Core

Corey Baron

Associate Professor / Scientist, RRI

Research Interests / Specializations: MRI, diffusion MRI, ultra high field MRI, quantitative MRI

Robert Bartha

Vice Dean, Research & Innovation / Professor / Scientist, RRI

Research Interests / Specializations: MR In-Vivo Proton Spectroscopy, MR In-Vivo Sodium Imaging

Ian Cunningham

Professor / Scientist, RRI

Research Interests / Specializations: Research Areas: Coherent scatter computed tomography, early detection of kidney stones, dual energy computed tomography

Mamadou Diop

Associate Professor / Research Scientist, LHRI / Undergraduate Chair

Maria Drangova

Director, BioNext Medtech Incubator / Professor / Associate Scientist, LHRI / Scientist, RRI

Research Interests / Specializations: cardiovascular imaging, using MRI and CT, cardiovascular image guided intervention and device development, motion characterization and correction in MRI, developments and applications of cardiovascular micro-imaging
Teaching: MBP 4475A/BIOPHYS 9515A: Medical Imaging

Aaron Fenster

Professor / Scientist, RRI / Associate Scientist, LHRI

Research Interests / Specializations: Image guided prostate cancer therapy, carotid atherosclerosis, MRI, 3D carotid ultrasound imaging

Paula Foster

Professor / Scientist, RRI

Research Interests / Specializations: Cellular imaging using iron-labeled cells and MRI, imaging tissue inflammation, traumatic spinal cord injury, tissue histology

Jefferson Frisbee

Department Chair / Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Cardio- and cerebrovascular disease risk, perfusion in vascular networks, mechanisms of vascular protection, integrated control systems

Neil Gelman

Associate Professor / Scientist, LHRI

Research Interests / Specializations: Development of an MRI Phantom of the Neonatal Brain, Value of Quantitative MRI Measures of White Matter Injury for Predicting Neurodevelopmental Outcome of Preterm Infants
Teaching: MBP 3505F: Mathematical Transform Applications in Medical Biophysics

Daniel Goldman

Associate Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Experiment-based computational modeling of microcirculatory hemodynamics, mass transport, and blood flow regulation
Teaching: MBP 4535A/BIOPHYS 9510A: Hemodynamics

David Holdsworth

Professor / Scientist, RRI

Research Interests / Specializations: Radiation dose computations (3D), radiation dosimetry (3D), Optical CT imaging, megavoltage CT imaging, tomotherapy, radiation sources for brachytherapy, radiation-induced DNA damage and repair
Teaching: MBP 4475A/BIOPHYS 9515A: Medical Imaging

Ali Khan

Associate Professor / Scientist, RRI

Research Interests / Specializations: Development of image processing and analysis tools for neurological disorders; neurosurgical planning and guidance software and hardware; advanced MRI using quantitative mapping, diffusion modeling, and ultra-high field strengths (7T, 9.4T)
Teaching: MBP 9704A: Problem Discovery and Solving

James Lacefield

Professor / Director, School of Biomedical Engineering

Research Interests / Specializations: Small animal imaging using high-frequency ultrasound, modeling of ultrasonic wavefront distortion and focus compensation applications of ultrasound to cardiology and oncology
Teaching: MBP 3503G: Fundamentals of Digital Imaging, MBP 4455B: Biological Control Systems, MBP 4475A/BIOPHYS 9515A: Introduction to Medical Imaging

Hanif Ladak

Professor / Associate Scientist, RRI / Joint Appointment with Electrical & Computer Engineering

Research Interests / Specializations: Development of interactive computer-based simulators for surgical training and outcome prediction with applications to the ear, nose and throat
Teaching: MBP 4445A: Digital Image Processing, BIOPHYS 9509A: Intro to Digital Image Processing

Sarah Mattonen

Assistant Professor / Scientist, LHRI

Research Interests / Specializations: Translational Cancer Imaging, Medical Image Analysis, Radiomics, Machine Learning

John McGuire

Associate Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Cellular biophysics; Microcirculation; Hemodynamics; Cell imaging; vascular function in health and disease; diabetes, metabolic syndrome, stroke; drug discovery

Charles McKenzie

Professor / Graduate Chair / Scientist, LHRI / Scientist, CHRI

Research Interests / Specializations: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of pregnancy: development of coil arrays, pulse sequences and image reconstructions; correction of motion; Metabolic MRI of the fetus and placenta
Teaching: BIOPHYS 2500A: Introduction to Biophysics for Advancing Medicine

Ravi Menon

Professor / Scientist, RRI

Research Interests / Specializations: Development and application of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and spectroscopy (MRS) techniques, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), design of sophisticated Radio Frequency hardware to better utilize these ultra-high field magnets

Geoffrey Ng

Assistant Professor / Scientist, RRI

Research Interests / Specializations: Musculoskeletal Biomechanics, Orthopaedics, Imaging and Modelling, Computational Methods and Finite Element Simulations, In Vitro Simulations, Implant Design

Grace Parraga

Professor / Scientist, RRI

Research Interests / Specializations: COPD, Asthma, Cystic Fibrosis, Lung Cancer, respiratory system imaging

John Ronald

Associate Professor / Scientist, RRI / Associate Scientist, LHRI

Abbas Samani

Professor - Joint Appointment with Electrical & Computer Engineering / Associate Scientist, RRI

Research Interests / Specializations: Soft tissue modeling, magnetic resonance elastography, electrical impedance tomography, medical image registration, imaging of myocardial biomechanical parameters.
Teaching: MBP 3330F/BIOPHYS 9513A: Human & Animal Biomechanics, BIOPHYS 9519B: Advanced Image Processing and Analysis

Tim Scholl

Associate Professor / Scientist, RRI

Research Interests / Specializations: Hyperpolarized probes for metabolic imaging such as for characterizing and staging a tumor, and early stage treatment
Teaching: MBP 3503G: Fundamentals of Digital Imaging

David Seminowicz

Professor / Scientist, RRI

Research Interests / Specializations: Neuroscience, Imaging and Cognition Relating to Chronic Pain

Krishna Singh

Associate Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Different Mechanisms of Cardiovascular Disease
Teaching: MEDBIO 4730: Disease Biomarkers and Precision Medicine & MEDBIO 4518 Advanced Molecular Imaging

Keith St. Lawrence

Professor / Scientist, LHRI / Associate Scientist, CHRI / Associate Scientist, RRI

Research Interests / Specializations: Functional imaging, biomedical optics, magnetic resonance imaging
Teaching: MBP 3505F: Mathematical Transform Applications in Medical Biophysics, MBP 4475A/BIOPHYS 9515A: Medical Imaging

Matthew Teeter

Associate Professor / Scientist, RRI / Associate Scientist, LHRI

Research Interests / Specializations: Musculoskeletal imaging, orthopaedic implants
Teaching: BIOPHYS 9513: Scientific Communications

Aaron Ward

Associate Professor / Scientist, LHRI

Research Interests / Specializations: Medical Image Segmentation, Registration, Cancer Imaging, Image-Guided Diagnosis and Therapy
Teaching: BIOPHYS 9513: Scientific Communications, BIOPHYS 9674B: Pedagogy in Biophysics