People

Leadership

Stelios Andreadis, PhD
PhD, University of Michigan, 1996
908 Furnas Hall
Phone: (716) 645-1202
sandread@buffalo.edu
SUNY Distinguished Professor
Director - Cell, Gene and Tissue Engineering Center
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Research Topics: Stem cells for vascular tissue engineering; signaling pathways in cell-cell adhesion and wound healing; lentiviral vectors and lentiviral microarrays for high-throughput gene expression analysis and gene discovery
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908 Furnas Hall
Phone: (716) 645-1202
sandread@buffalo.edu

Core Faculty

Barbara Rita Alevriadou, PhD
PhD, Rice University
301 Bonner Hall
Phone: (716) 645-8499
alevri@buffalo.edu
SUNY Empire Innovation Professor
Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Adjunct Professor
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Research Topics: Cardiopulmonary physiology; Cardiovascular Disease; Metabolism; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Molecular Basis of Disease; Research Lab; Signal Transduction; Vascular Medicine
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301 Bonner Hall
Phone: (716) 645-8499
alevri@buffalo.edu
Jonathan Lovell, PhD
PhD, University of Toronto
201 Bonner Hall
Phone: (716) 645-1020
Fax: (716) 645-2207
jflovell@buffalo.edu
SUNY Empire Innovation Professor
Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Research Topics: Nanomedicine; phototherapy
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201 Bonner Hall
Phone: (716) 645-1020
Fax: (716) 645-2207
jflovell@buffalo.edu
Sriram Neelamegham, PhD
PhD, Rice University, 1996
906 Furnas Hall
Phone: (716) 645-1200
neel@buffalo.edu
UB Distinguished Professor
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Research Topics: Bioengineering, Systems Biology, Glycosciences, Cell and Molecular Engineering, Human diseases.
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906 Furnas Hall
Phone: (716) 645-1200
neel@buffalo.edu
Sheldon J. Park, PhD
PhD, Harvard University, 2000
905 Furnas Hall
Phone: (716) 645-1199
sjpark6@buffalo.edu
Associate Professor
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Research Topics: Protein engineering; yeast surface display; bioinformatics; molecular dynamics simulations
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905 Furnas Hall
Phone: (716) 645-1199
sjpark6@buffalo.edu
Blaine Pfeifer, PhD
PhD, Stanford University, 2002
904 Furnas Hall
Phone: (716) 645-1198
blainepf@buffalo.edu
Professor
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Research Topics: Metabolic Engineering; Heterologous Natural Product Biosynthesis; Vaccine Design and Delivery
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904 Furnas Hall
Phone: (716) 645-1198
blainepf@buffalo.edu
Yun Wu, PhD
PhD, Ohio State University
215D Bonner Hall
Phone: (716) 645-8498
ywu32@buffalo.edu
Professor
Chair
Department of Biomedical Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Research Topics: Cancer theranostics; biosensors; cancer biomarkers
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215D Bonner Hall
Phone: (716) 645-8498
ywu32@buffalo.edu
Ruogang Zhao, PhD
PhD, University of Toronto
330B Bonner Hall
Phone: (716) 645-1034
rgzhao@buffalo.edu
Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Research Topics: Cytoskeleton and cell motility; Molecular Basis of Disease; Pulmonary Disease
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330B Bonner Hall
Phone: (716) 645-1034
rgzhao@buffalo.edu

Affiliated Faculty

Chong Cheng, PhD
PhD, City University of New York, 2003
312 Furnas Hall
Phone: (716) 645-1193
ccheng8@buffalo.edu
Professor
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Research Topics: Biodegradable functional polymers and nanostructures, new drug delivery systems, synthetic materials for tissue engineering.
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312 Furnas Hall
Phone: (716) 645-1193
ccheng8@buffalo.edu
Rudiyanto Gunawan, PhD
PhD, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2003
302 Furnas Hall
Phone: (716) 645-0952
rgunawan@buffalo.edu
Associate Professor
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Research Topics: Expertise: systems biology, bioinformatics, computational biology, mathematical modeling, systems analysis, design of experiments, network inference, process optimization. Applications: biopharmaceutical manufacturing, drug discovery & repurposing, systems pharmacology, monoclonal antibody, protein glycosylation, biogerontology, mitochondrial DNA, programmed cell death, circadian rhythms, stem cell differentiation
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302 Furnas Hall
Phone: (716) 645-0952
rgunawan@buffalo.edu
Laertis Ikonomou, PhD
PhD, Universite Catholique de Louvain
619 Biomedical Research Building
Phone: (716) 829-6206
laertisi@buffalo.edu
Associate Professor
Department of Oral Biology
School of Dental Medicine
Research Topics: Developmental Biology, Pluripotent Stem Cell Biology, Regenerative Medicine
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619 Biomedical Research Building
Phone: (716) 829-6206
laertisi@buffalo.edu
Keith L. Kirkwood
University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine
3435 Main Street
250 Squire Hall
645 BRB
Phone: (716)829-3845
klkirk@buffalo.edu
Professor
Department of Oral Biology
School of Dental Medicine
Specialty/Research Focus: Periodontics
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University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine
3435 Main Street
250 Squire Hall
645 BRB
Phone: (716)829-3845
klkirk@buffalo.edu
Jennifer K. Lang, MD
Clinical and Translational Research Center
875 Ellicott Street, Suite 7030
Phone: (716) 829-6118
jklang@buffalo.edu
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
Research Topics: Cardiology; Cardiovascular Disease; Cell growth, differentiation and development; Gene Expression; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Signal Transduction; Stem Cells
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Clinical and Translational Research Center
875 Ellicott Street, Suite 7030
Phone: (716) 829-6118
jklang@buffalo.edu
Kirk Personius, PT, PhD
623 Kimball
Phone: (716) 829-6940
Fax: (716) 829-3217
kep7@buffalo.edu
Clinical Associate Professor
Director, Doctor of Physical Therapy Program
Department of Rehabilitation Science
School of Public Health and Health Professions
Affiliated Faculty
Cell, Gene and Tissue Engineering Center
Research Topics: Neuromuscular development and regeneration, animal models of neuromuscular disorders, and sarcopenia.
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623 Kimball
Phone: (716) 829-6940
Fax: (716) 829-3217
kep7@buffalo.edu
Debanjan Sarkar, PhD
PhD, University of Akron
319 Bonner Hall
Phone: (716) 645-8497
debanjan@buffalo.edu
Associate Professor of Teaching
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Department of Biomedical Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Research Topics: Cell growth, differentiation and development; Cytoskeleton and cell motility; Stem Cells
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319 Bonner Hall
Phone: (716) 645-8497
debanjan@buffalo.edu
Fraser J. Sim, PhD
955 Main Street
Room 3256
Phone: (716) 829-2151
fjsim@buffalo.edu
Professor
Neuroscience Program Director
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
Specialty/Research Focus: Genomics and proteomics; Neurobiology; Neurodegenerative disorders
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955 Main Street
Room 3256
Phone: (716) 829-2151
fjsim@buffalo.edu
Jun Xia, PhD
PhD, University of Toronto
215C Bonner Hall
Phone: (716) 645-8628
Fax: (716) 645-2207
junxia@buffalo.edu
Professor
Director of Graduate Studies
Department of Biomedical Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Adjunct Professor
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
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215C Bonner Hall
Phone: (716) 645-8628
Fax: (716) 645-2207
junxia@buffalo.edu
Chi Zhou, PhD
PhD, University of Southern California
401 Bell Hall
Phone: (716) 645-4706
chizhou@buffalo.edu
Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Studies
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Adjunct Associate Professor
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Research Topics: Additive manufacturing, rapid prototyping
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401 Bell Hall
Phone: (716) 645-4706
chizhou@buffalo.edu

Staff

Lori DuVall-Jackson

Program Coordinator

Cell, Gene and Tissue Engineering Center

307 Furnas Hall

Email: llduvall@buffalo.edu