Research Labs

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Faculty	Research Theme (UW BioE)	Key Word	Email	Lab Website
Albert Folch	Technology for Expanding Access to Healthcare	microfluidics, drug testing, 3-d printing, laser cutting, digital manufacturing	afolch@u.washington.edu	https://albertfolch.wixsite.com/folchlabintro
Amy Orsborn	Neural Engineering	brain-machine interface, brain machine interface, BMI, motor learning, motor control, adaptive systems, neural networks, multi-scale, neural technology, neuroplasticity, neural interface	aorsborn@uw.edu	http://faculty.washington.edu/aorsborn/
Andre Berndt	Neural Engineering	protein engineering, optogenetics, fluorescence imaging, electrophysiology, neuron, cardiac cells, circuit dynamics, biosensors, network connectivity	berndtuw@uw.edu	http://www.berndtlab.com
Azadeh Yazdan-Shahmorad	Neural Engineering	neural engineering, neurorehabilitation, brain stimulation, optogenetics, neural interface, stroke rehabilitation, stimulation-based therapy, functional connectivity	azadehy@uw.edu	https://sites.bioe.uw.edu/yazdan-azadeh/
Barry Lutz	Technology for Expanding Access to Healthcare	mechanical prototyping, optical detection, low-cost electrical design, assay development	blutz@uw.edu	https://www.lutzlab.org/
Buddy D. Ratner	Biomaterials & Regenerative Medicine	biomaterials, tissue engineering, biocompatibility, surface analysis	ratner@uw.edu	https://sites.uw.edu/biomaterialsgroup/
Cecilia Giachelli	Molecular and Cellular Engineering	molecular and cellular bioengineering, healing and biocompatibility, tissue regeneration	ceci@uw.edu	https://sites.bioe.uw.edu/giachelli/
Charles E. Murry	Molecular and Cellular Engineering	stem cell biology, tissue engineering, "disease in a dish" studies	murry@u.washington.edu	http://www.pathology.washington.edu/research/labs/murry/
Christopher M. Neils	Instrumentation, Imaging and Image-Guided Therapy	electronic devices, feedback control systems, fluid dynamics, signal processing,	cmneils@uw.edu	N/A
Christopher Sims	Biomaterials & Regenerative Medicine	stem cell, microfabrication, cell biology, biochemical assays, organ-on-chip	cesimsuw@uw.edu	N/A
Chun Yuan	Instrumentation, Imaging and Image-Guided Therapy	MRI, cardiovascular disease, imaging, machine Learning, deep learning, artificial intelligence, image processing, image analysis	cyuan@uw.edu	https://rad.washington.edu/research/groups/vascular-imaging-laboratory/
Cole DeForest	Biomaterials & Regenerative Medicine	tissue engineering, programmable biomaterials, biomaterials, material science, synthetic chemistry, stem cell, biomolecular engineering	profcole@uw.edu	http://www.coledeforest.com/
Colin Studholme	Systems, Synthetic and Quantitative Biology	MRI, imaging, algorithm, pattern analysis, network connectivity, brain mapping, brain development, biomarker, functional connectivity	studholm@uw.edu	http://depts.washington.edu/bicg/home/
Daniel Chiu	Systems, Synthetic and Quantitative Biology	microfluidics, microfabrication, bioanalysis, nanomaterials, microscopy tools	chiu@chem.washington.edu	https://depts.washington.edu/chiugrp/index.html
Daniel M. Ratner	Biomaterials & Regenerative Medicine	biochemical engineering, molecular engineering, biosensors, surface characterization, surface modification, drug development, drug delivery, global health, glycotechnology	dratner@u.washington.edu	N/A
David G. Castner	Instrumentation, Imaging and Image-Guided Therapy	biomedical surface analysis, surface analysis, surface characterization, interface characterization, surface modification, spectroscopy, spectrometry, microscopy, biomaterials	castner@uw.edu	https://www.nb.uw.edu/nb-undergraduate-students-home
Drew Sellers	Neural Engineering	cell programming, biomaterials, drug delivery, stem cell, tissue engineering, nanomedicine	drewfus@uw.edu	http://faculty.washington.edu/spun/
Eric H. Chudler	Technology for Expanding Access to Healthcare	neural engineering, experimental neuroscience, computational neuroscience, communication and interface	chudler@u.washington.edu	http://www.centerforneurotech.org/
Gerald Pollack	Systems, Synthetic and Quantitative Biology	water-based technologies, desalination, energy from water and light, cell biology, motion	ghp@uw.edu	https://www.pollacklab.org/
Gianluca Interlandi	Systems, Synthetic and Quantitative Biology	computational structural biology, molecular dynamics simulations, biochemical and biophysical assays	gianluca@u.washington.edu	http://artemide.bioeng.washington.edu/research/
Hao Yuan Kueh	Systems, Synthetic and Quantitative Biology	molecular circuitry, live-cell imaging, mathematical modeling, gene editing, biochemistry	kueh@uw.edu	http://depts.washington.edu/kuehlab/
Herbert Sauro	Systems, Synthetic and Quantitative Biology	quantitative mechanistic modeling, computational bioengineering, control systems, pathway modeling	hsauro@uw.edu	https://www.sys-bio.org/
Ivan M. Pelivanov	Instrumentation, Imaging and Image-Guided Therapy	photoacoustics, laser ultrasonics, biomedical ultrasound, elastography, photoacoustic imaging, spectroscopy, spectrophotometry, cytometry, ultrasound imaging, optical coherence elastography	ivanp3@uw.edu	N/A
James B. Bassingthwaighte	Systems, Synthetic and Quantitative Biology	physiome, database, modeling, computational modeling,	jbb2@uw.edu	https://www.physiome.org/
James Bryers	Biomaterials & Regenerative Medicine	engineered immunity, vaccine, biomaterials, tissue regeneration	jbryers@uw.edu	https://sites.google.com/uw.edu/bryerslabgroup
James Lai	Technology for Expanding Access to Healthcare	biomarker detection, assay development, nanomaterials, diagnostic assays, protein conjugates	jilai@uw.edu	N/A
Jay T. Rubinstein	Neural Engineering	computational biophysics, electrophysiology, psychophysics, ear implant	rubinj@u.washington.edu	https://sites.uw.edu/hearing/rubinstein-lab/
Jennifer Davis	Molecular and Cellular Engineering	genetic engineering, molecular and mechanical signaling networks, mechanics-based therapeutics	jendavis@uw.edu	https://faculty.washington.edu/jendavis/
Joan Sanders	Biomaterials & Regenerative Medicine	prosthetics, instrumentation, rehabilitation, biomechanics	jsanders@uw.edu	http://depts.washington.edu/jsweb/
Karl Böhringer	Technology for Expanding Access to Healthcare	microelectromechanical systems, microfabrication, nanofabrication, nanomaterials, microfluidic devices	karlb@uw.edu	http://labs.ece.uw.edu/mems/
Kelly Stevens	Systems, Synthetic and Quantitative Biology	artificial tissues, tissue engineering, stem cell engineering,	ksteve@uw.edu	http://www.kellystevensscience.com/
Kim Woodrow	Technology for Expanding Access to Healthcare	biomaterial engineering, immune engineering, nanomaterials, chemical engineering	woodrow@uw.edu	http://faculty.washington.edu/woodrow/
Lara Gamble	Biomaterials & Regenerative Medicine	surface analysis, surface modification, biomaterials, mass spectral imaging	lgamble@uw.edu	https://www.nb.uw.edu/content/lara-gamble
Marta Scatena	Molecular and Cellular Engineering	biomaterials, tissue engineering, immune response to biomedical devices and engineered tissue substitutes	mscatena@uw.edu	N/A
Matthew O’Donnell	Instrumentation, Imaging and Image-Guided Therapy	biomedical imaging, photoacoustics, ultrasound, ultrasonic molecular imaging, photoacoustic molecular imaging	odonnel@uw.edu	N/A
Michael Regnier	Molecular and Cellular Engineering	molecular and cellular mechanisms, cell & tissue engineering and gene therapy	mregnier@uw.edu	https://sites.uw.edu/hammlab/
Mike Averkiou	Instrumentation, Imaging and Image-Guided Therapy	ultrasound imaging, ultrasound contrast agents, tumor imaging, tumor quantification, atherosclerotic plaque imaging, microbubbles, ultrasound drug-delivery	maverk@uw.edu	http://faculty.washington.edu/maverk/
Nancy Allbritton	Biomaterials & Regenerative Medicine	biochemical assays, cell arrays, biomedical devices, automation, instrumentation, organ-on-chip, cell arrays, tissue modeling, microfluidics, microengineering	nlallbr@uw.edu	https://sites.bioe.uw.edu/allbritton/
Patrick Boyle	Systems, Synthetic and Quantitative Biology	computational modeling, MRI scans, virtual simulations, stem cell engineering, artificial intelligence, optogenetics	pmjboyle@uw.edu	https://cardsslab.org/
Patrick S. Stayton	Technology for Expanding Access to Healthcare	molecular mechanisms, protein engineering, drug therapies, bioanalytics, diagnostics, biomaterial development	stayton@u.washington.edu	N/A
Paul Kinahan	Instrumentation, Imaging and Image-Guided Therapy	medical imaging, PET, positron emission tomography, CT, x-ray computed tomography, image reconstruction, image analysis, quantitative imaging	kinahan@uw.edu	http://faculty.washington.edu/kinahan/
Paul Wiggins	Instrumentation, Imaging and Image-Guided Therapy	bacterial cell biology, chromosome structure, bacterial ultra-structure, quantitative imaging, DNA statistical mechanics, membrane statistical mechanics, statistical mechanics, fluorescence microscopy, automation	pwiggins@uw.edu	http://mtshasta.phys.washington.edu/website/contactus.php
Paul Yager	Technology for Expanding Access to Healthcare	diagnostics, microfluidics, assay development, biosensors, microfabrication	yagerp@uw.edu	http://faculty.washington.edu/yagerp/index.html
Rong Tian	Biomaterials & Regenerative Medicine	cardiovascular disease, protein modification, metabolomics, biosensors, isotope tracing, cell metabolism	rongtian@u.washington.edu	https://sites.uw.edu/mmcslu/laboratories/research-laboratories-tian-lab/tian_recruitment/
Ruikang (Ricky) Wang	Instrumentation, Imaging and Image-Guided Therapy	functional optical imaging, photoacoustics, laser doppler, optical biopsy, light propagation in tissue	wangrk@uw.edu	http://depts.washington.edu/wangast/research.html
Suzie H. Pun	Biomaterials & Regenerative Medicine	biomaterials, drug delivery, cancer, central nervous system, cns, cns disorders, macromolecular drugs, cell therapy, gene therapy	spun@u.washington.edu	http://faculty.washington.edu/spun/
Valerie Daggett	Molecular and Cellular Engineering	computational bioengineering, protein folding & dynamics, dynameomics/bioinformatics	daggett@uw.edu	http://depts.washington.edu/daglab/
Wendy Thomas	Biomaterials & Regenerative Medicine	biomechanics, mechanobiology, molecular biophysics, biophysics, thrombosis, infection, adhesion, protein engineering, drug development, instrumentation	wendyt@uw.edu	http://faculty.washington.edu/wendyt/index.html
Xiaohu Gao	Instrumentation, Imaging and Image-Guided Therapy	nanomedicine, nanotechnology, molecular engineering, molecular imaging, drug delivery, cancer, neural engineering	xgao@uw.edu	http://faculty.washington.edu/xgao/openings.html
Xongxia Fu	Molecular and Cellular Engineering	stem cell biology, biophysics, molecular mechanisms, disease modeling	hfu@uw.edu	http://thefulab.com/
Ying Zheng	Molecular and Cellular Engineering	microvascular remodeling, organ-on-a-chip, disease modeling	yingzy@uw.edu	http://faculty.washington.edu/yingzy/