Research Personnel

The Orthopaedic Mechanobiology Lab thrives on interactions among researchers with a variety of backgrounds. Lab members hail from both the life sciences and engineering disciplines. In addition, some of our affiliated faculty have significant clinical responsibilities. This allows our basic scientists to gain valuable insight from the work performed in the clinical setting.

The lab's core group consists of staff and students listed below.  In addition, we have faculty, staff, and students working on projects peripheral to the core research interests of the lab:
Orthopaedic Biomechanics Group
Cardiovascular Soft Tissue Mechanics Group

Lab "Alums"

Current OrthoMechLab Members:

Faculty

• Adam H. Hsieh, Ph.D.

Research Staff

• Hyunchul Kim, M.S.

Ph.D. Students

• David Hwang, B.S.
• Michael Morschauser, M.S.
• Anshu Rastogi, B.S.
• Danial Shahmirzadi, M.S.

M.S. Students

• Alvin Yew , B.S.

Undergraduate Students

• Magda Benavides (2007)
• Synthia Mariadhas (2010)
• Ryan Schmidt (2008)

The core group actively collaborates with:

• Hamid Ghandehari, Ph.D. (Pharmacy/Bioengineering)
• Thorsten Kirsch, Ph.D. (Orthopaedics)
• Robert V. O'Toole, M.D. (Shock Trauma/Orthopaedics)
• Greg Payne, Ph.D. (UMBI)
• Vincent Pellegrini Jr., M.D. (Orthopaedics)
• Joseph Stains, Ph.D. (Orthopaedics)
• Miao Yu, Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering)