Faculty & Staff

Faculty

Core Faculty

Robert Frisina

Robert Frisina, Jr., PhD

Chair and Distinguished University Professor

Office: ENC 3504 | Email | 813-974-4394 | |

Research Areas

  1. Development of Bio-therapeutic Systems
  2. Devices and Compounds for Treating Sensory Deficits
  3. Emphasis on Bench-to-Bedside Investigations of the Auditory System
  4. Translational Research on Deafness and Other Neuroengineering Applications.

Christopher Passaglia

Christopher Passaglia, PhD

Associate Chair and Professor

Office: ENG 247 | Email | 813-974-7140 |  |

Research Areas

  1. Vision Systems
  2. Neural Signal Processing
  3. Computational Modeling
  4. Retinal Physiology and Disease

Olukemi Akintewe

Olukemi Akintewe, PhD

Associate Professor of Instruction

Office: BEH 304 | Email | 813-974-6152

Courses taught

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Meisam Asgari

Meisam Asgari, PhD

Assistant Professor

Office: ENB 357| Email | 813-396-0368 | 

Research Areas

  1. Nano-biomechanics of human aortic disease
  2. Collagen mineralization in human tissue
  3. Toughening mechanisms in mineralized tissues

 

Anna Bulysheva

Anna Bulysheva, PhD

Assistant Professor

Office: ENG 241| Email | 813-974-4649

Research Areas

  1. Gene Delivery
  2. Tissue Engineering
  3. Regenerative Medicine

Bo Ding

Bo Ding, MD, MS

Research Associate Professor

Office: 3802 Spectrum Boulevard, Suite 210 (BPB 210) | Email| 813-974-4124

Research Areas

Investigate the molecular mechanism of age-related hearing loss and especially characterize the role of autophagy, a highly conserved cellular process, in the auditory system with aging.

 

Richard Heller

Richard Heller, PhD

Professor

Email | 813-974-1221 |

Research Areas

The major focus is to develop effective drug and gene delivery. The emphasis is on translational studies that include the development and testing of new protocols or devices that can be utilized for potential therapies for cancer, wound healing, metabolic disorders and vascular diseases (peripheral and coronary ischemia) as well as vaccine and immunotherapy protocols.

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Dr. Mark Jaroszeski, PhD

Professor

Office: ENG 243 | Email | 813-974-4662 |

Research Areas

  1. Drug and Gene Delivery
  2. Electrofusion
  3. Biomedical Instrumentation
  4. Electrophoresis

Huabei Jiang

Huabei Jiang, PhD

Professor

Office: ISA 7030A | Email | 813-974-5253 |

Research Areas

  1. Diffuse optical tomography (DOT)
  2. Photoacoustic tomography (PAT)
  3. Fluorescence molecular tomography (FMT)
  4. Bioluminescence tomography (BLT)

Albert Kim

Albert Kim, PhD

Associate Professor

Office: ISA 7031D | Email | |

Research Areas

  1. Acousto-Bioelectronics
  2. Sensor & Actuator
  3. Implantable Microdevices
  4. BioMEMS

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Byeol "Star" Kim, PhD

Assistant Professor

Office: TBD | Email |

Research Areas

  1. Extended Reality (VR/AR)
  2. Human-Centered Medical Systems
  3. Machine Learning
  4. 3D Printing

 

Neda Latifi

Neda Latifi, PhD

Assistant Professor

Office: ENC 2510 | Email |813-396-0489

Research Areas

  1. Tissue engineering
  2. Tissue-mimetic biomaterials
  3. Preclinical translation of engineered tissues
  4. Cell-biomaterial interactions
  5. Tissue culture bioreactors
  6. Cardiovascular engineering
  7. Collagen
  8. Elastin

Babak Naghizadehsafa

Babak N. Safa, PhD

Office: ENB 139, Lab 3814 Spectrum Blvd, Suite 1403 | Email | | |

Research Areas

  1. Soft Tissue Biomechanics
  2. Glaucoma
  3. Ocular Biomechanics
  4. Tissue Damage
  5. Tendon Biomechanics

 

Alex Otten

Alex Otten, PhD

Assistant Professor of Instruction

Office: ENG 118 | Email | 813-396-0596

Courses taught

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George Spirou

George Spirou, PhD

Professor

Office7037C ISA |Email | 813-974-1425|  |

Research Areas

Research in the Spirou laboratory is focused on formation of neural circuits in early development and on construction of connectomes, or neural wiring diagrams, at nanoscale resolution. The generation of large image volumes for this work necessitated development of tools to understand these complex data sets. Leveraging long-standing interest in 3D reconstruction of brain structure, he and collaborators joined the revolution in immersive virtual reality to develop software for viewing, annotating and analyzing images. Their software, called syGlass, is marketed by their company, IstoVisio, Inc., which began operation in summer, 2017.

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Hao Yang, PhD

Research Faculty

Office: ISA 7030B | Email | 813-974-4923

Research Areas

Optical-based imaging technologies for in vivo visualization of tissue at both the macroscopic and microscopic scales.

 

Souheil Zekri

Souheil Zekri, PhD

Associate Professor of Instruction

Office: BEH 306 | Email | 813-974-5203

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EMERITUS FACULTY

Loree Heller, PhD

Associate Professor

Adjunct Faculty

Visiting Faculty

Affiliate Faculty

Norma Alcantar, PhD

Professor
Department of Chemical, Biological & Materials Engineering

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Associate Dean for Research
College of Engineering

 

Assistant Professor
Department of Ophthalmology
MCOM

Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery
MCOM

Venkat Bhethanabotla, PhD

Professor & Director
Department of Chemical, Biological & Materials Engineering

Associate Professor
Office of Graduate Program and Department of 
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Taneja College of Pharmacy

Professor & Associate Chair
Department of Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology
MCOM

Stephanie Carey, PhD

Research Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

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REU Coordinator
Medical Engineering

 

Professor
Department of Radiology
MCOM

Rajiv Dubey, PhD

Professor, Department Chair & CARRT Director
Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Timothy J. Fawcett, PhD

Research Professor
Assistant Director of Research Facilitation
Information Technology

Jonathan Ford, PhD

Professor
Department of Radiology
MCOM

四虎影视 Morsani College of Medicine
Department of Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine

Nathan Gallant, PhD

Associate Professor & Graduate Program Director
Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Dmitry Goldgof, PhD

Distinguished University Professor
College of AI, Cybersecurity & Computing

Zongqi Guo, PhD

Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Assistant Professor
Department of Molecular Medicine
MCOM

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Director 
Byrd Microscopy Core
四虎影视 Health Neuroscience Institute

 

Andrew Hoff, PhD

Professor & Graduate Program Director
Department of Electrical Engineering

Assistant Professor
Department of Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology
MCOM

Piyush Koria, PhD

Associate Professor, Undergraduate Advisor
Department of Chemical, Biological & Materials Engineering

Trung Le, PhD

Assistant Professor
Department of Industrial & Management Systems Engineering

William E. Lee, PhD

Emeritus Professor
Department of Chemical, Biological & Materials Engineering

Vice Dean for Research
MCOM

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Sr. Associate Vice President for Research
四虎影视 Health

Distinguished University Health Professor
Departments of Internal Medicine

Department of Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology
MCOM

 

Distinguished 四虎影视 Health Professor & Director of Division of Translational Medicine & 四虎影视 Center for Research & Education in Nanobioengineering

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Department of Internal Medicine
MCOM

Associate Dean & Professor of Graduate Programs
Taneja College of Pharmacy

Research Career Scientist & Principal Investigator, Research Service

James A Haley VA Hospital

 

Erol Ozmeral, PhD

Assistant Professor
Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders

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Associate Director
Global Center for Hearing & Speech Research

Director
Auditory Neurosciences & Technology Laboratory

 

Ashwin Parthasarathy, PhD

Associate Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering 

Anna Pyayt, PhD

Associate Professor
Department of Chemical, Biological & Materials Engineering

Stephen Saddow, PhD

Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering

Nathan Schilaty, DC, PhD

Associate Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, Brain & Spine
MCOM

Lawrence A. Stern, PhD

Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical, Biological & Materials Engineering

John Templeton, PhD

Assistant Professor
College of AI, Cybersecurity & Computing

Sylvia Thomas, PhD

Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering

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Vice President
Research & Innovation

President & CEO
四虎影视 Research Foundation, Inc.

 

Professor
Department of Ophthalmology
MCOM

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Director
Clinical Research
Ophthalmology

 

Dmitri Voronine, PhD

Assistant Professor
Physics

Joseph Walton, PhD

Professor
Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders

Michael Cai Wang, PhD

Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Jose Zayas-Castro, PhD

Professor
Department of Industrial & Management Systems Engineering

Professor & Director
Biostatistics Core
四虎影视 Health College of Nursing

Courtesy Faculty

Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, St. Petersburg, FL

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Director
Predictive Analytics AI/ML Core
Johns Hopkins All Children鈥檚 Hospital, St. Petersburg, FL

Co-Director
Perioperative Biomedical Informatics
Johns Hopkins All Children鈥檚 Hospital, St. Petersburg, FL

Founding Director
Center for Pediatric Data Science & Analytic Methodology
Johns Hopkins All Children鈥檚 Hospital, St. Petersburg, FL

Executive Director of Advanced
Technologies & Data Science
Johns Hopkins Health System, Baltimore, MD

 

Joel Brown, PhD

Senior Member
Department of Integrated Mathematical Oncology
Moffitt Cancer Center

Assistant Member
Department of BioEngineering
Moffitt Cancer Center

Chair
Department of Machine Learning
Moffitt Cancer Center

Sergio Gutierrez, PhD

Director, Department of Innovation
Fourndation for Orthopaedic Research & Education (FORE)

Attending Physician
Department of Anesthesiology
Johns Hopkins All Children鈥檚 Hospital, St. Petersburg, FL

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Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

 

David Morse, PhD

Assistant Member
Department of BioEngineering
Moffitt Cancer Center

Moffitt Cancer Center

Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical & Biochemical Engineering
Missouri University of Science & Technology

Professor
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Department of Pediatrics
Department of Internal Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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Chief
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Johns Hopkins All Children鈥檚 Hospital, St. Petersburg, FL

Director
Perioperative Health Informatics Unit
Johns Hopkins All Children鈥檚 Hospital Health Informatics Core, St. Petersburg, FL

Eric Kobren Endowed Professor in Applied Health Informatics
Johns Hopkins All Children鈥檚 Hospital

 

Chief BioEngineering Officer

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Chair
Department of BioEngineering
Moffitt Cancer Center

 

Peter Simon, PhD

Director of Research
Department of Biomechanics Laboratory & Clinical Research
Foundation for Orthopaedic Research & Education (FORE)

Eduardo M. Sotomayor, MD

Vice President & Executive Director
Cancer Institute 
Tampa General Hospital