DEPARTMENTAL FACULTY


Craig Benham Craig J. Benham
Major Research Interests:
Mathematical and Computational models of regulatory mechanisms, pathways, systems and networks, Bioinformatics, DNA mechanics.
John Boone John M. Boone
Major Research Interests:
Novel x-ray detector systems for digital radiography and digital mammography; dual (x-ray) energy radiographic imaging and image processing.
Website: Boone Lab
Simon Cherry

Simon R. Cherry
Major Research Interests:
Molecular imaging technology, particularly positron emission tomography, multi-modality imaging systems, gamma and x-ray detector technology,3-D image reconstruction and use of imaging techniques in phenotyping and drug development.
Website: Cherry Lab

Roy Curry
Fitz-Roy E. Curry
Theoretical and experimental studies of the regulation of the transport of water and solutes across the walls of microvessels; experimental studies involving the cannulation and perfusion of individual microvessels.
Website: Curry Lab
Katherine W. Ferrara

Katherine W. Ferrara
Major Research Interests:
Signal and imaging processing, medical imaging, ultrasound, acoustics, optics, fluid mechanics.
Website: Ferrara Lab

Katherine W. Ferrara Marc T. Facciotti
Major Research Interests:
Systems biology, structure and dynamics of gene regulatory networks,
biological systems engineering, protein structure and engineering,
microbial systems, archaea
Volkmar Heinrich

Volkmar Heinrich
Major Research Interests:
Nano-to-microscale quantitative biophysics and bioengineering. Single-molecule interactions.
Website: Heinrich Lab

Volkmar Heinrich Tonya Kuhl
Major Research Interests:
Neutron Scattering Measurements of Confined Complex Fluids, Membrane Interactions
Website: Kuhl Lab
J. Kent Leach

J. Kent Leach
Major Research Interests:
Cellular and tissue manipulation, drug delivery, gene therapy, biomaterials, in vivo imaging.
Website: Leach Lab

Angie Louie

Angelique Louie
Major Research Interests:
Molecular imaging, cellular imaging, development of diagnostic and therapeutic agents, magnetic resonance imaging, novel contrast agents, fluorescence microscopy, biochemistry of the aging eye, retinal function.
Website: Louie Lab

Laura Marcu

Laura Marcu
Major Research Interests:
In vivo optical spectroscopy and imaging for enhanced detection of disease in human tissue (cancer, cardiovascular); fluorescence-based minimally invasive medical diagnostics technology; high spatial – and time – resolution optical techniques for molecular imaging; optical bioMEMS; bionanophotonics: nanocrystals applications to molecular imaging.
Website: Marcu Lab

Tingrui Pan

Tingrui Pan
Major Research Interests:
Bio-microelectromechanical systems/nanoelectromechanical systems (BioMEMS/NEMS), diagnostic and therapeutic microsystems for ocular diseases, bio-mimetic sensors and actuators, bio-artificial implants, and controllable drug delivery systems.
Website: MiNIsys Lab

Tony Passerini

Tony Passerini
Major Research Interests:
Cardiovascular genomics; pathology of atherosclerosis; vascular hemodynamics; endothelial cell mechanotransduction; vascular device intervention and failure; genomics, proteomics and high-throughput screening technologies.
Website: Passerini Lab

Jinyi Qi

Jinyi Qi
Major Research Interests:
Molecular imaging, signal and image processing, image reconstruction, image quality evaluation, system modeling and optimization, inverse problems.
Website: Qi Lab

Subhadip Raychaudhuri

Subhadip Raychaudhuri
Major Research Interests:
Computational and mathematical modeling of complex biological systems, biophysics of receptor-ligand binding mediated cellular signaling processes, B cell recognition of antigen and signaling, cell death (apoptosis) signaling and diseases, cell-to-cell stochastic fluctuations in cellular signaling and design principles of signaling networks.
Website: Raychaudhuri Lab

Alexander Revzin

Alexander Revzin
Major Research Interests:
Microfabrication and nanotechnology for manipulation and analysis of cellular systems; single cell manipulation; biosensors for monitoring activity of individual cells; combinatorial screening of cell-microenvironment interactions; BioMEMS; biomaterials; surface science.
Website: Revzin Lab

Alexander Revzin Leonor Saiz
Computational and theoretical approaches to the study of biological networks at the cellular and molecular level. Multiscale and multilevel approaches to study biomolecular processes. Assembly of macromolecular complexes on DNA, membranes, and scaffols.  Statistical mechanics basis of gene regulation and signal transduction. Noise in cellular processes. In vivo biomolecular mechanics. Molecular biophysics: membranes, membrane associated proteins, and their interactions with small molecules and drugs. Website: Saiz Lab

Mike Savageau

Michael A. Savageau
Major Research Interests:
Function, Design, and Evolution of Cellular and Molecular Networks

Website: Savageau Lab

Scott Simon

Scott I. Simon
Major Research Interests:
Biomechanics of cells and tissues, neutrophil biology, vascular engineering, particularly with respect to inflammatory disease; fluorescence flow cytometry.
Website: Simon Lab

Julie Sutcliffe-Goulden

Julie Sutcliffe
Major Research Interests:
Development of novel imaging probes and chemistries for PET.
Website: Sutcliffe Lab

Soichiro Yamada

Soichiro Yamada
Major Research Interests:
Cell-cell adhesion, cytoskeletal mechanics, tissue morphogenesis and cell motility in three-dimensional culture, high-resolution fluorescence microscopy, artificial cell membrane.
Website: Yamada Lab

Yohei Yokobayashi

Yohei Yokobayashi
Major Research Interests:
Design and construction of synthetic biomolecular networks. Protein and RNA engineering. Directed evolution. Biosensors.
Website: Yokobayashi Lab






Biomedical Engineering
Copyright © UC Regents, Davis Campus.
All rights reserved.
Site Design and Development
Rosanne Avila, Webmaster