Alumni Call for Info

If you are an alumni of our program, we want to hear where you are and what you are doing.

Featuring Recent Alumni – Where are they now?

Harold Bien, (PhD 2007, Entcheva)
Completing MD/PhD at Stony Brook

Amy Rosen, (PhD 2007, Cohen)
Completing MD/PhD at Stony Brook

David Rubinstein, (PhD 2007, Frame)
Assistant Professor
Oklahoma State University

Yi Xia, (PhD 2006, Qin)
Postdoctoral Fellow
Biomedical Engineering
Stony Brook University

Liqin Xie, (PhD 2006, Judex)
Postdoctoral Fellow at Georgia Tech

Sameer Karnik (MS 2004, Hadjiargyrou)
Pursing an MBA, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, 2007
email:sameer.karnik@gmail.com

Erik Mittra (Md, PhD, 2004, Qin)
Nuclear Medicine Resident
Standford University Medical Center
Standford, CA
email: esmitrra@yahoo.com

Wei Yin (PhD, 2004, Bluestein)
Postdoctoral Fellow
Cornell University Medical School
New York, NY

Abishek Dwivedi (MS 2004, Medical Physics Track)
Radiological Oncologist Jr. Physist
Christ Hospital
Jersey City, NJ

Rui Zou, Ph.D. (Ph.D. 2003, Chon)
Postdoctoral Fellow
Bringham & Women's Hospital
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Thomas Yankeelov, Ph.D. (Ph.D. 2003, Springer)
Assistant Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, and Physics and Astronomy

Weiqing Ge, Ph.D. (Postdoc 2003, Khalsa)
Research Scientist
Palmer University, IA

Glenn R. Gaudette, Ph.D. (Ph.D. 2002, Krukenkamp and Chiang)
Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Worchester Polytechnic Institute, MA

Craig B. Laramee, Ph.D. (Ph.D. 2002, McLeod)
Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
SUNY Binghamton, Binghamton, NY

Terry Collison (M.S. May 2001)
Leica Microsystems
Allendale, NJ

Angela (Nigro) Collison (M.S. May 2001)
Scientific Advisor and Patent Agent
Frommer Lawrence & Haug, LLP
745 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10151
Tel: 212 588-0800
Fax: 212 588-0600
www.flhlaw.com

Stephen Cluff (M.S. December 2001)
Newsday
L.I., NY

Tamara Kaplan (M.S. December 2000)
Ventana Medical Systems (VMSI)

Dirk W Sommerfeldt, MD (Postdoc 2000, Rubin)
Department of Surgery
University of Hamburg
Germany

Wei Lin, Ph.D. (Ph.D. 2000, Rubin)
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Stony Brook University, NY

Ce Zhang, Ph.D. (Postdoc 2000, Khalsa)
Research Scientist
Yale University, CT

2007

Harold Bien
PhD in Biomedical Engineering

Cheng Liu
PhD in Biomedical Engineering

Christopher Maher
PhD in Biomedical Engineering

Shazia Rana
PhD in Biomedical Engineering

Amy Rosen
PhD in Biomedical Engineering

David Rubinstein
PhD in Biomedical Engineering

2006

David Allmer
MS in Biomedical Engineering

Russell Garman
PhD in Biomedical Engineering

Kaustabh Ghosh
Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering

Damon Kelly
Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering

William Little
MS in Biomedical Engineering

Zubin Master
MS in Biomedical Engineering

Erin McCormack
PhD in Biomedical Engineering

Yi Xia
PhD in Biomedical Engineering

Liqin Xie
PhD in Biomedical Engineering

2005

Varsha Dave Badal
M.S. in Biomedical Engineering

Jonathan Chiu
Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering

Lei Feng
Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering

Gary Gustavsen
M.S. in Biomedical Engineering

Alexander Ho
M.S. in Biomedical Engineering

Allyson Ianuzzi
Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering

Sachin Jambawalikar
M.S. in Biomedical Engineering

David Komatsu
Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering

Jesse S. Little
Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering

Ramakrishna Raghavan
MS in Biomedical Engineering

Jaimohan Ramachandran
M.S. in Biomedical Engineering

Anita Saldanha
Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering

Gaurav S. Sharma
M.S. in Biomedical Engineering

Sepideh Shokouhi
Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering

Maria Squire
Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering

Hengliang Wang
Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering

Matthew Winburn
M.S. in Biomedical Engineering

Qi Wu
Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering
 

2004

Ronojit Adyanthaya
M.S. in Biomedical Engineering

Evren Azeloglu
M.S. in Biomedical Engineering

Amy Bentow
M.S. in Biomedical Engineering

Bhavin Busa
M.S. in Biomedical Engineering

Abishek Dwivedi
M.S. in Biomedical Engineering

Sameer Karnik
M.S. in Biomedical Engineering

Tony Katsetos
M.S. in Biomedical Engineering

Sameer Karnik
M.S. in Biomedical Engineering
Pursing an MBA, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, 2007
sameer.karnik@gmail.com
www.sameerkarnik.com

Amit Kulkarni
M.S. in Biomedical Engineering

Xiaolan Lin
M.S. in Biomedical Engineering

Tanuj Mehra
M.S. in Biomedical Engineering

Erik Mittra
Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering

Harshad Shanbhag
M.S. in Biomedical Engineering

Robert Szema
Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering

Azael Villanueva
M.S. in Biomedical Engineering

Lihong Yin
M.S. in Biomedical Engineering

Wei Yin
Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering

2003

Chris DeStefano
M.S. in Biomedical Engineering

Yen K. Luu
M.S. in Biomedical Engineering

Guruprasad Madhavan
M.S. in Biomedical Engineering

Deepak Ramamurthy
M.S. in Biomedical Engineering

Thomas Yankeelov
Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering

Rui Zou
Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering  
 

2002

Paul Frisch
Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering

Glenn Gaudette
Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering

Craig Laramee
Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering
Neural network device to detect heart murmurs.
 

2000

Terry Collison
M.S. in Biomedical Engineering
Quantification of the Self Organization of an Extracellular Matrix Protein.

Daniel Hseuh
M.S. in Biomedical Engineering

Wei Lin
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
Ultrasound imaging as a novel means to determine the physical properties of bone.

Angela Nigro
M.S. in Biomedical Engineering
Developing an Inexpensive Auscultatory Expert System.
 

1999

Sven Abend
Ph.D. in Physics
Characterization of colloidal systems using the Scanning Transmission X-ray Microscope.

David Eliot
Ph.D. in Anatomy
Integrative function of neck and shoulder girdle muscles: Head stabilization during upper limb efforts.

Charles S. Landis
Ph.D. in Chemistry
Relaxographic and Bolus-Tracking Contrast-Enhanced MRI Studies of Normal and Pathological Tissues.

Xin Li
Ph.D. in Chemistry
The Relaxographic Dimension in Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

Joerg Maser
Ph.D. in Physics
Design, construction and commissioning of a cryo X-ray microscope.

Jianwei Miao
Ph.D. in Physics
Extending the Methodology of X-ray Crystallography to Non-Crystalline Specimens.

Ildikþ Pžlyka
Ph.D. in Chemistry
Relaxographic and Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

Manoj K. Sammi
Ph.D. in Chemistry
Some Quantification Issues in Medical Imaging.

Igor Strashny
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Indentation Analyses of Living Cells. Theory and Experiments.

K. Sun
Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics
Diffusion Problems in Biofluid Flow Models.

Tom Welsh
M.S. Candidate in Computer Sciences
Visualization tools for human mapping.

Whitledge, B.
Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics
Influence of unstirred layers on membrane transport in the mammalian kidney.

Baoquan Chen
Ph.D. in Computer Science
 

1998

Karlis Gross
Ph.D. in Materials Science
The Amorphous Phase in Hydroxyapatite Coatings.

Jason G. Lai
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering
Noise Analysis of Bayesian Reconstruction Algorithms in Emission Tomography.

H. Moon
Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics
Numerical Solutions of Differential Equations for Renal Concentrating Mechanism.

Angela Osanna
Ph.D. Candidate in Physics
Spectromicroscopic Analysis.

Yan Qun Sun, M.D.
Post Doctoral Fellow
Correlation of osteocyte mRNA expression with distribution of bone strain.

Lorraine Tawfik
M.S in Materials Science
Characterization and manipulation of polystyrene surface charge density.

Monique VanderMolen
Ph.D. in Physiology & Biophysics
Intercellular communication as mediated by gap junctions and mechanical strain.

Steve Wang
Ph.D. in Physics & Astronomy
Three-dimensional imaging in soft x-ray microscopy.

Jinghan Ye, Ph.D.
Post Doctoral Fellow
Myocardial Perfusion SPECT Imaging.
 

1997

Belinda Beck
Ph.D. in Kinesiology
The Relationship of Streaming Potential Magnitude to Strain and Periosteal Modeling.

Chun Ho Chang
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering
Segmentation Using Atlas Guided Deformable Contours.

Ting Chen
Ph.D. in Computer Science
Computational Genome Analysis.

Juihsi Cheng
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering
Analytical Approach to Quantitative Cerebral Perfusion SPECT.

Susannah Fritton, Ph.D.
Post Doctoral Fellow
Spectral characterization of the strain distribution in the appendicular skeleton.

Guo, L.
Ph.D. in Material Science
Influence of Copolymer Architectures on Adhesion and Compatibilization of Polymers Interfaces (Homopolymers, Polystyrene, Fractures).

Matthew Halsey, M.D.
Post Doctoral Fellow
Osteoconductive potential of surface resistive controlled plasma spray coatings.

Joseph Hong
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering
Bayesian Reconstruction in SPECT Using Anatomical Prior Information.

Xiaoling Huang
Ph.D. Candidate in Computer Science

Cheng-Hao Ko
Ph.D. in Physics
Development of a Second Generation Scanning Photoemission Microscope at the National Synchrotron Light Source.

Yi Xian Qin
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
FEM and moire interferometry to determine stress/strain distribution around an implant.

Baorui Ren
Ph.D. in Physics
A Bent Laue-Laue Monochromator for a Synchrotron-Based Monochromatic Computed Tomography System.

Steve Spector
Ph.D. in Physics & Astronomy
Diffractive optics for soft x rays.

Xiaodong Zhang
Ph.D. in Physics
Development of Quantitative X-ray Microscopy with Chemical Sensitivity.
 

1996

Andrew Cohn
Ph.D. in Materials Science

Bruno Costa
M.S. in Computer Science
Morphing for the Reconstruction of Volumetric Objects using Snakes Microsoft.

David Dennison
M.D. with Distinction in Research
Time frequency analysis of functionally induced bone strain.

Li Ge, M.Sc.
M.S. in Biochemistry
Promoter Usage in a Retroviral Vector.

Taosong He
Ph.D. in Computer Science
Volumetric Virtual Environments.

Soo Jin Lee
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering
Bayesian SPECT Reconstruction Using Higher Order Mechanical Priors.

Li, Z., Ph.D
Ph.D in Material Science
Polymer Thin Films on Selected Surfaces (Nanoscale).

Hong Lin
M.S. in Computer Science
Volume Rendering Architecture Simulation.

Hanspeter Pfister, Ph.D
Ph.D. in Computer Science
A Real-Time Architecture for Volume Visualization.

Anand Rangarajan
Postdoctoral Research Associate
1. Neural Networks for Object Recognition.
2. Deterministic Annealing in Tomography.

Thomas St. John
M.D. with Distinction in Research
Correlation of new bone formation with magnitude of an induced electric field.

Jan Warnking
M.A. in Physics
Development of a cryo X-ray microscope.

Sam Shaoxiong Wen
M.S. in Computer Science
PC-based Video Micrometer (Javelin-Ademco).

Kevin Wu Zhang
M.S. in Computer Science
Financial Information Visualization with Spreadsheet of Images.

Haiying Zhang
M.S. in Computer Science
Financial Information Visualization with Spreadsheet of Images.
 

1995

Kaushik Bakchi
M.D.with Distinction in Research
Mapping high-frequency strain distributions around the cortex of bone.

Salil Bakshi
M.D. with Distinction in Research
Modeling induced electric currents in the mother and fetus during magnetic field exposure.

Yueqing Chen, M.S.
Ph.D. Candidate in Computer Science
Volume Rendering for 3D Stereo Models.

Christian Dee, M.D.
Post Doctoral Fellow
Maintenance temperature effects on bone cell growth in vitro.

Eric Furie, M.D.
Post Doctoral Fellow
Measuring foot forces during partial weight bearing exercise.

Robert Huang
M.D. with Distinction in Research
Using Vibromyography to identify age related changes in muscle dynamics.

Sameer Jindal
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Modeling the resonant modes of calcium potassium oscillators in the cell membrane.

Soo Jin Lee, Ph.D.
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering
Bayesian Image Reconstruction in Emission Computed Tomography Using Mechanical Models as Priors.

Klaus Maier
M.A. in Physics
Characterization of a Scanning Photoemission Microscope.

Hari Sundarum
M.S. in Electrical Engineering
FEM solutions to the electric polarization forces on a cell during ELF electric field exposure
 

1994

Edward Borazzo
M.D.with Distinction in Research
Finite element modeling of the functionally loaded zygomatic arch.

Alan Rogazony
M.D. with Distinction in Research
Fourier Analysis on Medical Images.

Ted S. Gross
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
Isolating mechanical parameters responsible for adaptive remodeling in bone.

Susan Haralabatos, M.D.
Post Doctoral Fellow
Development of an inductive strain gage for use on soft tissues.

Wei Huang
Ph.D. in Chemistry
Bulk Magnetic Susceptibility Effects and Combined Spectroscopy and Imaging Methods in NMR Studies of Biological Systems.

Maneesh Jain
M.D. with Distinction in Research
Proliferation and differentiation of bone cells as mediated by implant surface conductivity.

Edward Lannigan
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Curbing the diabetically induced decline of bone's mechanical properties by tetracyclines.

Chiang Li, M.D.
Post Doctoral Fellow
Non-invasive stimulation of trabecular bone formation by low magnitude mechanical strain.

Anand Rangarajan, Ph.D.
Post Doctoral Fellow
Deterministic Annealing in Tomography.

Joseph Shim, M.D.
Post-Doctoral Fellow
The role of alkaline phosphatase activity in mediating cell attachment.

Michael Stecker
M.D. with Distinction in Research
A cellular automaton model of bone remodeling in the presence of implants.

Monroe Whitney, Ph.D.
Post Doctoral Fellow
Development of apparatus for real time calcium transient measurements in cells.

Jinghan Ye
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering
Quantitative Myocardial Perfusion SPECT.