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Abolhassani, Hossein
PhD Student

Abrams, Kristina
Technical Associate II
- Telephone
- (585) 276-0281

Director, Regulatory Support Services, CTSI
- Telephone
- (585) 275-0742
Interests: Regulatory Science; guidance for researchers who are planning studies regulated by the FDA

Adenekan, Philip
PhD Student

Afrin, Sadia
PhD Student

Agarwalla, Swapna
Postdoctoral Fellow
- Office Location
- Carney Lab
- Web Address

Ahmad, Danial
Postdoctoral Associate
- Office Location
- McGrath Lab
- Web Address

Ahmed, Farhin
PhD Student

Ajalik, Raquel
PhD Student

Alenchery, Rahul
PhD Student

Associate Professor of Data Science
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Deputy Director, Georgen Institute of Data Science
- Telephone
- (585) 276--314
Interests: Ultrasound signal processing; Model-based parameter estimation; Novel clinical ultrasound imaging techniques; Biomedical data analytics

Arthur, Moses
PhD Student

Professor of Orthopaedics, Center for Musculoskeletal Research
Donald and Mary Clark Professorship of Orthopaedics
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- Office Location
- 1.8531 Medical Center
- Telephone
- (585) 273-5268
- Web Address
Interests: Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering
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Baez, Hector Cruzbill
PhD Student

Assistant Professor of Imaging Sciences
Assistant Professor of Optics
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- Telephone
- (585) 275-5340
- Web Address
Interests: Biomedical optics; photodynamic therapy; medical image processing

Basak, Monisha
PhD Student

Benoit, Danielle
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- Telephone
- (585) 273--269
- Web Address
Interests: Therapeutic Biomaterials

Berger, Andrew J.
Professor of Optics
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- Office Location
- 405 Goergen Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 273-4724
- Web Address
Interests: Biomedical Optics; Optics Education

Beyene, Mahllet
CMTI Graduate Program Coordinator
- Office Location
- 204 Goergen Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 273-2353
- Web Address

Bobis, Hannah
MS Student

Boff, Carla
Lead Administrator
- Office Location
- 210 Goergen Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4638

Brown III, Edward
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor of Neuroscience
James P. Wilmot Cancer Center
- Office Location
- 5-7224A Medical Center
- Telephone
- (585) 273-5918
- Web Address
Interests: Multiphoton laser scanning microscopy, novel in vivo imaging, and measurement techniques, tumor biology

Buckley, Mark
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Center for Musculoskeletal Research
Center for Visual Science
- Office Location
- 317 Goergen Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 276-4195
- Web Address
Interests: Soft tissue biomechanics, surgical biomechanics, viscoelasticity and poroelasticity, novel imaging techniques to characterize soft tissue properties

Bustamante, David
PhD Student
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Carney, Laurel H.
Marylou Ingram Professor in Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Neuroscience
- Office Location
- 5-6438 Medical Center
- Telephone
- (585) 276-3948
- Web Address
Interests: Auditory neuroscience; neurophysiological behavioral, and computational studies of hearing; signal processing for hearing aids

Castañeda, BenjamÃn
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- Office Location
- 310 Goergen Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-5774
Interests: Development of Point-of-Care Technologies for resource limitted settings. Development of ultrasound-based imaging diagnostic techniques.

Castillo Aguirre, Sandra
PhD Student

Chalupa, David
MS Student

Chen, Lawrence
MS Student (CMTI)

Chen, Chiao Yun
PhD Student

Chen, Kaihua
PhD Student

Professor of Pediatrics, Neonatology
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- Telephone
- (585) 275-2972
Interests: Pulmonary biomechanics

Ching-Roa, Vincent
PhD Student

Choe, Regine
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Office Location
- MC 5-7233A Med Center
- Telephone
- (585) 273-4374
- Web Address
Interests: Diffuse optical methods based on near infared light illumination for disease detection and therapy monitoring in brain, bone, and breast

Christiansen, Maggie
PhD Student

Clark, Robert
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Office Location
- 214 Hopeman
- rclark@rochester.edu
Interests: Dynamic systems; Measurement and control; Single-molecule mechanics; Bio-nano-manufacturing; Scaffolds for tissue engineering

Contestabile, Deb
Marketing, Communications & Outreach Manager
- Office Location
- 204 Goergen Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 274-1187

Professor of Otolaryngology
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Neurobiology and Anatomy
- Web Address
Interests: The interaction of vision, the vestibular system, and human disease on motion perception
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Dalecki, Diane
Kevin J. Parker Distinguished Professor in Biomedical Engineering
Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Director, Rochester Center for Biomedical Ultrasound
- Office Location
- 308 Goergen Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-7378
- Web Address
Interests: Diagnostic ultrasound imaging, therapeutic ultrasound, applications of ultrasound for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, physical acoustics, biological effects of ultrasound

Daniel, Katherine
PhD Student

Professor of Pediatrics, Neonatology
Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- Telephone
- (585) 276-3933
- Web Address
Interests: Gene Therapy

George Eastman Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Professor of Neuroscience
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor, Center for Visual Science
- Telephone
- (585) 275-8677
Interests: Visual neuroscience; Multi-sensory integration; Neural coding; Linking neurons to perception

Associate Professor of Dermatology
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Telephone
- (585) 275-1810
- Web Address
Interests: Engineering Smart Bandage Bio Nanomaterials for Healing Skin

Dente, Nick
MS Student (CMTI)

DeVries, Joel
MS Student (CMTI)

Dholakia, Kosha
PhD Student

Associate Professor of Neuroscience
Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology
- Telephone
- (585) 273-1040
- Web Address
Interests: Carbon Nanotube-Mediated Gene Transfer; Neuropeptide Signal Transduction; Protein-Protein Interactions

Professor of Imaging Sciences
Professor of Urology
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- Telephone
- (585) 273-4388
Interests: Photoacoustic imaging for medical diagnosis ; Application of high resolution ultrasound for bladder tumor detection and follow-up; High intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) for hemostasis

Domey, Ernestina
MS Student

Dou, Jin
PhD Student

Doyley, Marvin
Wilson Professor of Electronic Imaging
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Imaging Sciences (Radiology)
Chair, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Office Location
- 518 Chair Office / 621 Faculty Office Computer Studies Building
- Telephone
- (585) 275-3774
- Web Address
Interests: Therapeutic and diagnostic imaging using optical, magnetic resonance, and ultrasound imaging

Duan, Michelle
PhD Student

Duran, Andre Palacios
PhD Student

Professor of Imaging Sciences
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Vice Chair for Research, Department of Imaging Sciences

Dweh, Abigail
MS Student

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- Telephone
- (585) 276-6803

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- Telephone
- (585) 275-8138
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Eagan, Gina
Senior Accountant
- Office Location
- 208 Goergen Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-7580

Elias, Tresa
PhD Student

Evans, Alexander L.
PhD Student
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Fadial, Eloise
PhD Student

Farnam, Zack
MS Student (CMTI)

Feng, Fan
PhD Student

Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- Telephone
- (585) 275--866
- Web Address
Interests: The overarching goal of the Fiebelkorn lab’s research is to understand how the brain flexibly allocates its limited processing resources to improve behavioral outcomes.

Research Assistant Professor of Urology
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Flores Barrera, Gilmer Alberto
PhD Student

Franco, Edgardo
PhD Student

Associate Professor of Neuroscience
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- Telephone
- (585) 273-1892
Interests: Understanding the neural underpinnings of sensory processing, cognitive control of behavior, and the interactions of motor control and executive functions across the human lifespan.

Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- Telephone
- (585) 276-7148
Interests: The role of inflammation in bone marrow microenvironmental dysfunction; interactions of myelogenous leukemia with the bone marrow microenvironment; in vitro modeling of the bone marrow microenvironment
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Ganeshan, Veena
Sr Instructor & Sr Laboratory Engineer
- Office Location
- 311 Goergen Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 276-6837

Garcia, Sergio
PhD Student

Gdowski, Greg T.
Professor of Instruction, Biomedical Engineering
Executive Director, Center for Medical Technology & Innovation
- Office Location
- 218 Goergen Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-2580
- Web Address
Interests: Technology commercialization, start-up ventures, neural circuitry and information processing, and computational neuroscience

Associate Professor of Neuroscience
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6592
Interests: Human Anatomy; Sensorimotor Integration in Normal and Pathological Aging

Gergaia, Tinatin
PhD Student

Gering, Kym
Senior Accountant
- Office Location
- 208 Goergen Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-7580

Giacomelli, Michael
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor of Optics
- Office Location
- 5-8145 Medical Center
- Web Address
Interests: Multiphoton microscopy, surgical imaging, high throughput imaging, fluorescence lifetime imaging, high-speed analog and optoelectronics, design of microscopic and medical imaging systems

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- Telephone
- (585) 276-4113

Gira, Hanna
Student Programs Assistant
- Office Location
- 204 Goergen Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 273-2090

Gira, Martin
Senior Laboratory Engineer
- Office Location
- 224a Goergen Hall (office)
- Telephone
- (585) 275-3715

Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
- Telephone
- (585) 273-5750
- Web Address
Interests: Role of cell-cell contact in regulating cellular function in both the normal and disease state

Assistant Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- Telephone
- (585) 275-1497
- Web Address

Govindan, Rajkumar
PhD Student

Guest, Daniel
Postdoctoral Fellow
- Office Location
- Carney Lab
- Web Address

Guevara Mendoza, Diana Naomi
PhD Student

Gurcan, Ahmet M.
Technical Associate III
- Telephone
- (585) 275-1740
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Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics, Center for Musculoskeletal Research
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Director, UR Medicine Motion Analysis Laboratories
Interests: My research is dedicated to improving the care of patients with musculoskeletal and neurological pathologies as well as their sequelae using Disability and Functional Outcomes Measurement (DFOMs).

Heckman, Connor Michael
PhD Student

Associate Professor of Otolaryngology
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor of Neuroscience
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4851

Hepner, Gram
PhD Student

Herrera-Perez, Marisol
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- Office Location
- 215 Goergen Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-2312
- Web Address
Interests: Tissue self-organization, biophysics of cell shape and motility, morphogenesis, mechanics of development, control of cell communication.

Herron, Sakura
PhD Student

Hill, Cherice Natasha
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- Office Location
- 309 Goergen
- Telephone
- (585) 273-4775
- Web Address
Interests: Multi-scale biomechanics of the human temporomandibular and lower extremity joints with a particular focus on diverse populations

Ho, Lananh
PhD Student

Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- Web Address
Interests: Regulation of cell behavior by the extracellular matrix

Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- Telephone
- (585) 275-7480
Interests: Maternal and Fetal Medicine

Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- Telephone
- (585) 275-3755
Interests: Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Machine Learning, Natural Language Understanding

Hredoy, Hasibul Hasan
MS Student

Huang, Chi
PhD Student
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Ignaco, Alyssa
PhD Student

Irwin, Rebecca
Visiting Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Interests: Mechanobiology, structure-function relationships, soft tissue mechanics, intravital multiphoton microscopy, regenerative therapies

Islam, Hridhi
PhD Student
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Jaeger, Joseph
PhD Student

Jennette, Brad
MS Student (CMTI)

Jerreld, Kyle
PhD Student

Jia, Zizheng
PhD Student

Jin, Gaofei
PhD Student
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Kabir, Farah
PhD Student

Kaszuba , Christina
PhD Student

Khan, Siladitya
PhD Student

Khanzamani Mohammadi, Ali
PhD Student

King, Amanda
MS Student (CMTI)

Klaczko, Michael
Postdoctoral Fellow
- Office Location
- McGrath Lab
- Web Address

Kolstad, Anna
MD/PhD Student

Kuebel, Julie
Technical Associate II
- Telephone
- (585) 275-1740

Kulzhanova, Gulzada
PhD Student
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Ladron de Guevara Ruiz, Antonio
PhD Student

Lalor, Edmund
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor of Neuroscience
- Office Location
- 2.B203A Center for Advanced Brain Imaging and Neurophysiology (CABIN), Medical Annex Building
- Telephone
- (585) 275-3077
- Web Address
Interests: Human sensory neurophysiology, brain-computer interfacing, computational neuroscience, neural encoding of natural sounds, sensory processing in psychiatric and developmental disorders

Leadem, Joshua
MS Student (CMTI)

Lee, Whasil
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology
Center for Musculoskeletal Research
- Office Location
- 4-8553 Medical Center
- Telephone
- (585) 276-4631
- Web Address
Interests: Cell mechanics and mechanotransduction, mechanosensitive ion channels, therapeutic strategies for musculoskeletal disease and joint pain

Lee, Suk Hee
Postdoctoral Associate
- Office Location
- Whasil Lee Lab
- Web Address

Lee, Kevin
PhD Student

Lekkala, Sashank
PhD Student

Lerner, Amy L.
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Academic Director, Center for Medical Technology & Innovation
- Office Location
- 307 Goergen Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-7847
- Web Address
Interests: Orthopaedic bio-mechanics, cornea mechanics, cartilage mechanics, medical image- based finite element modeling, knee biomechanics

Li, Zihao
PhD Student

Linares, Isabelle
PhD Student

Ling, Kevin
PhD Student

Lipari , Bonnie
Senior Research and Grants Administrator
- Office Location
- 209 Goergen Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-0453

Associate Professior of Orthopaedics, Center for Musculoskeletal Research
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
- Telephone
- (585) 275-7239
- Web Address

Research Assistant Professor
- Office Location
- 213 Goergen Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-0437
- Web Address
Interests: Cell Adhesion, Mechanical and thermodynamic properties of biological membranes; cellular mechanics and function of cytoskeletal proteins

Lopatkin, Allison J.
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6858
- Web Address

Luebke, Anne E.
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor of Neuroscience
- Office Location
- 6-8547 Medical Center
- Telephone
- (585) 273-1635
- Web Address
Interests: Role of cochlear outer hair cells in hearing and hearing loss, at both the molecular and systems levels
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Macliesh, Melissa
PhD Student

Maddox, Ross
Visiting Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- Web Address
Interests: Auditory neuroscience; Auditory brainstem response; Audio-visual integration; Selective attention; Audiologic diagnosis

March, Alyson
PhD Student

Marple, Taimi
Undergraduate Program Coordinator
- Office Location
- 206 Goergen Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 273-4754

Mashrur, Fazla Rabbi
PhD Student

Masiukiewicz, Arthur
PhD Student

McAleavey, Stephen
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Rochester Center for Biomedical Ultrasound
Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering
- Office Location
- 210A Goergen Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-7768
- Web Address
Interests: Instrumentation, signal processing, ultrasound imaging, motion tracking, elasticity imaging methods, ultrasound echo models

McGrath, James
William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- Office Location
- 306 Goergen Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 273-5489
- Web Address
Interests: Microphysiological systems, nanomembranes for diagnostics, and microfluidics

McMahan, Robin
PhD Student

McMullen, Alex
PhD Student

Associate Professor of Imaging Sciences
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- Telephone
- (585) 276-7148
- Web Address
Interests: The primary focus of the PURE lab at the ÌìÃÀÊÓƵ is to develop novel, hybrid, and ultrasound-based diagnostic methods, and define the clinical utility of the developed technologies as it applies to detection, diagnosis, and therapy of various pathologies.

Mensah, Emmanuel Akwasi
PhD Student

Professor of Ophthalmology
Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Professor, Center for Visual Science
- Telephone
- (585) 275--487
- Web Address
Interests: Imaging the function of retinal neurons using calcium indicators; Evaluating vision restoration by optogenetics, stem cells or gene therapy

Associate Professor of Biology
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- Telephone
- (585) 275-9290
- Web Address
Interests: Synthetic biology; 3D printing of bacteria; engineering of bacteria to produce biomaterials; survival strategies of bacteria; organization of bacterial DNA

Miao, Tianfeng
MS Student

Professor of Dermatology
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Optics
- Telephone
- (585) 275-9805
- Web Address
Interests: Carbohydrate and protein recognition, molecular design, and biomolecular sensing

Miller, Hayley
MS Student

Mills, Sandra
PhD Student

Assistant Professor of Surgery
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- Telephone
- (585) 279-5100
- Web Address
Interests: Elastographic-based imaging of AAA; Fenestrated endograft

Moore, Duncan T.
Rudolf and Hilda Kingslake Professor in Optical Engineering Science
Professor of Optics
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Business Administration
- Telephone
- (585) 524-8
- Web Address
Interests: Optical Engineering; Lens Design & Manufacturing; Gradient-Index Optics

Mu, ChunShen
MS Student

Mulholland , Erin
MS Student (CMTI)
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Naiem, Rakshanda
MS Student

Nam, Jong-Hoon
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- Office Location
- 203 Hopeman
- Telephone
- (585) 273-4555
- Web Address
Interests: Biophysics of inner ear sensory cells; Cell mechanics

Professor of Neurology, Center for Translational Neuromedicine
Professor of Neurosurgery
Co-Director, Center for Translational Neuromedicine
- Telephone
- (585) 276-4595
- Web Address
Interests: The basic biology of glial cells in the CNS and the role of astrocytes in several neurological diseases, including stroke, spinal cord injury, epilepsy, tremor, and ALS. Research is aimed at defining new strategies for the treatment of neurological diseases that target astrocytic dysfunction

Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics, Center for Musculoskeletal Research
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- Telephone
- (585) 276-3000
- Web Address

Nimoh, Dennis
PhD Student

Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
Assistant Professor of Biostatistics and Computational Biology
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- Telephone
- (646) 256-4905
- Web Address
Interests: Auditory neuroscience and perception; Neural encoding of speech and music; Statistical modeling of neural responses; Temporal integration; Human intracranial recordings; Functional MRI; Cross-species comparisons
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Ochoa Alva, Emilio
PhD Student

Owusu-Ansah, Collins
MS Student
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Associate Professor of Neuroscience
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor, Center for Visual Science A&S
- Telephone
- (585) 275-0698
- Web Address
Interests: The broad goal of the NCC Lab’s research is to understand the principles of computation performed by individual neurons and the neural circuits they form, and to identify how neurological and psychiatric diseases disrupt these operations.

Pagnotta, Kaley
MS Student

Parker, Kevin J.
William F. May Professor of Engineering
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Imaging Sciences (Radiology)
Dean Emeritus, School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
- Office Location
- 724 Computer Studies Building
- Telephone
- (585) 275-3294
- Web Address
Interests: Medical Imaging; 3D and 4D Imaging; CT, MRI, and ultrasound; Multi-dimensional processing and display techniques; Doppler Imaging Techniques; Sonoelasticity; Digital Halftoning; Blue Noise Mask ; Color Halftoning

Perez, Jessica
PhD Student

Perucchio, Renato
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Program Director, Archaeology, Technology, and Historical Structures
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4071
- rlp@me.rochester.edu
Interests: Optical Engineering; Lens Design & Manufacturing; Gradient-Index Optics
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Raeman, Carol H.
Senior Technical Associate
- Telephone
- (585) 275-8085

Raeman, Sarah
Research Technician I
- Telephone
- (585) 275-8085

Rathbun, Lindsay
Scientist
- Office Location
- 217 Goergen Hall

Reitz, Emily
PhD Student

Rocha , Giovanna
PhD Student

Rolland, Jannick
Brian J. Thompson Professor of Optical Engineering
Professor of Optics
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor in the Center for Visual Science
Director, NSF/IUCRC: Center for Freeform Optics
Director, R.E. Hopkins Center for Optical Design and Engineering
- Office Location
- 505 Goergen Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 752-1013
- Web Address
Interests: Optical Aberration Theory; Freeform Optics; Metasurfaces; Metaform; Optical System Design; Optical Metrology; Illumination; Instrumentation and System Engineering; Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT); Optical Coherence Elastography (OCE); Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR); Head-Worn Displays; Heads-up Displays

Romanick, Samantha
Postdoctoral Fellow
- Office Location
- McGrath Lab
- Web Address

Associate Professor of Neuroscience
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- Telephone
- (585) 273-1469
- Web Address
Interests: Understanding how social communication information is processed, integrated and remembered in the brain

Professor of Imaging Sciences
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Vice Chair, Faculty and Professional Development, Department of Imaging Sciences
- Telephone
- (585) 275-8365
Interests: Ultrasound sonoelasticity; 3-dimensional imaging; Contrast agents
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Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Associate Professor of Neuroscience
Associate Professor, Center for Visual Science
- Telephone
- (585) 273-4848
- Web Address

Schillinger, Emily
MS Student

Professor of Orthopaedics
Richard and Margaret Burton Distinguished Professor in Orthopaedics
Professor of Medicine, Allergy/Immunology and Rheumatology
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Professor of Urology
Director , Center for Musculoskeletal Research
- Web Address
Interests: Pro-inflammatory cytokine signal transduction and novel drug and gene therapies for Rheumatoid Arthritis

Schwarz, Douglas Mitchell
Senior Analyst/Programmer
- Office Location
- 5-7618 Medical Center
- Telephone
- (585) 276-3930

Seidman, Scott
Professor of Instruction, Biomedical Engineering & Neuroscience
Center for Visual Science
- Office Location
- 216 Goergen Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-3932
- Web Address
Interests: Vestibular systems, motor learning, physiological models, multi-sensory integration

Sharipol, Azmeer
PhD Student

Shu, Ye
PhD Student

Singh, Melanie
PhD Student

Slane, Laura
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- Telephone
- (585) 276-6872

Associate Professor of Medicine, Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology
- Telephone
- (585) 276-7706
- Web Address

Sonker, Deepak
PhD Student

Srivatsava, Arvind
PhD Student

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- Telephone
- (585) 225-5767

Szymula, Karol
MD/PhD Student
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Tecse Castillo, Aldo
PhD Student

Trempel, Michelle
PhD Student
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Assistant Professor of Neurology
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Interests: Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Neuroimaging; Iron and Myelin Mapping; Microstructure Imaging; MR Angiography; Neuroinflammation
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VanWyk, Molly
TRaCE Senior Grants Management Specialist
- Office Location
- 204 Goergen Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6736

Vats, Kanika
Associate Professor of Instruction, Biomedical Engineering
Instructor, Rochester Scholars Pre-College Program
- Office Location
- 316 Goergen Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 276-4628
Interests: Biomedical nanotechnology, biomimetic membranes, cell-material interactions

Vera, Melissa
Graduate Program Coordinator
- Office Location
- 207 Goergen Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-3891

Vilane, Sikhulile
Lab Technician III
- Telephone
- (585) 275-3077
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Waiba, Prashant
PhD Student

Walker, Samuel
PhD Student

Wang , Yingxuan
PhD Student
- y.wang@rochester.edu

Wansha, Anya
MS Student (CMTI)

Watterson, Brittany
PhD Student

Waugh, Richard E.
Professor Emeritus of Biomedical Engineering
- Office Location
- 218 Goergen Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-3768
- Web Address
Interests: Cell Adhesion, mechanical and thermodynamic properties of biological membranes; cellular mechanics and function of cytoskeletal proteins

Wheeler, Reese
MS Student (CMTI)

Williams, David R.
William G. Allyn Professor of Medical Optics
Professor of Optics
Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Professor of Ophthalmology
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor in the Center for Visual Science
Director, Center for Visual Science
- Office Location
- 270 Meliora Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-8672
- Web Address
Interests: The Human Visual System; Physiological Optics

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Pediatric Surgery
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Assistant Professor or Pediatrics
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4435
- Web Address

Wise, Brian
PhD Student

Wismueller, Axel
Professor of Imaging Sciences, of Biomedical Engineering, and of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Office Location
- MCA 2-2214 Medical Center
- Telephone
- (585) 613-2399
- Web Address
Interests: Mathematical algorithms for computational analysis; Pattern recognition in clinical real-world applications

Wu, J.H. David
Emeritus Professor of Chemical Engineering
- j.wu@rochester.edu
Interests: Biochemical Engineering, Fermentation, Biocatalysis, Bone Marrow Tissue Engineering, Molecular Biology

Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- Telephone
- (585) 275-1335
- Web Address
Interests: Bioengineering, cellular biology, next-generation sequencing techniques and genome editing tools
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Associate Professor of Orthopaedics, Center for Musculoskeletal Research
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- Telephone
- (585) 275--081
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Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor or Dentistry
- Telephone
- (585) 273-4129
- Web Address
Interests: Basic and translational studies of musculoskeletal diseases and breast cancer

Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology
- Telephone
- (585) 275-1632
- Web Address
Interests: Intravital imaging-based approaches for direct visualization, quantification, and molecular profiling of the local regulatory machineries that harbor the skeletal, hematopoietic, and malignant stem cells

Yosick, Anthony
PhD Student
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Zahin, Sazneen
MS Student

Zapp, Jack
MS Student (CMTI)

Zavislan, James M.
Professor of Optics
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Associate Professor, Center for Visual Science
Mercer Brugler Distinguished Teaching Professor 2018-2021
- Office Location
- 414 Goergen Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-9819
Interests: Optical Engineering; Biomedical Optical Systems

Professor of Orthopaedics, Center for Musculoskeletal Research
- Telephone
- (585) 275-7928
- Web Address
Interests: Understanding bone tissue repair using molecular, genetic, imaging and engineering approaches

Zhang, Victor
PhD Student

Zhang, Chloe
PhD Student

Professor of Imaging Sciences
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- Web Address
Interests: Development and medical application of magnetic resonance imaging