Faculty: The Fischell Department of Bioengineering
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Our faculty can be mailed c/o the department at the following address:
Fischell Department of Bioengineering
Room 2330 Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building (Bldg. #225)
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
Department Chair
William E. Bentley
Robert E. Fischell Distinguished Professor
Joint, Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research (IBBR)
Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder, 1989
Room 2330 Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building
E-mail: bentley@umd.edu
Phone: (301) 405-4321
Fax: (301) 405-9953
Research Interests: Biomolecular and metabolic engineering; cell-cell communication; heterologous protein expression; device/bio interfaces. Lab Description » | Homepage » | IBBR Homepage » | Web Site »
Regular Faculty
Aranda-Espinoza, Helim
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Universidad de San Luis Potosi, Mexico, 1998
Room 3138 Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building
E-mail: helim@umd.edu
Phone: (301) 405-8250
Research Interests: Chemical and biological engineering, soft condensed matter, biomechanics and biopolymers. Lab Description » | Web Site »
Bryan, Philip
Professor
Joint, Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research (IBBR)
Ph.D., University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1979
9600 Gudelsky Drive Room B206
Rockville, MD 20850
E-mail: pbryan@umd.edu
Phone: (240) 314-6220
Research Interests: Structural biology; use of genetic, biochemical and biophysical methods to study protein folding and stability. Lab Description » | Homepage » | IBBR Homepage »
Chen, Yu
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 2003
Room 2218 Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building
E-mail: yuchen@umd.edu
Phone: (301) 405-3439
Fax: (301) 314-9953
Research Interests: Biomedical optical imaging, optical coherence tomography (OCT), optical coherence microscopy (OCM), diffuse optical spectroscopy and imaging, molecular imaging, early cancer diagnosis, neuroimaging. Lab Description » | Homepage »
Eisenstein, Edward
Associate Professor
Joint, Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research (IBBR)
Ph.D., Georgetown University, 1985
9600 Gudelsky Drive Room A231
Rockville, MD 20850
E-mail: eisenste@umd.edu
Phone: (240) 314-6244
Research Interests: Biophysics; molecular interactions; gene-metabolite relationships in medicinal plants; molecular basis for plant disease resistance; plant metabolic engineering for improved biofuel production. Lab Description » | Homepage » | IBBR Homepage »
Fisher, John
Professor and Associate Chair
Director, Graduate Studies
Ph.D., Rice University, 2003
Room 3238 Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building
E-mail: jpfisher@umd.edu
Phone: (301) 405-7475
Research Interests: Biomedical engineering; synthesis of novel hydrolytically degradable, implantable polymers; study and use of biomaterials for the delivery of therapeutics, scaffolds for orthopaedic tissue engineering applications; interaction of biomaterials and tissues. Lab Description » | Web Site »
Herold, Keith
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Ohio State University, 1985
Room 3236 Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building
E-mail: herold@umd.edu
Phone: (301) 405-5268
Fax: (301) 405-9953
Research Interests: BioMEMS, microfluidic systems for bioanalytical assays, heat and mass transfer in bioengineering. Lab Description » | Homepage »
Hsieh, Adam
Associate Professor and Associate Chair
Director, Undergraduate Studies
Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, 2000
Room 3242 Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building
E-mail: hsieh@umd.edu
Phone: (301) 405-7397
Fax: (301) 314-6868
Research Interests: Orthopaedic biomechanics; soft tissue mechanobiology; mechanisms of intervertebral disc degeneration; mechanobiologic strategies for developing spatially-complex tissue engineered constructs. Lab Description » | Homepage »
Jay, Steven M.
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Yale University, 2009
Office location to be determined.
E-mail: smjay@umd.edu
Phone: To be determined.
Research Interests:vascular biology and bioengineering, therapeutic vascularization, drug delivery, tissue engineering, exosomal nanotechnology, protein engineering, clinical translation. Lab Description » | Homepage » | Web Site »
Professor Jay will join us on campus in June 2013.
Jewell, Christopher M.
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin–Madison, 2008
Room 2212 Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building
E-mail: cmjewell@umd.edu
Phone: (301) 405-9628
Research Interests: Vaccine design and immunotherapy, biomaterial interactions with the immune system, autoimmunity, polyelectrolyte multilayers, nanotechnology, polymer and lipid-based drugs. Lab Description » | Homepage » | Web Site »
Professor Jewell is currently seeking outstanding scientists interested in applying engineering principles and biomaterials to challenges facing immunology and medicine. Postdoctoral researchers and graduate students interested in joining his research group are encouraged to contact him by e-mail at cmjewell@umd.edu.
Kofinas, Peter
Professor
Keystone Professor
Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs/Graduate Programs
Ph.D., M.I.T., 1994
Room 1120 Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building
E-mail: kofinas@umd.edu
Phone: (301) 405-7335
Fax: (301) 405-0523
Research Interests: Biomimetic recognition of viruses using molecularly imprinted polymers, protein and virus recognition using block copolymer patterns, self-assembled nanoarchitectures for flexible, high energy density supercapacitors and batteries, and functional nano-structured polymers. Lab Description » | Homepage » | Web Site »
Matysiak, Silvina
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Rice University, 2007
Room 2230
Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building
E-mail: matysiak@umd.edu
Phone: (301) 405-0313
Research Interests: Protein folding, misfolding and aggregation; allosteric regulation of proteins; biological transport; biomolecular recognition; role of water in biology; and multiscale simulation methods. Lab Description » | Homepage » | Web Site »
Montas, Hubert
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Purdue University, 1996
Room 1453 Animal Science/
Agricultural Engineering Building
E-mail: montas@umd.edu
Phone: (301) 405-1196
Research Interests: Bioenvironmental and water resources engineering; numerical methods in environmental biodynamics, transport modeling, information and decision support systems. Lab Description » | Homepage »
Muro, Silvia
Associate Professor
Joint, Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research (IBBR)
Ph.D., Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain, 1999
Room 6124 Plant Sciences Building
E-mail: muro@umd.edu
Phone: (301) 405-4777
Fax: (301) 314-9075
Research Interests: Mechanisms of endocytic vesicular transport: their role in physiology and disease, and their translational application for the controlled delivery of nano-scale therapeutics to precise targets at the sub-cellular level. Lab Description » | Homepage » | IBBR Homepage »
Payne, Gregory
Professor
Joint, Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research (IBBR)
Ph.D., The University of Michigan, 1984
Room 5115 Plant Sciences Building
E-mail: gpayne@umd.edu
Phone: (301) 405-8389
Fax: (301) 314-9075
Research Interests: Nanobiotechnology, biofabrication, chitosan, tyrosinase, transglutaminase, stimuli-responsive polymers, electrodeposition, soft tissue adhesives, biomimetic materials, renewable resources. Lab Description » | Homepage » | IBBR Homepage »
Shapiro, Ben
Professor
Joint appointment with Institute for Systems Research (ISR)
Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 1999
Room 2246 Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building
E-mail: benshap@umd.edu
Phone: (301) 405-4191
Research Interests: Research control of micro-scale systems, fluid dynamics, and biochemicals. Lab Description » | Web Site »
Tao, Yang
Professor
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 1991. P.E.
Room 1427 Animal Science/Agricultural Engineering Building
E-mail: ytao@umd.edu
Phone: (301) 405-1189
Research Interests: Bioengineering, bioimaging, machine vision, food-processing engineering safety, food safety and quality, biomaterial inspection, sensors and bioinstrumentation, robotics, and automation. Lab Description » | Web Site »
White, Ian
Assistant Professor
Affiliate, Institute for Systems Research
Affiliate, Chemical Physics Program
Affiliate, Maryland Pathogen Research Institute
Member, Maryland Nanocenter
Ph.D., Stanford University, 2002
Room 2216 Kim Engineering Building
E-mail: ianwhite@umd.edu
Phone: (301) 405-6230
Fax: (301) 405-9953
Research Interests: Disease detection, optical biosensors, ring resonators, SERS, lab-on-a-chip. Lab Description » | Homepage » | Web Site »
Lecturers
Villanueva, Idalis
Lecturer
Ph.D., University of Colorado—Boulder, 2009
Room 3234 Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building
E-mail: ivillanu@umd.edu
Phone:
(301) 405-9585
Research Interests:Engineering education with a focus in universal course design in bioengineering and energy. Homepage »
Emeritus Faculty
Johnson, Arthur T.
Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., Cornell University, 1969
Room 1429 Animal Science/
Agricultural Engineering Building
E-mail: artjohns@umd.edu
Phone: (301) 405-1184
Fax: (301) 314-9023
Research Interests: Bioengineering, instrumentation, transport processes, modeling, exercise physiology and respiratory stress. Lab Description » | Web Site »
Professors of the Practice
Deutsch, Robert W., Ph.D., P.E.
Professor of the Practice
Member, National Academy of Engineering
Founder, RWD Technologies
Founder, Robert W. Deutsch Foundation
Research Interests: Nuclear science and engineering, technology training and performance optimization; supporter of nano-biotechnology initiatives. RWD Technologies site » | Robert W. Deutsch Foundation site »
Fischell, Robert E.
Professor of the Practice
Member, National Academy of Engineering
Holder of over 200 U.S. patents
M.S. '53, Physics; Honorary Ph.D. '96
Chairman, Fischell Biomedical, LLC
Chairman, Angel Medical Systems, Inc.
Research Interests: Biomedical devices.
Meet the Fischells » |
Angel Medical Systems site »
Inoue, Hiroshi
Professor of the Practice
Senior Fellow, Canon U.S.A. and Canon U.S. Life Sciences (2010-present)
Founder, President and CTO of Canon U.S. Life Sciences (2004-2010)
Holder of 348 U.S./PTC/Japan patents
Room 6126 Plant Sciences Building
E-mail: hinoue@umd.edu
Phone: (301) 405-9864
Fax: (301) 314-9174
Research Interests: Molecular diagnostics, microfluidics, system
architecture. Homepage » | Canon U.S. Life Sciences site »
