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SBME Faculty

Peggy and Charles Stephenson School of Biomedical Engineering

As we continue to grow the new Peggy and Charles Stephenson School of Biomedical Engineering, we continue to build an outstanding team of faculty members. 

Biomedical engineering is an interdisciplinary field. In addition to the SBME faculty members listed below, our students have the opportunity to perform thesis research with facutly members from the OU Institute for Biomedical, Engineering, Science and Technology.

Faculty

Handan Acar.
Handan Acar

Assistant Professor


Gallogly Hall 319
(405) 325-2186
hacar@ou.edu

Research Focus
Peptide-based therapeutic and diagnostic agents

Sarah Breen.
Sarah Breen

Associate Director
Associate Professor


Gallogly Hall 321
(405) 325-1543
sabreen@ou.edu

Research Focus
Engineering education, clinical gait rehabilitation, sports biomechanics, and exoskeleton design

Wei Chen.
Wei Chen

Interim Director and Professor
Stephenson Endowed Chair


Gallogly Hall 309
(405) 325-1166
wei-r-chen@ou.edu

Research Focus
Local intervention-based immunotherapy for treatment of metastatic cancers

John Clegg.
John Clegg

Assistant Professor
Interim Chair of Access and Belonging


SRTC 2069
(405) 325-5318
clegg@ou.edu

Research Focus
Immunoengineering of hydrogel and cell-based therapeutics to treat neurological diseases and traumatic injury

Lei Ding.
Lei Ding

Presidential Professor
Endowed Stephenson Professor


Gallogly Hall 308
(405) 325-4577
leiding@ou.edu

Research Focus
Medical imaging and neuro-engineering for diagnosis and treatment of human brain diseases

 

Farnaz Zamani Esfahlani.
Farnaz Zamani Esfahlani

Assistant Professor 


Gallogly Hall 307
(405) 325-6246
fzamani@ou.edu

Research Focus
Network neuroscience, network science, neuroscience

Alex Frickenstein.
Alex Frickenstein

Assistant Professor


Gallogly Hall 420
(405) 325-4427
africk256@ou.edu

Research Focus
Engineering education, single particle elemental analysis and molecular diagnostics 

Kaili Liu.
Kaili Liu

Research Assistant Professor


Gallogly Hall 406 
kaili-liu@ou.edu

Research Focus
Cancer immunotherapy, single- cell sequencing and multi-omics studies for cancer and vaccines

David Miller.
David Miller

Assistant Professor 


Gallogly Hall 417
dmiller@ou.edu

Research Focus
Optical neuroimaging technology to study and treat brain diseases

Chongle Pan.
Chongle Pan

Professor


Devon Energy Hall 231
(405) 325-2972
cpan@ou.edu

Research Focus
Bioinformatics, machine learning, proteomics, environmental microbiomes, human microbiomes, prebiotics and probiotics

Rebecca Scott.
Rebecca Scott

Chair of Undergraduate Studies
Assistant Professor


Gallogly Hall 320
(405) 325-3861
rebecca.scott@ou.edu

Research Focus
Engineering education, biomedical design, tissue engineering, and regenerative medicine 

Qinggong Tang.
Qinggong Tang

Associate Professor
Endowed Stephenson Professor
Chair of Translational Stimulation Committee


Gallogly Hall 407
(405) 325-0789
qtang@ou.edu

Research Focus
Biophotonics, optical imaging techniques for cancer, neural, and organ transplantation applications

Lin Wang.
Lin Wang

Research Assistant Professor 


Gallogly Hall 409
linwang@ou.edu

Research Focus
Advanced materials in antiviral applications, Cancer nanomedicine and immunotherapy, nanomaterial-biological system interactions

Stefan Wilhelm.
Stefan Wilhelm

Associate Professor


Gallogly Hall 318 
Stefan.Wilhelm@ou.edu

Research Focus
Nanotechnology for bioanalytical and cancer applications 

Han Yuan.
Han Yuan

Associate Professor


2PP 125
(405) 325-4665
hanyuan@ou.edu

Research Focus
Neuroimaging, neuromodulation and biomedical image and signal processing

Jian Zhao.
Jian Zhao

Assistant Professor 


SRTC 2068
jian.zhao@ou.edu

Research Focus
Vibrational Spectroscopic Imaging, Fluorescence Imaging, Computational Microscopy Imaging, Deep Learning in Optical Imaging, Microscopy Imaging for Cancer and Neuroscience Applications, Fiber Optics

Affiliate Faculty

Tahrima Rouf.
Tahrima Rouf

Visiting Assistant Professor


SRTC
trouf@ou.edu

Research Focus
Nanotechnology based detection, biosensors, biopolymer, biomaterials, optical and spectroscopic characterization