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Steven Abel

Steve Abel

Associate Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Computational cell biology and immunology, theory and simulation of soft biological materials, antigen recognition, intracellular transport, membrane and polymer biophysics, biochemical reaction networks, synthetic and systems biology
Rigoberto Advincula

Rigoberto Advincula

UT-ORNL Governor's Chair for Advanced & Nanostructured Materials
Synthesis of biomaterials, biomedical devices, drug delivery, biomedical engineering, biosensors for health monitoring, applications of artificial intelligence, machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) in various science and engineering domains in: biopolymers, nanoscience, drug development, theranostic agents, developing new biomedically relevant instrumentations and sensor/monitoring environments for in vivo and in vitro methods
David Anderson.

David E. Anderson

Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, College of Veterinary Medicine
Biomedical materials, medical devices, tissue regeneration, stem cells, biotherapies, bioactive particles, tissue scaffolds, animal models, tissue engineering, additive manufacturing, biometrics, biomechanics
Ivis Chapel-Gore

Ivis Chapel Gore

Assistant Professor, Nuclear Engineering
Nuclear medicine, molecular imaging, isotope production, radiochemistry, radiopharmaceutical development, cancer, targeted tracers, drug development, radiolanthanides, transition metals, small animal imaging, inorganic chemistry, biochemistry, ligand design, radiolabeling, diagnostic imaging, targeted therapy
Paul Dalhaimer

Paul Dalhaimer

Associate Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Nanomedicine, immune therapies, inflammation, obesity, aging, pharmacology, nanoparticle, drug delivery, pharmacology, immunology, inflammation, liver
Madhu Dhar

Madhu Dhar

Research Professor, Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Animal models of diseases, cell biology, stem cell biology, guidance of stem cell biology by biomimetic biomaterials, applications in veterinary medicine, translation into human medicine, regenerative medicine, mesenchymal stem cell biology, extracellular matrix proteins, carbon nanoparticles, animal models, veterinary medicine, human medicine, translation research
Lawrence Heilbronn

Lawrence Heilbronn

John D. Tickle Professor, Nuclear Engineering
Medical isotope production, dosimetry, radiotherapy
Bradley Jared.

Bradley Jared

Associate Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace & Biomedical Engineering
Design, precision engineering, metrology, manufacturing, robotics, automation, additive manufacturing, data analytics, controls, process optimization
Anahita Khojandi.

Anahita Khojandi

Heath Endowed Faculty Fellow in Business & Engineering and Associate Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering
Markov decision processes, dynamic programming, predictive analytics, reinforcement learning, time series analysis, anomaly detection, genomics, critical care, chronic care, emergency medicine
Xeuping Li

Xueping Li

Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering
Mobile health, agent-based modeling and simulation, health systems engineering, mobile apps, machine learning, optimization via simulation, cyber physical systems, digital twin, Internet of Things
Vasileios Maroulas

Vasileios Maroulas

Professor, Mathematics, Associate Vice Chancellor, Director, AI Tennessee
Artificial intelligence, data science, quantum computing, machine learning, computational statistics, Bayesian statistics, topological data analysis, uncertainty quantification
Darryl Millis

Darryl Millis

Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Small Animal Clinical Sciences
Platelet rich plasma, stem cells, osteoarthritis, kinetic and kinematic gait analysis, physical rehabilitation, therapeutic exercise

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