BME is committed to engineering solutions to reduce the pain and suffering from health-related challenges in our world. To highlight some of our talented faculty, research staff, and students, Prof. Aitor Aguirre’s lab studies regenerative biology and cell reprogramming. Through NIH and American Heart Association funding, they have developed an in vitro heart organoid model with morphologic and cell-type complexity similar to fetal hearts to provide a novel platform for the study of congenital heart defects. Prof. Erin Purcell works with neural prostheses, studying how implanted electrodes interact with neural circuitry to better understand brain function and behavior. This work, through NIH and NSF funding, is driving towards devices for early detection and treatment of neurological diseases and injuries. Prof. Sudin Bhattacharya is applying computational tools to study fundamental problems in toxicology. Their work aims to understand the signaling and transcriptional regulatory networks that underlie the determination of cell fate and the impact of environmental and toxic factors on these networks.
Please explore the profiles of our faculty to learn about the impactful research in BME.
Research labs for core faculty:
- Aitor Aguirre, Stem Cell Engineering for Cardiovascular Applications
- Adam Alessio, Medical Imaging and Data Integration Lab
- Sudin Bhattacharya, Computational Toxicology
- Chris Contag, Non-invasive Molecular Imaging
- Masako Harada, Translational Research using Extracellular Vesicles
- Xuefei Huang, Chemistry of Carbohydrates
- Brian Johnson, Digital Manufacturing of Models of Disease
- Taeho Kim, Nanoscale Contrast and Therapeutics
- Jinxing Li, Miniaturized Sensors and Robots
- Erin Purcell, Regenerative Electrode Interface Lab
- Saiprasad Ravishankar, SLIM - Signals, Learning, and Imaging Group
- Debajit Saha, Bioengineering of Olfactory Sensory Systems
- Bryan Smith, Translational NanoImmunoEngineering Lab
- Dana Spence, Analytical Analysis of Blood Cells
- Bige Unluturk, Molecular Communications and Internet of Bio-NanoThings
- Teresa Woodruff, Molecular and Cellular Developmental biology