Graduate Faculty

Victoria Abraira
Assistant Professor
Cell Biology and Neuroscience
Address: 604 Allison Road, Keck Center, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Room: D-251
Phone: 848-445-1786
victoria.abraira@rutgers.edu
Research Interest: My groups uses mouse molecular genetics to understand the sense of touch.

Hyung Jin Ahn
Assistant Professor
Address: Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Neuroscience
185 South Orange Avenue MSB H582 Newark, New Jersey 07101
ha390@rutgers.edu
Research Interest: The interplay between the cerebrovascular system and nervous system in Alzheimer's disease.

Glenn G. Amatucci
Professor
Materials Science and Engineering
Address: 671 Route 1 South, North Brunswick, NJ 08902
Phone: 848-932-0921
Fax: 732-932-6855
gamatucc@rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Energy storage devices and materials, micro-batteries, nanomaterialsThe Institute for Advanced Materials, Devices and Nanotechnology (IAMDN) 

Steven An
Professor
Address: Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Neuroscience
89 French Street, Suite 4275, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901
sa1510@rbhs.rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Mechanotransduction, cellular mechanics, G protein-coupled receptors, nanotechnologies

Ioannis (Yannis) P. Androulakis
Professor
Biomedical Engineering and Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Address: 599 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Office: BME-212
Phone: 848-445-6561
yannis@soe.rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Systems biology, transcription, inflammation

Glen Atlas, M.D., M.Sc.
Professor
Address: Department of Anesthesiology
UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School
185 South Orange Avenue
Room: E-547
Newark, NJ 07103
glen.atlas@rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Pain management, Anesthesia

Jean Baum
Distinguished Professor
Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Office: 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Phone: 848-445-5666
Fax: 732-445-5312
jean.baum@rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Mechanisms of protein recognition and protein aggregation

Kavita Beri
Visiting Scientist - NJCBM
Medical Director, Beri Esthetique Skin & Laser Med Spa
Office: 3200 Sunset Avenue, Suite 107, Ocean, NJ 07712
Phone: 732-455-8118
Fax: 732-455-8120
beri.kavita@gmail.com
Research Interest: Wound healing using lasers, stem cells, plant-derived phytohormones

Helen M. Berman
Distinguished Professor/Board of Governors Professor
Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Office: Center for Integrative Proteomics Research (CIPR) 208NP
Mailing Address: School of Arts and Sciences - Chemistry & Chemical Biology, 174 Frelinghuysen Rd, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8076
Phone: 848-445-4667
Fax: 732-445-4320
berman@rcsb.rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Bioinformatics, genomics, proteomics, biophysics

Francois Berthiaume
Professor
Biomedical Engineering
Address: 599 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Room: BME-217
Phone: 848-445-6566
fberthia@soe.rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Regenerative medicines, metabolic engineering, liver, stem cells for skin and wounds

Nada N. Boustany
Professor
Biomedical Engineering
Address: 599 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Room: BME-320
Phone: 848-445-6598
nboustan@soe.rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Optical imaging, microscopy, cell death

Kenneth J. Breslauer
Distinguished Professor; Biological Sciences, and Vice President, Health Science Partnerships
Address: Chemistry & Chemical Biology, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Room: Wright Rieman Labs 155
Phone: 848-445-3956
Fax: 732-445-3409
kjbdna@rutgers.edu
Research Interest: DNA-drug interactions, biothermodynamics, drug designs

Helen M. Buettner
Professor
Biomedical Engineering and Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Address: 599 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Room: BME-318
Phone: 848-445-6597
helen.buettner@rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Neural circuitry, kinetics, microscopy, microfabrication

Li Cai
Professor
Biomedical Engineering
Address: 599 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Room: BME-208
Phone: 848-445-6559
lcai@rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Tissue engineering, stem cells, retinal cells

Carlos Caicedo-Carvajal
Senior Scientist
Orthobond Corp
Address: 675 US Highway 1, North Brunswick, NJ 08902
Phone: 732-729-6235
carlos.e.caicedo@gmail.com
Research Interest: Hematological cancer research, antimicrobial biomaterials, regulatory processes and commercialization

Shishir P. S. Chundawat
Associate Professor
Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Office: 98 Brett Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Room: C150A
Phone: 848-445-3678
shishir.chundawat@rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Glycoengineering, Protein Engineering, Glycan Biopolymers, Biofuels

Rick I. Cohen
Research Associate
Biomedical Engineering
Address: 599 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Office: BME-120
Phone: 848-445-6520
rick.cohen@rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Human pluripotent stem cells, molecular biology, virology, protein expression

Kimberly Cook-Chennault
Associate Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Address: 98 Brett Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Office: EN-B224
Phone: 848-445-0429
cookchen@soe.rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Materials, biomedical scaffolds, piezoelectric ceramics

Wei Dai
Assistant Professor
Cell Biology and Neuroscience
Center for Integrative Proteomics Research
Address: 174 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Room: 208H
Phone: 848-445-6560
wdai@proteomics.rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Structures of protein complexes by cryo-electron microscopy and tomography

Shabbar F. Danish
Associate Professor
Address: RWJMS - CINJ-Surgical Neuro Oncology, 125 Patterson Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Room: 2100
Phone: 732-235-7756
shabbar.danish@rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Gamma knife, deep brain stimulation, brain tumors, movement disorders, epilepsy, and knife-less surgery for brain tumors

Gary M. Drzewiecki
Professor
Biomedical Engineering
Address: 599 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Room: BME-304
Phone: 848-445-6688
garydrz@soe.rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Cardiovascular system, noninvasive blood pressure

Michael G. Dunn
Professor
Address: RWJ-Orthopedic Surgery, 1 Robert Wood Johnson Place, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Room: Medical Education Building, 428
Phone: 732-235-7972
michael.dunn.phd@rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Tissue engineering of tendons and ligaments, resorbable biomaterials, wound healing

Meenakshi Dutt
Associate Professor
Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Office: 98 Brett Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Room: C-229
Phone: 848-445-5612
meenakshi.dutt@rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Bio, Soft and Bio-inspired Materials; Multiscale model and methodology development; Advanced computing tools

Bonnie L. Firestein
Professor
Address: Cell Biology & Neuroscience, 604 Allison Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8000
Phone: (848) 445-8045
Room: Nelson Biological Laboratories, D413
firestein@biology.rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Dendrite branching in forebrain and spinal cord neurons
Firestein Laboratories

David J. Foran
Professor of Pathology, Laboratory Medicine & Radiology and Chief of the Division of Medical Informatics at Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS), Executive Director of Computational Imaging & Biomedical informatics; and Chief Informatics Officer at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ)
Address:  CINJ, Bioinformatics, 675 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Room: RWJMS, R201
Phone: 732-235-4858
foran@cinj.rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Imaging; telemedicine; bioinformatics; pattern recognition; computer assisted diagnosis
Center for Biomedical Imaging & Informatics

Joseph W. Freeman
Professor
Biomedical Engineering
Address: 599 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Room: BME-317
Phone: 848-445-6595
joseph.freeman@rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Repair of musculoskeletal tissues; biomechanics; tissue engineering
The Musculoskeletal Tissue Regeneration (MoTR) Laboratory

Vidya Ganapathy
Program Director
Alex's Lemonade Stand
ganapathyvidya@gmail.com
Research Interest: Cancer biology, nanoprobe based tumor imaging and immune surveillance

Shridar Ganesan
Professor
Address: CINJ Medical - Solid Tumor, 195 Little Albany & Somerset Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Room: Cancer Institute of New Jersey, 3554
Phone: 732-235-5211
fganesash@cinj.rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Biology of breast cancer subtypes

Marc Gartenberg
Professor
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Address: Robert Wood Johnson-Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, 683 Hoes Lane West, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Room: RWJ Research Building & School of Public Health, Room 284
Phone: 732-235-5800
marc.gartenberg@rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Cardiovascular system, noninvasive blood pressure
Marc Gartenberg

Charles J. Gatt
Associate Professor/Department Chair
Address: Robert Wood Johnson-Orthopedic Surgery, 1 Robert Wood Johnson Place, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Room: Medical Education Building, Room 422
Phone: 732-235-7869
gattcj@rwjms.rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Sports Medicine; Knee Biomechanics

Panagiotis (Panos) G. Georgopoulos
Professor
Environmental & Occupational Medicine
Address: Computational Chemodynamics Laboratory, EOHSI, 170 Frelinghuysen Road, Room 308, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854
Phone: 732-445-0159
panosg@ccl.rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Environmental chemical engineering; turbulent transport; reactive flows

Adam Gormley
Associate Professor
Biomedical Engineering
Address: 599 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Room: BME-220
Phone: 848-445-6569
adam.gormley@rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Biomaterials, nanomedicine, self-assembly, bio-sensing and diagnostics

Martin Grumet
Professor
Cell Biology & Neuroscience
Address: Division of Life Sciencs, 604 Allison Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8065
Room: Nelson Biology Laboratories, D251
Phone: 848-445-6577
martin.grumet@rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Molecular mechanisms of cell adhesion in the nervous system

James V. Guarrera
Professor of Surgery
New Jersey Medical School - Newark
Address: 140 Bergen Street, Newark, NJ 07103
Office: ACC--E1620
Phone: 973-972-2000
jg1395@rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Ex-Vivo organ machine perfusion and Organ Preservation, Cryopreservation; Ex- Vivo organ conditioning and resuscitation / Tissue Engineering /Medical and Surgical Devices

Zhixiong Guo
Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Address: 98 Brett Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8065
Room: B241
Phone: 848-445-2024
zguo@rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Synthesis, characterization and controlled hybrid nanomaterials, imaging, biosensing and drug delivery

Umer Hassan
Assistant Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Address: 94 Brett Road, ECE Building, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Room: 215
umer.hassan@rutgers.edu
Research Interest: My research group develops point-of-care biosensors for disease diagnostics applications.

Mehdi Javanmard
Associate Professor
Address: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
94 Brett Road, Room 211
Piscataway, NJ 08854
mehdi.javanmard@rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Exploiting emerging nanotechnologies for biomarker based diagnostics, imaging, bioelectronics, biosensing

Sagar Khare
Associate Professor
Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Center for Integrative Proteomics
Address: 174 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8076
Room: CIPR-208M
Phone: 848-445-5143
sagar.khare@rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Computational protein design and in vitro enzymology, optimization of metabolic pathways for degrading toxins and pollutants, enzymes that are capable of activating prodrugs for advancing chemotherapy.

Doyle Knight
Distinguished Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Address: School of Engineering, 98 Brett Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8065
Room: B244
Phone: 848-445-4464
ddknight@rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Modeling bioresponse and drug binding/release to polymeric biomaterials

Suneel Kumar
Assistant Research Professor
Biomedical Engineering
Address: 599 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Room: BME-304
Phone: 848-445-6566
sk1350@soe.rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury, Repair and Regeneration, Neuroprotection, Stem Cells Biology, Bioengineering, Fusion proteins/peptides nanoparticles, Drug Delivery, Wound healing, and Imaging

Kristen S. Labazzo
Associate Teaching Professor
Biomedical Engineering
Office: 599 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Phone: 848-445-6578
Fax: 732-445-3753
kristen.labazzo@rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Medical device development and testing, prototype fabrication, biomaterials

Noshir Langrana
Distinguished Professor
Biomedical Engineering
Address: 599 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8065
Room: BME-302
Phone: 848-445-6579
langrana@rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Biomechanics, joint injury, stem cells

Sang-Hyuk Lee
Assistant Professor
Physics & Astronomy
Center for Integrative Proteomics Research
Address: 174 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8076
Room: CIPR-308A
Phone: 848-445-5286
sanghyuk.lee15@rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Single-molecule biophysics with optical tweezers and super-resolution microscopy

Ki-Bum Lee
Professor
Chemistry & Chemical Biology
Address: 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8065
Room: Wright Rieman Laboratories, Room 142
Phone: 848-445-2081
kblee@rci.rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Nanobiomaterials, Biosensors, Chemical/functional Genomics

John K-J Li
Distinguished Professor
Biomedical Engineering
Address: 599 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8065
Room: BME-305
Phone: 848-445-6582
johnkjli@rci.rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Cardiac and vascular mechanics, biomedical sensors, bioelectronics, controlled drug delivery, ultrasound, myocardial, cerebral and spinal cord ischemia, hemodynamics of hypertension, aging and stroke

Adrian B. Mann
Professor
Materials Science and Engineering
Address: 607 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8065
Room: McLaren Center for Ceramic Research, Room 214
Phone: 848-445-8421
abmann@rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Nanomaterials, dental materials

Yong Mao
Associate Research Professor
Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Address: 145 Bevier Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Office: 201
Phone: 848-445-9618
maoy@chem.rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Cell-biomaterial interaction, extracellular matrix, stem cell technology, decellularized tissues, wound healing, infection-resistant biomaterials
Laboratory for Biomaterials Research 

David J. Margolis
Associate Professor
Cell Biology and Neuroscience
Office: Nelson Labs, 604 Allison Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Room: B243
Phone: 848-445-9533
Fax: 732-445-1794
david.margolis@rutgers.edu
Research Interest: In vivo two-photon imaging, neural circuit function, neuroplasticity, TBI

Lloyd Marks
Address: 956 Wyandotte Trail, Westfield, NJ
Phone: 908-347-2662
lloyd.marks@rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Acquisition and processing of real time physiologic data so that it may be of expanded clinical use

Bozena Michniak-Kohn
Professor
Pharmaceutics
Address: Department of Pharmaceutics,145 Bevier Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Room: Life Sciences Building, Room 109
Phone: 848-445-3589
michniak@dls.rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Topical and Transdermal Drug Delivery
Michniak Laboratory for Drug Delivery

Keith Mickolajczyk
Assistant Professor
Address: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Public Health Bldg, Room 283, 683 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08854
keith.mickolajczyk@rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Molecular bioengineering, single-molecule biophysics, bioinstrumentation, force spectroscopy, nanoscale biomechanics, ATPases, ribosomal biology

Prabhas V. Moghe
Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
Distinguished Professor
Biomedical Engineering and Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Address: 83 Somerset St, New Brunswick, NJ 08854-8065
Room: 3rd Floor
Phone: 848-445-6591
moghe@rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Stem cells, nanobiomaterials, tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, skin/wound healing

Sanjeeva Murthy
Associate Research Professor
Center for Biomaterials
Address: New Jersey Center for Biomaterials,145 Bevier Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Room: Life Sciences Building, Room 101
Phone: 848-445-0488
murthy@biology.rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Structure-property relationships; polymer processing and characterization; and  x-ray and neutron scattering

Laleh Najafizadeh
Associate Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Address: 94 Brett Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8065
Room: CoRE-520
Phone: 848-445-0593
laleh.najafizadeh@rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Functional Brain Imaging, Brain Connectivity, Multi-modal NeuroImaging, Electroencephalography, Diffuse Optical Brain Imaging, Brain Computer Interface, Cognitive Neuroscience, Biophotonics, Ultra Low-Power Circuits for Biomedical Applications, Implantable Electronics

Vikas Nanda
Professor
Address: RWJ-CABM, 679 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Phone: 732-235-5328
nanda@cabm.rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Computer modeling; bioinformatics and design of biomaterials; therapeutics

Alexander Neimark
Distinguished Professor
Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Address: 98 Brett Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8065
Phone: 848-445-0834
aneimark@rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Molecular modeling of nanoscale processes and materials; thermodynamics and transport in CBE

Simiao Niu
Assistant Professor
Biomedical Engineering and Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Address: 599 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Office: BME-304
Phone: 848-445-6567
simiao.niu@rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Wearable devices and energy harvesting systems for biomedical applications

Zhiping Pang
Associate Professor
Neuroscience and Cell Biology
Office: CHINJ, 89 French Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Phone: 732-235-8074
zhiping.pang@rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Mechanisms of synaptic regulation: From stem cells to the brain

Kenneth Paradiso
Assistant Professor
Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience
Address: 604 Allison Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8000
Room: D-423
Phone: 848-445-4569
kenneth.paradiso@rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Electrical recording in brain nerve terminals and human neuronal stem cells

Biju Parekkadan
Associate Professor
Biomedical Engineering
Address: 599 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Room: BME-303
Phone: 848-445-6563
biju.parekkadan@rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Cell therapy, genetic engineering, biomaterials science and tissue engineering, bioreactors, drug delivery, biomanufacturing, systems and computational biology

Assimina (Mina) Pelegri
Professor and Chair
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Address: 98 Brett Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Room: B-225
Phone: 848-445-0691
pelegri@rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Interfacial mechanics as applied to the characterization, experimentation, and multiscale modelling of biological composite structures, especially in the light of damage initiation and evolution due to physical forces and/or diseases.

Mark Pierce
Associate Professor
Biomedical Engineering
Address: 599 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8065
Room: BME-222
Phone: 848-445-6570
mark.pierce@rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Optical imaging for cancer
Pierce Lab Website

Richard Riman
Distinguished Professor
Materials Science and Engineering
Address: 607 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8065
Room: CCR-106
Phone: 848-445-4946
riman@rci.rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Hydrothermal synthesis; mixed-ness-modulated solid-state synthesis; reactive atmosphere sol-gel synthesis; biomaterials
Riman Research Group

Charles Roth
Professor and Chair
Biomedical Engineering and Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Address: 599 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8065
Room: BME-205
Phone: 848-445-6686
cmroth@rci.rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Tissue engineering, gene-based probes, signal transduction

Soha Saleh
Assistant Professor
Address: Department of Rehabilitation and Movement Sciences
65 Bergen Street
Newark, NJ 07101
salehsh@shp.rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Mechanical and material properties of biomolecular assemblies such as cell membranes and protein condensatesneurorehabilitation of physical and cognitive deficits due to neurological disorders, focusing on understanding altered brain connectivity, how it is associated with behavioral deficits, and the methodologies to re-normalize this altered brain connectivity through neuromodulation methods (virtual reality, brain stimulation) to improve rehabilitation outcomes.

Derek B. Sant'Angelo
Professor
Address: Child Health Institute of New Jersey, 89 French Street, New Brunswick, 08901
Room: 4273
Phone: 732-235-9394
derek.santangelo@rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Transcriptor control of T cell effector functions

Rene S. Schloss
Associate Research Professor
Biomedical Engineering
Address: 599 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8065
Room: BME-204
Phone: 848-445-6550
rene.schloss@rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Manipulation of cellular responses for applications in biotechnology, bioengineering and medicine

Benjamin Schuster
Assistant Professor
Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Address: 98 Brett Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8065
Room: Eng Bldg-C163
Phone: 848-445-5040
benjamin.schuster@rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Cellular and biomolecular engineering, bio-inspired materials, protein engineering

Zheng Shi
Assistant Professor
Address: Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology
123 Bevier Road
Piscataway, NJ 08854-8066
Email: zheng.shi@rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Mechanical and material properties of biomolecular assemblies such as cell membranes and protein condensates

Troy Shinbrot
Professor
Biomedical Engineering and Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Address: 599 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8065
Room: BME-310
Phone: 848-445-6484
shinbrot@rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Self-assembly, mixing, chaos, modeling

George K. Shoane
Professor
Biomedical Engineering
Address: 599 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8065
Room: BME-306
Phone: 848-445-6583
shoane@soe.rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Eye movement control; myopia development; sports medicine

David Shreiber
Vice Provost and Professor (Biomedical Engineering)
Address: VP Academic Affairs, 83 Somerset Street, Room 109, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1281
Phone: 848-445-6873/6589
david.shreiber@rutgers.edu
Research Interest: CNS repair, biomechanics, BioMEMS, tissue engineering, stem cells
The Shreiber Group

Anil Shrirao
Assistant Research Professor
Biomedical Engineering
Address: 599 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Room: BME-203
Phone: 848-445-5640
shriraab@soe.rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Biosensors, microfluidics, MEMS, lab on a chip, organ on a chip, and point of care technology

Frederick H. Silver
Professor
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Address: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 675 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Room: Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Floor 2, Room R230
silverfr@rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Soft tissue microstructure structure and mechanics, viscoelasticity, biomaterials

Patrick J. Sinko
Distinguished Professor and Vice President for Research
Department of Pharmacy
Address: William Levine Hall, 160 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8020
Room: 255C
Phone: 848-445-6398
sinko@rci.rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Drug delivery and targeting, biopharmaceutics, polymeric scaffolds and ligand design

Max Tischfield
Assistant Professor
Cell Biology and Neuroscience
Address: 89 French Street, Child Health Institute, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Phone: 732-235-8621
max.tischfield@rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Mouse models of human brain development, function, and disease

M. Silvina Tomassone
Professor 
Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Address: 98 Brett Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8065
Room: C-234
Phone: 848-445-2972
silvina@sol.rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Molecular dynamics, thermodynamics and statistical mechanics of fluids, self assembly and dynamics of surfactants

Valerie Tutwiler
Assistant Professor
Biomedical Engineering
Address: 599 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Room: BME-209
Phone: 848-445-6687
vt280@soe.rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Blood clotting, hemostasis, thrombosis, biomaterials, biomechanics

Maribel Vazquez
Associate Professor
Biomedical Engineering
Address: 599 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Office: BME-219
Phone: 848-445-6568
maribel.vazquez@rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Microfluidics, Neural Cells, Regenerative Medicine 

Jason Yang
Assistant Professor and Chancellor Scholar
Microbiology, Biochemistry, and Molecular Genetics
Address: 225 Warren St, Newark, NJ 07103
Room: W410W
Phone: 973-972-5414
jason.y@rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Systems biology; synthetic biology; machine learning; immunoengineering; tuberculosis; cardiovascular disease

Martin Yarmush
Distinguished Professor
Biomedical Engineering
Address: 599 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8065
Phone: 848-445-6528
yarmush@soe.rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Differentiation of stem cells, tissue engineering, cancers, traumatic brain injury

Jeffrey D. Zahn
Professor
Biomedical Engineering
Address: 599 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8065
Phone: 848-445-6587
jdzahn@soe.rutgers.edu
Research Interest: BioMeMS, microfluidics, tissue engineering
BioMEMS & Microfluidics Laboratory

Haoran Zhang
Associate Professor
Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Office: 98 Brett Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Room: C106
Phone: 848-445-5089
Haoran.Zhang@rutgers.edu
Research Interest: Metabolic Engineering, synthetic biology, microbial biosynthesis, bioreactor techniques
Metabolic Engineering Laboratory