Center for BME Leadership
Jeffrey R. Morgan, Co-Director, Center for Biomedical Engineering
Anubhav Tripathi, Co-Director, Center for Biomedical Engineering
Eric M. Darling, Graduate Program Director
Jacquelyn Schell, Masters Program Director
Karen Haberstroh, Undergraduate Program Director
Leigh Hochberg, Honors Thesis Advisor
Beth Zielinski, Director of Industry Outreach
Staff
Jessica Bello
Program administrator
Jessica_Bello@Brown.edu
Program Faculty
Neuroengineering
Primary Faculty
Leigh Hochberg, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor
Honors Thesis Advisor
School of Engineering
Leigh_Hochberg@brown.edu
Braingate2 Website
Teaching:
- ENGN 1220: Neuroengineering
Arto V. Nurmikko, Ph.D., L. Herbert Ballou University Professor
School of Engineering and Department of Physics
Arto_Nurmikko@brown.edu
Lab Website
Teaching:
- ENGN 1220: Neuroengineering
- ENGN 1590: Introduction to Semiconductors and Semiconductor Electronics
James A. Simmons, Ph.D., Professor
Department of Neuroscience
James_Simmons@Brown.edu
Lab Website
Teaching:
- ENGN 1220: Neuroengineering
Biomedical Devices and Imaging
Jerry Daniels, Ph.D., Associate Professor
School of Engineering
Jerry_Daniels@brown.edu
Teaching:
- ENGN 1230: Instrumentation Design
Sean Deoni, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
School of Engineering
Sean_C_Deoni@brown.edu Teaching:
- ENGN 0520: Electrical Circuits and Signals
- ENGN 1930N: Introduction to Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Neuroimaging
Robert Hurt, Ph.D., Professor
School of Engineering
Robert_Hurt@brown.edu
Lab Website
Teaching:
- ENGN 1110: Transport and Biotransport Processes
- ENGN 2910L: Chemical and Transport Processes in the Environment
Domenico Pacifici, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
School of Engineering
Domenico_Pacifici@brown.edu
Lab Website
Teaching:
- ENGN 0510: Electricity and Magnetism
- ENGN 1680: Design and Fabrication of Semiconductor Devices
- ENGN 1931A: The Physics of Solar Cells
G. Tayhas R. Palmore, Ph.D., Professor
School of Engineering
Tayhas_Palmore@brown.edu
Teaching:
- ENGN 0720: Thermodynamics
- ENGN 1490: Biomaterials
Anubhav Tripathi, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Co-Director, Center for Biomedical Engineering
School of Engineering
Anubhav_Tripathi@brown.edu
Lab Website
Teaching:
- ENGN 1930L: Biomedical Engineering Design, Research and Modeling
- ENGN 2910M: Biosensors and Applied Microfluidics
Jimmy M. Xu, Ph.D., The Charles C. Tillinghast Jr. '32 University Professor
School of Engineering and Department of Physics
Jingming_Xu@brown.edu
Lab Website
Teaching:
- ENGN 1560: Applied Electromagnetics
- ENGN 1930B: Photonics and Biophotonics
Motion Sciences/Biomechanics
Kenneth S. Breuer, Ph.D., Professor
School of Engineering
Kenneth_Breuer@brown.edu
Lab Website
Teaching:
- ENGN 0030: Introduction to Engineering
Joseph J. (Trey) Crisco, III, Ph.D., Henry Frederick Lippitt Professor, Orthopaedics
Department of Orthopaedics, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital
Joseph_Crisco@brown.edu
Lab website
Christian Franck, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
School of Engineering
Christian_Franck@brown.edu
Lab Website
Teaching:
- ENGN 1210: Biomechanics
- ENGN 2320: Experimental Mechanics
- ENGN 2910K: Cell Mechanics
L. Ben Freund, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus
School of Engineering
Lambert_Freund@brown.edu
Huajian Gao, Ph.D., Walter H. Annenberg University Professor
School of Engineering
Huajian_Gao@brown.edu
Lab Website
Teaching:
- ENGN 0040: Dynamics and Vibrations
- ENGN 2220: Mechanics of Solids
K.-S. Kim, Ph.D., Professor
School of Engineering
Kyung-Suk_Kim@brown.edu
Lab Website
Teaching:
- ENGN 0040: Dynamics and Vibrations
- ENGN 2240: Linear Elasticity
Gregory D. Jay, M.D., Ph.D., Professor
Co-Director for the Concentration in Medical Technology and Innovation
Department of Emergency Medicine and Department of Medicine, The Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital
Gregory_Jay_MD@brown.edu
Teaching:
- ENGN 2910G: Topics in Translational Research and Technologies
Peter D. Richardson, Ph.D., D.Sc. (Eng), Professor
School of Engineering
Peter_Richardson@brown.edu
Teaching:
- ENGN 1720: Design of Engines and Turbines
Thomas Roberts, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Thomas_Roberts@brown.edu
Lab Website
Teaching:
- BIOL 1810: Human Morphology
Sharon Swartz, Ph.D., Professor
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Sharon_Swartz@brown.edu
Lab Website
Teaching:
- BIOL 0400: Biological Design: Structural Architecture of Organisms
- BIOL 1800: Animal Locomotion
Jay Tang, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Department of Physics
Jay_Tang@brown.edu
Lab Website
Teaching:
- PHYS 0040: Basic Physics
- PHYS 0790: Physics of Matter
Repair and Regenerative Medicine
Roy K. Aaron, M.D., Professor, Orthopedic Surgery
Director, Orthopedic Program in Clinical/Translational Research
Director, Orthopedic Cell Biology Laboratory
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Roy_Aaron@brown.edu
Lab Website
Bahar Bilgen, Ph.D., Instructor
Instructor, Department of Orthopedics, The Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital
Research Scientist, Providence VA Medical Center
Laboratory: Coro West 402C
Bahar_Bilgen@Brown.edu
Lab Website
Qian Chen, Ph.D., Michael G. Ehrlic, MD Professor, Orthopaedics
Department of Orthopaedics, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital
Qian_chen@brown.edu
Lab Website
Susan D'Andrea, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Orthopaedics
Director, The Gait and Motion Analysis Laboratory
Brown/VA Center for Restorative and Regenerative Medicine
Susan_DAndrea@brown.edu
Deborah McK. Ciombor, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Orthopaedics
Department of Orthopaedics, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital
Brown/VA Center for Restorative and Regenerative Medicine
Deborah_Ciombor@brown.edu
Lab Website
Robbert Creton, Ph.D., Associate Professor (Research)
Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, & Biochemistry
Robbert_Creton@brown.edu
Lab Website
Teaching:
- BIOL 0206: Ultrastructure/Bioimaging
Eric M. Darling, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Graduate Program Director
Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biotechnology
Eric_Darling@brown.edu
Lab Website
Teaching:
- BIOL 1150: Stem Cell Engineering
- BIOL 2230/40: Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology Seminar
William Fairbrother, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, & Biochemistry
William_Fairbrother@brown.edu
Lab Website
Teaching:
- BIOL 2010: Quantitative Approaches to Biology
Nicolas L. Fawzi, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biotechnology
Nicolas_Fawzi@Brown.edu
Braden C. Fleming, Ph.D., Lucy Lippitt Professor, Orthopaedics
Department of Orthopaedics, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital
Braden_Fleming@brown.edu
Lab Website
Karen Haberstroh, Ph.D, Assistant Professor (Research)
Undergraduate Program Director
Director of STEM Outreach
Karen_Haberstroh@brown.edu
Teaching:
- ENGN 0030: Introduction to Engineering and Statics
Diane Hoffman-Kim, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biotechnology
Diane_Hoffman-Kim@brown.edu
Lab Website
Teaching:
- BIOL 1140: Tissue Engineering
- BIOL 2230/40: Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology Seminar
Agnus Kane, Ph.D., Professor
Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Institute for Molecular and Nanoscale Innovation
Agnes_Kane@Brown.edu
Teaching:
- BIOL 2840: Small Wonders: Science, Technology, and Human Health Impacts of Nanomaterials
- BIOL 2860D: Molecular Mechanisms of Disease
Gideon Koren, M.D., Professor, Cardiovascular Research
Department of Medicine, Brown University
Gideon_Koren@brown.edu
Lab Website
Edith Mathiowitz, Ph.D., Professor
Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biotechnology
Edith_Mathiowitz@brown.edu
Teaching:
- BIOL 1090: Polymer Science for Biomaterials
- BIOL 2110: Drug and Gene Delivery
- BIOL 2230/40: Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology Seminar
Damian Medici, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Orthopaedics
Department of Orthopaedics, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital
Damian_Medici@brown.edu
Lab Website
Ulrike Mende, M.D., Associate Professor, Cardiovascular Research
Department of Medicine, Brown University
Ulrike_Mende@brown.edu
Lab Website
Jeffrey R. Morgan, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Co-Director, Center for Biomedical Engineering
Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biotechnology
Jeffrey_Morgan@brown.edu
Teaching:
- BIOL 2130: Techniques in Molecular and Cell Science
- BIOL 2230/40: Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology Seminar
Director, Structural Biology Core Facility
Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biotechnology
Wolfgang_Peti@brown.edu
Teaching:
- BIOL 1200: Protein Biophysics and Structural Biology
webpage: http://brown.edu/research/labs/peti/
Jacquelyn Schell, Ph.D, Assistant Professor (Research)
Masters Program Director
Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biotechnology
Jacquelyn_Youssef@brown.edu
Teaching:
- BIOL 1941E: Biotechnology and Global Health
Herman H. Vandenburgh, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus
Department of Pathology, Brown University
Herman_Vandenburgh@brown.edu
Beth Zielinski, Ph.D., Lecturer
Director of Industry Outreach
Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biotechnology
Beth_Anne_Zielinski@brown.edu
Teaching:
- BIOL 0150D: Techniques in Regenerative Medicine: Cells, Scaffolds and Staining
- BIOL 0170: Biotechnology in Medicine
- BIOL 1120: Biomaterials