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James B. Bassingthwaighte, Professor Adjunct with Biomathematics and Radiology Lab Homepage
		PhD (physiology), Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, 1964 MD, University of Toronto, 1955 Thrust Areas: Computational and Integrative Bioengineering Medical Imaging and Image-Guided Therapy Research: Cardiovascular mass transport; cardiac metabolism; PET imaging; fractal physiology; physiome project; large scale systems modeling and analysis
Foege N210G • 355061 • (206) 685-2012 jbb2@u.washington.edu

Kirk W. Beach, Emeritus Research Professor
		PhD (chemical engineering), UC Berkeley, 1971 Thrust Areas: Distributed Diagnostics and Home Healthcare Research: Vascular Diagnostics and Physiology, Ultrasound Instrumentation, Epidemiology of Vascular Disease and Vascular Therapies, Atherosclerotic plaque characterization, Detection of coronary artery stenosis. Detection and monitoring of neovascularization in cancerous tumors, Monitoring of placental perfusion, monitoring of brain perfusion.
Foege • 355061 • (206) 598-9762 kwbeach@u.washington.edu

James D. Bryers, Professor Adjunct with Chemical Engineering Lab Homepage
		PhD (chemical engineering), Rice University, 1980 Thrust Areas: Engineered Biomaterials and Tissue Bioengineering Molecular Bioengineering and Nanotechnology Research: Bacterial adhesion; bacterial biofilm; biomaterials that heal while preventing bacterial infection; plasmid retention, expression, and transfer within biofilm communities; gene delivery
Foege N310C • 355061 • (206) 221-5876 jbryers@u.washington.edu

David G. Castner, Professor Joint with Chemical Engineering Lab Homepage
		PhD (physical chemistry), University of California Berkeley, 1979 BS (chemistry), Oregon State University, 1975 Thrust Area: Engineered Biomaterials and Tissue Bioengineering Research: Surface analysis; surface modification; biomaterials
Foege N310G • 355061 • (206) 543-8094, 685-1229 castner@nb.engr.washington.edu

Eric H. Chudler, Research Associate Professor
		PhD (psychology), University of Washington, 1985 BS (psychobiology), University of California, Los Angeles, 1980 Thrust Area: Engineered Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Research: Parkinson’s disease, pain, science education and outreach
Foege N361 • 355061 • (206) 616-6899 chudler@u.washington.edu

Lawrence Crum, Research Professor Lab Homepage
		PhD (physics), University of Ohio, 1967 MS (physics), University of Ohio, 1965 BS (mathematics), University of Ohio, 1963 Thrust Area: Medical Imaging and Image-Guided Therapy Research: Acoustic hemostasis; HIFU therapy; ultrasound-enhanced drug delivery; extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy; sonoluminescence
OCE 208 • 355640 • (206) 685-8622 lac@apl.washington.edu

Valerie Daggett, Professor Lab Homepage
		PhD (pharmaceutical chemistry), University of California, San Francisco, 1990 BA (chemistry), Reed College, 1983 Thrust Area: Computational and Integrative Bioengineering Molecular Bioengineering and Nanotechnology Research: Protein Folding; Dynameomics/Bioinformatics; Extremophile Proteins; Protein Modulators; Protein Development and Design; Unfolding Diseases; Protein Complexes; Membrane Proteins; Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms
Foege N310B • 355061 • (206) 685-7420, 685-1510 daggett@u.washington.edu

Albert Folch, Associate Professor Adjunct with Mechanical Engineering Lab Homepage
		PhD (surface science and nanotechnology), University of Barcelona, Spain, 1994 BS (physics), University of Barcelona, Spain, 1989 Thrust Areas: Distributed Diagnosis and Home Healthcare Engineered Biomaterials and Tissue Bioengineering Molecular Bioengineering and Nanotechnology Research: Miniature cell culture tools for quantitative neurobiology studies, with a focus on axon guidance and synaptogenesis; BioMEMS
Foege N430N • 355061 • (206) 685-2257 afolch@u.washington.edu

Lara Gamble, Research Assistant Professor Lab Homepage
		PhD (physical chemistry), University of Washington, 1996 BA (chemistry), University of California, Santa Cruz, 1990 Thrust Area: Engineered Biomaterials and Tissue Bioengineering Research: Surface analysis; surface modification; biomaterials; microarray chemistry
BNS 239 • 351750 • (206) 616-4173 gamble@nb.engr.washington.edu

Xiaohu Gao, Assistant Professor Lab Homepage
		PhD (chemistry) Indiana University, Bloomington, 2004 BS Nankai University, China, 1998 Thrust Areas: Molecular Bioengineering and Nanotechnology Medical Imaging and Image-Guided Therapy Research: Engineered nanostructures for detection; analysis and treatment of human diseases; cardiovascular diseases; infectious diseases; neurological diseases
Foege N530M • 355061 • (206) 543-6562 xgao@u.washington.edu

Cecilia Giachelli, Professor
		PhD (pharmacology), University of Washington, 1987 BS (biochemistry), University of California Davis, 1982 Thrust Areas: Engineered Biomaterials and Tissue Bioengineering Molecular Bioengineering and Nanotechnology Research: Tissue engineering; calcification; cell-material interactions; foreign body response; ectopic calcification
Foege N330L • 355061 • (206) 543-0205 ceci@u.washington.edu

Allan S. Hoffman, Professor Adjunct with Chemical Engineering
		ScD (chemical engineering), MIT, 1957 MS (chemical engineering), MIT, 1955 BS (chemical engineering), MIT, 1953 Thrust Areas: Engineered Biomaterials and Tissue Bioengineering Molecular Bioengineering and Nanotechnology Research: Smart polymer bioconjugates; hydrogels; drug delivery; polymer surfaces
Foege N530R • 355061 • (206) 543-9423 hoffman@u.washington.edu

Thomas A. Horbett, Professor Joint with Chemical Engineering
		PhD (biochemistry), University of Washington, 1970 Thrust Area: Engineered Biomaterials and Tissue Bioengineering Research: Interaction of cells and proteins with foreign materials; anti-thrombotic peptide; antibiotic delivery
Foege N310H • 355061 • (206) 685-1392, 543-2250 thomas.horbett@gmail.com

Lee Huntsman, Professor and UW President Emeritus
		PhD (biomedical engineering), University of Pennsylvania, 1968 Research: Mechanics of heart and heart muscle; cardiovascular system assessment; new measurement techniques (research program currently inactive)
Foege N430R • 355061 • (206) 543-5333 huntsman@u.washington.edu

Yongmin Kim, Professor Joint with Electrical Engineering Adjunct with Radiology and Computer Science & Engineering Lab Homepage
		PhD (electrical engineering), University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1982 MS (electrical engineering), University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1979 BS (electronics engineering), Seoul National University, Korea, 1975 Thrust Areas: Medical Imaging and Image-Guided Therapy Distributed Diagnosis and Home Healthcare Research: Medical imaging and computing; multimodality imaging; multimedia systems; computer architecture; modeling and instrumentation
Foege N510G • (206) 685-2271 ykim@u.washington.edu

Martin J. Kushmerick, Professor Joint with Radiology and Physiology & Biophysics
		PhD (molecular biology), University of Pennsylvania, 1966 MD University of Pennsylvania, 1963 Thrust Areas: Medical Imaging and Image-Guided Therapy Computational and Integrative Bioengineering Research: NMR spectroscopy of tissues; muscle biophysics
HSB AA-010 • 357115 • (206) 543-3762, 543-3037 kushmeri@u.washington.edu

Henry C. Lai, Research Professor
		PhD (psychology), University of Washington, 1978 Thrust Area: Medical Imaging and Image-Guided Therapy Research: Biological effects of electromagnetic fields; cancer treatment using artemisinin and synthetic compounds
Foege N251A • 355061 • (206) 543-1071 hlai@u.washington.edu

Xingde Li, Associate Professor
		PhD (physics), University of Pennsylvania, 1998 BS (physics), University of Science and Technology of China, 1990 Thrust Areas: Medical Imaging and Image-Guided Therapy Distributed Diagnosis and Home Healthcare Research: Optically-based, non-invasive imaging; spectroscopic techniques and their applications in biomedicine
Foege N430M • 355061 • (206) 616-4853, 543-6442 xingde@u.washington.edu

Donald Martyn, Research Professor
		PhD (biology), University of Southern California, 1975 BS (biology), Pacific Lutheran University, 1969 Thrust Area: Molecular Bioengineering and Nanotechnology Research: Molecular regulation and mechano-chemistry of contraction in skeletal and cardiac muscle
Foege N310E • 355061 • (206) 543-4478, 543-0834 dmartyn@u.washington.edu

Charles E. Murry, Professor Joint with Pathology Lab Homepage
		PhD in Pathology, Duke University, 1988 MD, Duke University, 1989 Thrust Area: Engineered Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Research: Myocardial infarction; stem cells; tissue repair and regeneration; tissue engineering; angiogenesis
815 Mercer, Rm 453 • 358050 • (206) 616-8685 • Fax 897-1540 murry@u.washington.edu

Matthew O'Donnell, Dean, College of Engineering, Professor
		PhD (Solid State Physics), University of Notre Dame, 1976 BS (Physics), University of Notre Dame, 1972 Thrust Area: Medical Imaging and Image-Guided Therapy Research: Exploring new imaging modalities in biomedicine, including elasticity imaging, in vivo microscopy, optoacoustic arrays, optoacoustic contrast agents for molecular imaging and therapy, thermal strain imaging, and catheter based devices.
Loew Hall 371 •352180• (206) 543-1829 • Fax 616-0666 odonnel@engr.washington.edu

Gerald H. Pollack, Professor
		PhD (bioengineering), University of Pennsylvania, 1968 Thrust Area: Molecular Bioengineering and Nanotechnology Research: Molecular basis of biological motion; optical image processing; novel instrumentation
Foege N310B • 355061 • (206) 685-1880 ghp@u.washington.edu

Suzie Pun, Assistant Professor Lab Homepage
		PhD (chemical engineering), California Institute of Technology, 2000 MS (chemical engineering), California Institute of Technology, 1998 BS (chemical engineering), Stanford University, 1996 Thrust Areas: Engineered Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Molecular Bioengineering and Nanotechnology Research: Macromolecule transport; non-viral gene delivery; intracellular trafficking
Foege N530P • 355061 • (206) 685-3488 spun@u.washington.edu

Buddy D. Ratner, Professor Joint with Chemical Engineering Director, University of Washington Engineered Biomaterials (UWEB)
		PhD (polymer chemistry), Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, 1972 Thrust Areas: Engineered Biomaterials and Tissue Bioengineering Molecular Bioengineering and Nanotechnology Research: Synthesis and characterization of polymeric biomaterials; surface analysis by ESCA, SIMS, STM, FTIR-ATR, AFM; plasma deposition of thin films
Foege N330J • 355061 • (206) 685-1005, 685-0676 ratner@uweb.engr.washington.edu

Daniel M. Ratner, Assistant Professor Lab Homepage
		PhD (Chemistry), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004 BA (Chemistry), Pomona College, 1999 Thrust Areas: Engineered Biomaterials and Tissue Bioengineering Molecular Bioengineering and Nanotechnology Research: Glycotechnology; modification of surfaces with glycans; carbohydrate mediated host-pathogen interactions; glycoproteomics
Foege N210D • 355061 • (206) 685-2840 dratner@u.washington.edu

Michael Regnier, Associate Professor & Vice Chair Lab Homepage
		PhD (biology-neurobiology), University of Southern California, 1991 MS (exercise physiology), Portland State University, 1983 BA (history) and B.A. (political science), PSU, 1980 Thrust Areas: Molecular Bioengineering and Nanotechnology Computational and Integrative Bioengineering Research: Molecular mechanisms of regulation and chemo-mechanics in heart and skeletal muscle; computational biophysical models; experimental models of cardiac repair
Foege N310F • 355061 • (206) 616-4325, 221-5763 mregnier@u.washington.edu

Jay Rubinstein, Professor Director, Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center
		PhD (bioengineering), University of Washington, 1988 MD University of Washington, 1987 Thrust Area: Computational and Integrative Bioengineering Research: Computational biophysics; clinical and basic electrophysiology; human psychophysics; clinical trials of new cochlear implant technology
CHDD 176 • 357923 • (206) 616-6655 rubinj@u.washington.edu

Joan E. Sanders, Associate Professor Adjunct with Rehabilitation Medicine and Mechanical Engineering Lab Homepage
		PhD (bioengineering), University of Washington, 1991 MS (mechanical engineering), Northwestern University, 1985 BS (mechanical engineering), Stanford University, 1983 Thrust Area: Engineered Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Research: Tissue engineering for cardiac applications; design of novel fiber-porous biomaterials; skin adaptation to mechanical stress; prosthetic engineering
Foege N430J • 355061 • (206) 221-5872, 685-8296 jsanders@u.washington.edu

Herbert Sauro, Associate Professor Lab Homepage
		PhD (computational biochemistry), Oxford Brooks University, United Kingdom,1986 MSc (biological computation), University of York, York, UK, 1982 BSc honors (biochemistry/microbiology), University of Kent, Canterbury, UK, 1981 Thrust Area: Computational and Integrative Bioengineering Research: Metabolic and signal transduction networks, simulation, non-linear dynamics, control analysis, software development.
Foege N210E • 355061 • 206-685-2119 hsauro@u.washington.edu

Marta Scatena, Research Assistant Professor
		PhD (cell biology), University of Padova, Italy, 1992 Thrust Area: Engineered Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Research: Biomaterials; wound healing; angiogenesis; tissue engineering
Foege N310D • 355061 • (206) 543-5789 mscatena@u.washington.edu

Narendra P. Singh, Research Associate Professor
		MS (surgery), King George’s Medical College, India, 1976 MBBS (medicine & surgery), King George’s Medical College, India, 1972 BS Meerut University, India, 1967 Research: DNA damage/repair; apoptosis; aging and cancer
Foege N233B • 355061 • (206) 685-2060 narendra@u.washington.edu

Yanfeng (Mei) Speer, Research Assistant Professor
		PhD (biochemistry), University of Helsinki, Finland, 1999 Master of Medicine, Tongji Medical University, China, 1990 Thrust Area: Engineered Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Molecular Bioengineering and Nanotechnology Research: Ectopic calcification; cell differentiation and phenotype modulation; gene targeting; tissue engineering
Foege N330R • 355061 • (206) 543-3983 yfwang@u.washington.edu

Patrick S. Stayton, Professor Lab Homepage
		PhD (biochemistry), University of Illinois-Champaign, 1989 Thrust Areas: Engineered Biomaterials and Tissue Bioengineering Molecular Bioengineering and Nanotechnology Research: Protein engineering; biomaterials; drug delivery; biomineralization
Foege N530L • 355061 • (206) 685-8148, 685-0163 stayton@u.washington.edu

Wendy E. Thomas, Assistant Professor Lab Homepage
		PhD (bioengineering), University of Washington, 2003 BA (molecular biology), Princeton University, 1987 Thrust Areas: Molecular Bioengineering and Nanotechnology Computational and Integrative Bioengineering Engineered Biomaterials and Tissue Bioengineering Research: Shear stress enhancing bacterial adhesion
Foege N430P • 355061 • (206) 616-3947 wendyt@u.washington.edu

Shahram Vaezy, Associate Professor Lab Homepage
		PhD (bioengineering), University of Washington, 1991 BS (electrical engineering), University of Washington, 1986 Thrust Area: Medical Imaging and Image-Guided Therapy Research: Therapeutic ultrasound (HIFU) to control hemostasis, uterine fibroids, and liver bleeding
Foege N430L • 355061 • (206) 543-8533 adasi@u.washington.edu

Pedro Verdugo, Professor Adjunct with Biostructure, Medicine, and Oral Biology Lab Homepage
		MD State University of Chile, 1965 Thrust Area: Molecular Bioengineering and Nanotechnology Research: Microrheology and control of ciliary and flagellar motion; polymer physics of mucin secretion; instrumentation in dynamic laser scattering spectroscopy
Foege N310A • 355061 • (206) 543-5994, 685-2003 verdugo@u.washington.edu

Paolo Vicini, Associate Professor Lab Homepage
		PhD (bioengineering), Polytechnic of Milano, Italy, 1996 LE (electrical engineering), University of Padova, Italy, 1992 Thrust Area: Computational and Integrative Bioengineering Research: Structural and statistical modeling of biological systems; pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics; glucose and insulin metabolism; parameter estimation and input reconstruction methods
Foege N410G • 355061 • (206) 616-1133 vicini@u.washington.edu

Paul Yager, Professor & Acting Chair Adjunct with Chemical Engineering and Chemistry Lab Homepage
		PhD (chemistry), University of Oregon, 1980 AB (biochemistry), Princeton University, 1975 Thrust Area: Distributed Diagnosis and Home Healthcare Research: Microfluidic devices for chemical and biochemical measurement and analysis; point-of-care diagnostic instruments; biophysics of self-organizing systems, particularly lipid systems
Foege N530J or N107E • 355061 • (206) 543-6126, 685-2002 yagerp@u.washington.edu

Emeritus/Retired Faculty