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Faculty

Samuel Achilefu, Ph.D.

Samuel Achilefu, Ph.D.

Professor & Chair

Research Interests: Molecular imaging, nanotechnology, devices, and therapeutic interventions

W. Matthew Petroll, Ph.D.

W. Matthew Petroll, Ph.D.

Professor & Vice Chair for Education

Research Interests: Cell motility and mechanics, corneal repair and regeneration, in vivo confocal imaging

Walter Akers, D.V.M., Ph.D.

Walter Akers, D.V.M., Ph.D.

Associate Professor & Research Director

Research Interests: Biomedical imaging, systems development, image-guided surgery for improved cancer treatment, preclinical models of human disease

Kareem Azab, Ph.D.

Kareem Azab, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Research Interests: Tissue engineering, biomaterials, implantable biodegradable systems, cancer biology, tumor microenvironment, immunotherapy, cancer biomarkers, drug delivery systems, nanotechnology, boron neutron capture therapy

Sumanta Chatterjee, Ph.D.

Sumanta Chatterjee, Ph.D.

Instructor

Research Interests: Nanomedicine

Christopher Egbulefu, M.D.

Christopher Egbulefu, M.D.

Instructor

Research Interests: Sub-cellular characterization of molecular events in cancer models, identification, designing, and validation of targeted fluorescence probes and novel therapeutic strategies (Cerenkov therapy, immunotherapy, small molecular inhibitor, and combination therapy) for cancer management

Lukas Farbiak, Ph.D.

Lukas Farbiak, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Research Interests:Genetic engineering and genome editors, nucleic acid-based therapeutics; nanomedicine

Isaac Pence, Ph.D.

Isaac Pence, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Research Interests: Instrumentation, machine learning, Raman spectroscopy, translational biophotonics

Muhammad Rizwan, Ph.D.

Muhammad Rizwan, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Research Interests: Biomaterials and tissue engineering

Daniel Siegwart, Ph.D.

Daniel Siegwart, Ph.D.

Professor

Research Interests: Materials chemistry and engineering, genomic medicines and novel non-viral drug delivery systems

Shaw-Wei David Tsen, M.D., Ph.D.

Shaw-Wei David Tsen, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Research Interests: Laser-stimulated pathogen inactivation, drug delivery, cancer prevention, aging research

Xiao Xu, Ph.D.

Xiao Xu, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Research Interests: Instrumentation focusing on optical, ultrasonic, and hybrid for sensing structural and molecular processes through soft biological tissue, portable devices

Raiyan Zaman, Ph.D.

Raiyan Zaman, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Research Interests: Interventional devices for translational research in coronary artery disease, real-time tracking and modeling of the dynamic pathobiological information on coronary artery disease and atherosclerosis biology for disease prevention