Rebecca L. Heise, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Undergraduate Program Director, Department of Biomedical Engineering | B.S. Chemical Engineering, B.S. Biomedical and Health Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University | Ph.D. Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh · VCU College of Engineering
Professor Heise studies pulmonary mechanotransduction, including lung injury and pulmonary regenerative medicine
Lung injury Pulmonary regenerative medicine Mechanobiology Tissue Engineering Smooth muscle cell signaling
Daniel E. Conway, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering | B.S., Rice University | Ph.D., Georgia Tech and Emory University · VCU College of Engineering
Dr. Conway focuses on methods to directly measure forces across proteins and understand how these forces affect cellular function.
Mechanotransduction Cellular biomechanics Forces at intracellular junctions Nuclear LINC complex
Sina Rabbany
Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Professor of Engineering · Hofstra University
Sina Rabbany specializes in biosensors, cardiovascular dynamics, and cellular biomechanics
Cellular and Tissue Engineering Biomedical Engineering Bioengineering Biomechanics Stem Cell Biology