The leaders of the EmIRGE-Bio program come from each of the primary departments of the BioInspired Institute. They represent the interdisciplinary, collaborative nature of the Institute and the curriculum and research goals of the NRT training program.
- Lisa Manning, William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Physics and Director, EmIRGE-Bio
- Carlos Castañeda, associate Professor of Biology and Chemistry
- Teng Zhang, associate Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
- Zhen Ma, associate professor of Biomedical & Chemical Engineering
- Heidi Hehnly, Renée Crown Professor in the Sciences and Mathematics and Associate Professor of Biology
The full list of participating faculty includes:
- Joseph Paulsen, associate professor of Physics
- Alison Patteson, assistant professor of Physics
- Alaji Bah, assistant professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University
- Jennifer Schwarz, professor of Physics
- Jeff Amack, associate professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University
- Zhenyu Gan, assistant professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
- Austin Garner, assistant professor of biology
- Ivan Gitsov, professor of Chemistry, SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry
- Sarah Hall, Associate Professor of Biology
- Steven Hanes, research scientist in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University
- James Henderson, professor of Biomedical & Chemical Engineering
- Jessica Henty-Ridilla, associate professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Xiaoran Hu, assistant professor of Chemistry
- Era Jain, assistant professor of Biomedical & Chemical Engineering
- Kasey Laurent, assistant professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
- Xiacun Lu, assistant professor of Chemistry, Clarkson University
- Sarah Lucas, assistant professor of biology
- Jessica MacDonald, associate professor of Biology
- Russell Matthews, associate professor of Neuroscience and Physiology
- Mary Beth Monroe, associate professor of Biomedical & Chemical Engineering
- Liviu Movileanu, professor of physics
- Davoud Mozhdehi, associate professor of Chemistry
- Anupam Pandey, assistant professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
- Melissa Pepling, professor of Biology
- Dacheng Ren, Stevenson endowed professor of Biomedical & Chemical Engineering, Associate Dean for Research, College of Engineering & Computer Science
- Jennifer Ross, professor of Physics
- Chris Santangelo, professor of Physics
- Wanliang Shan, associate professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
- Yiyang Sun, assistant professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
- Roy Welch, professor of Biology
Staff
- Kara Hughes, operations specialist, BioInspired Institute
- Jeremy Steinbacher, director of operations, BioInspired Institute
If you have questions about EmIRGE-Bio, please email us at bioinspired@syr.edu, and we will get back to you as soon as possible!