Faculty
Ammar Abdo, Lecturer
Office Hours: by Appointment via Zoom - BI 2613
TA Office Hours (BME 324): Yuhao Yuan, Mon 2-4 pm via Zoom
Research Interests: Neural Prostheses/Neural Interfaces, Brain-Computer Interface, Floating Micro-Stimulators.
George Catalano, Distinguished Service Professor
Office Hours: TBD
Research Interests: A socially just engineering profession and education paradigm, environmental ethics, engineering ethics, fluid dynamics of the natural world, turbulence, aerodynamics, creativity, liberative pedagogy, predator-prey modeling, cellular automaton.
Guy German, Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director
Office Hours: Monday/Wednesday 12:00 - 1:00 pm via Zoom - BI 2609
TA Office Hours: Alexia Yue, Mon 11-12, Tues 12-1 pm via Zoom
TA Office Hours: Stephanie Brudermann, Thurs/Fri 12-1 pm via Zoom
UCA Office Hours: Taylor Brumale, Mon/Thur 12-1 pm via Zoom
Research Interests: Multi-scale mechanics of tissues, microstructures for encapsulation and drug delivery.
Tracy Hookway, Assistant Professor
Office Hours: Tuesday/Wednesday 12:00 - 1:00 pm via Zoom - BI 2627
TA Office Hours: Jacob Gershon, Thurs 10-11 am via Zoom
Research Interests: 3D tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, stem cell biology and tissue morphogenesis, cardiovascular physiology, multicellular interactions
Sha Jin, Professor and Undergraduate Program Director
Office Hours: Wednesday 2:00 - 5:00 pm via Zoom (by appt) - BI 2612
TA Office Hours: Hui Huang, Mon 3:00-5:00 pm via Zoom
Research Interests: Stem cell for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, mechanobiology, molecular genetics and cell biology, nanosensor development, vaccine development.
Ahyeon Koh, Assistant Professor
Office Hours: Tuesday/Thursday 3:00 - 4:30 pm via Zoom - BI 2624
Research Interests: Electrochemical biosensors, flexible and stretchable sensors, biocompatible sensors and materials, analytical devices for biomedical applications
Frank Lu, Assistant Professor
Office Hours: Monday 11:00 am - 1:00 pm via Zoom - BI 2626
TA Office Hours: Busra Buyuk, Tues 12:00 - 2:00 pm via Zoom
Research Interests: Nonlinear Raman microscopy, multiphoton microscopy, label-free digital histopathology, optical bioimaging for image-guided neurosurgery and neuro-oncology.
Gretchen Mahler, Associate Professor
Office Hours: Tuesday/Thursday 12:00-1:00 pm via zoom - BI 2608
TA Office Hours: Xueer Song, Mon/Wed 3:30-4:30 pm via zoom
Research Interests: In vitro and in silico toxicology and pharmacology, microfluidic models of organs and tissues, endothelial and epithelial cell pathobiology.
Yuan Wan, Assistant Professor
Office Hours: Friday 12:00 - 2:00 pm via Zoom - BI 2625
Research Interests: Diagnostic technologies, micro/nanofluidics, targeted therapeutics, clinical pathophysiology
Zhibo Wang, Lecturer and Lab Coordinator
Office Hours: Friday 11:00 am - 2:00 pm via Zoom - BI 2617
TA Office Hours: Tianzheng Liu (BME 413), Tues 2:00-4:00 pm via Zoom
Research interest: TBD
Ying Wang, Assistant Professor
Office Hours: Monday 12:00 - 1:00 pm, Thursday 1:00 - 2:00 pm via Zoom - BI 2610
Research areas: Multi-Organ Microphysiological Systems, Tissue Engineering, Microfluidic Tissue Culture Platforms, and Integrated On-Chip Biosensing.
Kaiming Ye, Professor and Chair
Office Hours: By appointment
Research Interests: Advanced Biomanufacturing, 3D Tissue and Organ Printing, Personalized Medicine, Stem Cell Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Nanomedicine, Vaccine Development, Biosensors and Bioimaging.
Courtesy Faculty
Katie Edwards, Assistant Professor, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Research Interests: Liposomal combination drug formulations, Thiamine deficiency and supplementation and Bioanalytical assay development
Anthony Di Pasqua, Assistant Professor, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Research Interests: Nanomaterials, chemo- and radio-therapeutics, platinum-based anticancer therapeutics
Yetrib Hathout, Professor, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Research Interests: Bio-analytical mass spectrometry and proteomics to study muscle diseases, diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers, novel therapeutic targets
Eric Hoffman, Professor and Associate Dean for Research, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Research Interests: Molecular genetics, neuromuscular diseases, drug development
Zhanpeng Jin, Visiting Associate Professor
Research Interests: Medical cyber physical systems; mobile and wearable computing and security issues in smart health; neural engineering; neuromorphic computing systems; low-power sensing and electronics
Nathan Tumey, Assistant Professor, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Research Interests: Medicinal chemistry, targeted drug delivery, antibody-drug conjugates, auto-immune disease / inflammation
Department Advisory Board Committee
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The Biomedical Engineering Advisory Board is composed of leaders from industry, business and the community. The mission of the Advisory Board is defined by three major objectives: to provide advice to the department on academic, research and service programs and strategic direction; to serve as advocates for the department; to foster industry/University partnerships that result in the application of applied research and technical knowledge.
Advisory Board Members
Erin Barnes '13
Binghamton University Bioengineering Alumnus
Student, Temple University School of MedicineJoshua Cohen, PhD, MD '15
Binghamton University Bioengineering Alumnus
Plastic Surgery
NYU Langone Medical CenterRajesh Davé, MD, MBA '93
SUNY Upstate Medical Center,
Binghamton Clinical Campus,
UHS Imaging Wilson Medical Center
Johnson City, NYEnsign Ian Foxton, '19
Navy Collegiate Program Officer
U.S. NavyPaul H. Frisch, PhD, FHIMSS
Assistant Attending, Department of Medical Physics
Chief, Biomedical Physics and Engineering
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NYEdward Guo, PhD
Chair and Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Columbia UniversityBin He, PhD
Department Head and Distinguished Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pa.Amine Hila, PhD, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Upstate Medical School, SUNY
DIO, Director of Medical Education, UHS Hospitals
Medical Director of Research, UHS Hospitals
Staff Gastroenterologist, UHS Hospitals
Binghamton Gastroenterology Associates
Binghamton, NYBarry Jones, PhD
Director, LCMS Biologics and Biomarkers
Q2LabSoultionsKam Leong, PhD
Member of National Academy of Engineering
Distinguished Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia UniversitySuPing Lyu, PhD
Medtronic Corporate Science and Technology
Senior Principal Scientist and Technical Fellow
Medtronic Co.Guruprasad Madhavan, PhD
Director of Programs
National Academy of EngineeringJoseph Perez-Rodgers, PhD, '12
Binghamton University Bioengineering Alumnus
Technical Product Manager
GNS HealthcareMiriam Rafailovich, PhD
Distinguished Professor
Material Science Department
SUNY Stony BrookTejasvi Sadasivuni, MS '13
Binghamton University Bioengineering Alumnus
Engineer
Samsung Austin SemiconductorHeike Sichtig, PhD, '09
Binghamton University Bioengineering Alumnus
Biomedical Engineer / Premarket Reviewer
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)Lucy Volland '13
Binghamton University Bioengineering Alumnus
Project Manager
GOFee
Student Advisory Board Committee
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The Biomedical Engineering Student Advisory Board is composed of top students, both graduate and undergraduate. The mission of the Student Advisory Board includes the following objectives:
to provide feedback to the department on academic, research and service programs to serve as advocates for the student population
Student Advisory Board Members
Undergraduate
- Paul DeCostanza (Senior)
- Emma Heaton (Senior)
- Derek Ogi (Junior)
- David Godovich (Junior)
Graduate
- Sebastian Freeman (Chair)
- Ming Hu(PhD student)
- Niranjana Dhandapani (PhD student)
- Soujanya Karanth (PhD student)
Student groups
There are a number of honor societies and student organizations that represent various engineering and computer science disciplines in which Watson College students can participate.