Faculty

Associate Members

Associate Membership in the School of Biomedical Engineering is an unofficial position given to a faculty member outside of the school when there is a need to have a formal arrangement to participate in teaching, research and service. This is not a joint appointment. To request membership please see here for more instructions: Associate Membership Application. Each application will be reviewed by the School’s leadership team.

Current Members:

	Faculty	Contact	Home Department	Faculty Rank	Research Area
	Purang Abolmaesumi	purang@ece.ubc.ca	Electrical & Computer Engineering	Professor and Canada Research Chair, Tier II, in Biomedical Engineering	Machine learning, medical image analysis, and image-guided therapy
	Mattia Bacca	mbacca@mech.ubc.ca	Mechanical Engineering	Assistant Professor	Optimal design of bio-inspired dry adhesives,chemo-mechanics of active soft materials (cytoskeleton, hydrogels, etc.), soft solid penetration and cutting (indentation fracture)
	Mu Chiao	muchiao@mech.ubc.ca	Mechanical Engineering	Professor	Fabrication and packaging of micro-electro-mechanical systems for biological applications
	Edward Conway	ed.conway@ubc.ca	Medicine	Professor, Canada Research Chair in Endothelial Cell Biology and Director of the Centre for Blood Research	Defining the molecular links between coagulation and innate immunity
	Sid Fels	ssfels@ece.ubc.ca	Electrical & Computer Engineering	Professor	Human computer interaction, human 3D biomechanical modeling, speech synthesis, medical applications of modeling, computer vision, interactive arts and music
	Rafeef Garbi	rafeef@ece.ubc.ca	Electrical & Computer Engineering	Professor	Medical image computing; Computer vision; Image analysis; Machine learning for medical imaging; Biomedical applications
	Matthias Gӧrges	mgorges@cw.bc.ca	Anesthesiology, Pharmacology, & Therapeutics	Assistant Professor	Patient monitoring alarms, medical displays, decision support systems, mobile health applications, and data integration/communication platforms
	Dana Grecov	dgrecov@mech.ubc.ca	Mechanical Engineering	Associate Professor	Rheology of liquid crystalline materials, modeling and simulation of complex fluid and nanomaterial flows, design and characterization of new high performance bio- lubricants, modeling and simulation of industrial processes, hydrodynamics and rheological characterization of synovial fluid, hemodynamics assessment of artificial heart valves
	Christian Kastrup	ckastrup@msl.ubc.ca	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Associate Professor	Biochemical engineering to solve problems related to hemostasis and thrombosis. Investigate, utilize, and mimic the biochemistry and biophysical dynamics of blood coagulation to create innovative materials that perform new functions inside of blood vessels, and work to develop novel treatments for severe hemorrhage
	Leah Edelstein-Keshet	keshet@math.ubc.ca	Mathematics	Professor	Mathematical models of cell motility, intracellular signaling and small GTPases, single and collective cell migration.
	Jay Kizhakkedathu	jay@pathology.ubc.ca	Pathology	Professor	Anticoagulation, biodegradable polymers, blood compatible polymers, polymer chemistry and therapeutics, proteomics
	Peter Lansdorp	plansdor@bccrc.ca	Medical Genetics	Professor	DNA replication, epigenetics and stem cells, telomeres, genomic instability, aging and cancer, genetic analysis using single cell Strand-seq
	Tim Lee	tlee@bccrc.ca	Dermatology and Skin Science	Associate Professor	Early skin cancer detection and epidemiologic research on skin cancer
	Bassam Masri	bas.masri@vch.ca	Orthopaedics	Professor and Head Dept of Orthopaedics	Adult hip and knee reconstruction and replacement and musculoskeletal oncology
	John Madden	jmadden@ece.ubc.ca	Electrical & Computer Engineering	Professor and Director of the Advanced Materials and Process Engineering Laboratory	Artificial muscle and application to medical devices, photosynthetic photovoltaics, super-capacitors, batteries, sensors, carbon nanotube device
	Santa Ono	santa.ono@ubc.ca	Ophthamology & Visual Sciences; Microbiology & Immunology	Professor and UBC President & Vice-Chancellor	Immune system, eye inflammation and age-related macular degeneration
	Tom Oxland	toxland@icord.org	Orthopaedics & Mechanical Engineering	Professor and Director of ICORD	Spinal cord injury, aging spine, orthopaedic implants
	Josef Penninger	josef.penninger@ubc.ca	Medical Genetics	Professor, Canada 150 Chair in Functional Genetics and Director of The Life Sciences Institute	Bone Remodeling, Cancer, Cardiovascular Regeneration, Immunopathology, Neurodegenerative Diseases
	James Piret	james.piret@ubc.ca	Chemical & Biological Engineering	Professor	Bioprocessing, biomedical, bioreactor and device engineering, bioprocess optimization and cell therapy biotechnology
	Robert Rohling	rohling@ece.ubc.ca	Electrical & Computer Engineering	Professor and Director of the Institute for Computing, Information and Cognitive Systems	Medical imaging, medical information systems, robotics, ultrasound imaging in both 2D and 3D
	Tim Salcudean	tims@ece.ubc.ca	Electrical & Computer Engineering	Professor, Canada Research Chair in Intelligent Computer Interface Design and C.A. Laszlo Chair in Biomedical Engineering	Medical robotics, image-guided interventions, medical image analysis including cancer classification, ultrasound, elastography, teleoperation.
	Peyman Servati	peymans@ece.ubc.ca	Electrical & Computer Engineering	Professor	Smart textile and wearable technology, flexible electronics, flexible solar cells and batteries, advanced nanomaterials
	Kenichi Takahata	takahata@ece.ubc.ca	Electrical & Computer Engineering	Professor and Canada Research Chair in Advanced Micro/Nanofabrication and MEMS	Micromachined sensors and actuators, MEMS, implantable micro devices, micro-scale wireless sensing/control, 3-D micro fabrication techniques, micro electrodischarge machining and control
	Mike Van der Loos	vdl@mech.ubc.ca	Mechanical Engineering	Associate Professor	Inherently safe design of mobile manipulation robotic systems, Development and testing of mechatronic exercise systems for stroke therapy, Development of robotic tools for improved understanding and treatment of human balance disorders, Exploration of ethical design principles for robot interfaces and neurotechnologies.
	Konrad Walus	konradw@ece.ubc.ca	Electrical & Computer Engineering	Professor	Nanoelectronic devices and circuits, quantum-dot cellular automata, single-electron transistors, quantum mechanical simulations
	Cheryl Wellington	cheryl.wellington@ubc.ca	Pathology and Laboratory Medicine	Professor	Genetic and environmental risk factors for dementia, including apolipoprotein E (apoE) metabolism, history of traumatic brain injury (TBI), and cerebrovascular dysfunction
	David Wilson	david.wilson@ubc.ca	Orthopaedics	Professor	Hip, knee and spine mechanics, causes and treatments of osteoarthritis, medical imaging and medical image processing, orthopaedic sports medicine
	Lyndia Wu	lwu@mech.ubc.ca	Mechanical Engineering	Assistant Professor	Injury biomechanics, soft tissue biomechanics, traumatic brain injury, sleep biomechanics, sensors and instrumentation, data mining and machine learning