Core Faculty

James B. Bassingthwaighte, Professor
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Adjunct with Biomathematics and Radiology
PhD (physiology), Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, 1964
MD, University of Toronto, 1955

Research Themes:
Integrative Physiology, Systems Biology & Synthetic Biology
Imaging and Image-Guided Therapy

Research: Cardiovascular mass transport; cardiac metabolism; PET imaging; fractal physiology; physiome project; large scale systems modeling and analysis
Office: Foege N210G • Box 355061
Contact: (206) 685-2012 • email

Kirk W. Beach, Emeritus Research Professor
PhD (chemical engineering), UC Berkeley, 1971
MD, University of Washington, 1976

Research Themes:
Imaging & Image-Guided Therapy
Global Health, Distributed Diagnostics & Home Healthcare (D₂H₂)

Research: Detection & monitoring of neovascularization in cancerous tumors, monitoring placental perfusion, vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque, doppler ultrasound in clinical trials, monitoring brain profusion

Office: Fisheries Center 104A • Box 356410
Contact: (206) 543-3827 • email

James D. Bryers, Professor
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Adjunct with Chemical Engineering
PhD (chemical engineering), Rice University, 1980

Research Themes:
Biomaterials & Tissue Bioengineering
Molecular Bioengineering

Research: Bacterial adhesion; bacterial biofilm; biomaterials that heal while preventing bacterial infection; plasmid retention, expression, and transfer within biofilm communities; gene delivery
Office: Foege N310C • Box 355061
Contact: (206) 221-5876 • email

David G. Castner, Professor & Associate Dean of Infrastructure, College of Engineering
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Joint with Chemical Engineering
Director, National ESCA & Surface Analysis Center
PhD (physical chemistry), University of California Berkeley, 1979

Research Themes:
Biomaterials & Tissue Bioengineering
Bioinstrumentation
Molecular Bioengineering

Research: Surface analysis; surface modification; biomaterials
Office: BNS 239A • Box 355061
Contact: (206) 543-8094, 685-1229 • email

Eric H. Chudler, Research Associate Professor
PhD (psychology), University of Washington, 1985

Research Themes:
Integrative Physiology, Systems Biology & Synthetic Biology
Neural Engineering, Rehabilitation & Augmentation

Research: Parkinson’s disease, pain, science education and outreach
Office: Foege N361 • Box 355061
Contact: (206) 616-6899 • email

Lawrence Crum, Research Professor
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PhD (physics), University of Ohio, 1967

Research Theme: Imaging & Image-Guided Therapy

Research: Acoustic hemostasis; HIFU therapy; ultrasound-enhanced drug delivery; extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy; sonoluminescence
Office: OOB 208 • Box 355640
Contact: (206) 685-8622 • email

Valerie Daggett, Professor
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Adjunct with Biochemistry, Biomedical and Health Informatics
Director, Biomolecular Structure and Design Program (BMSD)
PhD (pharmaceutical chemistry), University of California, San Francisco, 1990

Research Themes:
Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering
Molecular Bioengineering
Understanding Nature through Engineering

Research: Protein folding; dynameomics/bioinformatics; extremophile proteins; protein modulators; protein design; unfolding diseases; protein complexes; single nucleotide polymorphisms
Office: Foege N310B • Box 355061
Contact: (206) 685-7420 • email

Albert Folch, Associate Professor
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Adjunct with Mechanical Engineering
PhD (surface science and nanotechnology), University of Barcelona, Spain, 1994

Research Themes:
Bioinstrumentation
Neural Engineering, Rehabilitation & Augmentation

Research: Miniature cell culture tools for quantitative neurobiology studies, with a focus on axon guidance and synaptogenesis; BioMEMS
Office: Foege N430N • Box 355061
Contact: (206) 685-2257 • email

Lara Gamble, Research Assistant Professor
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PhD (physical chemistry), University of Washington, 1996

Research T
hemes:
Bioinstrumentation
Molecular Bioengineering

Research: Surface analysis; surface modification; biomaterials; microarray chemistry
Office: BNS 239 • Box 351750
Contact: (206) 616-4173 • email

Xiaohu Gao, Assistant Professor
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PhD (chemistry) Indiana University, Bloomington, 2004

Research Themes:
Bioinstrumentation
Molecular Bioengineering
Imaging & Image-Guided Therapy

Research: Engineered nanostructures for detection; analysis and treatment of human diseases; cardiovascular diseases; infectious diseases; neurological diseases
Office: Foege N530M • Box 355061
Contact: (206) 543-6562 • email

Cecilia Giachelli, Professor
PhD (pharmacology), University of Washington, 1987

Research Themes:
Biomaterials & Tissue Bioengineering
Molecular Bioengineering

Research: Tissue engineering; calcification; cell-material interactions; foreign body response; ectopic calcification
Office: Foege N330L • Box 355061
Contact: (206) 543-0205 • email

Allan S. Hoffman, Professor
Adjunct with Chemical Engineering
ScD (chemical engineering), MIT, 1957

Research Themes:
Biomaterials & Tissue Bioengineering
Molecular Bioengineering

Research: Smart polymer bioconjugates; hydrogels; drug delivery; polymer surfaces
Office: Foege N530R • Box 355061
Contact: (206) 543-9423 • email

Thomas A. Horbett, Professor
Joint with Chemical Engineering
PhD (biochemistry), University of Washington, 1970

Research Themes:
Biomaterials & Tissue Bioengineering
Molecular Bioengineering

Research: Interaction of cells and proteins with foreign materials; Drug delivery from biomaterials
Office: Foege N310H • Box 355061
Contact: (206) 685-1392, 543-2250 • email

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)
Office: Foege N107 • Box 359222
(206) 732-6789 • email

Yongmin Kim, Professor
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Joint with Electrical Engineering
Adjunct with Radiology, Computer Science & Engineering
PhD (electrical engineering), University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1982

Research Themes:
Bioinstrumentation
Imaging & Image-Guided Therapy
Global Health, Distributed Diagnosis & Home Healthcare (D₂H₂)

Research: Medical devices, medical imaging and computing, ultrasound imaging, electronic medicine, and distributed diagnosis and home healthcare (D2H2)
Office: Foege 107E/N510G • Box 359222
Contact: (206) 685-2002 • email

Martin J. Kushmerick, Professor
Joint with Radiology, Physiology & Biophysics
PhD (molecular biology), University of Pennsylvania, 1966
MD University of Pennsylvania, 1963

Research Themes:
Imaging & Image-Guided Therapy
Integrative Physiology, Systems Biology & Synthetic Biology
Understanding Nature Through Engineeering

Research: NMR spectroscopy of tissues; muscle biophysics
Office: HSB AA-010 • Box 357115
Contact: (206) 543-3762 • email

Henry C. Lai, Research Professor
PhD (psychology), University of Washington, 1978

Research Themes:
Integrative Physiology, Systems Biology & Synthetic Biology
Molecular Bioengineering

Research: Biological effects of electromagnetic fields; cancer treatment using artemisinin and synthetic compounds
Office: Foege N251A • Box 355061
Contact: (206) 543-1071 • email

Barry R. Lutz, Research Assistant Professor
PhD (chemical engineering), University of Washington, 2003

Research Themes:
Bioinstrumentation
Global Health, Distributed Diagnosis & Home Healthcare (D₂H₂)

Research: Biosensor chmical transport & kinetics; sound-based microfluidic systems; single-cell manipulation; multiplex optical detection; point-of-care diagnostics
Office: Foege N530N • Box 355061
Contact: (206) 685-9891 • Fax (206) 685-3300 • email

Charles E. Murry, Professor
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Joint with Pathology
PhD (pathology) Duke University, 1988
MD, Duke University, 1989

Research Theme: Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering

Research: Myocardial infarction; stem cells; tissue repair and regeneration; tissue engineering; angiogenesis
Office: 815 Mercer, Rm 453 • Box 358050
Contact: (206) 616-8685 • Fax 897-1540 • email

Christopher Neils, Lecturer

PhD (biomedical engineering), The University of Texas at Austin, 2000
BS (aeronautics & astronautics), MIT, 1990

Research Themes:
Bionstrumentation
Understanding Nature through Engineering

Teaching Focus: Medical electronic devices, feedback control systems, fluid & structural dynamics, signal & image processing, senior capstone design projects

Office: Foege N310E • Box 355061
Contact: (206) 685-3021 • Fax 685-3300 • email

Matthew O'Donnell, Professor & Frank & Julie Jungers Dean of Engineering
PhD (solid state physics), University of Notre Dame, 1976

Research Themes:
Imaging & Image-Guided Therapy
Molecular Bioengineering

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.
Office: Loew 371 • Box 352180
Contact: (206) 543-1829 • Fax 616-0666 • email

Gerald H. Pollack, Professor
PhD (bioengineering), University of Pennsylvania, 1968

Research Themes:
Understanding Nature through Engineering
Molecular Bioengineering
Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering
Bioinstrumentation

Research: Unexpectedly profound ordering of water at interfaces; role of water and light in natural processes; molecular basis of biological motion; engineering of water-based technologies for solving societal problems.
Office: Foege N210A • Box 355061
Contact: (206) 685-1880 • email

Suzie Pun, Robert F. Rushmer Professor in Bioengineering
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PhD (chemical engineering), California Institute of Technology, 2000

Research Themes:
Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering
Imaging & Image-Guided Therapy
Molecular Bioengineering

Research: Non-viral gene delivery; Delivery of drugs & molecular contrast agents; Intracellular trafficking
Office: Foege N530P • Box 355061
Contact: (206) 685-3488 • email

Buddy D. Ratner, Professor & Michael L. & Myrna Darland Endowed Chair in Technology Commercialization
Joint with Chemical Engineering
Director, University of Washington Engineered Biomaterials (UWEB-21)
PhD (polymer chemistry), Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, 1972

Research Themes:
Bioinstrumentation
Biomaterials &Tissue Bioengineering
Molecular Bioengineering

Research: Synthesis and characterization of polymeric biomaterials; surface analysis by ESCA, SIMS, STM, FTIR-ATR, AFM; plasma deposition of thin films
Office: Foege N330J • Box 355061
Contact: (206) 685-1005, 685-0676 • email

Daniel M. Ratner, Assistant Professor
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PhD (chemistry), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004

Research Themes:
Bioinstrumentation
Molecular Bioengineering
Biomaterials & Tissue Bioengineering

Research: Glycotechnology; modification of surfaces with glycans; carbohydrate mediated host-pathogen interactions; glycoproteomics
Office: Foege N210D • Box 355061
Contact: (206) 685 2840 • email

Michael Regnier, Associate Professor and Vice Chair
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PhD (biology-neurobiology), University of Southern California, 1991

Research Themes:
Molecular Bioengineering
Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering
Understanding Nature through Engineering

Research: Molecular mechanisms of regulation and chemo-mechanics in heart and skeletal muscle; computational biophysical models; experimental models of cardiac repair
Office: Foege N310F or 815 Mercer St., Rm. S184 •
Box 355061
Contact: (206) 616-4325, 221-0504 • email

Jay Rubinstein, Professor
Joint with Otolaryngology
Director, Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center PhD (bioengineering), University of Washington, 1988
MD University of Washington, 1987

Research Theme:
Neural Engineering, Rehabilitation & Augmentation

Research: Computational biophysics; clinical and basic electrophysiology; human psychophysics; clinical trials of new cochlear implant technology
Office: CHDD 176 • Box 357923
Contact: (206) 616-6655 • email

Joan E. Sanders, Associate Professor
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Adjunct with Rehabilitation Medicine, Mechanical Engineering
PhD (bioengineering), University of Washington, 1991

Research Themes:
Bioinstrumentation
Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering
Molecular Bioengineering
Neural Engineering, Rehabilitation & Augmentation
Understanding Nature through Engineering

Research: Tissue engineering for cardiac applications; design of novel fiber-porous biomaterials; skin adaptation to mechanical stress; prosthetic engineering
Office: Foege N430J • Box 355061
Contact: (206) 221-5872, 685-8296 • email

Herbert Sauro, Associate Professor
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PhD (computational biochemistry), Oxford Brooks University, UK,1986

Research Theme:
Integrative Physiology, Systems Biology & Synthetic Biology

Research: Metabolic and signal transduction networks, synthetic biology, simulation, non-linear dynamics, control analysis, software development.
Office: Foege N210E • Box 355061
Contact: 206-685-2119 • email

Marta Scatena, Research Associate Professor
PhD (cell biology), University of Padova, Italy, 1992

Research Theme: Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering

Research: Biomaterials; inflammation; cardiovascular disease; tissue engineering
Office: SLU • Box 358056
Contact: (206) 543-5789 • email

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

Research Theme: Integrative Physiology, Systems Biology & Synthetic Biology
Molecular Bioengineering
Global Health, Distributed Diagnostics & Home Healthcare (D₂H ₂)

Research: DNA damage/repair; apoptosis; aging and cancer
Office: Foege N233B • Box 355061
Contact: (206) 685-2060 • email

Yanfeng (Mei) Speer, Research Assistant Professor
PhD (biochemistry), University of Helsinki, Finland, 1999
Master of Medicine, Tongji Medical University, China, 1990

Research Theme:
Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering
Molecular Bioengineering

Research: Ectopic calcification; cell differentiation and phenotype modulation; gene targeting; tissue engineering
Office: Foege N330R • Box 355061
Contact: (206) 543-3983 • email

Patrick S. Stayton, Washington Research Foundation Endowed Professor in Bioengineering
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PhD (biochemistry), University of Illinois-Champaign, 1989

Research Themes:
Biomaterials & Tissue Bioengineering
Molecular Bioengineering
Global health, Distributed Diagnosis & Home healthcare (D₂H₂)

Research: Protein engineering; biomaterials; drug delivery; biomineralization
Office: Foege N530L • Box 355061
Contact: (206) 685-8148, 685-0163 • email

Wendy E. Thomas, Assistant Professor
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PhD (bioengineering), University of Washington, 2003

Research Themes:
Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering
Molecular Bioengineering
Integrative Physiology, Systems Biology & Synthetic Biology
Understanding Nature Through Engineering

Research: Mechanics of biological adhesion
Office: Foege N430P • Box 355061
Contact: (206) 616-3947 • email

Rong Tian, Professor
Joint with Anesthesiology
MD, West China University of Medical Sciences, (1986)
PhD (pharmacology), Institute of Pharmacology (Denmark), 1992

Research Themes:
Imaging & Image-Guided Therapy
Integrative Physiology, Systems Biology & Synthetic Biology
Understanding Nature through Engineering

Research:
Energy metabolism in cardiovascular diseases Mitochondrial dysfunction and metabolic signaling
NMR spectroscopy and Imaging-guided spectroscopy
Office: Box 356540
Contact: (206) 543-8982 • email

Pedro Verdugo, Professor
Adjunct with Internal Medicine
MD State University of Chile, 1965

Research Themes:
Molecular Bioengineering
Understanding Nature through Engineering

Research: Polymer networks; self- assembly of marine biopolymers and their role in global carbon cycling; ion-exchange properties, hydration equilibrium, and phase transition of secretory matrixes; development of biopolymer matrix-carriers for vaccine preservation
Office: Foege N310A • Box 355061
Contact: (206) 543-5994, 685-2003 • email

Paul Yager, Professor & Hunter & Dorothy Simpson Endowed Chair in Bioengineering
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Adjunct with Chemical Engineering, Chemistry,
Oral Biology, and Global Health
PhD (chemistry), University of Oregon, 1980

Research Themes:
Bioinstrumentation
Molecular Bioengineering
Global Health, Distributed Diagnosis & Home Healthcare (D₂H₂)

Research: Microfluidic devices for chemical and biochemical measurement and analysis; point-of-care diagnostic instruments; global health
Office: Foege N530J • Box 355061
Contact: (206) 543-6126 • email