Core Faculty

• David Kaplan, Ph.D., Syracuse University
  Department Chair and Professor
  Biopolymer Engineering, Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering, Bioengineering
• Lauren Black, Ph.D., Boston University
  Assistant Professor
  Cardiovascular tissue engineering, dynamic tissue mechanics and visualization, computational modeling, Myocardial Infarction, Tissue Engineering, Regenerative Medicine, Cardiogenesis
• Mark Cronin-Golomb, Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
  Professor
  Optical Instrumentation, Laser Tweezers, Atomic Force Microscopy, Nonlinear Optics, Biomedical Optics, Optical Tweezers, Atomic Force Microscopy
• Sergio Fantini, Ph.D., University of Florence
  Professor
  Biomedical Optics, Near-Infrared Spectroscopy, Diffuse Optical Imaging
• Irene Georgakoudi, Ph.D., University of Rochester
  Associate Professor
  Spectroscopic Imaging and Characterization, and in vivo Flow Cytometry
• Catherine K. Kuo, Ph.D., University of Michigan
  Assistant Professor
  Stem cells, Mesenchymal Stem Cells, Tissue Engineering, Regenerative Medicine, Biomaterials, Developmental Biology, Orthopaedics (Orthopedics)
• Fiorenzo Omenetto, Ph.D., University of Pavia
  Professor
  Ultrafast nonlinear optics, nanophotonics, biopolymer multifunctional materials, photonic crystals, photonic crystal fibers
• Qiaobing Xu, Ph.D., Harvard University
  Assistant Professor
  Biomaterials, drug delivery, micro/nanofabrication, tissue engineering

Professor

• John Castellot, Adjunct, Ph.D., Harvard University
  Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
  Cellular and molecular mechanisms regulating smooth muscle cell proliferation
• Jonathan Garlick, Ph.D., SUNY at Stony Brook, NY
  Professor, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine
  Tissue Models to study human disease processes in stratified squamous epithelium
• Jim Harden, Adjunct, Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
  Professor, University of Ottawa
  Biomolecular assemblies, biomaterials, computational biophysics, cell mechanics, complex fluids
• Ira Herman, Adjunct, Ph.D., Tulane University
  Vascular cells in retinopathies and wound healing
• Robert Howe, Adjunct, Ph.D., Stanford University
  Professor, Harvard University
  Design, sensing, and motor control in biological and robotic systems
• Krishna Kumar, Adjunct, Ph.D., Brown University
  Professor, Department Chair, Department of Chemistry
  Novel methods for the rational design and construction of artificial proteins, molecular enzymes and self-assembling biomaterials
• Michael Levin, Adjunct, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School
  Morphological and behavioral information processing in living systems
• Eric Miller, Adjunct, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
  Signal and image processing algorithms
• John Richmond, Adjunct, M.D., Tufts University School of Medicine
  Professor, Tufts University, School of Medicine
  Ligament formation, treatment of injuries of the anterior cruciate ligament, regulation and proliferation of growth factor expression in arthrofibrosis
• Barry Trimmer, Adjunct, Ph.D., University of Cambridge, England
  Professor, Department of Biology
  Central processing of sensory information by receptors, second messengers and synaptic networks in an insect model system. The neural control of soft-bodied locomotion
• Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, Adjunct, Ph.D., University of Belgrade, Serbia
  Professor, The Fu Foundation School of Engineering & Applied Science, Columbia University
  Transport phenomena, tissue engineering and bioreactors
• Larry Wald, Ph.D., U.C. Berkeley
  Technique development for high-field imaging of the brain
• David Walt, Adjunct, Ph.D., SUNY at Stony Brook
  Professor, Department of Chemistry
  Bioanalytical chemistry, materials chemistry, biochemistry, and nanoscience
• Pam Yelick, Adjunct, Ph.D. Tufts University
  Professor, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine
  Molecular genetic analyses of craniofacial cartilage, bone, and tooth development

Associate Professor

• Peter Bergethon, Adjunct, M.D., Jefferson Medical College
  Associate Professor, Boston University School of Medicine
  Computational neurology
• Luis Dorfmann, Adjunct, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
  Structural engineering and mechanics, mathematical models of material behavior, nonlinear magneto- and electromechanical interactions, biomechanics of soft materials, rubber elasticity and inelasticity
• Carl Kirker-Head, Adjunct, BVM, University of Cambridge, England
  Assistant Professor, Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
  Bone growth and remodeling, bone repair in response to injury, bone grafting, surgical and other orthopaedic disease models, musculo-skeletal vascular disease. bone and soft tissue biomechanics, skeletal tissue engineering, orthopedic device development, clinical interests in equine athletic injury and orthopedic surgery, particularly internal fixation and arthroscopy
• Christopher Moore, Adjunct, Ph.D., MIT
  Cortical Dynamics and perception, sensory-driven neural dynamics, electrophysiology, columnar substrates, cell-type specific mechanisms, opto-genetic control of in vivo brain states

Assistant Professor

• Blaise Frederick, Adjunct
  Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
  Magnetic resonance equipment and techniques for the study of psychiatric illness, in Alzheimer's disease and substance abuse
• Lorenz Meinel, Affiliate, Ph.D., ETH Zurich, Switzerland
  ETH Zurich, Novartis
  Drug delivery interfaces
• Douglas Vetter, Adjunct, Ph.D.
  Peripheral auditory processing and auditory physiology, molecular biology of neurotransmitter receptors, protein: protein interactions, intracellular signaling pathways, growth cone differentiation and synapse formation, transgenic mouse production

Research Professor

• Barbara Brodsky, Ph.D., Harvard University
  Biophysics, collagen, protein structure

Research Associate Professor

• Rob Peattie, Ph.D. The Johns Hopkins University
  Cell response to mechanical challenges, hemodynamically-induced soft tissue responses in health and disease

Research Assistant Professor

• Greg Altman, Ph.D., Tufts University
  Collagen based matrices, ligament formation, impact of mechanical forces on human adult stem cell differentiation, bioreactor system, in vitro tissue formation and development
• Alessandra Balduini, Ph.D. University of Pavia
  Regulation, environment and pathology of megakarocytes to platelets
• Bruce Panilaitis, Ph.D., Tufts University
  Vaccine development, metabolic engineering
• Angelo Sassaroli, Ph.D., University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo
  Medical imaging, near infrared spectroscopy, diffuse optical tomography
• Hu Tao, Ph.D., Boston University
  Multifunctional micro/nano electronic and photonic devices with biocompatible and degradable silk films