People


Faculty

Van C. Mow
Department Chair, Stanley Dicker Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Orthopedic Bioengineering
351 Engineering Terrace
1210 Amsterdam Avenue, Mail Code: 8904

Phone: +1 212-854-8462
Fax: +1 212-854-5117
Email: vcm1@columbia.edu

Research Areas:

Soft tissue biomechanics (including articular cartilage, meniscus and intervertebral disc), biomechanics of osteoarthritis, cell-matrix interactions, mechano-signal transduction, and functional tissue engineering.


Andrew F. Laine
Vice-Chair, Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Radiology
407 CEPSR Building
530 West 120th Street, Mail Code: 8904

Phone: +1 212-854-6539
Fax: +1 212-854-2733
Email: laine@columbia.edu

Research Areas:

Mathematical analysis and quantification of medical images, signal and image processing, computer-aided diagnosis.
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Gerard Ateshian
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering
242 S. W. Mudd
500 West 120th Street, Mail Code: 4703

Phone: +1 212-854-8602
Fax: +1 212-854-3304
Email: ateshian@columbia.edu

Research Areas:

Cartilage mechanics, biotribology, and tissue engineering, diarthrodial joint mechanics, soft tissue mechanics, computer-assisted surgery.
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Truman R. Brown
Percy Kay and Vida L. W. Hudson Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Radiology (Physics).
Hatch Center NI
Box 48, 710 West 168th Street

Phone: +1 212-305-1864
Fax: +1 212-854-6284
Email: trb11@columbia.edu

Research Areas:

Research in MR imaging and spectroscopy; Bayesian signal analysis.
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X. Edward Guo
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
351 Engineering Terrace
1210 Amsterdam Avenue, Mail Code: 8904

Phone: +1 212-854-6196
Fax: +1 212-854-8725
Email: exg1@columbia.edu

Research Areas:

Bone mechanics, bone adaptation to mechanical loads and its cellular/molecular mechanisms, computational modeling of biological tissues, cellular biomechanics, imaging analysis of bone microstructure, micropatterning of cells.
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Henry Hess
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
351L Engineering Terrace
1210 Amsterdam Avenue, Mail Code: 8904
New York , NY 10027

Phone: +1 212-854-7749
Fax: +1 212-854-8725
Email: hh2374@columbia.edu

Research Areas:

Engineering at the molecular scale, in particular the design of active nanosystems incorporating biomolecular motors, the study of active self-assembly, and the investigation of protein-resistant polymer coatings.
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Andreas H. Hielscher
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering & Radiology
500 West 120th Street, MC 8904
351 Engineering Terrace, Mudd Bldg.
New York , NY 10027

Phone: +1 212-854-5080
Email: ahh2004@columbia.edu

Research Areas:

Optical medical instrumentation and image reconstruction algorithms. Clinical and preclinical imaging of joint diseases, cancer (breast, kidney, stomach, bone, prostate), cerebral hemodynamics (stroke, epilepsy), and vascular reactivity.
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Elizabeth M. C. Hillman
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Radiology
351 Engineering Terrace
1210 Amsterdam Avenue, Mail Code: 8904

Phone: +1 212-854-2788
Fax: +1 212-854-8725
Email: eh2245@columbia.edu

Research Areas:

2D and 3D optical imaging, development and application of new optical imaging technologies, microscopy and spectroscopy, in vivo function and physiology, brain, cardiac and dermal and molecular imaging.
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Hayden Huang
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
351 Engineering Terrace
1210 Amsterdam Avenue, Mail Code 8904

Phone: +1 212-851-0272
Fax: +1 212-854-8725
Email: hayden.huang@columbia.edu

Research Areas:

General responses of cells to physical stimuli, mechanotransduction, cell mechanical properties and adhesion, with focus on cardiovasculature. Development of instrumentation and new techniques for probing cells.
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Clark T. Hung
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
351 Engineering Terrace
1210 Amsterdam Avenue, Mail Code: 8904

Phone: +1 212-854-6542
Fax: +1 212-854-8725
Email: cth6@columbia.edu

Research Areas:

Effects of physical, mechanical, and chemical stimuli on musculoskeletal cells related to cellular and tissue engineering.
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Christopher R. Jacobs
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
351 Engineering Terrace
1210 Amsterdam Avenue, Mail Code: 8904
New York , NY 10027

Phone: +1 212 851 0271
Email: crj2111@columbia.edu

Research Areas:

Understanding the molecular mechanisms that allow cells of the skeletal system to sense and respond to mechanical stimulation.
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Lance C. Kam
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
351 Engineering Terrace
1210 Amsterdam Avenue, Mail Code: 8904

Phone: +1 212-854-8611
Email: lk2141@columbia.edu

Research Areas:

Micro- and nano-scale fabrication of biological systems. Cell-cell and cell-matrix signaling. Engineering of immune and nervous systems. Nanomedicine.
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Elisa E. Konofagou
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Radiology
351 Engineering Terrace
1210 Amsterdam Avenue, Mail Code: 8904
New York , NY 10027

Phone: +1 212-342-0863 +1 212-854-9661
Fax: +1 212-342-1648
Email: ek2191@columbia.edu

Research Areas:

Ultrasonics (imaging and therapy), elasticity imaging, signal and image processing, soft tissue mechanics.
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Edward F. Leonard
Professor of Chemical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering
812 S. W. Mudd
500 West 120th Street, Mail Code: 4721

Phone: +1 212-854-4448
Fax: +1 212-854-3054
Email: leonard@columbia.edu

Research Areas:

Blood-material interactions, immunophysics, modeling intracellular signaling.
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Helen H. Lu
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Associate Professor of Dental and Craniofacial Bioengineering
351 Engineering Terrace
1210 Amsterdam Avenue, Mail Code: 8904

Phone: +1 212-854-4071
Fax: +1 212-854-8725
Email: hl2052@columbia.edu

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Jeremy J. Mao
Professor of Dental Medicine
PH7 East
630 West 168th Street

Phone: +1 212-305-9393
Email: jmao@columbia.edu

Research Areas:

Stem cells and multi-lineage differentiation pathways. Tissue engineering via cell delivery and growth factor approaches. Mechanobiology of skeletal structures: cells and cellular mechanics. Cell labeling and cell tracking in tissue regeneration by nanoparticles.
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Barclay Morrison
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
351 Engineering Terrace
1210 Amsterdam Avenue, Mail Code: 8904

Phone: +1 212-854-6277
Fax: +1 212-854-8725
Email: bm2119@columbia.edu

Research Areas:

Mechanical injury of the central nervous system: 1) universal tissue tolerance criteria, 2) role of the cytoskeleton in injury, 3) application of genomic and proteomic technologies to mechanotransduction, 4) repair strategies using stem cells, 5) electrode design for neural engineering.
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Paul Sajda
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Radiology, Departmental Faculty Mediator
404 CEPSR Building
530 West 120th Street, Mail Code: 8904

Phone: +1 212-854-5279
Fax: +1 212-854-8725
Email: ps629@columbia.edu

Research Areas:

Neurocomputational modeling and neuroengineering, pattern recognition, adaptive processing for biomedical image and signal analysis.
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Michael P. Sheetz
Professor of Biological Sciences
713 Fairchild Center, Mail Code: 2408

Phone: +1 212-854-4857
Fax: +1 212-865-8246
Email: ms2001@columbia.edu

Research Areas:

Cell motility, motor molecules, integrin-cytoskeleton interactions.
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Samuel K. Sia
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
351 Engineering Terrace
1210 Amsterdam Avenue, Mail Code: 8904

Phone: +1 212-854-7549
Fax: +1 212-854-8725
Email: ss2735@columbia.edu

Research Areas:

Research Interests: 1) Microfabrication to control tissue formation in controlled 3D microenvironments 2) MEMS devices for improving the health of people in developing countries
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Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
622 West 168th Street
Vanderbilt Clinic, 12th floor, room VC12-234
New York , NY 10032

Phone: +1 212-305-2304
Fax: +1 212-305-4692
Email: gv2131@columbia.edu

Research Areas:

RESEARCH INTERESTS Tissue engineering, human stem cells (adult and embryonic), advanced bioreactors, biophysical regulation of cell function and tissue development
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Adjunct Faculty

Nicolas W. Chbat
Adjunct Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Phone:
Email: chbat@philips.com

Research Areas:

Modeling, controls, and system identification of physiological systems, clinical decision support in the intensive care unit.


Ernest J. Feleppa
Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Phone:
Email: feleppa@rrinyc.org

Research Areas:

Biomedical ultrasound. Diagnostic ultrasound. Classification and imaging of tissues based on ultrasonic parameters. Therapeutic ultrasound. Planning and guidance of treatment using advanced ultrasonic imaging methods.


Shiro Matsuoka
Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Engineering
351 Engineering Terrace
1210 Amsterdam Avenue, Mail Code: 8904

Phone: +1 212-854-4460
Fax: +1 212-854-8725
Email: sm2228@columbia.edu

Research Areas:

Thermodynamics of nonequilibrium states; dynamics of polymer molecules, dielectric and viscoelastic relaxation phenomena; physics of interfacial free energy; modeling and analysis of diffusion process for charged molecules.


Elizabeth S. Olson
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery
P&S 11-452
630 West 168th Street
New York , NY 10032

Phone: +1 212-305-3993 +1 212-305-4045
Email: eao2004@columbia.edu

Research Areas:

Mechanics of hearing: Transmission of sound through the middle ear, the basis for frequency tuning in the inner ear, in particular the operation of the cochlear amplifier.


Arthur A. Pilla
Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Engineering
351 Engineering Terrace
1210 Amsterdam Avenue, Mail Code: 8904

Phone: +1 212-854-4460
Email: apilla@optonline.net

Research Areas:

Biophysical / Biological / Clinical effects of electromagnetic fields. Cell/tissue modelling with application to signal transduction and clinical studies. Bone/wound repair, acute and chronic pain relief, nerve regeneration and cancer applications.



Affiliated Faculty

Peter K. Allen
Professor of Computer Science
Email: allen@cs.columbia.edu

Dimitris Anastassiou
Professor of Electrical Engineering
Email: anastas@ee.columbia.edu

Ernest W. April
Associate Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology
Email: ewa1@columbia.edu

Aniruddha Das
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Email: ad2069@columbia.edu

Robert L. Delapaz
Professor of Radiology
Email: rld17@columbia.edu

Philip G. Grieve
Assistant Professor of Clinical Biomedical Engineering (in Pediatrics)
Email: pgg3@columbia.edu

Shunichi Homma
Associate Professor of Medicine
Email: sh23@columbia.edu

Kung-Ming Jan
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Email: kj3@columbia.edu

Jung-Chi Liao
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Email: jcliao@columbia.edu

Martin G. Low
Professor of Physiology
Email: mgl2@columbia.edu

Zheng Feng Lu
Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology
Email: zfl1@columbia.edu

John Pile-Spellman
Professor of Radiology and Neurosurgery
Email: jp59@columbia.edu

Henry Spotnitz
George G. Humphreys II Professor of Surgery
Email: hms2@columbia.edu