Key Faculty

The center has a wide range of diverse faculty from different disciplines, research areas, and synergies. The center’s unique contributions to bio-based technology innovation may enhance discovery elsewhere by unlocking new domains for scientific understanding. Faculty members from diverse disciplines and backgrounds help move this mission forward.
 
Below are the key faculty from the different disciplines that are involved with the center:

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

yongku cho

Yongku Cho

Associate Professor

Research Interests: protein engineering; antibody engineering; optogenetics

cho@uconn.edu

yu lei

Yu Lei

Professor

Research Interests: Sensors & Biosensors; Bionanotechnology; Environmental Biotechnology

yu.lei@uconn.edu

leslie shor

Leslie Shor

Professor

Research Interests: Microfluidics & BioMEMS; microbial systems engineering, agriculture biotechnology, environmental biotechnology

leslie.shor@uconn.edu

Ranjan Srivastava

Ranjan Srivastava

Professor

Research Interests: Computational biology tool development

rs@uconn.edu

Electrical and Computer Engineering

monty escabi

Monty Escabi

Professor

Research Interests: Auditory Neuroscience; Sound recognition; Signal Processing

monty.escabi@uconn.edu

School of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Manufacturing

chao hu

Chao Hu

Associate Professor

Research Interests: Reliability-Based Design Optimization, Prognostics & Health Management, Battery State Estimation

chao.hu@uconn.edu

professor seungyeon kang

SeungYeon Kang

Assistant Professor

Research Interests: 3D printing nanofabrication; femtosecond laser direct writing; nonlinear optics energy storage

seung_yeon.kang@uconn.edu

Kyungjin Kim

Kyungjin Kim

Assistant Professor

Research Interests: neuroprosthetic implants, soft electronic devices, smart packaging of food & pharma

kyungjin.kim@uconn.edu

George Lykotrafitis

George Lykotrafitis

Professor

Research Interests: cellular mechanics, cellular membrane dynamics, incoherent interfaces, Micro & Nano-scale Systems

george.lykotrafitis@uconn.edu

thanh nguyen

Thanh Nguyen

Associate Professor

Research Interests: nano/micro-manufacturing; "smart" piezoelectric materials; bioelectronics; microfluidics; nanobiointerfaces; drug delivery

thanh.nguyen@uconn.edu

david pierce

David Pierce

Professor

Research Interests: Computational & experimental solid (bio)mechanics; modeling; corollary programming/software

david.pierce@uconn.edu

David Pierce

Associate Professor

Research Interests: Applied Mechanics and Advanced Materials Processing, biomechanics, computational mechanics, computational solid mechanics, finite element methods

david.pierce@uconn.edu

Anna Tarakanova

Anna Tarakanova

Assistant Professor

Research Interests: Multiscale modeling of biological & bioinspired materials, Biomechanics, Self-assembly

anna.tarakanova@uconn.edu

Biomedical Engineering

Yupeng Chen

Yupeng Chen

Associate Professor

Research Interests: DNA-inspired Nanomaterials & Nano-devices, Drug & Gene Delivery, Tissue Engineering, Regenerative Nanomedicine

yupeng.chen@uconn.edu

bin feng

Bin Feng

Associate Professor

Research Interests: Neuroengineering, neuromodulation, electrophysiology, experimental & computational neuroscience

fengb@uconn.edu

kazunori hoshino

Kazunori Hoshino

Associate Professor

Research Interests: Nano/micro-electro-mechanical systems (NEMS/MEMS); mechanical sensing & optical imaging

kazunori.hoshino@uconn.edu

Kristin Morgan

Kristin Morgan

Assistant Professor

Research Interests: Biomechanics; dynamic joint stability; computational modeling of human movement

kristin.2.morgan@uconn.edu

Syam P. Nukavarapu

Syam Nukavarapu

Professor

Research Interests: Biomaterials, Engineered Grafts, Tissue Engineering

syam.nukavarapu@uconn.edu

sabato santaniello

Sabato Santaniello

Associate Professor

Research Interests: Seizure Onset Detection; Brain Computer Interface; Neural Prosthetics; Computational Neuroscience

sabato.santaniello@uconn.edu

guoan zheng

Guoan Zheng

Associate Professor

Research Interests: Biomedical optics & instrumentation; computational imaging & sensingy; optofluidics; chip-scale imaging

guoan.zheng@uconn.edu

Civil and Environmental Engineering

baikun li

Baikun Li

Professor

Research Interests: Biosensor development; Bioenergy production from wastes; Environmental biotechnology

baikun.li@uconn.edu