Affiliate Faculty

Abrams, Charles, PhD

cabrams1@uic.edu
(312) 335-5400
Department/Company: Neurology and Rehabilitation

Ajilore, Olu, PhD

oajilore@uic.edu
(312) 413-4562
Department/Company: Psychiatry

Alapati, Satish, PhD, DDS

salapati@uic.edu
(312) 996-2033
Department/Company: Dentistry Endodontics

Alaraj, Ali, PhD, MD

alaraj@uic.edu
(312) 355-0510
Department/Company: Neurology and Neurosurgery

Alrefai, Waddah A., MD, PhD

walrefai@uic.edu
(312) 569-7429/(312)-569-7248
Department/Company:  Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Ansari, Anjum, PhD

Ansari@uic.edu
(312) 996-8735
Department/Company: Physics
Research Interest: Dynamics of Nucleic Acids & Protein-DNA Interactions

Art, Jonathan J., PhD

jart@uic.edu
(312) 996-4956
Department/Company: Anatomy and Cell Biology

Azar, Dimitri, MD, MBA

dazar@uic.edu
(312) 996-2020
Department/Company: Ophthalmology & Visual Science

Banerjee, Prashant, PhD

banerjee@uic.edu
(312) 996-5599
Department/Company: Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Bartholomew, Amelia, MD, MPH, FACS

ambart@uic.edu
(312)-355-4065
Department/Company: Surgery
Research Interest: Stem cell based tissue regeneration Focus: Kidney, skin and soft tissue

Benevolenskaya, Elizaveta, PhD

evb@uic.edu
(312) 413-8947
Department/Company: Medicine

Bhaumik, Dulal, PhD

dbhaumik@uic.edu
(312) 413-0348
Department/Company: Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Research Interest: Statistical Inferences, Design of Experiments, Multivariate Analysis

Brady, Scott T., PhD

stbrady@uic.edu
(312) 996-6791
Department/Company: Anatomy and Cell Biology

Cai, Kejia, PhD

kcai@uic.edu
(312)413-0091
Department/Company:  Radiology
Research Interest: Metabolic and Molecular MRI

Cao, Dingcai, PhD

dcao98@uic.edu
(312) 355-3662
Department/Company: Ophthalmology

Cetin Sabri, PhD

scetin@uic.edu
(312) 996-9611
Department/Company:  Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
Research Interest: Mechatronics, Auomatic Control, Robotics, Automation, CAD/CAM

Chan, Robison, PhD

rvpchan@uic.edu
(312)996-6590
Department/Company: Ophthalmology & Visual Science

Chronis, Konstantinos, PhD

chronis@uic.edu
(312) 355-8012
Department/Company: Medicine

Darbar, Dawood, MBCHB, MD PhD

darbar@uic.edu
(312)413-2948
Department/Company: Medicine and Pharmacology

Dudek, Steven, MD

sdudek@uic.edu
(312)996-8039
Department/Company: Medicine

Eisenberg, Robert, PhD

bob_eisenberg@rush.edu
(312) 942-6498
Department/Company: Physiology & Biophysics

Engelhard, Herbert, MD, PhD

hheneuro@gmail.com
(312) 882-8044
Department/Company: Affiliated Neurosurgery
Research Interest: Neurosurgery, Cancer and Bioengineering

Ennis, William J, DO

wjennis@uic.edu
(312) 355-4300
Department/Company:  Surgery

Erricolo, Danilo, PhD

derric1@uic.edu
(312) 996-5771
Department/Company: Electrical and Computer Engineering

Feinerman, Alan, PhD

Feinerma@uic.edu
(312) 996-2313
Department/Company: ECE
Research Interest: Fiber Optic Technology

Feinstein, Douglas, PhD

dlfeins@uic.edu
(312) 355-1665
Department/Company: Anesthesiology
Research Interest: Neuroscience

Finan, John, PhD

jdfinan@uic.edu
(312) 413-1031
Department/Company: Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Foucher, Kharma C, PhD

kfouch1@uic.edu
(312)355-3948
Department/Company: Kinesiology and Nutrition

Gao, Yu (Tom), PhD

yugao@uic.edu
(312)996-8087
Department/Company: Pharmaceutical Sciences
Research Interest: Mass Spectrometry, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Single-cell Biology

Garcia-Martinez, Jesus, MD, PhD

garmar@uic.edu
(312) 355-0260
Department/Company: Physiology & Biophysics
Research Interest: Exciataion-contraction Coupling in Skeletal & Cardiac Muscle

Gemeinhart, Richard, PhD

rag@uic.edu
(312) 996-2253
Department/Company: Pharmaceutics/ Pharmacodynamics
Research Interest: Polymer Chemistry for Drug Delivery & Biomaterials

George, Anne, PhD

anneg@uic.edu
(312) 413-0738
Department/Company: Oral Biology
Research Interest: Biomineralization, Noncollagenous Protein, Dentin, Gene Cloning

Gill, Ravinder K, PhD

rgill@uic.edu
(312) 569-7849
Department/Company: Medicine

Golman, Jennifer, MD

jennifer.g.goldman@gmail.com/jgg@uic.edu
Department/Company: Neurology

Grabiner, Mark, PhD

grabiner@uic.edu
(312) 996-2757
Department/Company: Kinesiology
Research Interest: Aging, Musculoskeletal Biomechanics

Gupta, Bhaskar Das, PhD

bdasgup@uic.edu
(312) 355-1319
Department/Company: Computer Science
Research Interest: Bioinformatics, Neural Networks, Computation Biology

Hanley, Luke, PhD

Lhanley@uic.edu
(312) 996-0945
Department/Company: Chemistry
Research Interest: Chemical Mods & Analysis of Biological Surfaces

Hatami-Marbini, Hamed, PhD

Hatami@uic.edu
(312) 413-2126
Department/Company: Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

He, Bin, PhD

tshuo@uic.edu
(630) 996-4986
Department/Company: Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital, Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine
Research Interest: Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehab

Hedman, Glenn, MS

Ghedman@uic.edu
(312) 413-1555
Department/Company: Disability and Human Development
Research Interest: Rehabilitation Engineering

Hu, Ying, PhD

yshu@uic.edu
(312) 355-0838
Department/Company: Chemistry
Research Interest: single-molecule and super-resolution imaging, long-distance intercellular communications and cytokine release mechanisms.

Huang, Felix, MD

fhuang4@uic.edu/felix.charles.huang@gmail.com
(773)296-5878
Department/Company: Emergency Medicine/ Sensory Motor Performance Program

Hulbert, Alicia, MD

ahulbert@uic.edu
(312) 413-8878
Department/Company: Surgery, College of Medicine

Jalilian, Elmira, PhD

jalilian@uic.edu
(734) 800-9041
Department/Company: Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Research interest:  Stem cells and Corneal neuro-regeneration, Tissue engineering, Stem cell tracking

Jeffery, Constance, PhD

cjeffery@uic.edu
(312) 996-3168
Department/Company: Biological Sciences
Research Interest: Protein Structure & Function

Jeong, Heejin, PhD

heejinj@uic.edu
Department/Company: Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Research Interest: Mixed Reality, Human-Computer Interaction, Human Behavior Modeling

Jursich, Greg, PhD

jursich@uic.edu
(312) 996-0901
Department/Company: Chemistry
Research Interest: Molecular Dynamics, Spectroscopy, Thin Film Deposition, Nanomaterial

Kenney, Linda, PhD

kenneyl@uic.edu
Department/Company: Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine

Kenyon, Robert, PhD

kenyon@uic.edu
(312) 996-3002
Department/Company: Computer Science
Research Interest: Human Computer Interaction

Khalili-Araghi, Fatemeh, PhD

akhalili@uic.edu
(312) 355-3322
Department/Company: Physics

Kim, Dong-Hyun, PhD

dhkim@northwestern.edu
(312) 926-3279
Department/Company: Northwestern University
Research Interest: Biomaterials for Image Guided Medicine

Koh, Timothy, PhD

Tjkoh@uic.edu
(312) 996-1617
Department/Company: Kinesiology
Research Interest: Mechanical Load, Muscle Injury, Adaptation

Kotecha, Prakash, PhD

kotecha@uic.edu
(312) 413-1292
Department/Company: Vishwamitra Research Institute
Research Interest: Sustainability, Carbon capture and Sequestration, Process Systems Engineering, Artificial Intelligence

Lan, Ning, PhD

ninglan@uic.edu
Department/Company: UIC Biomedical Engineering
Research area: computational modeling of movement control and neurorehabilitation

Larson, Andrew, PhD

a-larson@northwestern.edu
Department/Company: NWU Radiology

Lazarov, Orly, PhD

olazarov@uic.edu
(312)355-0548
Department/Company: Anatomy and Cell Biology

Lee, Adrian, PhD

ajlee4@uic.edu
(312) 355-6102
Department/Company: Research Engineer

Leiderman, Yannek Isaac, MD, PhD

yannek@uic.edu
(312) 413-8000
Department/Company: UIC Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Research Interests: Artificial intelligence applications in microsurgery; Decoding the acquisition of surgical skill via deep learning, tool/tissue tracking, and surgeon-gaze tracking; Surgical guidance technology development

Levitan, Irena, PhD

levitan@uic.edu
(312) 996-8039
Department/Company: Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep Medicine
Research Interest: Cardiovascular Research

Li, Qingbo, PhD

gkli@uic.edu
(312) 413-9301
Department/Company: Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
Research Interest: Anaerobic Metabolism, Bacteriostatic Resistance

Mahmud, Nadim, PhD

nadim@uic.edu
(312) 996-2242
Department/Company: Medicine

Malik, Asrar, PhD

abmalik@uic.edu
(312) 996-7635
Department/Company: Pharmacology

McAnany, J. Jason, PhD

jmcana1@uic.edu
(312) 355-3632
Department/Company: Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Research Interest: Visual Dysfunction, Electrophysiology, Psychophysics, Retinal Imaging

Minshall, Richard, PhD

rminsh@uic.edu
(312) 996-1655
Department/Company: Professor of Medicine, Anesthesiology, and Pharmacology

Mogul, David, PhD

mogul@iit.edu
(312) 567-3873
Department/Company: IIT Biomedical Engineering
Research Interest: Electrophysiology & Electrical Dynamics of the Brain

Murer, Sasha Erin, MD

sashademos@yahoo.com
Department/Company: Anesthesia

Naba, Alexandra, PhD

anaba@uic.edu
(312) 355-5417
Department/Company: Department of Physiology and Biophysics, UIC College of Medicine
Research Interest: Extracellular Matrix, Proteomics, Bioinformatics. Tissue Engineering

Natarajan, Viswanathan, PhD

visnatar@uic.edu
(312) 355-5896
Department/Company: Pharmacology & Regenerative Medicine

Naveed, Hammad, PhD

Department/Company: Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago

Ng, Jason, MD, PhD

jsnng@uic.edu/jsnng@northwestern.edu
Department/Company: Medicine

Niederberger, Craig, MD

craign@uic.edu
(312) 996-2779
Department/Company: Urology
Research Interest: Biomechanics & Computational Modeling

Ong, Sang Ging, PhD

(312) 996-7665
sangging@uic.edu
Department/Company: Pharmacology & Regenerative Medicine

Onyuksel, Hayat, PhD

Hayat@uic.edu
(312) 996-2097
Department/Company: Pharmaceutics
Research Interest: Controlled Drug Delivery

Orias, Alejandro Espinoza, PhD

alejandro_espinoza@rush.edu
Department/Company: Rush, Orthopedic Surgery

Pajcini, Kostandin, PhD

kvp@uic.edu
(312)355-4439
Department/Company: Pharmacology & Regenerative Medicine

Patwardhan, Avinash G., PhD

apatwar@lumc.edu
(630) 430-7612
Department/Company: Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital, Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine
Research Interest: Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehab

Penn, Richard, M.D

rpenn@uic.edu
(312) 355-4972
Department/Company: UIC Biomedical Engineering

Petukhov, Pavel, PhD

pap4@uic.edu
(312) 996-4262
Department/Company: Medicinal Chemistry & Pharmacognosy

Pfanner, Peter

pfanner@uic.edu
312-355-3348
Department/Company: Innovation Center
Research Interest: User Centered Medical Device Design

Pietrzak, William, PhD

bill.pietrzak@biometmail.com
(219) 267-6639
Department/Company: Biomet, Inc
Research Interest: Orthopedic Biomaterials

Pourzal, Robin, PhD

Robin_Pourzal@rush.edu
(312) 942-7270
Department/Company: Orthopedic Surgery

Rameshwar Prasad, PhD

Rameshwar_Prasad@rush.edu
Department/Company: Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Rush University

Rajh, Tijana, PhD

rajh@anl.gov
Department/Company: Molecular Sciences
Research Interest: Nanoscience, Energy Conversion, NanoBio Interface

Rehman, Jalees, MD

jalees@uic.edu
(312) 996-5552
Department/Company: Biochemistry
Research Interest: Vascular Biology, Lung Biology & Pathophysiology

Reiter, Rolf Otto, PhD

srreite5@uic.edu
Department/Company: Radiology

Renner, Susan, PhD

susan.renner@va.gov
Department/Company: Hines VA Hospital
Research Interest: Biomechanics

Russell, Brenda, PhD

Russell@uic.edu
(312) 413-0407
Department/Company: Physiology & Biophysics
Research Interest: Cardiovascular Biophysics

Rymer, William Zev, MD, PhD

zrymer@ric.org/w-rymer@northwestern.edu
Department/Company: Physiology

Salmon, Patrick, PharmD, PhD

patrick.salmon@unige.ch
Department/Company: Neurosciences, Geneva School of Medicine (CMU)
Research Interest: Genetic Engineering of Cells using Lentivectors

Santambrogio, Marco, PhD

msanta4@uic.edu
Department/Company: Computer Science

Sawers, Andrew, PhD

asawers@uic.edu
Department/Company: Kinesiology and Nutrition

Schonfeld, Dan, PhD

dans@uic.edu
(312) 996-5847
Department/Company: ECE
Research Interest: Medical Imaging

Schwartz, Joel, DMD, DMSc

joschwar@uic.edu
(312) 355-4311
Department/Company: Oral Medicine
Research Interest: Pathology

Scott, Michael, PhD

mjscott@uic.edu
(312) 996-4354
Department/Company: Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
Research Interest: Design Theory, CAD

Sena, Kotaro, DDS, PhD

kotaro_sena@rush.edu
(312) 942-5548
Department/Company: Rush Anatomy & Cell Biology

Shabana, Ahmed, PhD

shabana@uic.edu
(312) 996-3600
Department/Company: Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
Research Interest: Dynamic Systems

Shippy, Scott, PhD

Sshippy@uic.edu
(312) 355-2426
Department/Company: Chemistry
Research Interest: Chemical Signaling in the Mammalian Brain

Sharma, Sadhana, PhD

sadhana@uic.edu
Department/Company: Ohio State University

Shukla, Deepak, PhD

dshukla@uic.edu
(312)355-0908
Department/Company: Ophthalmology

Spagnoli, Anna, MD

(312) 942-3034
Department/Company: Pediatrics

Spille, Jan Hendrik

jhspille@uic.edu
(312)996-4588
Department/Company: Physics

Stebbins, Glenn, PhD

gstebbin@rush.edu
(312) 563-3854
Department/Company: Rush Neurological Sciences
Research Interest: Effects of Aging on Cognitive Function in Humans

Sukotjo, Cortino, DDS, PhD

csukotjo@uic.edu
Department/Company: Restorative Dentistry

Sumner, Rick, PhD

rick_sumner@rush.edu
(312) 942-5501
Department/Company: Rush Anatomy & Cell Biology
Research Interest: Bone Regeneration & Implant Fixation

Szlyk, Janet, PhD

janeszly@uic.edu
(312) 996-1466
Department/Company: Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Research Interest: Vision Loss in Retinal Diseases

Tek, Peter, MS, DO

peter.tek@mwumail.midwestern.edu
Department/Company: MWU Urology
Research Interest: Medical Device Design

Towles, Joseph, PhD

towles@northwestern.edu
(312) 238-1235
Department/Company: Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
Research Interest: Hand biomechanics & control after neurologic injury, simulation of treatment interventions

Tresch, Matthew, PhD

m-tresch@northwestern.edu
Department/Company: NWU Physiology
Research Interest: Biomechanics & Rehabilitation

Ucker, David, PhD

duck@uic.edu
(312) 413-1102
Department/Company: Microbiology & Immunology

Virdi, Amarjit, PhD

avirdi@rush.edu
(312) 942-5143
Department/Company: Rush Anatomy & Cell Biology
Research Interest: Biomechanics, Bone Regeneration

Wang, Xiaowei, PhD

xwang317@uic.edu
(312)413-2446
Department/Company: Pharmacology & Regenerative Medicine

Weinberg, Guy, MD

guyw@uic.edu
(312) 996-4020
Department/Company: Medicine

Westbrook, Carol, MD, PhD

cwcw@uic.edu
Department/Company: Medicine

Wimmer, Markus, PhD

markus_a_wimmer@rush.edu
Department/Company: Rush Orthopedics
Research Interest: Damage and Wearing of Implants

Xu, Jie, PhD

jiexu@uic.edu
(312)355-1788
Department/Company: Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Research Interest: Microfluidics, Lab-on-a-chip and Biosensors Micro/Nano transport phenomena

Yamada, Tohru, PhD

tohru@uic.edu
(312) 413-1156
Department/Company: Surgery

Yi, Darvin, PhD

dyi9@uic.edu
Department/Company: Ophthalmology

Zheng, Qiping, PhD

qiping_zheng@rush.edu
Department/Company: Anatomy and Cell Biology

Zhou, Xiaohong Joe, PhD, DABR, DABMP

xjzhou@uic.edu
(312) 413-3979
Department/Company: Radiology; Center for MR Research
Research Interest: MR Physics, Cancer Imaging, & Neuroimaging

Zhou, Xiaofeng (Charles), PhD, MS

xfzhou@uic.edu
Department/Company: Periodontics