People

Lab Director

B.J. Fregly, PhD

Professor and CPRIT Scholar in Cancer Research
PhD, Stanford University, 1993
MS, Stanford University, 1987
BS, Princeton University, 1986

Houston Faculty Collaborators

Ed Akin,
PhD

Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Rice University

Matthew Brake,
PhD

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Rice University

James Chang,
PT, PhD

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Gerard Francisco,
MD

Professor and Chair, Dept. of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Fred Higgs,
PhD

John and Ann Doerr Professor and Interim Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Rice University

Valerae Lewis,
MD

Professor and Chair, Dept. of Orthopaedic Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center

Marcia O'Malley,
PhD

Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Rice University

Non-Houston Faculty Collaborators

Scott Banks,
PhD

Professor, Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida

Thor Besier,
PhD

Associate Professor, Auckland Bioengineering Institute, University of Auckland, New Zealand

Javier Cuadrado,
PhD

Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of La Coruña, Spain

Darryl D'Lima,
MD, PhD

Director, Shiley Center for Orthopaedic Research & Education, Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, CA

Richie Gill,
PhD

Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bath, United Kingdom

Josep Llagunes,
PhD

Associate Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya · BarcelonaTech, Spain

David Lloyd,
PhD

Professor, Griffith Health Institute, Griffith University, Australia

Carolynn Patten,
PT, PhD

Professor, Dept. of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, UC Davis School of Medicine

Anil Rao,
PhD

Professor, Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida

Scott Tashman,
PhD

Director of Biomedical Engineering, The Steadman Clinic and Steadman Phillipon Research Institute, Vail, CO

Lena Ting,
PhD

Professor, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Emory University/Georgia Institute of Technology

Current Research Staff

Kayla Pariser,
PhD

Post-Doctoral Fellow

Geng Li,
PhD

Post-Doctoral Fellow

Current Students

Claire V. Hammond

Ph.D. Candidate

Spencer T. Williams

Ph.D. Candidate

Robert Salati

Ph.D. Candidate

Former Students

Yanhong Bei, Ph.D.
Ilan Eskinazi, Ph.D.
Jennifer Jackson, Ph.D.
Allison Kinney, Ph.D.
Byung Il Koh, Ph.D.
Laura Li, Ph.D.
Yi-chung Lin, Ph.D.
Andrew Meyer, Ph.D.
Cameron Nott, Ph.D.
Jeff Reinbolt, Ph.D.
Gil Serracoli Masferrer Ph.D.
Jaco Schutte, Ph.D.
Jonathan Walter, Ph.D.
Dong Zhao, Ph.D.

Grant Boggess, M.S.
Iona Dy-Liacco Gipson, M.S.
Todd Goede, M.S.
Carlos Marquez-Barrientos, M.S.
Weston Oyama, M.S.
Mihir Pai, M.S.
Priya Prasad, M.S.
Haseeb Rahman, M.S.
Kelly Rooney, M.S.
Nick Bianco, B.S.
Bruce Cam, B.S.
Newton Chan, B.S.
Josh Dickenson, B.S.
Hanna Matry, B.S.

Hugh Pun, B.S.
Mark Sylvester, B.S.
Caitlin Banks, M.S.
Feiyu Yang, M.S.
Di Ao, Ph.D.
Andy Bhateja, M.S.
Ata Babazadeh, Ph.D.
Marleny Arones, Ph.D.
Maggie Zhu, Ph.D.