Biomedical Engineering Faculty
Departmental Faculty
Gunjan Agarwal,
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Internal Medicine (Cardiology);
Ph.D., Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay, India.
Single molecule interactions using atomic force microscopy and other techniques.
gunjan.agarwal@osumc.edu
B. Rita Alevriadou,
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Internal Medicine (Cardiology);
Ph.D., Rice University, Houston, TX.
Vascular mechanobiology, cell/molecular engineering with emphasis on the cardiovascular system,
free radicals and oxidative stress, molecular mechanisms of cell adhesion,
inflammation/thrombosis, fluid mechanics in medicine/biology.
alevriadou.1@osu.edu or
Rita.Alevriadou@osumc.edu
William A. Brantley,
Professor, Restorative Dentistry, Prosthodontics and
Endodontics; Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon.
Dental biomaterials.
brantley.1@osu.edu
Bradley D. Clymer,
Associate Professor, Biomedical and Electrical & Computer Engineering; Ph.D.,
Stanford.
Imaging: MRI, mammography, ultrasound, x-ray computed tomographic microscopy;
signal processing of EEG, ECG, phonocardiograph.
clymer.1@osu.edu
Keith J. Gooch,
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering; Ph.D. Penn State.
Regulation of the differentiation, growth, and remodeling of cells and tissues.
Tissue engineering as applied to the cardiovascular system, cartilage, and diabetes.
gooch.20@osu.edu
Derek
J. Hansford, Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering;
Ph.D., Berkeley.
Biomedical microdevices, microfabrication of biomaterials, biocompatibility
of microfabricated structures.
hansford.4@osu.edu
Richard
T. Hart, Edgar C. Hendrickson Professor and Department
Chair, Biomedical Engineering; Ph.D., Case Western Reserve. Finite
element analysis of biological tissues and structures.
hart.322@osu.edu
Douglas Kniss,
Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Obstetrics & Gynecology; Ph.D.,
Ohio State.
Studies of cell-matrix interactions that control
stem cell differentiation for tissue engineering applications.
kniss.1@osu.edu
Stephen C. Lee,
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering;
Ph.D., Minnesota.
Biomedical nanotechnology.
stephen.lee@osumc.edu
Alan S. Litsky,
Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Biomedical Engineering and Orthopedics;
Sc.D., MIT; M.D., Columbia.
Hard-tissue biomaterials, implant fixation, research ethics.
litsky.1@osu.edu
Graduate Studies Chair: The MS and
PhD programs are governed by the Biomedical Engineering Graduate Studies Committee,
staffed by core and participating faculty members, focused upon:
admissions; fellowships; curriculum; and academic
policies.
Inquires about graduate studies issues should be addressed to
gradsec@bme.ohio-state.edu
Jun Liu,
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering;
Ph.D., Ohio State.
Molecular imaging agents, bioacoustics,
ultrasound biomechanical characterization,
quantitative image and RF analysis.
liu.314@osu.edu
Cynthia J. Roberts, Professor and Martha G. and Milton Staub Chair for Research in Ophthalmology, Biomedical Engineering
and Ophthalmology; Ph.D., Ohio State.
Ophthalmic engineering.
roberts.8@osu.edu
Mark A. Ruegsegger, Clinical Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering;
Ph.D., Case Western Reserve.
Cardiovascular biomaterials.
ruegsegger.1@osu.edu
Ronald Xu, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering;
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Medical device design & innovation, biomedical imaging,
tissue optics, micro fabrication and tissue engineering.
xu.202@osu.edu
Yi Zhao, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering;
Ph.D., Boston University.
Non-conventional microfabrication,
microdevices and nanodevices for biosensing/actuating applications,
NEMS-based study of cellular and sub-cellular mechanics.
zhao.178@osu.edu
Joint Faculty
Jessica Winter,
Assistant Professor, Chemical and Biomedical Engineering; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX.
Nanoscale neural prosthetics, surface patterning and neural adhesion, bio-inspired nanoparticle surfaces.
winter.63@osu.edu
Emeritus Faculty
Andreas
von Recum, Professor Emeritus, Biomedical Engineering, Experimental
Surgery, Oral Biology; D.V.M. and Dr. Vet. Med., Free University, Berlin, Germany; Ph.D., Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.
Biomaterials, biocompatibility.
vonrecum.1@osu.edu
Participating Biomedical Engineering Faculty
Participating Biomedical Engineering Faculty may serve on the BMEGSC and act
as research advisors and/or supervisors.
Hojjat Adeli,
Professor, Biomedical Informatics; Ph.D., Stanford.
Editor-in-Chief, Integrated Computer-Aided Engineering
Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Neural Systems
Biocomputing, wavelets, biomedical imaging, signal processing of brain waves, EEG
analysis pts with neurological disorders (epipelsy, Alzheimers), neuroengineering.
Sudha Agarwal,
Chair, Oral Bilology; Ph.D., Northeastern University.
Cartilage and bone tissue engineering.
Peter M. Anderson,
Professor, Materials Science and Engineering; Ph.D., Harvard University.
Mechanical testing of soft tissue via indentation
Kamran Barin,
Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology; Ph.D., Ohio State.
Vestibular function testing, dizziness and balance control, postural control.
Necip Berme,
Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Ph.D., Case Western Reserve.
Orthopedic biomechanics, gait analysis.
Thomas M. Best,
Professor and Pomerene Chair, Department of Family Medicine; Ph.D., Duke University.
Co-Medical Director, The OSU Sports Medicine Center.
David Beversdorf,
Assistant Professor, Neurology; M.D., Indiana.
Neuropsychopharmacology, cognitive neuroscience and functional MRI, microelectrode arrays.
Thomas E. Blue,
Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Ph.D., Michigan.
Boron neutron capture therapy, radiation therapy.
John Bolte,
Assistant Professor, Biomechanics; Ph.D., Ohio State.
Biomechanics, Injury Biomechanics, Anatomy.
Kim L. Boyer,
Professor, Electrical Engineering; Ph.D., Purdue.
Computer vision.
Jeff Chalmers,
Professor, Chemical Engineering; Ph.D., Cornell.
Immunomagnetic cell separation, hydrodynamic effects on cells.
Shive Chaturvedi,
Associate Professor, Civil Engineering; Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology.
Biomaterials, Neuropsychology, neuroethics, brain-imaging-stimuli correlations.
Ajit Chaudhari,
Assistant Professor, Orthopaedics; Ph.D., Stanford University.
Prevention and treatment of sports injuries, Biomechanics, Gait and Motion Analysis.
Terrence Conlisk,
Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Ph.D., Purdue.
Nanotechnology and modeling.
Roger A. Crawfis
,
Associate Professor, CIS; Ph.D., California, Davis.
Computer graphics, scientific and medical visualization, volume rendering.
Roger Dzwonczyk
,
Clinical Associate Professor, Anesthesiology; M.S., Ohio State.
Physiologic signal processing, bioinstrumentation.
Reinhard Gahbauer
,
Professor, Radiology; M.D., Ludwig Maximilian (Germany).
Clinical radiation oncology.
Somnath Ghosh,
Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Ph.D., Michigan.
Computational mechanics.
Ernesto Goldman,
Associate Professor, Anesthesiology; M.D., Ohio State.
Modeling of cardiopulmonary interactions during airway obstruction;
3-D real time cardiac contractility during increased airway resistance.
Deborah M. Grzybowski
,
Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology; Ph.D., Ohio State.
Biofluid mechanics, cell mechanics, fluid-tissue interactions,
cerebrospinal fluid outflow, ex vivo & computational modeling.
Robert L. Hamlin,
Professor, Veterinary Biosciences; D.V.M., Ph.D., Ohio State.
Pathophysiology of heart failure, pulmonary mechanics.
Guanglong He,
Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine. Ph.D., Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.
Electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy and imaging.
Deborah G. Heiss,
Associate Professor, Physical Therapy Division; Ph.D., Iowa; PT, OCS.
Spine biomechanics, motor control.
Hooshang Hemami,
Professor, Electrical Engineering; Ph.D., Ohio State.
Dynamics, control, and simulation of human movement.
Kun Huang,
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Informatics; Ph.D., U. Illinois-Urbana.
Computer vision, machine learning, medical imaging, and computational biology.
William M. Johnston,
Professor, Restorative and Prosthetic Dentistry; Ph.D., Michigan.
Restorative materials.
Kenneth H. Jones,
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Informatics; Ph.D., Tulane University. Director, Anatomy.
Biomechanical effects of trauma.
Steven E. Katz,
Associate Professor, Ophthalmology; M.D., Ohio State.
Orbital diseases, ocular computed tomography.
P. Ewen King-Smith,
Professor, Optometry; Ph.D., Cambridge.
Tear film and interferometry, dry eye conditions.
Michael V. Knopp,
M.D., Ph.D., Chairman and Professor of Radiology, Novartis Chair of Imaging Research.
Biomedical imaging.
Periannan Kuppusamy,
Professor, Internal Medicine & Surgery,
William D. and Jacquelyn L. Wells Chair in Imaging Research;
Ph.D., IIT (Madras).
EPR spectroscopy, imaging.
John J. Lannutti,
Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering; Ph.D., Washington (Seattle).
Tissue engineering scaffolds via electrospinning, bioactive polymer surfaces via
subcritical fluids, nanofluidics, novel instrumentation to wear of total hip replacement.
Larry Lasky
,
Associate Professor, Pathology; M.D., Michigan.
Artificial immune system.
Steven Lavender,
Associate Professor, Industrial and Welding Engineering, Orthopaedics; Ph.D., Ohio State.
Occupational biomechanics and ergonomics.
L. James Lee,
Professor, Chemical Engineering; Ph.D., Minnesota.
Director, NSF Center for Advanced Polymer
and Composite Engineering.
Robert J. Lee,
Associate Professor, Pharmaceutics; Ph.D., Purdue University.
Novel receptor-targeted drug delivery systems and therapeutic strategies.
Robert Lee,
Professor, Electrical Engineering; Ph.D., Arizona.
Imaging, electromagnetics.
Lawrence E. Leguire,
Clinical Associate Professor, Ophthalmology; Ph.D., Vanderbilt.
Human electrophysiology.
Richard Lembach
,
Professor, Ophthalmology; M.D., Ohio State.
Ophthalmic biomechanics, refractive surgery.
Chenglong Li,
Assistant Professor, Medicinal Chemistry; Ph.D., Cornell University.
X-ray macromolecular crystallography, molecular docking, molecular dynamics, quantum chemistry to statistical mechanics and non-equilibrium and equilibrium thermodynamics.
Xiaoping Liu,
Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine; Ph.D., Wuhan University (China).
Electrochemical sensors, diffusion-reaction kinetics.
Frederick R. Long,
Clinical Associate Professor, Radiology; M.D., Yale.
Pediatric radiology and imaging.
William S. Marras,
Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering; Ph.D., Wayne State.
Occupational biomechanics, ergonomics, orthopedic biomechanics.
Aleix M. Martinez,
Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering; Ph.D., Universitat Autonoma De Barcelona (Spain).
Vision, pattern recognition and cognitive science.
Nicanor I. Moldovan,
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Cardilolgy; Ph.D., Bucharest, Romania.
Angiogenesis; Micro and nano patterning, bioelectric interfaces.
Srinivasan Parthasarathy
,
Assistant Professor, CIS; Ph.D., Rochester.
Data mining.
William S. Pease,
Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; M.D., Cincinnati.
Human motion, Electromyography.
Alistair B.M.Phillips,
Assistant Professor, Surgery; M.D., Columbia University.
Cardiothoracic Surgery.
Subha V. Raman,
Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine; M.D., Ohio State University.
Noninvasive imaging in cardiovascular diagnosis and treatment; atherosclerosis, heart disease in women, microvascular disease, and heritable myocardial disease.
Ronald M. Reano,
Assistant Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering; Ph.D., University of Michigan.
Micro/nano-fabrication of wireless/terahertz/optical devices, bionanotechnology, nanoimprint lithography, MEMS, polymer and semiconductor nonlinear/ultrafast electro-optics.
Stanislav Rokhlin,
Professor, Welding Engineering; Ph.D., Leningrad EE Institute.
Nondestructive evaluation with radiographic, optical, ultrasonic, and electromagnetic technology.
Sashwati Roy,
Assistant Professor, Surgery; Ph.D., University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland.
Antioxidant and redox biology focusing on signal transduction and gene expression.
Joel H. Saltz,
M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Dept. of Biomedical Informatics.
Grid and large scale middleware for biomedical research, image analysis.
Douglas W. Scharre,
Associate Professor; M.D., Georgetown.
Neuroimaging in dementia.
Petra Schmalbrock,
Associate Professor, Radiology; Ph.D., Munster (Germany).
MRI pulse sequence development, high resolution imaging for neuroapplications.
Scott Schricker
,
Assistant Professor, Restorative Dentistry, Prosthodontics, and Endodontics; Ph.D., California.
Polymer chemistry, biomaterials, tissue engineering, dental materials.
Chandan Sen,
Professor, Surgery & Molecular & Cellular Biochemistry; Ph.D., University of Kuopio, Finland.
Director, Oxidant and antioxidant biology; DNA micro array and genetics; wound healing.
William E. Shiels II,
Clinical Associate Professor, Radiology; D.O., Phila. Coll. of Osteopathic Med.
Pediatric radiology.
Orlando P. Simonetti,
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Radiology; Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University.
Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, Computed Tomography.
Robert H. Small,
Assistant Professor, Clinical; M.D., Ohio State.
Functional MRI; Physiological modeling.
Philip J. Smith,
Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering; Ph.D., Michigan.
Human-computer interaction.
Robert L. Stephens, Jr.
,
Associate Professor, Physiology; Ph.D., Ohio State.
Neurobiology of chronic pain syndromes.
Richard D. Tallman
,
Associate Professor, Allied Health and Physiology; Ph.D., Ohio State.
Cardiopulmonary physiology.
DeLiang Wang,
Professor, CSE; Ph.D., USC.
Machine perception, neural networks.
Shang-Tian Yang,
Professor, Chemical Engineering; Ph.D., Purdue.
Bioprocessing, cell and tissue cultures.
Jay Zweier,
Professor, Internal Medicine; M.D., Maryland.
Director, Davis Heart and Lung research Institure.