Faculty & Personnel
Leadership
Dr. Guigen Zhang
Institute Director
Department of Bioengineering
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Dr. Zhang's Homepage
Interests: Stem Cell Tissue Engineering, Multiphysics Modeling, Micro/Nano Bioengineering
Email: Guigen@clemson.edu
Core Researchers
Dr. Brian Booth, IBIOE
Interests: Breast cancer, Stem cells, Signals that regulate the mammary microenvironment, Cell biology
Email: BRBooth@clemson.edu
Dr. Renee Nicole Cottle, IBIOE
Interests: Genome editing as related to cell-based gene therapies for metabolic liver disorders and cardiovascular disease.
Email: rcottle@clemson.edu
Dr. Ravikiran "Joseph" Singapogu, IBIOE
Interests: Haptics, Simulated tissues, Surgical simulation
Email: joseph.singapogu@gmail.com
Dr. Will Richardson, IBIOE
Interests: Matrix Systems Mechanobiology
Email: wricha4@clemson.edu
Staff
Mr. Scheen Thurmond, IBIOE
Research Associate-Laboratories Manager
Email: sthurmo@g.clemson.edu
Mrs. Caitlin Anglin, IBIOE
Lab Assistant - Dr. Renee Cottle Lab
Email: canglin@clemson.edu
Collaborative Researchers
Dr. Frank Alexis, Bioengineering
Webpage
Interests: Biomaterials, Drug delivery, Nanoparticles, Nanotechnology, Targeted Therapy
Email: FAlexis@clemson.edu
Dr. Lisa Benson, Engineering & Science Education
Webpage
Interests: Musculoskeletal Biomechanics, Physiological Loading of Orthopedic Implants
Email: LBenson@clemson.edu
Dr. Delphine Dean, Bioengineering
Webpage
Interests: Computational Modeling, Cell-Cell and Cell-Matrix Interactions
Email: Finou@clemson.edu
Dr. Susan Duckett, Animal & Veterinary Sciences
http://people.clemson.edu/~sducket/
Interests: Lipid Production and Relation to Cancer Processes
Email: SDucket@clemson.edu
Dr. Bruce Zhi Gao, Bioengineering
Webpage
Interests: Laser Interactions with Cells and Tissues, Cell-Cell Interactions in Engineered Microenvironments
Email: ZGao@clemson.edu
Dr. Richard Groff, Electrical & Computer Engineering
https://www.clemson.edu/cecas/departments/ece/faculty_staff/faculty/rgroff.html
Interests: Biofabrication, Cellular Growth Modeling
Email: REGroff@clemson.edu
Dr. David Kwartowitz, Bioengineering
Interests: Image-Guided Surgery, Robotic-Assisted Surgery, Medical Imaging and Image Processing
Email: Robodoc@clemson.edu
Dr. Jason McNeill, Chemistry
https://www.clemson.edu/science/departments/chemistry/people/faculty/mcneill.html
Interests: Novel probes for advanced fluorescence applications, Nanoparticles
Email: McNeill@clemson.edu
Dr. Chris Pagano, Psychology
https://www.clemson.edu/cbshs/faculty-staff/profiles/cpagano
Interests: Haptic Perception and Kinesthesis
Email: CPagano@clemson.edu
Dr. Scott L. Pratt, Animal & Veterinary Sciences
Dr. Pratt's Website
Interests: Biotechnology, Molecular Endocrinology and Reproduction
Email: ScottP@clemson.edu
Dr. Dan Simionescu, Bioengineering
Webpage
Interests: Biomaterial Compatibility, Patient-Tailored Regenerative Medicine
Email: DSimion@clemson.edu
Dr. Pingshan Wang, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Webpage
Interests: Microwave lab-on-chip techniques, microwave total analysis systems
Email: Pwang@clemson.edu
Adjunct Faculty
Dr. Amarjit Budhiraja, Department of Statistics and Operations Research
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
http://abudhiraja.web.unc.edu/
Interests: Stochastic Biological Networks
Email: Budhiraj@email.unc.edu
Dr. Betsy Davis, Maxillofacial Prosthodontic Clinic
Medical University of South Carolina
http://www.muschealth.org/providerdirectory/Davis-Betsy
Interests: Maxillofacial prosthodontics, Implant prosthodontics, Aesthetic dentistry
Email: DavisB@musc.edu
Dr. Didier Dreau, Department of Biology
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
http://clas-pages.uncc.edu/didier-dreau/
Interests: Cancer Metastasis, Vascular and Immune Interactions During Cancer Growth
Email: DDreau@uncc.edu
Dr. Kyle J. Jeray, Greenville Hospital System
Orthopaedic Surgery Education
Interests: Orthopaedic traumatology, humerus fractures, synovial tissue, local bone graft techniques.
Email: KJeray@ghs.org
Dr. Malcolm R. Leadbetter, Department of Statistics and Operations Research
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
http://www.stat.unc.edu/faculty/leadbetter.html
Interests: Stochastic Process Modeling for Cellular Systems
Email: MRL@stat.unc.edu
Dr. Dane Smith, Greenville Hospital System
Department of Surgery
Interests: General surgery, Thoracic surgery, Contemporary surgery, Infections in surgery. Diagnose and treat chest, Diaphragm, Lungs, Esophagus, Chest wall, Heart valves, and trachea for disease.
Email: DSmith@ghs.org
