delivery 626-5730
mayersohn@pharmacy.arizona.edu
John McGrath AME Cryopreservation, Cell Mechanics 626-8765
mcgrath@ame.arizona.edu
Bruce McNaughton NSMA Neuroinstrumentation, Computational Neurosci 621-2615
bruce@nsma.arizona.edu
Joseph Mills Surgery Vascular Surgery, Biomaterials, Vascular Imaging 626-7332
jmills@u.arizona.edu
Jeffrey J. Rodriguez ECE Digital & Biomedical Image Processing & Analysis 621-8732
rodriguez@ece.arizona.edu
Brad Story Speech and Hearing Bioacoustics, Computer Modeling of Vocal Tract 626-9528
bstory@email.arizona.edu
Robin Strickland ECE Clinical Digital Image Processing 621-6191
strickland@ece.arizona.edu
John Williams AME Neural Networks, Intelligent Control 621-9729
jgw@bigdog.engr.arizona.edu
Stuart K. Williams BME Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering
skwill@u.arizona.edu
Julie Zaetta BME Interventional Radiology
jzaetta@medscape.com

Emeritus

Name
Department Research Interests Phone/
Email
Glen Gerhard
(Emeritus)
ECE Medical Instrumentation, Sensors 621-2436
gerhard@ece.arizona.edu
Neil Mendelson
(Emeritus)
MCB Bio-polymers nhm@u.arizona.edu