Since our research is interdisciplinary, we collaborate with scientists, engineers, and clinicians from leading research institutes and hospitals. Here is a list of our collaborators in the three projects of our laboratory.

Project 1: Quantitative Biomechanical Models of Cellular Interactions


  • George A. Truskey, Ph.D., Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University

  • Roger D. Kamm, Ph.D., Departments of Biological and Mechanical Engineering, MIT

  • Andre Levchenko, Ph.D., Department of Biomedical Engineering and Systems Biology Institute, Yale University

  • Dino Di Carlo, Ph.D., Department of Bioengineering, UCLA

  • Amy Rowat, Ph.D., Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, UCLA

  • Klaus Ley, M.D., La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology

  • Zongbing You, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Structural & Cellular Biology, Tulane University School of Medicine

  • Dmitry A. Fedosov, Ph.D., Institute of Complex Systems (ICS-2), Forschungszentrum Joulich, Joulich, Germany

  • Daniel A. Hammer, Ph.D., Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania

  • Alex Mogilner, Ph.D., Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Department of Biology, New York University

  • Walter Lee Murfee, Ph.D., Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University

Project 2: Biomedical Acoustic Technologies (HIFU, FUS, acoustic tweezing)
  • R. Glynn Holt, Ph.D., Department of Mechanical Engineering, Boston University

  • Nathan Nielsen, M.D., Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Critical Care and Environmental Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine

  • Joseph F. Buell, M.D., Department of Surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine

  • Benjamin R. Lee, M.D., Department of Urology, Tulane University School of Medicine

  • Vijay John, Ph.D., Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Tulane University

  • Matthew R. Myers, Ph.D., Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food & Drug Administration

  • W.T. Godbey, Ph.D., Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Tulane University

  • Michael Moore, Ph.D., Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University

  • J. Quincy Brown, Ph.D., Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University

Project 3: Rheological Characterization of Biological Materials
  • Noshir Pesika, Ph.D., Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Tulane University

  • R. Glynn Holt, Ph.D., Department of Mechanical Engineering, Boston University

  • Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Ph.D., Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Tulane University

  • Gustavo Didier, Ph.D., Department of Mathematics, Tulane University

  • J. Quincy Brown, Ph.D., Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University

  • Michael Moore, Ph.D., Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University