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VIIBRE Administration

John Wikswo
Director, VIIBRE
Co-Director, Automated Biosystems Core
Director, Microfabrication Core
 
David Cliffel
Deputy Director, Electrochemical Sensors and Biosensors
 
Shane Hutson
Deputy Director, Biophotonics and Biomechanics
 
John A. McLean
Deputy Director, Structural Mass Spectrometry and Omni-Omics
Co-Director, Automated Biosystems Core
 
Kevin Seale
Deputy Director, Education and Professional Development
Director, Searle Systems Biology and Bioengineering Undergraduate Research Experience
(Searle SyBBURE)
 
     

Current Faculty Fellows

Brian O. Bachmann / Lab
Chemistry
 
Franz J. Baudenbacher
Biomedical Engineering, Physics
 
Kirill Bolotin / Lab
Physics
 
Alan Bradshaw Lab
Surgery, Physics,
Biomedical Engineering
 
Jin Chen  /  Lab 
Medicine,
Cell and Developmental Biology,
Cancer Biology
 
Chang Chung  /  Lab
Pharmacology,
Biological Sciences
 
David E. Cliffel  /  Lab
Chemistry,  Pediatrics
 
James Crowe  Lab
Biochemistry
 
Scott Daniels
Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery
 
Jeffrey M. Davidson
Pathology, Microbiology, Immunology
 
Craig Duvall Lab
Biomedical Engineering
 
Jon Edd  Lab
Mechanical Engineering
 
Kate Ellacott  Lab
Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
 
William H. Fissell
Nephrology
 
Michael Freeman
Radiation Oncology
 
Todd Giorgio  Lab
Biomedical Engineering
 
David Hachey
Biochemistry / Pharmacology
 
Antonis Hatzopoulos Lab
Cardiovascular Medicine
 
Shane Hutson  /  Lab
Physics, Biological Sciences
 
Christopher J. Janetopoulos Lab
Biological Sciences
 
Deyu Li
Mechanical Engineering
 
Dmitry Markov
Cancer Biology      
 
Jody May  
Chemistry
Lisa J. McCawley
Cancer Biology
 
Owen McGuinness / Lab
Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
 
BethAnn McLaughlin
Neurology
 
John A. McLean Lab
Chemistry
 
Ray Mernaugh  
Biochemistry
 
David Merryman / Lab
Biomedical Engineering
 
Karoly Mirnics / Lab
Psychiatry
 
Kevin Niswender
Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism
 
Susan R. Opalenik Lab
Pathology, Microbiology, Immunology
 
Ambra Pozzi
Nephrology
 
Vito Quaranta Lab
Cancer Biology
 
Ann Richmond Lab
Medicine, Cell and Developmental Biology
 
Sandra Rosenthal  / Lab
Chemistry
 
Douglas B. Sawyer
Medicine
 
Kevin Seale
Biomedical Engineering
 
Matthew S. Shotwell
Biostatistics
 
Veniamin Y. Sidorov
Biomedical Engineering
 
Hak-Joon Sung / Lab
Biomedical Engineering
 
David L. Tabb / Lab
Biomedical Informatics
 
Donna Webb
Biological Sciences
 
Robert J. Webster  Lab
Mechanical Engineering
 
 
Sharon M. Weiss  /  Lab
 
Electrical Engineering and Physics
 
Yaqiong Xu / Lab
Electrical Engineering, Computer Science
 
Jamey D. Young / Lab
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
 
Andries Zijlstra / Lab
Pathology, Biology
 

 

 

 

Postdoctoral Research Associates

Frank Block
Electrical Engineering
 
Jacquelyn A. Brown
Adult Psychiatry
 
Igor Ges
Biomedical Engineering
 
Jennifer R. McKenzie
Chemistry
 
Virginia Pensabene
Biomedical Engineering
 
Stacy D. Sherrod
Physics and Astronomy
 
 
 

 

Technical Staff

 
Vanessa Allwardt
Microfluidic Imaging Specialist
Manager, VIIBRE Automated Biosystems Core 
 
David McLean
Research and Development Engineer
Ronald Reiserer
Laboratory Manager
 
Philip C. Samson
Senior Research and Development Engineer
 
David K. Schaffer
Research and Development Engineer
Manager, VIIBRE Microfabrication Core
 
Erik Werner
Research and Development Engineer 
 

 

Administrative Staff

 
Don Berry          
Tech Support / Web development 
 
Cheryl D. Cosby          
Administrative Assistant  
   
Sarazen Haile
Administrative Assistant 
Libby E. Johnson          
Administrative Assistant     
 
Allison Price          
Editorial Assistant
 
 

 

VIIBRE Scientific Steering Committee (Vanderbilt University)

 
Franz J. Baudenbacher
Biomedical Engineering, Physics
 
David E. Cliffel Lab
Chemistry, Pediatrics
Jeffrey M. Davidson
Pathology
 
Shane Hutson Lab
Physics, Biological Sciences
Christopher J. Janetopoulos
Biological Sciences
 
Deyu Li
Mechanical Engineering
Lisa J. McCawley
Cancer Biology
 
Susan R. Opalenik Lab
Pathology
Ann Richmond Lab
Medicine, Cell and Developmental Biology
 
Douglas B. Sawyer
Medicine
Kevin T. Seale
Biomedical Engineering
John P. Wikswo
Biomedical Engineering,
Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Physics
Andries Zijlstra
Pathology, Cancer Biology
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VIIBRE Scientific Advisory Board

 
Albert H. Beth, Ph.D.
Molecular Physiology and Biophysics,
Vanderbilt University
 
Jim Davidson, Ph.D.
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science,
Vanderbilt University
Thomas R. Harris, M.D., Ph.D.
Biomedical Engineering,
Chemical Engineering,
Medicine,
Vanderbilt University
 
Billy Hudson, Ph.D.
Medicine, Biochemistry,
Vanderbilt University
David S. Kosson
Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Chemical Engineering,
Earth and Environmental Sciences,
Vanderbilt University
 
Anantha Krishnan, Sc.D.
Engineering Directorate,
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Abraham P. Lee, Ph.D.
Biomedical Engineering,
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,
University of California at Irvine
 
Lawrence J. Marnett, Ph.D. / Lab
Biochemistry, Chemistry,
Vanderbilt University
David W. Piston, Ph.D. / Lab
Molecular Physiology and Biophysics,
Physics,
Vanderbilt University
 
Ned A. Porter, Ph.D.
Chemistry, Biochemistry,
Vanderbilt University
Stephen Quake, D.Phil. / Lab
Bioengineering,
Stanford University
 
Robert J. Scherrer, Ph.D.
Physics,
Vanderbilt University
Michael L. Simpson, Ph.D.  Lab
Center for Nanophase Materials Science,
Oak Ridge National Laboratory;
Materials Science & Engineering,
UT Knoxville
 
George M. Whitesides, Ph.D.  /   Lab
Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Industrial Advisory Board

 
Chair: James N. Hollenhorst, Ph.D.
Director of Strategic Research Initiative,
Senior Director of IP Strategy,
Agilent Technologies
 
C. Fred Battrell, Ph.D.
Vice President, Operations,
Micronics, Inc.
Robert C. Jones, Ph.D.
Executive Vice President,
Research and Development,
Fluidigm Corporation
 
Shira Kramer, Ph.D.
President and Founder,
Sterilex Corporation
Darren R. Link, Ph.D.
Co-Founder and Vice President of R&D,
RainDance Technologies, Inc.
 
Celeste Null
Director of Biomedical Engineering,
Digital Health Group,
Intel Corporation
 
Robert J. Steffan, Ph.D.
Director, Biotechnology Development and Applications,
Shaw Environmental & Infrastructure, Inc.
 
Shankar Sundaram, Ph.D.
Director,
Bioengineering Center at USF (Univ. of Florida)
Draper Laboratory
James J. Valdes, Ph.D.
Scientific Advisor for Biotechnology,
Edgewood Chemical Biological Center
 

 

 

External Associates

 
Donald Alcendor
Meharry Medical College
 
Lloyd M. Davis
University of Tennessee Space Institute
 
Chaitali Ghosh
Cleveland Clinic
 
Richard A. Gray / Lab
Food & Drug Administration
 
William H. Hofmeister
University of Tennessee Space Institute
 
Rashi Iyer
Los Alamos National Laboratory
 
Damir Janigro
Cleveland Clinic
 
Eduardo Andrade Lima
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
 
Hod Lipson Lab
Cornell University
 
Dana Marshall
Meharry Medical College
 
Ilya Nemenman
Emory University
 
Prabhakar Pandian
CFD Research Corporation
 
Kapil Pant
CFD Research Corporation
 
Kevin Kit Parker Lab
Harvard University
 
Andrzej Przekwas
CFD Research Corporation
 
William O. Richards
University of South Alabama Medical Center
 
Bradley J. Roth
Oakland University
 
Leslie Shor
University of Connecticut
 
Roy G. Thompson
Edgewood Chemical Biological Center
 
Klas I. Udekwu
Karolinska Institutet (Stockholm)
 
Ravi Rao Vallabhajosyula
CFD Research Corporation
 
Katrin Zeilinger
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
 
Mingjun Zhang
University of Tennessee