People
Faculty

Department Head

Steven Weinstein
Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
Ph.D. - University of Pennsylvania, Chemical Engineering
steven.weinstein@rit.edu
(585) 475-4299

Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, 1988
M.S.E. Chemical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, 1985
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Rochester, 1983

Research Interests and Expertise

Faculty

Dan Phillips
Director - Biomedical Engineering Program
Associate Professor
dbpeee@rit.edu
(585) 475-2309

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Rochester, 1998
M.S. Electrical Engineering, University of Rochester, 1994
B.S. Electrical Engineering, State University or New York at Buffalo, 1979

Research Interests and Expertise

Iris Asllani
Assistant Professor
icabme@rit.edu
585-475-4924


Behnaz Ghoraani
Assistant Professor
bxgbme@rit.edu
585-475-6197

Ph.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ryerson University, 2010
MSc Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Sharif and AmirKabir University Technology, 2000
BSc Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Sharif and AmirKabir University of Technology, 199 8

Research Interests and Expertise

Personal Site: Behnaz Ghoraani

Thomas Gaborski
Assistant Professor
trgbme@rit.edu
(585) 475-4117

Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, 2008
M.S. Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, 2004
B.S. Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, 2002

Research Interests and Expertise

  • Nanomaterials and membrane fabrication
  • Microfluidics, separations and device design
  • Cellular Biophysics
  • Quantitative fluorescence imaging

Personal Site: Thomas Gaborski

Blanca Lapizco-Encinas
Associate Professor
bhlbme@rit.edu
(585) 475-2773

Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Cincinnati, 2003
M.S. Chemical Engineering Instituto Tecnologico de Celaya, Mexico, 1998
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Instituto Tecnologico de Sonora, 1996

Research Interests and Expertise

  • Microfluidics and miniaturization
  • Microscale electrokinetics: dielectrophoresis, electrophoresis and electroosmosis
  • Cell manipulation and sorting
  • Micro bioseparations

Personal Site: Blanca Lapizco-Encinas

Staff


Elizabeth Ewell
Advisor
Office: Institute Hall, 3106
(585) 475-6893
eleiao@rit.edu

Michelle Horan
Lab Technician
Office: Institute Hall, 3101
(585) 475-7790
mmhsbi@rit.edu



Cheryl Zielinski
Staff Assistant
Office: Institute Hall, 3110
(585) 475-7144
cazche@rit.edu

Affiliated Faculty


Steven Day
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D. - University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

swdeme@rit.edu

Kathleen Lamkin-Kennard
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D. - Drexel University, Biomedical Engineering

kaleme@rit.edu

Jiandi Wan
Assistant Professor
Department of Microsystems Engineering
Ph.D. - Boston University, Chemistry

jdween@rit.edu

Aytug Gencoglu
Postdoctoral Fellow, Microscale Bioseparations Laboratory
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Michigan Technological University, 2012

axgbme@rit.edu


Mark Sterling
Post Doc
Ph.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering,University of Rochester, 2010

mmsbme@rit.edu

Karl Q. Schwarz
Research Professor, Affililiated Clinical Faculty BME Program
Professor of Medicine
Director, Echocardiography Laboratory
University of Rochester Medical Center

kqseee@rit.edu

Ankur Chandra, M.D.
Research Professor, Affililiated Clinical Faculty BME Program
Assistant Professor
University of Rochester Medical Center
School of Medicine and Dentistry

Ankur.Chandra@urmc.rochester.edu

Leslie Kate Wright
Assistant Professor, Affililiated Science Faculty BME Program
School of Biological and Medical Sciences, RIT
PhD., University of Rochester, Pathology

lkwsbi@rit.edu

Gregory Babbitt
Assistant Professor, Affililiated Science Faculty BME Program
School of Life Sciences, RIT
PhD., University of Florida, Biology

gabsbi@rit.edu