People

Faculty

  • Charles A. Taylor, Ph.D. – Associate Professor of Bioengineering, Mechanical Engineering (by courtesy). Lab Director

Staff

  • Shyla Barker – Administrative Assistant
  • Chris Elkins, Ph.D. – Research Associate
  • Peter H. Feenstra, Ph.D. – Research Associate
  • C. Alberto Figueroa, Ph.D. – Research Associate
  • Bonnie Johnson, R.V.T. – Clinical Research Manager
  • Bill Katz, Ph.D., M.D. – Senior Scientist at Simbios

Post-Docs

Ph.D. Candidates



Ph.D. Students

  • Prahallad Iyengar – Mechanical Engineering
  • Ethan Kung – Bioengineering
  • Polina Segalova – Mechanical Engineering
  • Jessica Shih – Bioengineering
  • Ga Young Suh – Mechanical Engineering
  • Guanglei Xiong – Biomedical Informatics

M.D. Students

  • Adam Tenforde

M.S. Students

  • Jordan Nevo – Bioengineering

B.S. Students

  • Chase Yarborough – Computer Science
  • Adam Bernstein – Electrical Engineering
  • Salazar Jones – Biomedical Computation
  • Shahrzad Zarafshar – Biomechanical Engineering
  • Victoria Yeh – Biomedical Computation
  • Allen Chiou – Biomechanical Engineering

Alumni

  • Ken C. Wang, Ph.D., Department of Electrical Engineering, August 2001
  • Christopher P. Cheng, Ph.D., Department of Mechanical Engineering, November 2002
  • Nathan Wilson, Ph.D., Department of Mechanical Engineering, December 2002
    President, Cardiovascular Simulation, Inc.
  • Mary T. Draney, Ph.D., Department of Mechanical Engineering, March 2003
  • Brooke N. Steele, Ph.D, Department of Mechanical Engineering, August 2003.
    Assistant Professor, Joint Dept of Biomedical Engineering at UNC and NCSU.
  • Joy P. Ku, Ph.D, Department of Electrical Engineering, December 2003
  • Alberto Figueroa, Ph.D., Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, March 2006
  • Irene Vignon-Clementel, Ph.D, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, June 2006
    Research Scientist, INRIA
  • Erik Bekkers, Ph.D., Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, June 2006
  • Joan Greve, Ph.D., Dept. of Bioengineering, June 2006
    Scientist, Biomedical Imaging Group, Genentech Inc.
  • Mary K. O’Connell, Ph.D., Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, June 2007
  • Beverly Tang, Ph.D., Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, June 2007
  • John LaDisa, Ph.D. - Postdoctoral Scholar in Pediatrics.
    Assistant Professor, Dept of Biomedical Engineering, Marquette University.
  • Alison Marsden, Ph.D. - Postdoctoral Scholar in Pediatrics.
    Assistant Professor, Dept of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, UCSD

Affiliated Faculty

  • Ronald L. Dalman, MD – Professor of Surgery. Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery
  • Jeffrey A. Feinstein, M.D. – Associate Professor of Pediatrics. Division of Pediatric Cardiology
  • Robert Herfkens, MD – Professor of Radiology.
  • David Lee, M.D. – Assistant Professor of Medicine. Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Phil Tsao, Ph.D. – Associate Professor of Medicine. Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Norbert Pelc, Sc.D. – Professor of Radiology and Bioengineering.
  • Christopher K. Zarins, MD – Chidester Professor of Surgery. Division of Vascular Surgery