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Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials

Core Faculty


Joseph L. Bull, Ph.D.
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering

2204 Lurie Biomedical Engineering
1101 Beal Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2110

Phone: (734) 647-5395
Fax: (734) 936-1905
Email: joebull@umich.edu
Website: biotransport.engin.umich.edu/


More Info: Professor Bull's research group, the Biotransport Research Lab, is focused on fundamental and applied aspects of biological flow and transport, primarily in the cardiovascular and pulmonary systems and related biomedical devices. Research areas include using gas bubbles to selectively block blood flow or deliver drugs to tumors; biological micro- and nano-fluidic devices for therapy and diagnostics; artificial lungs; liquid ventilation; vascular mechanics to inform and guide clinical treatment of aneurysms and dissections; and fluid mechanics of soft tissue, with applications to diabetes and electrosurgical instrumentation.


Research Areas: Biomechanics, Artificial Organs, Bio-MEMS and Microfluidics, Bio-Nanotechnology, Biofluids.


Rhima Coleman
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering

2224 Lurie Biomedical Engineering
1101 Beal Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2110

Phone: (734) 764-7740
Email: rhimacol@umich.edu
Website: www.bme.umich.edu/labs/colemanlab/


More Info: Articular cartilage lines the surface of long bones in joints and facilitates joint motion with a nearly frictionless surface that allows the bones to slide against one another. Traumatic cartilage injuries have a limited capacity to heal without medical intervention and can result in debilitating diseases, such as osteoarthritis, which are marked loss of mobility of the affected joint. Tissue engineering is a viable treatment option to repair these injuries. Development of a functional replacement for cartilage ultimately involves manipulating cell behavior so that the correct extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins are assembled and maintained at physiologic ratios and distributions to produce a biological tissue that closely matches native cartilage in its load bearing capacity. My research is focused on investigation 2 key areas of manipulating cell behavior for cartilage tissue regeneration: 1) genetic reprogramming of cells; and 2) cell-matrix interactions.


Research Areas: Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine.


Cheri X. Deng, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering

2111 Carl A. Gerstacker Building
2200 Bonisteel Boulevard
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2099

Phone: (734) 936-2855
Email: cxdeng@umich.edu
Website: sitemaker.umich.edu/denglab


More Info: Professor Deng's lab focuses on research and development in the field of biomedical ultrasound. The objective of the lab is to obtain improved understanding of the processes and mechanism involved in ultrasound interaction with biological systems for the purpose of developing efficient techniques for diagnosis and treatment of human diseases. Specific research projects include ultrasound mediated drug and gene delivery for cancer treatment and gene therapy, high intensity focus ultrasound ablation of cardiac arrhythmias such as atrial fibrillation, as well as quantitative ultrasound imaging for improved pancreatic cancer detection.


Research Areas: Biomedical Imaging, Biomedical Ultrasonics and Image-Guided Therapy, Drug Delivery and Therapeutics.


Mohamed E.H. El-Sayed, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering

2150 Lurie Biomedical Engineering
1101 Beal Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2110

Phone: (734) 615-9404
Fax: (734) 647-4834
Email: melsayed@umich.edu
Website: www.bme.umich.edu/centlab.php


More Info: Professor El-Sayed's research program at the Cellular Engineering & Nano-Therapeutics Laboratory focuses on the development of sophisticated drug delivery systems that enhance the therapeutic activity of the incorporated drug molecules while eliminating or minimizing their potential side effects by selectively targeting the diseased tissue with cellular and sub-cellular accuracy. To achieve this goal, his lab designs and synthesizes novel polymeric carriers that can effectively shuttle anticancer, antiviral, and nucleic acid drugs to the desired therapeutic targets. One example of Dr. El-Sayed's research projects involves the development of nano-sized polymer-anticancer drug conjugates that can selectively accumulate and release the loaded drug into hepatic cancer cells, which is a novel and promising approach for treatment of primary liver cancer. Another example involves the formulation of "smart" particles that can successfully shuttle large doses of nucleic acid drugs into breast cancer cells to "silence" the expression of faulty genes and trigger cancer cell death.


Research Areas: Bio-Nanotechnology, Biomaterials, Drug Delivery and Therapeutics.


James B. Grotberg, Ph.D., M.D.
Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Professor, Surgery

2123 Carl A. Gerstacker Building
2200 Bonisteel Boulevard
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2099

Phone: (734) 936-3834
Fax: (734) 936-1905
Email: grotberg@umich.edu
Website: biofluids.engin.umich.edu


More Info: Dr. Grotberg's research group, the Biofluid Mechanics Research Laboratory, is dedicated to several aspects of respiratory and cardiovascular function, diseases, diagnostics, and therapies. Current and recent topics include lung airway dynamics in asthma and emphysema, surfactant and drug delivery to the lung of adults with cystic fibrosis as well as to prematurely born neonates, lung tissue interactions and damage from two phase flow in airways, development of an artificial implantable lung as well as an artificial placenta. Members of the lab are engaged in both experimentation and mathematical theory, and we collaborate with clinical investigators.


Research Areas: Biomechanics, Artificial Organs, Biofluids.


Scott Hollister, Ph.D.
Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor, Surgery
Professor, Mechanical Engineering

2214 Lurie Biomedical Engineering
1101 Beal Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2110

Phone: (734) 647-9962
Fax: (734) 936-1905
Email: scottho@umich.edu


More Info: Professor Hollister's research group, the Scaffold Tissue Engineering Group (STEG), develops biomaterial platform systems (termed scaffolds) for tissue reconstruction. The STEG specifically focuses on the computational design, manufacturing and pre-clinical testing of degradable scaffold material systems. These system can be used to deliver stem cells, genes and proteins to regenerate tissue defects resulting from disease (for instance due to tumor resection), trauma, or abnormal development. Specific clinical applications include spine fusion and disc repair, craniomaxillofacial (CMF) reconstruction, orthopaedic trauma and joint reconstruction, and cardiovascular reconstruction. STEG patented technology was recently used to found the spin-off company Tissue Regeneration Systems, Inc. (TRS) that focuses on commercializing these degradable material systems as structural biologic delivery devices.


Research Areas: Biomechanics, Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine.


Daryl R. Kipke, Ph.D.
Professor, Biomedical Engineering

2212 Lurie Biomedical Engineering
1101 Beal Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2110

Phone: (734) 764-3716
Fax: (734) 936-2116
Email: dkipke@umich.edu
Website: sitemaker.umich.edu/daryl.kipke


More Info: Professor Kipke and his research group, the Neural Engineering Lab (http://nelab.engin.umich.edu), is an internationally recognized research program centered on basic and applied research on neural interface technologies to advance the treatment of neurological disorders. Activities are focused on the development of microscale neural implants, neuroprostheses, and neural biomaterials, as well as a thorough understanding of biochemical and cellular events that occur when these devices are implanted in the body. The long-term goal is to develop neural devices for life-long function in the treatment of injury (such as paralysis) and diseases (such as Parkinson's Disease).


Research Areas: Bio-MEMS and Microfluidics, Bio-Nanotechnology, Biomaterials, Drug Delivery and Therapeutics, Neural Engineering, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine.


David Kohn, Ph.D.
Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Professor, Dentistry

2125 Carl A. Gerstacker Building
2200 Bonisteel Boulevard
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2099

Phone: (734) 764-2206
Fax: (734) 647-2110
Email: dhkohn@umich.edu
Website: www.dent.umich.edu/?q=bms/bmsresearch/kohnlab


More Info: Dr. Kohn's research group is interested in biomimetics, or understanding and subsequently mimicking how Nature designs materials. Specifically our laboratory investigates 2 aspects of biomineralization (i.e. how bones, teeth and seashells are formed). First, we seek to understand how the organization of mineralized tissues results in mechanical competence and, conversely, how with aging and disease alterations in organization result in increased susceptibility to fracture. Second, we seek to utilize aspects of biomineralization as a design basis for developing biomaterials that can control cell and molecular function. A more long-term, applied and clinically-motivated goal is to ultimately utilize this information to develop approaches to replace and/or regenerate tissues. Dr. Kohn teaches courses on biomaterials, tissue engineering and biomedical design in both the College of Engineering and School of Dentistry.


Research Areas: Biomaterials, Drug Delivery and Therapeutics, Organ and Whole Body Biomechanics, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine.


Brian J. Love, Ph.D.
Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Professor, Materials Sciences
Professor, Dentistry

2644 Bob and Betty Beyster Bldg
2260 Hayward
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-212

Phone: (734) 763-2013
Email: bjlove@umich.edu
Website: www.mse.engin.umich.edu/people/faculty/love


More Info: Dr. Love's research group works to increase knowledge of the kinetics and thermodynamics associated with gel and aggregate formation. The group's work is loosely organized on three themes: the physics of gelation of immobolization matrices for both cells and therapeutics, the evolving structural evolution of amyloid proteins induced gels and aggregates, and the linkages among mechanical manipulation of cells, cell constructs, and immobolized cells. Our primary analytical tools include rheometry, DSC, and x-ray scattering. We have also built our own mechanical probes for microtiter plates in both compression and shear and are developing alternative mathematical models to describe biophysical changes arising during gelation. Functionally, we are formulating fluid dispersions deployed as injectables for localized and fixed drug delivery systems, benign cellular immobilization matrices for tissue engineering, and probing the biophysics of protein aggregation. Our development of benign cellular immobilization matrices offers hope of a platform technology that could be used with different cells.


Research Areas: Biomaterials, Molecular and Cellular Biomechanics.


Michael Mayer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering

2174 Lurie Biomedical Engineering
1101 Beal Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2110

Phone: (734) 763-4609
Fax: (734) 763-4371
Email: mimayer@umich.edu
Website: biomembrane.engin.umich.edu/


More Info: Dr. Mayer's research group, the Biomembrane Lab, focuses on transport and signaling processes across biological membranes. The goal of the group is to increase the molecular understanding of these processes and ultimately to employ the ensuing insight to diagnose and possibly treat human disease. They are particularly interested in ion channel proteins that are involved in Alzheimer's disease and in autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, and type I diabetes mellitus, as well as transporter proteins that are responsible for resistance to chemotherapy in treatment of cancer.


Research Areas: Bio-MEMS and Microfluidics, Bio-Nanotechnology, Biomaterials, Biomembranes, Drug Delivery and Therapeutics, Neural Engineering.


Andrew Putnam, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering

2154 Lurie Biomedical Engineering
1101 Beal Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2110

Phone: (734) 615-1398
Fax: (734) 647-4834
Email: putnam@umich.edu
Website: www.sitemaker.umich.edu/cset


More Info: Under the direction of Professor Putnam, the Laboratory of Cell Signaling in Engineered Tissues (CSET) conducts both fundamental and applied research in the broad areas of cell and tissue engineering. Our fundamental research addresses how the physical and chemical properties of the extracellular matrix (ECM) influence the development of tissue structures. We then leverage this fundamental knowledge to inspire the design of "instructive materials" for applications in regenerative medicine. A diversity of projects involving both uncommitted progenitor cells and committed cells from a variety of different tissues are ongoing, with a particular focus on the development of new blood vessels, bone, and tumors.


Research Areas: Biomaterials, Molecular and Cellular Biomechanics, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine.


David Sept, Ph.D.
Associate Graduate Chair, Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering

2130 Lurie Biomedical Engineering
1101 Beal Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2110

Phone: (734) 615-9587
Fax: (734) 647-4834
Email: dsept@umich.edu
Website: septlab.engin.umich.edu/


More Info: Research in the Sept lab covers four primary areas. The first focuses on the molecular interactions underlying cell migration, a process central to many aspects of development, differentiation and the cellular response to diseases such as cancer. Related to this is work characterizing and developing drugs that target sub-cellular filaments to treat parasitic diseases like toxoplasmosis, leishmaniasis and malaria. The third area of research is on channels that regulate the flow of ions in and out of the cell, how these channels are activated and how they malfunction in diseases such as epilepsy. The final research area is on nanoparticle based drug delivery and how these particle drug combinations are metabolized and distributed within the body.


Research Areas: Bio-Nanotechnology, Biomedical Computation and Modeling, Drug Delivery and Therapeutics.


Ariella Shikanov, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering

2126 Lurie Biomedical Engineering
1101 Beal Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2110

Phone: (734) 615-3360
Email: shikanov@umich.edu
Website: www.bme.umich.edu/labs/shikanov/


More Info: The research of Dr. Shikanov translates the principles of biomaterials science and tissue engineering to the field of reproductive biology. The goal of this research is to preserve fertility in cancer patients by creating an artificial environment that supports in vitro folliculogenesis and subsequent growth of an artificial ovary. Sustaining ovarian follicle culture is a bioengineering challenge due to the unique spatio-temporal dynamics with respect to the developmental stage of the ovarian follicle. Design of tunable and functional hydrogels that support and direct biological functions can address this challenge. Other research projects include tumor engineering and reproductive toxicology. The former aims to screen anticancer drug efficacy using 3D hydrogel-based culture systems of in vitro grown tumors. The latter predicts and correlates the effects of various toxins on reproductive system in a biologically relevant environment mimicking in vivo conditions. This approach allows omitting time and resource consuming animal experiments in the screening process.


Research Areas: Artificial Organs, Biomaterials, Drug Delivery and Therapeutics, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine.


Jan Stegemann, Ph.D.
Associate Undergraduate Chair, Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering

2146 Lurie Biomedical Engineering
1101 Beal Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2110

Phone: (734) 764 8313
Email: jpsteg@umich.edu
Website: www.bme.umich.edu/labs/cmite/


More Info: Professor Stegemann's Cell-Matrix Interactions and Tissue Engineering laboratory focuses on the use of extracellular environments to control cell function and promote tissue regeneration. The group's work involves characterizing how cells interact with the 3D environment that surrounds them in native tissues, including the extracellular matrix, soluble biochemicals, and mechanical forces. The lab then uses this knowledge to create composite materials using proteins and polysaccharides to direct cell function, and to deliver cells for therapeutic purposes. Current application areas are in creating electrically conductive biopolymers for nerve regeneration, developing new materials to enhance bone repair, and improving the delivery of cells to treat heart failure.


Research Areas: Bio-Nanotechnology, Biomaterials, Organ and Whole Body Biomechanics, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine.


Shuichi Takayama, Ph.D.
Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Professor, Macromolecular Science and Engineering

2115 Carl A. Gerstacker Building
2200 Bonisteel Boulevard
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2099

Phone: (734) 615-5539
Fax: (734) 936-1905
Email: takayama@umich.edu
Website: www.bme.umich.edu/labs/mnmbiotech/


More Info: Professor Takayama's research group focuses on constructing microscale models of the body. Much of our body is comprised of small vessels, tubes, ducts and channels. In other words, our body is a sort of microfluidic circuit. The Takayama lab borrows tools from the microelectronics industry to create man-made microfluidic circuitry with living cells inside of them. The lab also utilizes aqueous two phase systems and nanochannels created by fracture fabrication to analyze proteins, disease biomarkers, DNA, and chromatin. Specific applications include construction of artificial blood vessels to study breast cancer metastasis, generation of engineered small airways to study lung disease, and enhancing in vitro fertilization treatments by making artificial oviducts to manipulate sperm, eggs, and embryos. The lab also develop tools for high throughput drug testing and multiplexed disease biomarker assays. More fundamental research such as dissecting cell signaling networks, analyzing cell chemotaxis, and manipulating bacterial communities is also performed utilizing microfluidic technologies.


Research Areas: Bio-MEMS and Microfluidics, Bio-Nanotechnology, Biofluids, Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine.



Jointly Appointed Faculty


Ellen M. Arruda, Ph.D.
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Professor, Macromolecular Science and Engineering Program

3126 G.G. Brown
2350 Hayward Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2125

Phone: (734) 763-5328
Fax: (734) 615-6647
Email: arruda@umich.edu
Website: sitemaker.umich.edu/arruda/home


Research Areas: Biomechanics, Molecular and Cellular Biomechanics, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine.


James R. Baker, Jr., M.D.
Ruth Dow Doan Professor, Internal Medicine
Director, Biologic Nanotechnology Institute
Professor, Internal Medicine
Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Chief, Division of Allergy and Immunology

9220C MSRB III
1150 West Medical Center Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0644

Phone: (734) 647-2777
Fax: (734) 936-2990
Email: jbakerjr@umich.edu


Research Areas: Bio-Nanotechnology, Biomedical Computation and Modeling, Biomedical Imaging, Biomembranes, Drug Delivery and Therapeutics.


Mark M. Banaszak Holl, Ph.D.
Professor, Chemistry
Professor, Macromolecular Science and Engineering
Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Associate Vice-President for Research, Natural Sciences and Engineering

4545 Chemistry Building
930 North University
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1055

Phone: (734) 763-2283
Email: mbanasza@umich.edu
Website: bhgroup.lsa.umich.edu


Research Areas: Bio-Nanotechnology, Biomembranes, Drug Delivery and Therapeutics, The Nanoscale Structure of Type 1 Collagen.


Kate F. Barald, Ph.D.
Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Director, Michigan NIH-PREP Program
Program in Biomedical Sciences,
Neuroscience, CMB, Organogenesis, Cancer Biology
Director, Research Responsibility and Ethics Programs in the STEM Disciplines

3053 BSRB
109 Zina Pitcher Place
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2200

Phone: (734) 647-3376
Fax: (734) 763-1166
Email: kfbarald@umich.edu
Website: www.umich.edu/~eardevel/


Research Areas: Artificial Organs, Bio-MEMS and Microfluidics, Biomaterials, Molecular and Cellular Biomechanics, Neural Engineering, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine.


Paul L. Carson, Ph.D.
Professor, Biomedical Engineering
BRS Collegiate Professor, Radiology
Associate Director, Basic Radiological Sciences Division

3218C Medical Science Building I, B Wing
1301 Catherine Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5667

Phone: (734) 763-5884
Fax: (734) 764-8541
Email: pcarson@umich.edu
Website: Click Here


Research Areas: Bio-Nanotechnology, Biomedical Imaging, Biomedical Optics, Biomedical Ultrasonics and Image-Guided Therapy, Drug Delivery and Therapeutics, Functional and Molecular Imaging.


Keith E. Cook, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor, Surgery
Research Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering

B570B MSRB II
1150 West Medical Center Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0686

Phone: (734) 647-4631
Email: keicook@umich.edu
Website: www.sitemaker.umich.edu/ecls/home


Research Areas: Artificial Organs, Biofluids.


Omolola Eniola-Adefeso, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering

3412 G.G. Brown
2350 Hayward Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2125

Phone: (734) 936-0856
Fax: (734) 764-1761
Email: lolaa@umich.edu
Website: www.engin.umich.edu/dept/cheme/people/eniola.html


Research Areas: Biofluids, Drug Delivery and Therapeutics, Molecular and Cellular Biomechanics.


Renny T. Franceschi, Ph.D.
Professor of Dentistry and Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan School of Dentistry
Professor, Biomedical Engineering

3328 School of Dentistry
1011 North University Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1078

Phone: (734) 763-7381
Fax: (734) 763-5503
Email: rennyf@umich.edu


Research Areas: Biomedical Ultrasonics and Image-Guided Therapy, Molecular and Cellular Biomechanics, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine.


Jianping Fu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering

2022 G.G. Brown
2350 Hayward Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2125

Phone: (734) 615-7636
Fax: (734) 647-7303
Email: jpfu@umich.edu
Website (Lab Website): me.engin.umich.edu/ibbl/
Website (Center for Global Health): www.globalhealth.umich.edu/


Research Areas: Bio-MEMS and Microfluidics, Bio-Nanotechnology, Molecular and Cellular Biomechanics, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine.


William V. Giannobile, D.D.S., D.Med.Sc.
William K. and Mary Anne Najjar Endowed Professor, Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine
Professor and Chair, Periodontics and Oral Medicine
Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Director, Michigan Center for Oral Health Research

3305 School of Dentistry
1011 North University Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1078

Phone: (734) 763-2105
Fax: (734) 763-5503
Email: wgiannob@umich.edu
Website: www.dent.umich.edu/pom/research/wglab


Research Areas: Bio-Nanotechnology, Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine.


Karl Grosh, Ph.D.
Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Professor, Mechanical Engineering

3124 G.G. Brown
2350 Hayward Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2125

Phone: (734) 764-9414
Fax: (734) 647-3170
Email: grosh@engin.umich.edu


Research Areas: Bio-MEMS and Microfluidics, Biomedical Computation and Modeling, Organ and Whole Body Biomechanics, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine.


Nicholas Kotov, Ph.D.
Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Professor, Chemical Engineering

131N NCRC
2800 Plymouth
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2800

Phone: (734) 763-8768
Fax: (734) 764-7453
Email: kotov@umich.edu


Research Areas: Bio-Nanotechnology, Neural Engineering, Organ and Whole Body Biomechanics, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine.


Kenneth M. Kozloff, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering

2015 BSRB
109 Zina Pitcher Place
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2200

Phone: (734) 936-2158
Email: kenkoz@umich.edu
Website: www.umich.edu/~skeleton


Research Areas: Biomedical Imaging, Drug Delivery and Therapeutics, Functional and Molecular Imaging, Molecular and Cellular Biomechanics, Organ and Whole Body Biomechanics.


Paul H. Krebsbach, Ph.D., D.D.S.
Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Professor, Oral Medicine
Professor, Pathology

4207 School of Dentistry
1011 North University Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1078

Phone: (734) 936-2600
Fax: (734) 764-2469
Email: paulk@umich.edu
Website: dent.umich.edu/?q=bms/bmsresearch/krebsbachlab


Research Areas: Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine.


Kenichi Kuroda, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Dentistry

2223 School of Dentistry
1011 North University Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1078

Phone: (734) 936-1440
Fax: (734) 647-2110
Email: kkuroda@umich.edu
Website: sitemaker.umich.edu/kkuroda/home


Research Areas: Biomaterials.


Joerg Lahann, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering
Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Associate Professor, Macromolecular Science and Engineering

3414 G.G. Brown
2350 Hayward Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2125

Phone: (734) 763-7543
Email: lahann@umich.edu
Website: www.engin.umich.edu/research/lahann/


Research Areas: Bio-MEMS and Microfluidics, Bio-Nanotechnology, Biomaterials, Drug Delivery and Therapeutics, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine.


Nicholas B. Langhals, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Scientist, Plastic Surgery, Med School
Assistant Research Scientist, Biomedical Engineering

A570A MSRB II
1150 West Medical Center Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0686

Phone: (734) 764-8750
Email: langhals@umich.edu
Website (Lab Website): sitemaker.umich.edu/neuromusclab
Website (Personal Website): surgery.med.umich.edu/plastic/research/faculty/langhals.shtml


Research Areas: Bio-Nanotechnology, Biomedical Computation and Modeling, Neural Engineering, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine.


Lisa M. Larkin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering

2025 BSRB
109 Zina Pitcher Place
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2200

Phone: (734) 936-8181
Email: llarkin@umich.edu
Website: www-personal.umich.edu/~llarkin/


Research Areas: Neural Engineering, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine.


Christian M. Lastoskie, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

180 G.G. Brown
2350 Hayward Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2125

Phone: (734) 647-7940
Fax: (734) 763-2275
Email: cmlasto@umich.edu
Website: www-personal.engin.umich.edu/~cmlasto


Research Areas: Biomaterials, Biomedical Imaging.


Chia-Ying Lin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Director, Spine Research Laboratory

5007 BSRB
109 Zina Pitcher Place
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2200

Phone: (734) 615-0371
Fax: (734) 763-7322
Email: lincy@umich.edu


Research Areas: Biomechanics, Biomedical Computation and Modeling, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Translational Oncology.


Peter X. Ma, Ph.D.
Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Professor, Biologic Sciences
Professor, Materials Sciences
Professor, Macromolecular Science and Engineering

2211 School of Dentistry
1011 North University Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1078

Phone: (734) 764-2209
Fax: (734) 647-2110
Email: mapx@umich.edu
Website: www.dent.umich.edu/bms/facultyandstaff/ma


Research Areas: Bio-Nanotechnology, Biomaterials, Controlled Delivery of Biomolecules, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine.


James J. Moon, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor , Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering

B10-A190 NCRC
2800 Plymouth
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2800

Phone: (734) 615-3749
Fax: (734) 615-6162
Email: moonjj@umich.edu
Website (Moon Lab): www.umich.edu/~moonlab
Website (Faculty page): pharmacy.umich.edu/pharmacy/james_moon


Research Areas: Biomaterials, Drug Delivery and Therapeutics, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine.


Jacques E. Nor, Ph.D., D.D.S.
Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Professor, Dentistry
Professor, Otolaryngology

2309 School of Dentistry
1011 North University Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1078

Phone: (734) 936-9300
Fax: (734) 936-1597
Email: jenor@umich.edu


Research Areas: Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine.


Greg M. Thurber, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering

2636 Bob and Betty Beyster Bldg
2260 Hayward
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-212

Phone: (734) 764-8722
Email: gthurber@umich.edu
Website: che.engin.umich.edu/people/thurber.html


Research Areas: Biomedical Computation and Modeling, Drug Delivery and Therapeutics, Functional and Molecular Imaging.


Henry Y. Wang, Ph.D.
Professor, Chemical Engineering
Professor, Biomedical Engineering

3324 H.H. Dow Building
2300 Hayward Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2136

Phone: (734) 763-5659
Fax: (734) 763-0459
Email: hywang@umich.edu


Research Areas: Cell and Tissue Engineering, Pharmaceutical Engineering.


Margaret Westfall, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Surgery/Cardiac Surgery Section
Associate Professor, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering

B560 MSRB II
1150 West Medical Center Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0686

Phone: (734) 615-8911
Fax: (734) 763-0323
Email: wfall@umich.edu
Website: sitemaker.umich.edu/westfall_lab/dr._westfall


Research Areas: Biomechanics, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine.



Emeritus Faculty


John A. Faulkner, Ph.D.
Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Professor, Physiology
Senior Research Scientist, Institute of Gerontology

2035 BSRB
109 Zina Pitcher Place
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2200

Phone: (734) 764-4378
Fax: (734) 936-2116
Email: jafaulk@umich.edu


More Info: Professor Faulkner's research focuses on age-related changes that occur in the structure and function of whole skeletal muscles, of motor units, and of single skeletal muscle fibers of selected mammals, specifically, humans, rats and mice. In each species, his group has investigated the changes that occur in motor unit number, size and function in specific limb muscles throughout the life span and of the effects of training programs on the age-related changes. Specific knock-outs of selected metabolic pathways in the muscles of mice have enabled investigations of the role of reactive oxygen species in the age-related changes.


Research Areas: Molecular and Cellular Biomechanics, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine.


Steven A. Goldstein, Ph.D.
Henry Ruppenthal Family Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery and Bioengineering
Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Associate Chair for Research, Orthopaedic Surgery

2001 BSRB
109 Zina Pitcher Place
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2200

Phone: (734) 936-7417
Fax: (734) 647-0003
Email: stevegld@umich.edu


More Info: Dr. Goldstein's research focuses on connective tissue disorders, their prevention or treatment. His large and diverse research program includes studies ranging from fracture repair and total joint replacement to investigating the mechanisms associated with inherited or degenerative connective tissue fragility to the development of strategies for tissue regeneration. His primary interests relate to the study of biologic or mechanical influences on bone repair and regeneration. His work includes basic studies of cell regulators as well as translational studies exploring therapeutic strategies involving cells, biofactors and delivery constructs. One of the tangible outcomes of the research program has been the development of a novel approach for treating wound and tissue repair using a localized gene therapy delivery strategy that has already been implemented in a successful Phase II clinical trial to treat diabetic ulcers .


Research Areas: Molecular and Cellular Biomechanics, Organ and Whole Body Biomechanics, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine.