Collaborate & work with UB researchers and faculty

Cardiopulmonary physiology; Cardiovascular Disease; Metabolism; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Molecular Basis of Disease; Research Lab; Signal

Low dose Biophotonics Therapy; Stem cells in regenerative medicine; TGF beta Biology

Utilization of pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic analyses and mathematical modeling to guide the discovery and development of new immunotherapies for cancer and autoimmunity

Immunotherapy: Develop lipid mediated tolerance strategies to overcome unwanted immune responses (protein and antibody therapeutics, allergies, autoimmune conditions and gene therapy)
Protein delivery and immunotherapy: Adopts an interdisciplinary approach of biophysics/bioengineering, pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic and immunology.
Protein formulation: Physicochemical and analytical methods of assessing protein structure, function, and stability in developing improved dosage forms

Abstract image representing human mind and numbers; Databases and Data Science; Human-Computer Interaction

Health information technology and informatics, healthcare systems modeling, design and evaluation of healthcare interventions on patient and organizational outcomes, process and product quality improvement, simulation modeling and applications

Physical ergonomics, biomechanics, occupational safety and health, workplace wellness, designing workplace accommodations for the obese and older populations

Human-Machine Interactions, Cognitive Engineering, Driver Behavior and Safety, Human Factors in Healthcare

Biodegradable functional polymers and nanostructures, new drug delivery systems, synthetic materials for tissue engineering.

Ascertainment and recruitment of human populations, neuroscience, genetics, ophthalmology, epidemiology, statistical genetics and molecular biology.

Applied orthopedic biomechanics, Corrosion and biocompatibility of metallic orthopedic biomaterials

To develop multiscale mathematical and computational models to enhance understanding of the mechanisms governing tissue remodeling and damage as a result of diseases and infections and to simulate the treatment of those conditions to improve human health.

Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Human-Computer Interaction, Mobile Computing

Computational chemistry and materials science; virtual high-throughput and Big Data; machine learning; electronic structure theory and methods; quantum effects in catalysis and materials; rational design

Investigation of low-dose computed tomography protocols and their effect on quantitative lung assessment and imaging processing algorithm development for longitudinal analysis of solid tumors.

Bioengineering; Materials

Runs BSL3 Lab Facility; Microbial Pathogenesis; Microbiology; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Protein Function and Structure; Viral Pathogenesis; Virology

Bioengineering, Rehabilitation Robotics, Prosthetic Devices, Cable-Actuated Mechanisms, Intelligent Wheelchairs

Rational design of new catalytic materials with controlled nanostructures and investigating the relationship between size/structure and composition of nanoparticles and their catalytic activity with the purpose of optimizing nanoscale formulations that have superior reactivity.

Biodegradable functional polymers and nanostructures, new drug delivery systems, synthetic materials for tissue engineering.

Development of nanomedicine approaches to meet unmet needs in treating, diagnosing or preventing disease; Nanomedicine; Phototherapy

Innovation aspects of energy and environment; energy policy; CCS techno-economic evaluation; analysis of legal and regulatory frameworks; policy and financial instruments

Bioengineering; Fluid and Thermal Sciences

To characterize lipid-lipid and lipid-protein interactions that are relevant for lipid regulation and cell signaling processes in cancer and liver disease.

Modeling and Prediction of Human Behavior

Relationship between the neurochemical and behavioral effects of drugs, primarily those used to treat neuropsychiatric illnesses. This work includes the study of noradrenergic mechanisms in the actions of antidepressant drugs and of cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases as potential targets for novel antidepressant, anxiolytic, and memory‐enhancing drugs.

LOC (lab-on-a-chip); MicroTAS (Micro Total Analysis Systems); BioMEMS (Bio Micro Electro Mechanical Systems); SANS (Sample-to-Answer Nano/microfluidic Systems); nanobiosensors for bio/chemical/environmental applications; world-to-chip interfacing and packaging; single cell manipulation, sorting, and detection; microvalves; micropumps; microfluidic

Targeted quantification of regulatory, marker proteins for clinical study, using highly-sensitive nano-LC/SRM-based methods. A number of key analytical advances have been developed in his laboratory, which greatly enhance the proteomic coverage, sensitivity and throughput for proteomic research.
Proteomics: i) high-resolution and large-scale expression profiling of pathological proteomes (e.g. for cardiovascular diseases, colon cancer and infectious diseases) for the discovery of disease/therapeutic biomarkers using gel-free LC/MS methods; ii) Sensitive identification, localization and quantification of post-translational modifications in complex proteomes; Here, novel anti-PTM-peptide capture procedures, and alternating collision induced dissociation /electron transferring dissociation methods are employed to obtain abundant PTM information.

Polymer and organic materials chemistry: synthesis of advanced polymer structures, self-assembly and nanomaterial fabrication for biological and electronic applications.

Neurological Surgery, Neuroradiology, Aneurysm, Stroke, Thrombectomy, Cancer, Neurovascular Imaging, Neurovascular Surgery, Vascular

STEM education; social justice; social problems; sociology of education, race & ethnic relations, social networks & social capital; qualitative research methods; social media

Novel physical, chemical, and biological detection using micro and nano mechanical sensors and electrical power delivery using the single wire concept

Analog VLSI Design; silicon-based neuromorphic visual processing systems; neural networks; electronic routing and packaging design; electron beam lithography; sensors; optoelectronics

Molecular recognition, crystallization, self-assembly, interfacial phenomena, biomimetics, formulations. Materials: polymers (polyelectrolytes, biopolymers, associating polymers, block copolymers), surfactants, biomaterials, supramolecules, dyes, colloidal particles, crystals, cosolvents. Techniques: rheology, small-angle X-ray (SAXS) and neutron (SANS) scattering, static and dynamic light scattering, UV-vis and fluorescence spectroscopy, conductivity, vapor pressure osmometry (VPO), surface free energy, electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis (ESCA), atomic force microscopy (AFM). Broad impact: products and processes that improve the quality of life (health, environment).

Engineering principles and design concepts to develop novel therapeutics and diagnostics (theranostics) for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer and other deadly diseases.

Optical and ultrasonic imaging techniques to meet needs in cancer and neurological research; Sensors, Medical Imaging, Photoacoustics

Compressed sensing; magnetic resonance imaging; image reconstruction

Microbiology, Oral Biology, Periodontics