Our Faculty

BIOENGINEERING

CORE FACULTY

eva de alba

Protein structure/dynamics and mechanistic studies. Protein engineering for biotechnological applications.

Email: edealbabastarrechea@ucmerced.edu

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Hirosha Geekiyanage

Intracellular miRNA regulation and their implications in disease pathology. Extracellular miRNA configurations and their role as diagnostic biomarkers.

Email: dgeekiyanage@ucmerced.edu

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arvind gopinath

Mechanobiology, structural biology and biochemical aspects of single-cell and collective motility and phototaxis in microorganisms

Email: agopinath@ucmerced.edu

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victor munoz

Protein biophysics, engineering and design, protein folding, biosensors, design of allosteric macromolecular assemblies, single-molecule spectroscopy

Email: vmunoz3@ucmerced.edu

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joel spencer

Biomedical optics, intravital imaging and sensing, tissue regeneration, transplantation, hematopoietic stem cells

Email: joel.spencer@ucmerced.edu

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anand Bala subramaniam

Colloidal, polymeric and biologically active interfaces for design of biomimetic materials and semi-synthetic cells

Email: asubramaniam@ucmerced.edu

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AFFILIATED FACULTY

Roberto Andresen Eguiluz

Mechanobiology, Biolubrication

Email: randreseneguiluz@ucmerced.edu

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mike colvin

Molecular and cell biophysics, biological modeling

Email: mcolvin@ucmerced.edu

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aaron hernday

Molecular and cell biophysics, synthetic molecular and cell biology, biological modeling

Email: ahernday@ucmerced.edu

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Katrina hoyer

Molecular and cell biophysics, synthetic molecular and cell biology

Email: khoyer2@ucmerced.edu

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kirk jensen

Molecular and cell biophysics, synthetic molecular and cell biology

Email: kjensen5@ucmerced.edu

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patricia liwang

Molecular and cell biophysics, synthetic molecular and cell biology, biological imaging and spectroscopy

Email: pliwang@ucmerced.edu

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andy liwang

Molecular and cell biophysics, synthetic molecular and cell biology, biological imaging and spectroscopy

Email: aliwang@ucmerced.edu

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Jennifer Lu

Nanomaterials, Interface EngineeringMolecular and cell biophysics, synthetic molecular and cell biology

Email: jlu5@ucmerced.edu

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Kara McKloskey

Tissue Engineering

Email: kmcloskey@ucmerced.edu

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nestor oviedo

Molecular and cell biophysics, synthetic molecular and cell biology

Email: noviedo2@ucmerced.edu

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Jessica Yue WAng

Materials Simulation and Bioinspired Design

Email: yuewang@ucmerced.edu

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Stephanie Woo

Endoderm development and epithelial morphogenesis in zebrafish

Email: swoo6@ucmerced.edu

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tao ye

Molecular and cell biophysics, synthetic molecular and cell biology, biological imaging and spectroscopy

Email: tye2@ucmerced.edu

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maria elena zoghbi

Molecular and cell biophysics, synthetic molecular and cell biology, biological imaging and spectroscopy

Email: mzoghbi@ucmerced.edu

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Contact

Anand Bala Subramaniam

Bioengineering Graduate Program Chair

Email: asubramaniam@ucmerced.edu

Hirosha Geekiyanage

Bioengineering Graduate Admissions Chair

Email: dgeekiyanage@ucmerced.edu

Website: bioe.ucmerced.edu

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