Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), the Acoustical Society of America (ASA), and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Arash Mahboobin Research Assistant Professor, Bioengineering. PhD (Electrical Engineering), University of Pittsburgh, 2007. Dr. Mahboobin's research interests are in computational biomechanics (musculoskeletal modeling), human postural control, time-varying signals and systems, and hybrid-optimization. His current research involves in developing muscle-actuated forward dynamic simulations of gait and posture, and analysis and modeling of human postural control. Spandan Maiti Assistant Professor, Bioengineering. PhD (Aerospace Engineering), University of Illinois, 2002. Research interests include computational biomechanics and materials science, deformation and failure response of soft tissues and biomaterials, multiscale and multiphysics techniques applied to physical and biological systems. Rama Mallampalli Professor, Department of Medicine (Primary), Department of Bioengineering (Secondary). MD (Medicine), University of Wisconsin (1984). Dr. Mallampalli serves as Division Chief, Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine in the department of Medicine and the Director of the Acute Lung Injury Center of Excellence in the Department of Medicine. His research focuses on pulmonary epithelial molecular and cell biology as it relates to inflammation. His laboratory is internationally recognized in the area of lipid metabolism and proteolysis as it relates to acute lung injury. Zhi-Hong Mao Associate Professor of Electrical/Computer Engineering and Bioengineering. PhD (Electrical and Medical Engineering), Harvard University-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Division of Health Sciences and Technology, 2005. Dr. Mao’s research interests include neural control and learning, humanin-the-loop control systems, and networked control systems. Kacey Marra Associate Professor, Departments of Plastic Surgery and Bioengineering. PhD (Organic Chemistry), University of Pittsburgh, 1996. Dr. Marra's current research interests include biomaterials and tissue engineering. Dr. Marra is Co-Director of the Adipose Stem Cell Center, and as such, much of her research is focused on adipose-derived stem cell behavior. Her research has a strong focus in nerve regeneration, and many in her group both design novel polymeric nerve conduits as well as differentiate adult stem cells to neural and glial progenitor cells. Of specific interest is the use of both polymer microspheres and hydrogels for controlled drug and growth factor delivery. James Menegazzi Research Professor of Emergency Medicine and Bioengineering. PhD (Exercise Physiology), University of Pittsburgh, 1987. Dr. Menegazzi is a Department of Emergency Medicine Endowed Professor of Resuscitation Research with tenure. Editor-in-Chief of Prehospital Emergency Care. His pioneering basic science work involves the development of protocols for improving cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Other research interests include emergency medical services, heart arrest, induced hypothermia, reperfusion injury, resuscitation, and ventricular fibrillation waveform analyses. He has had extramural funding from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute for twelve consecutive years. Dr. Menegazzi holds three patents, with a fourth pending.
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