Faculty Directory

James Abbas, Associate Professor
james.abbas@asu.edu
(480) 965-9521
Office: ISTB1 225 A, MC: 9709
Expertise: neural engineering, rehabilitation, prostheses, and biomimetic design
Lab: Center for Adaptive Neural Systems

David Brafman, Assistant Professor
david.brafman@asu.edu
(480) 727-2859
Office: ISTB4 231, MC: 9709
Expertise: Pluripotent stem cells, neurodegenerative disease, developmental biology, regenerative medicine biomanufacturing, gene editing
Lab: Stem Cell Bioengineering Lab

Christopher Buneo, Associate Professor
cbuneo@asu.edu
(480) 727-0841
Office: ECG 329, MC: 9709
Expertise: Neural engineering, neurorehabilitation, neurophysiology, sensorimotor control
Lab: Visuomotor Learning Lab

Mo Ebrahimkhani, Assistant Professor
mo.ebrahimkhani@asu.edu
(480) 727-2930
Office: ISTB1 281N, MC: 9709
Expertise: Synthetic biology and stem cell engineering, human organoids, regeneration and repair, genetic engineering
Lab: Mo Ebrahimkhani Lab

David Frakes, Associate Professor
dfrakes@asu.edu

Expertise: Image and video processing, cardiovascular fluid mechanics, computer vision, medical device design
Lab: IPA Lab

Emma Frow, Assistant Professor
emma.frow@asu.edu
(480) 727-7798
Office: ECG 343, MC: 9709
Expertise: Bioengineering,policy and society;governing emerging biotechnologies

Antonio García, Professor
tony.garcia@asu.edu
(480) 965-8798
Office: INTSD – A wing, room A212B, MC: 9709Expertise: Medical diagnostic devices, nanotechnology surface science
Lab: Personalized Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory

Bradley Greger, Associate Professor
bradley.greger@asu.edu
(480) 965-9134
Office: ISTB1 181G, MC: 9709
Expertise: Neural Engineering, Neural Modulation, and Neural Prostheses
Lab: Neural Engineering Laboratory

Stephen Helms Tillery, Associate Professor & Fellow of the Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics
steve.helmstillery@asu.edu
(480) 965-0753
Office: ISTB1 181H, MC: 9709
Expertise: Cortical neurophysiology, neural control of movement, neuroprosthetics, neural engineering ethics
Lab: Sensorimotor Research Group

Claire Honeycutt, Assistant Professor
claire.honeycutt@asu.edu
(480) 965-8453
Office: PEBE 214, MC: 9709
Expertise: Clinical Biomechanics, Motor Control, Stroke, Falls, Orthotics
Lab: Human Mobility Lab

Tony Hu, Associate Professor
tony.hu@asu.edu
(480) 965-1880
Office: B-140D, MC: 9709
Expertise: Biomarker discovery for personalized diagnosis, nanoengineering for biosensing and exosomal proteomics
Lab: Hu Lab

Samira Kiani, Assistant Professor
samira.kiani@asu.edu
(480) 965-2989
Office: ISTB1 225C, MC:9709
Expertise: Cas9/CRISPR system, mammalian synthetic biology, genome engineering, genetic circuits and sensors, neuroengineering and safe CRISPR
Lab: Samira Kiani Lab

Jeff Kleim, Associate Professor
jakleim@asu.edu
(480) 727-8354
Office: ECG 327, MC:9709
Expertise: Neural plasticity; neurorehabilitation; stroke;

Vikram Kodibagkar, Associate Professor
Vikram.Kodibagkar@asu.edu
(480) 965-4635
Office: ISTB1 181D, MC:9709
Expertise: MRI probe and technique development for cellular, molecular and metabolic imaging
Lab: ProBE Lab

Jeffrey La Belle, Assistant Professor
jeffrey.labelle@asu.edu
(480) 727-9061
Office: ISTB1 281D, MC: 9709
Expertise: Biosensors, point-of-care technologies, and sensing systems
Lab: La Belle Lab

Thurmon Lockhart, Professor
thurmon.lockhart@asu.edu
(480) 965-1499
Office: ECA 323, MC: 9709
Expertise: Neural engineering, sensorimotor deficits associated with aging and neurological disorders from fall accidents
Lab: Locomotion Lab

Stephen Massia, Associate Professor
smassia@asu.edu
(480) 965-2448
Office: ISTB1 281C, MC: 9709
Expertise: Cell-material interactions
Lab: Massia Laboratory

Jit Muthuswamy, Associate Professor
jit@asu.edu
(480) 965-1599
Office: ISTB1 181A, MC: 9709
Expertise: Neural Interfaces, neuromodulation, BioMEMS
Lab: Neural Microsystems Laboratory

Mehdi Nikkhah, Assistant Professor
mehdi.nikkhah@asu.edu
(480) 965-0339
Office: ISTB1 181J, MC: 9709
Expertise: Micro and nanoscale bioengineering, tissue engineering, biomaterials, disease modeling, cancer, tumor microenvironment models
Lab: Nikkhah Laboratory

Vincent Pizziconi, Associate Professor
vincent.pizziconi@asu.edu
(480) 965-1071
Office: ISTB1 225D, MC: 9709
Expertise: Cell/tissue based regenerative medicine combination products, space bioinspired complex adaptive biosystems, BME design innovation/regulation
Lab: Laboratory of BioInspired Complex Adaptive Systems

Christopher Plaisier, Assistant Professor
plaisier@asu.edu
(480) 965-6832
Office: ISTB1 225B, MC: 9709
Expertise: Systems biology, transcriptional regulatory networks, cancer, immunology
Lab: Plaisier Lab

Rosalind Sadleir, Assistant Professor
rosalind.sadleir@asu.edu
(480) 727-9790
Office: ISTB1 281L, MC: 9709
Expertise: Neuro imaging and neural activity detection, dynamic physiological monitoring, computational modeling
Lab: Neuro-electricity Lab

Marco Santello, School Director and Professor
marco.santello@asu.edu
(480) 965-8279
Office: ECG 334C, MC: 9709
Expertise: Neural control of movement, sensorimotor learning, neuromodulation, neuroimaging, prosthetics
Lab: Neural Control of Movement Laboratory

Sydney Schaefer, Assistant Professor
Sydney.Schaefer@asu.edu
(480) 727-6651
Office: PEBE 222, MC: 9709
Expertise: Motor control and learning, cognitive neuroscience, clinical neurorehabilitation
Lab: Motor Rehabilitation and Learning Lab

Barbara Smith, Assistant Professor
BarbaraSmith@asu.edu
(480) 727-8988
Office: ISTB1 181E, MC: 9709
Expertise: Imaging and biomarker discovery, innovating point-of-care diagnostics
Lab: Smith Laboratory

Sung-Min Sohn, Assistant Professor
SungMin.Sohn@asu.edu
(480) 727-9284
Office: ISTB1 281F, MC: 9709
Expertise: Bio-inspired electrical circuits and systems, medical imaging instrumentation development, MRI electronics

Sarah Stabenfeldt, Associate Professor
Sarah.Stabenfeldt@asu.edu
(480) 965-8336
Office: ISTB1 281E, MC: 9709
Expertise: Regenerative medicine, targeted theranostics, neurotrauma
Lab: Stabenfeldt Lab

Xiaojun Tian, Assistant Professor
xtian27@asu.edu
(480) 727-0023
Office: ISTB4 595, MC: 9709
Expertise: Quantitative systems biology, computational biology
Lab: Tian Lab

Jamie Tyler, Associate Professor
william.tyler@asu.edu
Office: PEBE 220, MC; 9709

Expertise: Neurotechnology development, neuromodulation, brain plasticity, performance enhancement
Lab: Tyler Lab

Brent Vernon, Associate Professor
brent.vernon@asu.edu
(480) 965-0929
Office: ISTB1 281H, MC: 9709
Expertise: Biomaterials, drug delivery, tissue engineering
Lab: Biomaterials Laboratory

Xiao Wang, Associate Professor
xiaowang@asu.edu
(480) 727-8696
Office: ISTB4 265, MC: 9709
Expertise: Synthetic and systems biology
Lab: Xiao Laboratory

Jessica Weaver, Assistant Professor
j.weaver@asu.edu
(480) 965-8200
Expertise: Immunoengineering, biomaterials diabetes

Sarah Wyckoff, Assistant Research Professor
Sarah.Wyckoff@asu.edu

Troy McDaniel, Research Assistant Professor
troy.mcdaniel@asu.edu
Lab: http://cubic.asu.edu
(480) 694-0021

Jerry Coursen, Lecturer
jerry.coursen@asu.edu
(480) 965-2366
Office: ISTB1 181F, MC: 9709
Expertise: Neuroscience, healthcare systems

Olivia Burnsed, Lecturer
oburnsed@asu.edu
(480) 727-9731
Office: ISTB1 281A, MC: 9709
Expertise: Stem cell engineering, biomaterials, regenerative medicine, immunoengineering

Michael VanAuker, Lecturer
michael.vanauker@asu.edu
(480) 727-9730
Office: ISTB1 281A, MC: 9709
Expertise: Cardiovascular mechanics, prosthetic heart valves, targeted drug delivery systems

Affiliated Faculty

Daniel Peterson
Affiliate Faculty
daniel.peterson1@asu.edu
ASU – School of Nutrition and Health Promotion

Nongjian Tao
Affiliate Faculty
njtao@asu.edu
ASU – School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering

Adjunct Faculty

David Adelson Adjunct Faculty dadelson@phoenixchildrens.com Phoenix Children’s Hospital	Alex C McLaren Adjunct Faculty amclaren@cox.net Alex C McLaren MD PC
Marek Belohlavek Adjunct Faculty Belohlavek.Marek@Mayo.edu Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale	Jeffrey Miller Adjunct Faculty jhmiller@phoenixchildrens.com Phoenix Children’s Hospital
Antonio Bicchi Adjunct Faculty antonio.bicchi@gmail.com University of Pisa	Zaman Mirzadeh Adjunct Faculty zaman.mirzadeh@barrowbrainandspine.com Barrow Neurological Institute
Robert Bowser Adjunct Faculty robert.bowser@dignityhealth.org Barrow Neurological Institute and St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center	Vinay Nagaraj Adjunct Faculty vinay.gilbert@gmail.com Midwestern University
Michael Caplan Adjunct Faculty Michael.Caplan@asu.edu Phoenix Country Day School	Kelvin Ning Adjunct Faculty kelvin@medicoventures.com MediCoventures, LLC
Brian Chong Adjunct Faculty Chong.brian@mayo.edu Mayo Clinic, Phoenix	Derek Overstreet Adjunct Faculty Derek.Overstreet@gmail.com Sonoran Biosciences
Catherine Chong Adjunct Faculty chong.catherine@mayo.edu Mayo Clinic, Phoenix	Pranav Parikh Adjunct Faculty pjparikh2@uh.edu University of Houston
Curtiss Cook Adjunct Faculty cook.curtiss@mayo.edu Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale	CP Pathak Adjunct Faculty Bard Peripheral Vascular cppathak@gmail.com
Jeffrey Cornella Adjunct Faculty cornella.jeffrey@mayo.edu Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale	Joseph Peles Adjunct Faculty BioRec jpeles@biorec.com
Neil Crawford Adjunct Faculty neil.r.crawford@gmail.com Globus Medical, Inc.	Christopher Chad Quarles Adjunct Faculty Chad.Quarles@BarrowNeuro.org Barrow Neurological Institute
Debra Crews Adjunct Faculty crewsd@asu.edu ASU – Athletics	Venn Ravichandran Adjunct Faculty vjravich@asu.edu Point B Consulting
Aman Deep Adjunct Faculty adeep1@uthsc.edu UTHSC – Dept. of Neurology	Justin Ryan Adjunct Faculty jryan1@phoenixchildrens.com Phoenix Childrens Hospital
Stephen Foldes Adjunct Faculty sfoldes@phoenixchildrens.com Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children’s Hospital	Ruchir Sehra Adjunct Faculty ruchir1969@gmail.com Incyphae, Inc.
Joseph Grande Adjunct Faculty grande.joseph@mayo.edu Mayo, Rochester, MN	Ayan Sen Adjunct Faculty sen.ayan@mayo.edu Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale
Thomas Hamm Adjunct Faculty Thomas.Hamm@dignityhealth.org Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph’s Hospital	Jeremy Shefner Adjunct Faculty Jeremy.Shefner@dignityhealth.org Barrow Neurological Institute
William Andrew Hodge Adjunct Faculty andrewhodgemd@gmail.com Hodge Knee & Hip, LLC	Mark Spano Adjunct Faculty mark.spano@asu.edu ASU
Rafiqul (Mohammed) Islam Adjunct Faculty rafiqul.islam@gmail.com Intel Corporation	Michael Stein Adjunct Faculty mandmstein@msn.com Barrow Neurological Institute
Marc Jacofsky Adjunct Faculty marc.jacofsky@thecoreinstitute.com The Core Institute	Carmen Terzic Adjunct Faculty terzic.carmen@mayo.edu Mayo, Rochester, MN
Brian Kelly Adjunct Faculty Brian.kelly@dignityhealth.org Barrow Neurological Institute / Dignity Health	Gregory Turner Adjunct Faculty gregory.turner@dignityhealth.org Barrow Neurological Institute
Eric Maass Adjunct Faculty eric.maass@medtronic.com Medtronic, Inc.	Dean Wingerchuk Adjunct Faculty wingerchuk.dean@mayo.edu Mayo Clinic
Inder Raj S. Makin Adjunct Faculty imakin@atsu.edu A.T. Still University	Johnny Yi Adjunct Faculty yi.johnny@mayo.edu Mayo Clinic
Vladimir Marlinski Adjunct Faculty vladimir.marlinski@dignityhealth.org Barrow Neurological Institute

Volunteer Faculty

Bernard Bendok, M.D. Professor Bendok.Bernard@mayo.edu Mayo Clinic	Rahmi Oklu, M.D. Professor Oklu.Rahmi@mayo.edu Mayo Clinic
Michael Lawton, M.D. Professor michael.lawton@barrowbrainandspine.com Barrow Neurological Institute	Win-Kuang Shen, M.D. Clinical Professor wshen@mayo.edu Mayo Clinic

	Eric Guilbeau, Emeritus eric.guilbeau@asu.edu
	Leon Iasemidis, Emeritus leon.iasemidis@asu.edu
	James Sweeney, Emeritus james.sweeney@asu.edu
	Bruce Towe, Emeritus Bruce.Towe@asu.edu

David Frakes, Associate Professor
dfrakes@asu.edu
Expertise: Image and video processing, cardiovascular fluid mechanics, computer vision, medical device design
Lab: IPA Lab

Emma Frow

Emma Frow, Assistant Professor
emma.frow@asu.edu
(480) 727-7798
Office: ECG 343, MC: 9709
Expertise: Bioengineering,policy and society;governing emerging biotechnologies

Antonio García, Professor
tony.garcia@asu.edu
(480) 965-8798
Office: INTSD – A wing, room A212B, MC: 9709
Expertise: Medical diagnostic devices, nanotechnology surface science
Lab: Personalized Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory

Karmella Haynes, Assistant Professor
Karmella.Haynes@asu.edu
(480) 965-4636
Office: ISTB4 273, MC: 9709
Expertise: Synthetic and systems biology, programmable human cell development
Lab: Haynes Synthetic Biology Laboratory

Jeff Kleim, Associate Professor
jakleim@asu.edu
(480) 727-8354
Office: ECG 327, MC:9709
Expertise: Neural plasticity; neurorehabilitation; stroke;

Vikram Kodibagkar

Stephen Massia, Associate Professor
smassia@asu.edu
(480) 965-2448
Office: ISTB1 281C, MC: 9709
Expertise: Cell-material interactions
Lab: Massia Laboratory

Jit Muthuswamy, Associate Professor
jit@asu.edu
(480) 965-1599
Office: ISTB1 181A, MC: 9709
Expertise: Neural Interfaces, neuromodulation, BioMEMS
Lab: Neural Microsystems Laboratory

Vincent Pizziconi, Associate Professor
vincent.pizziconi@asu.edu
(480) 965-1071
Office: ISTB1 225D, MC: 9709
Expertise:Cell/tissue based regenerative medicine combination products, space bioinspired complex adaptive biosystems, BME design innovation/regulation
Lab: Laboratory of BioInspired Complex Adaptive Systems

Xiaojun Tian, Assistant Professor
xtian27@asu.edu
(480) 727 0023
Office: ISTB4 595, MC: 9709
Expertise: Quantitative systems biology, computational biology
Lab: Tian Lab

Jamie Tyler, Associate Professor
william.tyler@asu.edu
Office: PEBE 220, MC; 9709
Expertise: Neurotechnology development, neuromodulation, brain plasticity, performance enhancement
Lab: Tyler Lab

Brent Vernon, Associate Professor
brent.vernon@asu.edu
(480) 965-0929
Office: ISTB1 281H, MC: 9709
Expertise: Biomaterials, drug delivery, tissue engineering
Lab: Biomaterials Laboratory

Xiao Wang, Associate Professor
xiaowang@asu.edu
(480) 727-8696
Office: ISTB4 265, MC: 9709
Expertise: Synthetic and systems biology
Lab: Xiao Laboratory

Sarah Wyckoff, Assistant Research Professor
Sarah.Wyckoff@asu.edu

Troy McDaniel, Research Assistant Professor
troy.mcdaniel@asu.edu
Lab: http://cubic.asu.edu
(480) 694-0021

Jerry Coursen, Lecturer
jerry.coursen@asu.edu
(480) 965-2366
Office: ISTB1 181F, MC: 9709
Expertise: Neuroscience, healthcare systems

Olivia Burnsed, Lecturer
oburnsed@asu.edu
(480) 727-9731
Office: ISTB1 281A, MC: 9709
Expertise: Stem cell engineering, biomaterials, regenerative medicine, immunoengineering

Michael VanAuker, Lecturer
michael.vanauker@asu.edu
(480) 727-9730
Office: ISTB1 281A, MC: 9709
Expertise: Cardiovascular mechanics, prosthetic heart valves, targeted drug delivery systems