Degree Programs Offered: Master of Science, Doctor of Philosophy

Director of Graduate Program: Professor Prabhas Moghe, Biomedical Engineering Building, Busch Campus (732-445-4500, ext. 6315)

Codirector of Graduate Program: Professor Ramsey A. Foty, Surgery, UMDNJ-RWJMS, 125 Paterson Street, CAB 7319 (732-235-7482)

Members of the Graduate Faculty

Harold Alexander, President, Orthogen, Inc.; President, Academic Research and Analysis
Biomechanics; biomaterials; orthopedic implant design

Ioannis Androulakis, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, SE; Ph.D, Purdue Bioinformatics; systems engineering

François Berthiaume, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State
Tissue, stem cell, and metabolic engineering for tissue regeneration

Nada Boustany, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bio-optics; optical imaging and microscopy

Helen M. Buettner, Professor of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Chemical and biochemical engineering; nerve regeneration

Grigore C. Burdea, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, SE; Director, Human-Machine Interface Laboratory; Ph.D., New York Medical
Robotics and virtual reality; biomechanics; rehabilitation

Li Cai, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., UMDNJ
Physiology; neural stem cell research in developing retina

Bernard Coleman, Professor of Mathematics, SE; Ph.D., Yale
Mathematical sciences; molecular, cellular, and nanosystems bioengineering

Richard J. Contrada, Associate Professor of Psychology, SAS; Ph.D., New York
Cardiovascular psychophysiology personality, identity, and self-regulation; prevention of and adaptation to chronic disease

William Craelius, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Northwestern
Cardiac and neural electrophysiology

Gary M. Drzewiecki, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Circulatory system dynamics; noninvasive hemodynamics; chaos and fractals

Michael G. Dunn, Associate Professor of Surgery, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Rutgers
Tissue engineering for tendons/ligaments; resorbable biomaterials; wound healing; biomaterials

Sandra J. England, Professor of Pediatrics, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Dartmouth
Neonatal development of respiratory control system

Bonnie Firestein, Associate Professor of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, SAS; Ph.D., California (San Diego)
Targeting of neuronal proteins

David Foran, Professor of Pathology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Rutgers
Imaging; telemedicine; bioinformatics; pattern recognition; computer-assisted diagnosis

Ramsey Foty, Assistant Professor of Surgery, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Toronto
Biophysical and biomolecular basis of prostate cancer progression to metastasis

Charles Gatt, Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery, UMDNJ-RWJMS; M.D., UMDNJ
Knee biomechanics

Panagiotis Georgopoulos, Associate Professor of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, UMDNJ-RWJMS, Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
Environmental chemical engineering; turbulent transport; reactive flows

Martin Grumet, Professor of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, SAS; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins
Stem cells and transplantation into the nervous system

Marianthi Ierapetritou, Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Northeastern
Process systems engineering; optimization

Johannes Khinast, Associate Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Graz (Austria)
Modeling; complex systems; bioreactions; catalysis

Sobin Kim, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Columbia
DNA sequencing; genotyping and haplotyping; disease gene discovery

Joachim B. Kohn, Professor of Chemistry, SAS-NB; Ph.D., Weizmann (Israel)
Interaction of living cells with artificial surfaces

John B. Kostis, Professor and Chair of Medicine, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Engineering, SE; M.D., Athens (Greece)
Cardiovascular diseases and hypertension

Eileen Kowler, Professor of Psychology, SAS; Ph.D., Maryland
Eye movements and visual information processing

Noshir A. Langrana, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Professor and Chair of Biomedical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Cornell
Spinal mechanics; fracture fixation; knee joint; kinematics

Ki-Bum Lee, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, SAS; Ph.D., Northwestern
Signaling pathways in stem cells; dynamic cell processes

Richard Lehman, Professor of Neurosurgery, UMDNJ-RWJMS; M.D., Temple
Parkinson's disease and seizure disorders

John K. Li, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Cardiovascular dynamics; biomedical instrumentation

Jianjie Ma, Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Baylor
Molecular, cellular, and nanosystems bioengineering

Anant Madabhushi, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, SE; Ph.D.,  Pennsylvania
Medical image analysis; machine learning; computer-aided diagnosis

Adrian Mann, Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Oxford (UK)
Nanotechnology; biomaterials and tissue engineering

Dimitris Metaxas, Professor of Computer Science, SAS; Ph.D., Toronto (Canada)
Computational bioengineering; biomedical imaging

Evangelia Micheli-Tzanakou, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Syracuse
Visual pattern recognition; neural networks; digital signal processing

Bozena Michniak-Kohn, Professor of Pharmaceutics, EMSP; Ph.D., Leicester (UK)
Topical and transdermal drug delivery

Prabhas V. Moghe, Professor of Biomedical, Chemical, and Biochemical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Minnesota
Matrix microarchitecture; tissue engineering; cell-biomaterials interactions

Fernando Muzzio, Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Massachusetts (Amherst)
Mixing; chaos and randomness; transport phenomena

Gary Nackman, Assistant Professor of Surgery and Director of Vascular Surgery Research, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Albany
Biomaterials and tissue engineering

Judith A. Neubauer, Professor of Medicine, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Rutgers
Neuromodulation of central neurons

Richard Nowakowski, Professor of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Harvard
Brain development; stem/progenitor cell proliferation; neurogenesis; mathematical models

Thomas V. Papathomas, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Columbia
Motion, depth, and texture perception; visual pattern recognition

John R. Parsons, Professor of Orthopaedics, UMDNJ-NJMS; Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Biomechanics; biomaterials; orthopedic implant design; articular cartilage injury

Richard Riman, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Massachusetts
Hydrothermal synthesis

Charles M. Roth, Associate Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Delaware
Molecular bioengineering; inflammatory diseases; applied bioinformatics

Alvin J. Salkind, Professor of Surgery/Bioengineering, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Professor of Biomedical Engineering, SE; D.Ch.E., Polytechnic Institute of New York
Physiological sensors and stimulators; pacemakers; catheters

John Semmlow, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, SE; Professor of Surgery, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Illinois
Neural control of eye movements; noninvasive detection of coronary artery disease

Troy Shinbrot, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Maryland
Computational bioengineering; biomedical imaging

George K. Shoane, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Visual control models; early visual processing; machine vision applications

David I. Shreiber, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Tissue engineering; injury biomechanics; nerve regeneration

Frederick H. Silver, Professor of Pathology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Biomaterials; connective tissue structure and mechanics

Patrick J. Sinko, Chairperson and Professor of Pharmaceutics, EMSP; Ph.D., Michigan
Biopharmaceutics; intestinal absorption mechanism; peptide drug analogs and anti-HIV drug metabolism

Jay A. Tischfield, Professor of Genetics, SAS; Ph.D., Yale
Genetics and genomics

Maria Silvina Tomassone, Associate Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Northeastern
Interfacial phenomena; spreading; surfactant dynamics; nanoparticle dynamics

Kathryn Uhrich, Professor of Chemistry, SAS; Ph.D., Cornell
Biopolymer synthesis

Joseph Wilder, Research Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Human visual perception

Martin Yarmush, Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Rockefeller; M.D., Yale
Tissue engineering; metabolic engineering; genomics and proteomics; stem cell bioengineering

Associate Members of the Graduate Faculty

Glenn Amatucci, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Rutgers
Energy storage devices and materials; microbatteries; nanomaterials

Helen Berman, Professor of Chemistry, SAS; Ph.D., Pittsburgh
Nucleic acid protein structure; crystallography; biological data

Robert E. Brolin, Professor of Surgery, UMDNJ-RWJMS; M.D., Michigan
Intestinal ischemic disease; morbid obesity

Laura Fabris, Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, SOE/IAMDN; Ph.D., Padova (Italy)
Hybrid nanomaterials for optics and electronics; bioconjugated nanomaterials for imaging; biosensing and drug delivery

Shridar Ganesan, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, UMDNJ-RWJMS/CINJ; Ph.D., Yale
DNA repair; chromatin structure; breast cancer biology

Marc R. Gartenberg, Associate Professor of Pharmacology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Yale
Nuclear organization of DNA; chromosome structure; yeast plasmid segregation

Charalampos Kalodimos, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, SAS; Ph.D., Ioannina  and Curie Institute (Greece and France)
Protein-protein and protein-DNA interactions; biomolecular NMR spectroscopy

Doyle D. Knight, Mary Raisler Distinguished Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SE; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
Compressible fluid mechanics; turbulence; computational fluid dynamics; automated optimal design; high-performance computing; aerodynamics

Casimir A. Kulikowski, Professor of Computer Science, SAS; Ph.D., Hawaii
Artificial Inteligence; pattern recognition; imaging; biomedical applications

Paul Takhistov, Associate Professor of Food Science, SEBS; Ph.D., USSR Academy of Science
Nonthermal food processing; biofilms; biosensors; nanotechnology

Lin Yang, Assistant Professor of Radiology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Rutgers
Medical image analysis, computer vision and machine learning

Adjunct Member of the Graduate Faculty

Carey Glass, President, CG Medical; B.S., New York
Prosthetic materials and devices