Center for Biomedical Engineering

Program Faculty

Anubhav Tripathi, Co-Director, Center for Biomedical Engineering
Jeffrey R. Morgan, Co-Director, Center for Biomedical Engineering
Eric Darling, Graduate Program Director, Biomed
Thomas Webster, Graduate Representative, Engineering
Karen Haberstroh, Undergraduate Program Director
Jerry Daniels, Honors Thesis Advisor
Beth Zielinski, Director of Industry Outreach

Neuroengineering Faculty

Arto V. Nurmikko, Ph.D., L. Herbert Ballou University Professor
School of Engineering and Department of Physics
Brown Institute for Brain Science
Arto_Nurmikko@Brown.Edu
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Lab Website
Teaching:
- ENGN1220: Neuroengineering

Leigh Hochberg, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor
School of Engineering
Leigh_Hochberg@brown.edu
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Teaching:
- ENGN1220: Neuroengineering

Device Technologies and Bioimaging

Anubhav Tripathi, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Co-Director, Center for Biomedical Engineering
Anubhav_Tripathi@Brown.Edu
Research Profile
Lab Website
Teaching:
- ENGN1110: Transport and Biotransport Processes

G. Tayhas R. Palmore, Ph.D., Professor
School of Engineering and Division of Biology and Medicine
Tayhas_Palmore@Brown.Edu
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Teaching:
- ENGN1400: Analytical Methods in Biomaterials

Jerry Daniels, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Honors Thesis Advisor
School of Engineering
Jerry_Daniels@Brown.EDU
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Teaching:
- ENGN1230: Instrumentation Design

Sean Deoni, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
School of Engineering
Sean_C_Deoni@brown.edu
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Jimmy M. Xu, Ph.D., The Charles C. Tillinghast Jr. '32 University Professor, Engineering and Physics
School of Engineering and Department of Physics
Jingming_Xu@Brown.Edu
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Gregory D. Jay, M.D., Ph.D., Professor
Co-Director for the Concentration in Medical Technology and Innovation
Department of Emergency Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital; Department of Emergency Medicine & Department of Medicine, The Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University
Gregory_Jay_MD@Brown.Edu
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Teaching:
- ENGN2910G: Topics in Translational Research and Technologies

Robert Hurt, Ph.D., Professor
School of Engineering
Robert_Hurt@brown.edu
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Domenico Pacifici, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
School of Engineering
Domenico_Pacifici@brown.edu
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Teaching:
- ENGN1680 - Design and Fabrication of Semiconductor Devices
- ENGN0510 - Electricity and Magnetism
- ENGN1931A - The Physics of Solar Cells  

Regenerative Medicine / Biomaterials

Jeffrey R. Morgan, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Co-Director, Center for Biomedical Engineering
Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biotechnology
Jeffrey_Morgan@Brown.Edu
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Teaching:
- BIOL 2130 - Techniques in Molecular and Cell Science
- BIOL2240: Artificial Organs/Biomaterials/Tissue Engineering Seminar

Diane Hoffman-Kim, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biotechnology
Diane_Hoffman-Kim@Brown.Edu
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Teaching:
- BIOL 1140 Tissue Engineering (on sabbatical Spring 2011, course taught by Prof. Darling)
- BIOL2230: Artificial Organs/Biomaterials/Tissue Engineering Seminar

Thomas Webster, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Graduate Representative, Engineering
School of Engineering
Thomas_Webster@brown.edu
Research Profile
Lab Website
Teaching:
- ENGN1490: Biomaterials
- EN2920: Biological Impacts of Nanomaterials

Eric Darling, Ph.D. Assistant Professor
Graduate Program Director, Biomed
Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biotechnology
Department of Orthopaedics
Eric_Darling@brown.edu
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Teaching:
- BIOL1140:  Tissue Engineering (Spring 2010)
- BIOL1150:  Stem Cell Engineering

Edith Mathiowitz, Ph.D., Professor
Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biotechnology and School of Engineering
Edith_Mathiowitz@Brown.Edu
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Teaching:
- BIOL2110: Drug and Gene Delivery
- BIOL2240: Artificial Organs/Biomaterials/Tissue Engineering Seminar
- BIOL1090: Polymers for Biomaterials

Susan D'Andrea, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Orthopaedics
Director, The Gait and Motion Analysis Laboratory
The Center for Restorative and Regenerative Medicine
Susan_DAndrea@Brown.Edu

Roy Aaron, MD, Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
Department of Orthopaedics, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Director, Brown/VA Center for Restorative and Regenerative Medicine
Director, Orthopaedic Cell Biology Laboratory
Director, Clinical Research, Department of Orthopaedics
Roy_Aaron@Brown.Edu
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Deborah McK. Ciombor, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Department of Orthopaedics, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital
Deborah_Ciombor@Brown.Edu
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Braden C. Fleming, Ph.D., Lucy Lippitt Professor of Orthopaedics
Department of Orthopaedics, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital
Braden_Fleming@Brown.Edu
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Herman H. Vandenburgh, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus
Department of Pathology, Brown University
Herman_Vandenburgh@Brown.edu
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Karen Haberstroh, Ph.D, Assistant Professor of Engineering (Research)
Assistant Director of Research Opportunities - STEM Outreach
Undergraduate Program Director
Karen_Haberstroh@brown.edu
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Teaching:
- ENGN 0030: Introduction to Engineering and Statics
- ENGN 0020: Transforming Society:  Technology and Choices for the Future

Beth Zielinski, Ph.D., Lecturer
Director of Industry Outreach
Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biotechnology
Beth_Anne_Zielinski@brown.edu
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Ulrike Mende, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine, Brown University
Ulrike_Mende@Brown.edu
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Gideon Koren, M.D., Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine, Brown University
Gideon_Koren@Brown.edu
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Qian Chen, Ph.D., Michael G. Ehrlic, MD Professor of Orthopaedic Research
Department of Orthopaedics, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital
Qian_chen@brown.edu
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William Fairbrother, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biology
Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology & Biochemistry
William_Fairbrother@brown.edu
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Biomechanics and Motion Sciences

Kenneth S. Breuer, Ph.D., Professor
School of Engineering
Kenneth_Breuer@Brown.Edu
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Christian Franck, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
School of Engineering
Christian_Franck@brown.edu
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Teaching:
- ENGN1210: Biomechanics
- ENGN2910K: Cell Mechanics

L. Ben Freund, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Engineering
School of Engineering
Lambert_Freund@Brown.edu
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Huajian Gao, Ph.D. Professor of Engineering, Walter H. Annenberg University Professor
School of Engineering
Huajian_Gao@brown.edu
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K.-S. Kim, Ph.D., Professor
School of Engineering
Kyung-Suk_Kim@Brown.EDU
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Thomas R. Powers, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Engineering and Associate Professor of Physics
School of Engineering
Thomas_Powers@Brown.Edu
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Teaching:
- ENGN1930R: Molecular and Cell Biology for Engineers
-PHYS2610E/ENGN2912I: Physics of Locomotion 

Peter Richardson, Ph.D., DSc.(Eng), DSc.(Phsiol), Professor of Engineering and Physiology
School of Engineering and Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology and Biotechnology
Peter_Richardson@Brown.EDU
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Sharon Swartz, Ph.D., Professor
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Sharon_Swartz@Brown.Edu
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Teaching:
- BIOL1800: Animal Locomotion

Jay Tang, Ph.D., Associate Professor Physics & Engineering
Department of Physics
Barus Holley 702 - 3.2292
Jay_Tang@Brown.Edu
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Joseph J. (Trey) Crisco, III, Ph.D., Professor
Henry Frederick Lippitt Professor of Orthpaedic Research
Department of Orthopaedics, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital
Joseph_Crisco@Brown.Edu
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