Leadership
-Bioimaging -Tissue Mechanics - Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering -Molecular Biomimetics
Associated Tracks
-Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering
-Biomechanics & Neural Engineering
-Biomedical Product Design & DevelopmentResearch Interests
-Computational Joint Mechanics
Associated Tracks
- Biomolecular EngineeringResearch Interests
-Bio-nanotechnology
-Bio-enabled Materials Science
-Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering -Biomimetic Materials
Associated Tracks
-Biomedical Product Design & Development
-Biomolecular EngineeringResearch Interests
-Hydrogels
-Tissue Engineering
-Drug Delivery
-Bioprocessing
-Bioimaging Professor Spencer and her research team are designing, synthesizing, and developing novel biomaterials for the repair and replacement of mineralized tissues. Under in vivo conditions, failure of a repair or replacement generally begins at the biomaterial/tissue interface and thus, a key aspect of our work is understanding the fundamental phenomena that control biological interactions at material interfaces.
Associated Tracks
-Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering
-Biomedical Product Design & DevelopmentResearch Interests
-Bioimaging -Photoacoustic Imaging
Associated Tracks
Research Interests
-Biomedical Ultrasound
-Computational Bioengineering -Computational Medicine
Associated Tracks
-Bioimaging
-Biomechanics & Neural Engineering
-Biomedical Product Design & DevelopmentResearch Interests
-Computational Surgery
-Computational Anatomy
-Computational Biomechanics
-Patient-Specific Model and Mesh Generation
-Image Processing
- Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering -Molecular BiomimeticsAssociated Tracks
- Biomolecular EngineeringResearch Interests
-Bio-nanotechnology
-Bio-enabled Materials Science
-Biomechanics & Neural Engineering -Orthopedic Biomechanics
Associated Tracks
Research Interests
Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering -Molecular Engineering and Interfacial Nanomedicine
Associated Tracks
-Biomolecular EngineeringResearch Interests
Core Faculty
Titles
-Professor, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
-Professor, Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Associated Tracks
-Bioimaging
-Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering
-Biomedical Product Design & Development
-Biomolecular Engineering
Research Interests
-Nanoparticles and Colloids in Pharmaceuticals and Biomedicine
Titles
-Associate Professor, Speech-Language-Hearing: Sciences & Disorders
-Courtesy Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Associated Tracks
-Computational Bioengineering
-Biomechanics & Neural Engineering
-Biomedical Product Design & Development
Research Interests
- Adaptive signal processing for neuroscience
- Neuroengineering
- Machine learning
- Human-computer interaction
- Brain-computer interface
- Speech and communication neuroscience
Titles
-Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Associated Tracks
-Biomolecular Engineering
-Computational Bioengineering
Research Interests
-Vaccines
-Immunology
-Virology
-Disease Correlates
-Molecular Biotechnology
-Therapeutic Proteins
-Antibody Discovery
Titles
-Associate Professor, Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Associated Tracks
-Biomolecular Engineering
Research Interests
-Applying Polymeric Nanomaterials to the Treatment and Diagnosis of Cancer
Associated Tracks
-Biomechanics & Neural Engineering
-Biomedical Product Design & Development
Research Interests
-Structural Biomaterials
-Spine Biomechanics
-Design and Testing of Medical Devices
Titles
-Assistant Professor, Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering
Associated Tracks
-BioMolecular Engineering
-Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering
Research Interests
-Biocatalytics
-Sustainability Analysis
-Quantitative Sustainable Design
Titles
-Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Associated Tracks
-Biomechanics & Neural Engineering
-Biomedical Product Design & Development
Research Interests
-Effects of Age and Disorders on the Biomechanics of Balance, Gait, and Motor Control
Titles
-Associate Department Chair, Mechanical Engineering
-Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Associated Tracks
-Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering
-Biomechanics & Neural Engineering
-Biomedical Product Design & Development
Research Interests
-Applications of Biomechanics and Machine Design
-Biomechanics Testing Machines and Experimental Designs
-Kinematic Joint Studies
-Wear of Artificial Components
-Testing and Evaluation of Prosthetic Devices
Titles
-Professor & Vice Chair of Research, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
-Director, Landon Center on Aging
Associated Tracks
-Bioimaging
-Biomechanics & Neural Engineering
-Biomedical Product Design & Development
Research Interests
-Neural Mechanisms of Recovery after Brain Injury
-implantable Devices for Brain Plasticity
Titles
-Assistant Professor, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
Associated Tracks
-Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering
-Biomolecular Engineering
Research Interests
-Sex and Age-Specific Biomaterials
-Regeneration of Soft-to-Hard Tissue Interfaces
-Determination of Sex Differences in Musculoskeletal Tissue
Titles
-KU Foundation Distinguished Professor, Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering
Associated Tracks
-Biomolecular Engineering
-Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering
-Biomedical Product Design & Development
Research Interests
-Nano Devices and Microfluidics
Academic Affiliates
Titles
-Dean, School of Engineering
-Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Associated Tracks
-Biomechanics & Neural Engineering
-Biomedical Product Design & Development
Research Interests
-Biomedical Robots
-Applied Artificial Intelligence
Titles
-Professor and Chair for Cancer Biology, School of Medicine
Associated Tracks
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Research Interests
-Posttranscriptional Gene Regulation in Inflammation and Cancer
-Cancer Stem Cells and Chemoprevention
Titles
-Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering
Associated Tracks
-Biomedical Product Design & Development
Research Interests
-Enhancement of Transportation Related Technologies
-Design, Development and Testing of Unusual Uninhabited Aerial
Vehicles
-Missiles, Munitions, and Adaptive Aerostructures
Titles
-Director, Hoglund Brain Imaging Center
-Professor, Neurology
Associated Tracks
-Bioimaging
Research Interests
-Imaging Studies in Cognitive Recovery from Brain Injury and Stroke
Titles
-Associate Professor, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
Associated Tracks
-Computational Bioengineering
-Biomolecular Engineering
Research Interests
-Computational Molecular Design of Pharmaceuticals
-Polymers and Other Biomaterials
-Optimization Algorithms Applied to Engineering Systems
Titles
-Professor, Hearing and Speech
Associated Tracks
-Biomechanics & Neural Engineering
Research Interests
-Acoustic and Electric Measures of the Pathophysiology underlying Hearing Impairment
Titles
-Professor, Neurology
Associated Tracks
-Bioimaging
Research Interests
-Developing neuroimaging (magnetic resonance spectroscopy and imaging) and signal processing methods to study brain bioenergetics and metabolic changes with aging and neurodegeneration in clinical and preclinical studies.
Titles
-Research Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Associated Tracks
-Computational Bioengineering
Research Interests
-Image-based multiscale lung structure and function assessment
-CT imaging biomarker
-Respiratory Dynamics
-Gas flow and Particle transport in respiratory system
-Pilmonary physiology and pathophysiology of healthy lungs
-Asthma
-COPD
-ILD
-Lung Cancer
-Lung Metasis
-Environmental lung diseases
Titles
-Associate Professor, Anatomy and Cell Biology
Associated Tracks
-Bioimaging
Research Interests
-Vasculogenesis
-Tissue Movements During Early Development
-Extracellular Matrix Assembly
-Multicellular Motility
Titles
-Associate Professor, Molecular Biosciences
-Co-Leader, Cancer Prevention Program, University of Kansas Cancer
Center
Associated Tracks
-Biomolecular Engineering
Research Interests
-Regulation of gene expression in colon cancer; Development of biomarker screening devices; Drug design and screening.
Titles
-Professor, Chemistry
Associated Tracks
-Biomolecular Engineering
Research Interests
-Single Molecule Spectroscopy
-Model Membranes
-Protein Channel Dynamics
-Optical Microscopy/Spectroscopy
-Fiber Optic Sensors
-Development of Novel Microscopy Techniques
Titles
-Associate Professor, Physics and Astronomy
Associated Tracks
-Biomolecular Engineering
Research Interests
-Kinetics and thermodynamics of protein-protein and protein-nucleic acid interactions; development and implementation of new biophysical methodologies and techniques for the study of these phenomena
Titles
-Director, Exercise Physiology Graduate Program
-Dir. of Research, Research & Coaching Performance Team
-Director, Jayhawk Athletic Performance Laboratory
Associated Tracks
-Biomechanics & Neural Engineering
Research Interests
-Sport science, applied biomechanics, resistance exercise, muscle cellular & molecular physiology, exercise endocrinology
Titles
-Chancellors Distinguished Chair in Biomedical Sciences and Endowed Professor
-Professor and Director of Molecular Oncology, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
-Deputy Director, The University of Kansas Cancer Center
-Director, Biospecimen Shared Resource
-Kansas Bioscience Authority Eminent Scholar
Associated Tracks
-Biomolecular Engineering
Research Interests
-Molecular Oncology
Titles
-Research Assistant Professor, Neurology
Associated Tracks
-Bioimaging
Research Interests
-Use of sophisticated signal processing of electrophysiologic cardiac signals to understand fetal autonomic nervous system development (fetal imprinting) and infant visual development
Titles
-Senior Scientist, University of Kansas Cancer Center
Associated Tracks
-Biomolecular Engineering
Research Interests
-Development of a three-dimensional breast cancer model to develop a novel anticancer agent that targets BRCA1
Titles
-Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Associated Tracks
-Bioimaging
-Biomedical Product Design & Development
Research Interests
-Optical/RF Measurement and Bioscensors
-Novel Photonic Devices
-Optical Communication Systems
Titles
-Director, University of Kansas Cancer Center
-Director, Kansas Masonic Research Institute (KMCRI)
-Professor, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
-William R. Jewell, MD Distinguished Kansas Masonic Professorship in
Cancer Research
-Chief Executive Offier, Midwest Cancer Alliance
Associated Tracks
-Biomolecular Engineering
Research Interests
-Expression and function of BRCA1 in breast tumorigenesis
Titles
-Associate Professor
Associated Tracks
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Research Interests
-Bioanalytical Chemistry
-Neuroscience
-Nanoscience
Titles
-Assistant Professor, Speech-Language-Hearing: Science & Disorders
Associated Tracks
-Biomedical Product Design & Development
-Biomechanics & Neural Engineering
Research Interests
-signal processing, binaural hearing mechanisms and psychoacoustics; development of speech coding strategies and their application to cochlear implants
Titles
-Professor, Chemistry
-Professor, Molecular Biosciences
Associated Tracks
-Computational Bioengineering
Research Interests
-Computer simulations of proteins, peptides and complex liquids
Titles
-Associate Professor, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Associated Tracks
-Bioimaging
Research Interests
-In vivo characterization of neurodegenerative diseases using novel MRI techniques
Titles
-Professor, Anatomy and Cell Biology
Associated Tracks
-Bioimaging
Research Interests
-Computational analysis of cell and tissue dynamics during early embryogenesis
-The Cell Biology of Vascular Pattern Formation
-Physical Mechanisms of Morphogenesis
-Cell Surface-Extracellular Matrix Interactions
-Developmental Malformations
Titles
-Associate Professor, Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science
Associated Tracks
-Biomechanics & Neural Engineering
-Biomedical Product Design & Development
Research Interests
-Human Sensorimotor Control and Disorders
-Stroke Rehabilitation
-Sports Injury Rehabilitation
Titles
-Ralph N. Adams Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and
Pharmaceutical Chemistry
-Director, Adams Institute for Bioanalytical Chemistry
Associated Tracks
-Biomedical Product Design & Development
Research Interests
-Microfluidics
-Biosensors and lab-on-a-chip devices
Titles
-Research Assistant Professor, Plastic Surgery
Associated Tracks
-Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering
Research Interests
-Stem Cells
-Cellular Reprogramming
-Hearing Loss
-Neural Regeneration
-Wound Healing
Titles
-Distinguished Professor, Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Associated Tracks
-Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering
-Biomolecular Engineering
Research Interests
-Physical Biochemistry
-Stabilization of macromolecules
-Vaccines
Titles
-Professor, Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering
Associated Tracks
-Bioimaging
-Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering
-Biomechanics & Neural Engineering
-Biomedical Product Design & Development
Research Interests
-Nano-micro-macro mechanics of calcified and soft tissues
-Constitutive modeling and computational methods
-Scanning acoustic microscopy and ultrasonic testing
Titles
-Research Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Associated Tracks
-Bioimaging
Research Interests
-Pulmonary MRI using Ultra-short Time and Hyperpolarized 129Xe MRI
-Early-disease-related Changes to Pulmonary Function
-Cystic Fibrosis
-Pulmonary Hypertension
Titles
-Associate Professor, Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering
Associated Tracks
-Biomolecular Engineering
Research Interests
-Metal-microbe interactions and effects on antibiotic resistance
-Analysis of environmental contaminants
Titles
-Professor, Physics & Astronomy
Associated Tracks
-Biomolecular Engineering
Research Interests
-High Energy Theory
-Single Molecule Methods
-Pharmaceutical Data Analysis
Titles
-Assistant Professor, Speech-Language-Hearing: Sciences & Disorders
Associated Tracks
-Biomechanics & Neural Engineering
Research Interests
-Neuromechanical basis of motor speech disorders
-Develop quantitative tools for motor speech assessment
Titles
-Associate Professor, Anatomy and Cell Biology
Associated Tracks
-Bioimaging
Research Interests
-"Research in the lab is interdisciplinary and focuses on the dynamic nature of the extracellular matrix, the milieu that surrounds the cells, and contributes to their shape, locomotion, gene expression, and every aspect of their behavior...To study these dynamic molecules we use automated microscopes and fluorescent probes to perform time-lapse imaging of avian developmental events and the role of the ECM in these events."
Titles
-Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology and Neuroscience Graduate
-Program/Director, Microscopy and Analytical Imaging Resource Core Lab
Associated Tracks
-BioImaging
Research Interests
-The development and application of tools and workflows for multi-scale multi-modal correlated volume microscopies and three-dimensional volume reconstruction to unravel synaptic geometry
Titles
-Assistant Professor, Director of Basic Research
Associated Tracks
-Biomechanics & Neural Engineering
-Computational Bioengineering
-Bioimaging
Research Interests
-Neural encoding of hand and finger movements
-Brain-machine interfaces
-Data science/machine learning for neurotechnologies
Titles
-Associate Professor, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
Associated Tracks
-Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering
Research Interests
-Enzyme catalysis in non-aqueous solvents
-Extractive fermentation
-Pharmaceutical and biomaterials processing with compressed carbon dioxide.
Titles
-Professor
-Medical Director, Musculoskeletal Rehabiliation
-Director, Clinical Research
-Rehabiliation Medicine
Associated Tracks
-Bioimaging
-Computational Bioengineering
Research Interests
-Automation of 3D image processing for quantifying disease activity
-Contact stress modeling
-Use of 3D standing CT data
Titles
-Foundation Distinguished Professor
School of Engineering
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis
Associated Tracks
-Biomedical Product Design & Development
Research Interests
-Separations
-Thermodynamics
-Reaction Engineering
Titles
-Professor, Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Associated Tracks
-Bioimaging
-Biomolecular Engineering
Research Interests
-Utilizing cell adhesion molecules for targeted drug delivery and tissue engineering
Titles
-Professor, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
Associated Tracks
-Biomolecular Engineering
Research Interests
-Fabrication of selective oxygen permeable membrane reactors
-Production of biodiesel
-Production of synthesis gas (autothermal reforming)
-Production of hydrogen (CO oxidation/LTWGS)
Titles
-Professor, Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering
Associated Tracks
-Biomolecular Engineering
Research Interests
-Wastewater Treatment
-Biological Processes
-Algal Growth and Biodiesel Production
-Molecular Methods
Titles
-Director, Center for Computational Biology
-Professor, Molecular Biosciences
Associated Tracks
-Computational Bioengineering
Research Interests
-Development of molecular recognition methods for structural genomics and bioinformatics
Titles
-Distinguished Professor, Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Associated Tracks
-Biomolecular Engineering
Research Interests
-Elucidation of protein-drug degradation pathways during storage, shipping and handling
-Development of new analytical approaches to characterize macromolecules and vaccines for use as pharmaceuticals
-Design and evaluation of formulations to improve stability of biopharmaceutical drugs and vaccines
Titles
-Chair, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
-Albert P Learned Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering
Associated Tracks
-Biomolecular Engineering
Research Interests
-Liquid-liquid Systems and Intensification
-Enzymatic Catalysis
-Ion-exchange and Adsorption
Titles
-Professor and Chair, Cancer Biology
-Associate Director for Basic Sciences
-Associate Director for Education
Associated Tracks
-Bioimaging
-Computational Bioengineering
-Biomolecular Engineering
Research Interests
-Tumor progression, invasion, metastasis
Titles
-Professor, Molecular Bioscience
Associated Tracks
-Biomaterials, Bioimaging
Research Interests
-Drug discovery
-Drug delivery
-Cell biology/engineering
-Genetic engineering
-Nanotechnology
Titles
-Assistant Professor, Department of EECS/ITTC
Associated Tracks
-Computational Bioengineering
Research Interests
-Computational Biology
-Biological big data and precision medicine
-Functional non-coding RNA
Clinical Affiliates
Titles
-Professor, Neurology
-Associate Director, Alzheimer's Disease Center
Associated Tracks
-Bioimaging
Research Interests
-Utilizing MRI to examine how lifestyle factors such as exercise and diet influence brain aging and Alzheimer's
Titles
-Volunteer Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Associated Tracks
-Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering
-Biomedical Product Design & Development
Research Interests
-Oral drug delivery
-GI epithelium
-Eosinophilic esophagitis
-Inflammatory bowel disease
Titles
-Director, Entrepreneurship Programs
-Lecturer, School of Business
Associated Tracks
-Biomedical Product Design & Development
Research Interests
-Entrepreneurship
-Experiential Learning
Titles
-Director, Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery Program
-Vice Chair Education, Neurosurgery
-Associate Professor, Neurosurgery
Associated Tracks
-Bioimaging
Research Interests
-Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
Titles
-Professor, Director of Clinical Research
Associated Tracks
-Bioimaging
-Computational Bioengineering
Research Interests
-Rehabilitation Medicine
Titles
-Assistant Professor, Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science
Associated Tracks
-Biomechanics & Neural Engineering
Research Interests
-Understanding biochemical and neural mechanisms contributing to chronic pain syndromes and the efficacy of various physical therapy interventions in modulating pain
Titles
-Chair, Division of Biomedical Sciences
-Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry
-University of Southern California
Associated Tracks
-Biomedical Sciences with special training in Pathology and Biomaterials
Research Interests
-Amplifying cell signals for potentially lower cost stem cell interventions
Titles
-Professor, Otolaryngology
Associated Tracks
-Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering
Research Interests
-Neurotology
-Otology
-Tinnitus Management
-Balance Disorders
-Cochlear implants
-Acoustic Neuromas and Skull Base Surgery
Titles
-Medical School: University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, MO
-Residency: University of Missouri Hospitals and Clinics, Columbia, MO
-Residency: University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA
-Fellowship: University of Missouri Hospitals and Clinics, Columbia, MO (Infectious Diseases)
Associated Tracks
-Infections in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
-Infections in Stem Cell Transplant Recipients
-Complicated Pulmonary Infections
-Tick-Borne Diseases
Research Interests
-Prevention of Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infection
-Transplant Related Infections