{"id":8,"date":"2024-10-11T18:09:26","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T22:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bioinspired.syr.edu\/emirge-bio\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2026-03-16T11:58:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T15:58:52","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bioinspired.syr.edu\/emirge-bio\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <strong>leaders of the EmIRGE-Bio<\/strong> program come from each of the primary departments of the <a href=\"https:\/\/bioinspired.syr.edu\">BioInspired Institute<\/a>. They represent the interdisciplinary, collaborative nature of the Institute and the curriculum and research goals of the NRT training program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artsandsciences.syracuse.edu\/people\/faculty\/manning-m-lisa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lisa Manning<\/a>, William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Physics and Director, EmIRGE-Bio<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artsandsciences.syracuse.edu\/people\/faculty\/castaneda-carlos-a-\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Carlos Casta\u00f1eda<\/a>, associate Professor of Biology and Chemistry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artsandsciences.syracuse.edu\/people\/faculty\/hehnly-heidi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Heidi Hehnly<\/a>, Ren\u00e9e Crown Professor in the Sciences and Mathematics and Associate Professor of Biology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ecs.syracuse.edu\/faculty-staff\/zhen-ma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zhen Ma<\/a>, associate professor of Biomedical &amp; Chemical Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ecs.syracuse.edu\/faculty-staff\/teng-zhang\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Teng Zhang<\/a>, associate Professor of Mechanical &amp; Aerospace Engineering<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The full list of <strong>participating faculty<\/strong> includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upstate.edu\/biochem\/faculty\/index.php?empID=baha\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alaji Bah<\/a>, assistant professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upstate.edu\/biochem\/faculty\/index.php?empID=haness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steven Hanes<\/a>, research scientist in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artsandsciences.syracuse.edu\/people\/faculty\/colm-kelleher\/#Biography\">Colm Kelleher<\/a>, assistant professor of Physics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upstate.edu\/cdb\/education\/faculty.php?empID=ridillaj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jessica Henty-Ridilla<\/a>, associate professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artsandsciences.syracuse.edu\/people\/faculty\/hougland-james\/#Biography\">James Hougland<\/a>, professor and Biochemistry Director<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artsandsciences.syracuse.edu\/people\/faculty\/chih-hung-lo\/#Biography\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/artsandsciences.syracuse.edu\/people\/faculty\/chih-hung-lo\/#Biography\">Chuh Hung Lo<\/a>, assistant professor of Biology and Neuroscience<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thecollege.syr.edu\/people\/faculty\/hall-sarah-e\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sarah Hall<\/a>, associate professor of Biology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artsandsciences.syracuse.edu\/people\/faculty\/sarah-k-lucas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sarah Lucas<\/a>, assistant professor of Biology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artsandsciences.syracuse.edu\/people\/faculty\/macdonald-jessica\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jessica MacDonald<\/a>, associate professor of Biology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artsandsciences.syracuse.edu\/people\/faculty\/heather-meyer\/\">Heather Meyer<\/a>, assistant professor of Biology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artsandsciences.syracuse.edu\/people\/faculty\/parks-susan-e-\/#Biography\">Susan Parks<\/a>, professor of Biology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artsandsciences.syracuse.edu\/people\/faculty\/pepling-melissa-e\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Melissa Pepling<\/a>, professor of Biology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artsandsciences.syracuse.edu\/people\/faculty\/welch-roy-d\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Roy Welch<\/a>, professor of Biology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ecs.syracuse.edu\/faculty-staff\/michael-blatchley\">Michael Blatchley<\/a>, assistant professor of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ecs.syracuse.edu\/faculty-staff\/james-h-henderson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">James Henderson<\/a>, professor of Biomedical &amp; Chemical Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ecs.syracuse.edu\/faculty-staff\/era-jain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Era Jain<\/a>, assistant professor of Biomedical &amp; Chemical Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ecs.syracuse.edu\/faculty-staff\/andrea-joseph\">Andrea Joseph<\/a>, assistant professor of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ecs.syracuse.edu\/faculty-staff\/yaoying-wu\">Yaoying Wu<\/a>, assistant professor of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ecs.syracuse.edu\/faculty-staff\/jialiu-zeng\">Jialiu Zeng<\/a>, assistant professor of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upstate.edu\/cdb\/education\/faculty.php?empID=amackj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jeff Amack<\/a>, associate professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artsandsciences.syracuse.edu\/people\/faculty\/atanu-acharya\/#Biography\">Atanu Acharya,<\/a> assistant professor of Chemistry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thecollege.syr.edu\/people\/faculty\/xiaoran-hu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Xiaoran Hu<\/a>, assistant professor of Chemistry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artsandsciences.syracuse.edu\/people\/faculty\/mozhdehi-davoud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Davoud Mozhdehi<\/a>, associate professor of Chemistry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esf.edu\/faculty\/gitsov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ivan Gitsov<\/a>, professor of Chemistry, SUNY College of Environmental Science &amp; Forestry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarkson.edu\/people\/xiaocun-lu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Xiacun Lu<\/a>, assistant professor of Chemistry, Clarkson University <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artsandsciences.syracuse.edu\/people\/faculty\/shahar-sukenik\/#Biography\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"ssukenik@syr.edu\">Shahar Sukenik<\/a>, assistant professor of Chemistry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artsandsciences.syracuse.edu\/people\/faculty\/weiwei-zheng\/#Biography\">Weiwei Zheng<\/a>, associate professor of Chemistry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ecs.syracuse.edu\/faculty-staff\/kun-hao-yu\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/ecs.syracuse.edu\/faculty-staff\/kun-hao-yu\">Kun-Hao Yu<\/a>, assistant professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ecs.syracuse.edu\/faculty-staff\/zhao-qin\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/ecs.syracuse.edu\/faculty-staff\/zhao-qin\">Zhao Qin<\/a>, assistant professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vpa.syracuse.edu\/faculty-staff\/jiang-li-lily\/\">Li Jiang<\/a>, assistant professor of Fashion Design<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ecs.syracuse.edu\/faculty-staff\/zhenyu-gan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zhenyu Gan<\/a>, assistant professor of Mechanical &amp; Aerospace Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ecs.syracuse.edu\/faculty-staff\/kasey-laurent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kasey Laurent<\/a>, assistant professor of Mechanical &amp; Aerospace Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ecs.syracuse.edu\/faculty-staff\/lihong-lao\">Lihong Lao<\/a>, assistant professor of Mechanical &amp; Aerospace Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ecs.syracuse.edu\/faculty-staff\/aoyi-luo-starting-fall-2023\">Aoyi Luo<\/a>, assistant professor Mechanical &amp; Aerospace Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ecs.syracuse.edu\/faculty-staff\/anupam-pandey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Anupam Pandey<\/a>, assistant professor of Mechanical &amp; Aerospace Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ecs.syracuse.edu\/faculty-staff\/wanliang-shan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wanliang Shan<\/a>, associate professor of Mechanical &amp; Aerospace Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ecs.syracuse.edu\/faculty-staff\/changmin-shi-2\">Changmin Shi<\/a>, assistant professor of Mechanical a&amp; Aerospace Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ecs.syracuse.edu\/faculty-staff\/yiyang-sun\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Yiyang Sun<\/a>, assistant professor of Mechanical &amp; Aerospace Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upstate.edu\/neuroscience-department\/research\/faculty-research-interests.php?empID=matthewr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Russell Matthews<\/a>, associate professor of Neuroscience and Physiology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artsandsciences.syracuse.edu\/people\/faculty\/colm-kelleher\/#Biography\">Colm Kelleher<\/a>, assistant professor of Physics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thecollege.syr.edu\/people\/faculty\/movileanu-liviu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Liviu Movileanu<\/a>, professor of Physics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artsandsciences.syracuse.edu\/people\/faculty\/nidhi-pashine\/#Biography\">Nidhi Pashine,<\/a> assistant professor of Physics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thecollege.syr.edu\/people\/faculty\/patteson-alison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alison Patteson<\/a>, assistant professor of Physics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thecollege.syr.edu\/people\/faculty\/jennifer-ross\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jennifer Ross<\/a>, professor of Physics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thecollege.syr.edu\/people\/faculty\/pages\/phy\/santangelo-christian.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chris <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/artsandsciences.syracuse.edu\/people\/faculty\/christian-d-santangelo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Santangelo<\/a>, professor of Physics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artsandsciences.syracuse.edu\/people\/faculty\/schwarz-jennifer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jennifer Schwarz<\/a>, professor of Physics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artsandsciences.syracuse.edu\/people\/faculty\/mirna-mihovilovic-skanata\/#Biography\">Mirna Mihovilovic Skanata,<\/a> assistant professor of Physics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p><strong>Staff<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>David Stablein, Project Coordinator<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Primary Syracuse University Departments<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Biology<\/li>\n<li>Chemistry<\/li>\n<li>Physics<\/li>\n<li>Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE)<\/li>\n<li>Biomedical and Chemical Engineering (BMCE)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Secondary Syracuse University Departments<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Math<\/li>\n<li>Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Affiliated Departments Outside Syracuse University<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>SUNY Upstate Cell &amp; 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