Kristen Billiar

• Professor and Department Head Biomedical Engineering
• Email: kbilliar@wpi.edu
• Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x5384

Professor Billiar studies the mechanisms by which mechanical forces regulate the development and healing of connective tissues and the pathogenesis of disease is becoming one of the foremost problems at the intersection of biomechanics and cell biology. ... View Profile

Robert E. Dempski

• Professor-Chemistry Chemistry & Biochemistry
• Email: rdempski@wpi.edu
• Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x4193

Professor Dempski's lab focuses on biomedically relevant proteins at the cell's surface. Dysfunction of these proteins results in diseases such as pancreatic cancer and Alzheimer's. ... View Profile

Natalie Farny

• Assistant Professor- Biology & Biotechnology Biology & Biotechnology
• Email: nfarny@wpi.edu
• Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x6511

Professor Farny is a broadly trained cell and molecular biologist with an interest in the emerging field of synthetic biology. ... View Profile

Scarlet Shell

• Associate Professor-Biological Science Biology & Biotechnology
• Email: sshell@wpi.edu
• Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x5917

Much of Professor Shell's research centers around tuberculosis. She studies the stress response mechanisms that allow mycobacteria such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis to survive the conditions encountered during human infection. ... View Profile

Jagan Srinivasan

• Associate Professor-Biological Science Biology & Biotechnology
• Email: jsrinivasan@wpi.edu
• Phone: +1 (508) 8316564

Professor Srinivasan's research at WPI is highly inter-disciplinary and encompasses areas such as neurobiology, molecular genetics and chemical biology. ... View Profile

Haichong Zhang

• Assistant Professor Robotics Engineering
• Email: hzhang10@wpi.edu

Professor Zhang is the founding director of the Medical Frontier Ultrasound Imaging and Robotic Instrumentation (Medical FUSION) Laboratory. ... View Profile