Principal Investigator (P.I.)

Steven C. George, MD, PhD, Edwards Lifesciences Professor and Director of the Edwards Lifesciences Center for Advanced Cardiovascular Technology, scgeorge@uci.edu. Project(s): lead the lab!

Professional Staff

	Anna Aledia, Staff Research Associate II (2004-), aaledia@uci.edu. Project(s): human subjects research, exhaled nitric oxide, prevascularized tissues.
	Jennifer Nguyen, Assistant Specialist (2009-), jennifer.tl.nguyen@gmail.com. Project(s): exhaled nitric oxide in children; mobile asthma van in collaboration with Children's Hospital of Orange County.
	Linda McCarthy, Lab Assistant/Coordinator (2009-), mccarthl@uci.edu. Project(s): Coordinates and organizes lab activities including training, equipment maintenance, and purchasing.

Post-Doctoral Scholars/Project Scientists

	Monica Moya (2009-; start date 11/9/2009), monicamoya@gmail.com. Project(s): High throughput platform of 3-D human microtissues characterized by perfusion with human capillaries. Applications include drug/chemical toxicity screening and angiogenesis.
	Jian Zhou (2009-; start date 2/1/2010), gatfly2009@gmail.com. Project(s): multiscale biomechanics; linking optical, biological, and mechanical properties of airway mucosa.

Doctoral Graduate Students

	Jingjing Jiang (2006-), jiangjingjing@gmail.com. Project(s): nitric oxide metabolism and release in airway epithelial cells.
	Swee Lim (2008-), sweel@uci.edu. Project(s): GSNO-NO biochemistry in the airway mucosa; transport of GSNO; airway smooth muscle cell metabolism of NO and GSNO.
	Claire Robertson (2008-), robertsc@uci.edu. Project(s): multiscale mechanics of the respiratory mucosa; linking optical (multiphoton micrscopy and optical coherence tomography) and mechanical properties of tissue.
	Vivein Shi (2008-), vivien.shi@uci.edu. Project(s): modeling proximal and distal exhaled nitric oxide in children with asthma.
	Lei Tian (2008-), tianl@uci.edu. Project(s): prevascularization of implantable tissues with a particular emphasis on developing thick tissues (> 1cm).
	Sean White (2008-), seanmw@gmail.com. Project(s): wide field functional imaging of blood flow in prevascularized tissues following implantation, including laser speckle and spatially modulated imaging. (Co-advised with Bernard Choi)

Undergraduate Students

	Sourish Bandyopadhyay (2009-), bandyopa@uci.edu Project(s): prevascularized implantable tissues. (Mentor: Lei Tian)
	Emerald Chun(2009-), eachun@uci.edu Project(s): linking optics and mechanics in engineered tissues. (Mentor: Claire Robertson)
	Ken Ikemura (2009-), kikemura@uci.edu Project(s): linking optics and mechanics in engineered tissues. (Mentor: Claire Robertson)
	Katie Mo (2009-), kmo@uci.edu Project(s): prevascularized implantable tissues. (Mentor: Lei Tian)
	Danny Spampinato (2009-), dspampin@uci.edu Project(s): prevascularized implantable tissues. (Mentors: Xiaofang Chen and Lei Tian)
	Ahramahzd Tatavoosian (2009-), atatavoo@uci.edu Project(s): exhaled nitric oxide. (Mentors: Lee Puckett and Vivien Shi)

 

Last Update: 11/09