Faculty and Staff
Faculty
Paulette Spencer, D.D.S., Ph.D.
Deane E. Ackers Distinguished Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department
Director of BioEngineering Research CenteR
pspencer@ku.edu
(785) 864-8140
Research Interest: Biomaterials, Structure/Property Characterization of Material/Tissue Interface
Anil Misra, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor, Civil
Engineering Department
Associate Director,
BioEngineering Research Center
amisra@ku.edu
(785) 864-1750
Research Interest: Geomechanics/Geomaterials, Biomechanics/Biomaterial, Inter-disciplinary research in micromechanics / particulate materials / structured materials
Carl W. Luchies. Ph.D.
Associate Professor, director of Bioengineering Graduate Program (www.bio.engr.ku.edu)
luchies@ku.edu
785-864-2993
Research Interest: Biomechanics, Mechanical Measurements and Experimentation, Advanced Dynamics, Statics
Elizabeth
Friis, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department,
Product Development Core Director, Bioengineering program
lfriis@ku.edu
(785) 864-2104
Research Interest: Biomaterials, Biomedical Product Design and Testing
Xinmai Yang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department
xmyang@ku.edu
(785) 864-1753
Research Interest: Photoacoustic Imaging, Biomedical Ultrasound
Qiang (Charles) Ye, Ph. D.
Assistant Scientist, Bioengineering Research Center
yeq@ku.edu
(785) 864-1746
Research Interest: Biomaterials, Structure/Property Characterization of Material/Tissue Interface
Research Staff
Jonggu Park, Ph.D. Research Associate
BELLGU@KU.EDU
(785)-864-1748
Research interest: Polymeric Biomaterials, Dental Materials, Biodegradable Polymers, Photopolymerization, Structure-Property Relationships, Highly Crosslinked Polymers, Polymeric Drugs
Administrative staff
Candace Thompson, Administrative Assistant
Faculty affiliated with Bioengineering
J. Lawrence Katz, Ph.D.
Cory Berkland, Ph.D.
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering & Pharmaceutical Chemistry
berkland@ku.edu
(785) 864-1155
Research Interest: biomaterials and tissue engineering; biomedical product design and development; biomolecular engineering; bioimaging
Michael Detamore, Ph.D.
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
detamore@ku.edu
(785) 864-4943
Research Interest: Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering
Ken Fischer, Ph.D.
Mechanical Engineering
fischer@ku.edu
(785) 864-2994
Research Interest: Biomechanics, Dynamics, Statics, Mechanics of Materials, Computational Mechanics
Stevin H. Gehrke, Ph.D.
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
shgehrke@ku.edu
(785) 864-4956
Research Interest: biomaterials and tissue engineering; biomedical product design and development; biomolecular engineering
Sarah Kieweg, Ph.D.
Mechanical Engineering
kieweg@ku.edu
(785) 864-3354
Research Interest: Biofluids, Drug Delivery, Transport Phenomena
Jennifer Laurence, Ph.D.
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering & Pharmaceutical Chemistry
laurencj@ku.edu
(785) 864-3405
Research Interest: biomaterials and tissue engineering; biomolecular engineering
Lorin Maletsky, Ph.D.
Mechanical Engineering
maletsky@ku.edu
(785) 864-2985
Research Interest: Statics, Dynamics, Strength of Materials, Kinematics, Biomechanics
Russ Middaugh, Ph.D.
Pharmaceutical Chemistry
middaugh@ku.edu
(785) 864-5813
Research Interest: biomaterials and tissue engineering; biomolecular engineering
Sanjit Nirmalanandhan, Ph.D.
Office of Therapeutics, Discovery and Development, KUMC
sanjit@kumc.edu
(913) 945-6640
Research Interest: Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering
Aaron Scurto, Ph.D.
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
ascurto@ku.edu
(785) 864-4947
Research Interest: biomaterials and tissue engineering
Elizabeth M. Topp, Ph.D.
Pharmaceutical Chemistry
topp@ku.edu
(785) 864-3644
Research Interest: biomaterials and tissue engineering; biomolecular engineering
Arvin Agah, Ph.D.
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
agah@eecs.ku.edu
(785) 864-7752
Research Interest: biomechanics and neural engineering; biomedical product design and development
Steven Barlow, Ph.D.
Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences & Disorders
smbarlow@ku.edu
(785) 864-0632
Research Interest: biomechanics and neural engineering; biomedical product design and development
Ronald Barrett-Gonzalez, Ph.D.
Aerospace Engineering
barrettr@ku.edu
(785) 864-2226
Research Interest: biomedical product design and development
Ronald Dougherty, Ph.D.
Mechanical Engineering
doughrty@ku.edu
(785) 864-3181
Research Interest: biomedical product design and development
Wen Liu, Ph.D
Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences
wliu@kumc.edu
(913) 588-6799
Research Interest: biomechanics and neural engineering; biomedical product design and development
Sue Lunte, Ph.D.
Pharmaceutical Chemistry
slunte@ku.edu
(785) 864-3811
Research Interest: biomedical product design and development
Wallace Meyer, Ph.D.
School of Business
wmeyerjr@ku.edu
(785) 864-7583
Research Interest: biomedical product design and development
Randy Nudo, Ph.D.
Director, Landon Center on Aging
Molecular and Integrative Physiology
rnudo@kumc.edu
(913) 588-1247
Research Interest: biomechanics and neural engineering; biomedical product design and development; bioimaging
Sara Wilson, Ph.D.
Mechanical Engineering
sewilson@ku.edu
(785) 864-2103
Research Interest: Biomechanics and control of spinal motion
Kyle V. Camarda, Ph.D.
Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
camarda@ku.edu
(785) 864-2908
Research Interest: bioinformatics; biomolecular engineering
Robert C. Dunn, PhD
Department of Chemistry
rdunn@ku.edu
(785) 864-4313
Research Interest: biomolecular Engineering
Chris Fischer, Ph.D.
Physics and Astronomy
shark@ku.edu
(785) 864-4579
Research Interest: biomolecular engineering
Edward (Ted) Peltier, Ph.D.
Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering
epeltier@ku.edu
(785) 864-2941
Research Interest: biomolecular engineering
Mark Richter, Ph.D.
Molecular Biosciences
richter@ku.edu
(785) 864-3334
Research Interest: biomolecular engineering
Teruna Siahaan, Ph.D.
Pharmaceutical Chemistry
siahaan@ku.edu
(785) 864-7327
Research Interest: biomolecular engineering; bioimaging
Marylee Southard, Ph.D.
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
marylee@ku.edu
(785) 785-3868
Research Interest: biomolecular
Laurence Weatherley, Ph.D.
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
lweather@ku.edu
(785) 864-3553
Research Interest: biomolecular engineering
Paul Cheney, Ph.D.
Molecular and Integrative Physiology
pcheney@kumc.edu
(913) 588-7400
Research Interest: biomechanics and neural engineering
Mark Chertoff, PhD
Hearing and Speech
mchertof@kumc.edu
(913) 588-5937
Research Interest: biomechanics and neural engineering
Nandini Deshpande, PT, PhD
Dept of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences
ndeshpande@kumc.edu
(913) 588-4343
Research Interest: biomechanics and Neural Engineering
Terence McIff, Ph.D.
Orthopedic Surgery
tmciff@kumc.edu
(913) 588-3175
Research Interest: biomechanics and neural engineering
Lisa A. Stehno-Bittel, Ph.D.
Physical Therapy Education
lbittel@kumc.edu
(913) 588-6910
Research Interest: biomechanics and neural engineering
John Wood, Ph.D.
Molecular and Integrative Physiology
jwood2@kumc.edu
(913) 588-7478
Research Interest: biomechanics and neural engineering
Larry Cook, Ph.D.
Radiology
Lcook1@kumc.edu
(913) 588-7869
Research Interest: bioimaging
In-Young Choi, Ph.D.
Hoglund Brain Imaging Center
Department of Neurology
ichoi@kumc.edu
(913) 588-0174
Research Interest: Bioimaging
William M. Brooks, PhD
Director, Hoglund Brain Imaging Center
Neurology
wbrooks@kumc.edu
(913) 588-9075Research Interest: Bioimaging
Sang-Pil Lee, Ph.D.
Hoglund Brain Imaging Center
Integrative and Molecular Physiology
slee5@kumc.edu
(913) 588-0454
Research Interest: Bioimaging
Calvin Myers, Ph.D.
Radiation Oncology
cmyers@kumc.edu
(913) 588-3693
Research Interest: bioimaging
Mihai Popescu, PhD
Hoglund Brain Imaging Center
Integrative and Molecular Physiology
mpopescu@kumc.edu
(913) 588-3519
Research Interest: Bioimaging
Swapan Chakrabarti, Ph.D.
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
chakra@eecs.ku.edu
(785) 864-2908
Research Interest: bioinformatics
Xuewen Chen, Ph.D.
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
xwchen@eecs.ku.edu
(785) 864-8825
Research Interest: bioinformatics
Jerzy Grzymala-Busse, Ph.D.
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
jerzy@eecs.ku.edu
(785) 864-4488
Research Interest: bioinformatics
Luke (Jun) Huan, Ph.D.
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
jhuan@ittc.ku.edu
(785) 864-4620
Research Interest: bioinformatics
Krzysztof Kuczera, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
kkuczera@ku.edu
(785) 864-5060
Research Interest: bioinformatics
Information is also available through Bioengineering Program (www.bio.engr.ku.edu)
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