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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
Maria Altbach Novel MRI Techniques 626-5532
maltbach@email.arizona.edu
Bhaskar Banerjee Medicine Novel optical methods of cancer detection 626-6119
bbanerjee@deptofmed.arizona.edu
Jennifer K. Barton BME
-Program Chair
Biological Imaging, Medical Instrumentation

621-4116
barton@u.arizona.edu

Ali Bilgin BME
Digital Signal Processing, Image Processing, Image and Video Compression, Magnetic Resonance Imaging

626-8943
bilgin@ece.arizona.edu

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

626-2105
sboitano@email.arizona.edu

Heddwen Brooks Physiology Effects of Vasopressin on Gene Expression in Renal Medullary Cells, Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome

626-7702
brooksh@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
Erika Eggers Physiology Visual Physiology, Neurophysiology, Inhibitor Synaptic Transmission 626-7137
eeggers@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

Julia Indik
Medicine Heart Rhythym Disorders

626-6358
jindik@email.arizona.edu

John Konhilas
Physiology Molecular and cellular biology of the heart cell, Cardiac disease

626-6578
konhilas@email.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

Terry Matsunaga Radiology Ultrasound Contrast Agents and Novel Drug Delivery Systems for Drug and Gene Delivery 626-6834
Tmatsunaga@radiology.arizona.edu
Marty Pagel Radiology/BME Engineering New Magnetic Resonance Imaging Methods to Improve Pre-clinical Biomedical Diagnostics 626-4707
mpagel@u.arizona.edu
Linda Powers ECE MicroBioengineering, Sensors for Microbial Contamination  621-7634
lsp@ece.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

Horatio Rilo Surgery Islet cell transplantation
hrilo@email.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

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
Yitshak Zohar AME MEMS, Bio-MEMS, Microscale fluid mechanics and heat transfer, Microsensors and microactuators, Integrated microfabrication technologies

626-8093
zohar@email.arizona.edu

Affiliated BME Faculty

Name
Department Research Interests Phone/
Email
Parker Antin Molecular Regulation of Vertebrate Development 626-6382
pba@email.arizona.edu
Ara Arabyan AME Biodynamics, Computer Modeling, Motor Control 621-2116
arabyan@ame.arizona.edu
David Armstrong Surgery Wound healing, amputation prevention, infectious diseases, biomechanics, epidemiology of diabetes complications 360-0044
DGA@email.arizona.edu
A. Terry Bahill SIE Motion Analysis, Biosystems 621-6561
terry@sie.arizona.edu
Julie Barkmeier-Kraemer Speech and Hearing Laryngeal motor control, Biofeedback in voice disorders, Spasmodic dysphonia 621-5699
jbark@email.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
Michael Cusanovich Biochemistry Biological Electron Transfer, Protein-Protein Interactions 621-7533
cusanovi@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
Jean-Marc Fellous Psychology Neuromodulation, Neurophysiology, Computational Neuroscience, Face Perception, Distributed Artificial Intelligence 621-7447
fellous@email.arizona.edu
Andrew Fuglevand Physiology Neurophysiology, Biomechanics 621-6983
fuglevan@u.arizona.edu
Allan J. Hamilton Surgery Stereoactic Surgery 626-4409
ajh@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
Michael Mayersohn Pharmacology Pharmacokinetics, Drug Delivery 626-5730
mayersohn@pharmacy.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
John Williams AME Neural Networks, Intelligent Control 621-9729
jgw@bigdog.engr.arizona.edu
Julie Zaetta BME Interventional Radiology
jzaetta@medscape.com

Other

Name
Department Research Interests Phone/
Email
Glen Gerhard
(Emeritus)
ECE Medical Instrumentation, Sensors

621-2436
gerhard@ece.arizona.edu

Robert J. Gillies
(Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL)
Biochemistry NMR Spectroscopy, Vascular Imaging 626-5050
gillies@u.arizona.edu
James B. Hoying
(U Louisville)
Cardiovascular Innovation Institute Angiogenesis, Genomics, Microvascular Engineering
jhoying@u.arizona.edu

John McGrath
(Assignment to NSF)

AME Cryopreservation, Cell Mechanics 626-8765
mcgrath@ame.arizona.edu
Bruce Simon
(Emeritus)
AME Biosolid Mechanics (Cardiovascular and Orthopedic)

621-4451
simon@ame.arizona.edu

Robin Strickland
(Emeritus)
ECE Clinical Digital Image Processing 621-6191
strickland@ece.arizona.edu
Stuart K. Williams
(U Louisville)
Cardiovascular Innovation Institute Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering
skwill@u.arizona.edu