Faculty
Alessandro Bellofiore, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Chair
408-924-4096
alessandro.bellofiore@sjsu.edu
ENGR 233F
Research Interests: Fluid mechanics of biomedical devices; Hemodynamics and cardiovascular mechanics;
Wearable devices for cardiovascular applications; Particle Image Velocimetry; Clinical
imaging and data analysis
Folarin Erogbogbo, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
408-924-3923
folarin.erogbogbo@sjsu.edu
ENGR 233E
Research Interests: Biomedical applications of Nanotechnology including Drug Delivery; Quantum dots;
Biocompatibility; Graphene, Silicon; Mobile Imaging platforms
Patrick Jurney, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
408-924-3921
patrick.jurney@sjsu.edu
ENGR 233L
Research Interests: Cardiovascular Biomaterials, Biomicrofluids, Biomedical Transport Phenomena, Nano Particle Drug Delivery
Guna Selvaduray, Ph.D.
Professor
408-924-3874
guna.selvaduray@sjsu.edu
ENGR 233D
Research Interests: Surfaces and Interfaces; Surface Coatings and Modifications; Biocompatibility; Microelectronic
Interconnects; Corrosion; Failure Analysis
Melinda Simon, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
408-924-3956
melinda.simon@sjsu.edu
ENGR 233M
Research Interests: Microfluidics for single cell analysis; Designs for more efficient dielectrophoresis-based
cell sorting; Automated cell culture on a digital microfluidic platform
Yun Wang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor and Graduate Advisor
408-924-3856
yun.wang@sjsu.edu
ENGR 233I
Research Interests: Biosensors; Microfluidic/MEMS sensors; Nanosensors; Bioinstrumentation; Nanotechnology;
Disease diagnosis; Food/water safety; Genetic study of pathogens and diseases.
Abdulmelik Mohammed, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
408-924-3833
abdulmelik.mohammed@sjsu.edu
ENGR 233H
Research Interests: computational modeling and algorithm development for natural and synthetic biomolecular systems, smart design in nanomedicine.
Ella Sugerman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
408-924-3931
ella.sugerman@sjsu.edu
ENGR 233G
Research Interests: soft tissue biomechanics, tissue engineering, non-linear fracture mechanics of blood clots, sickle cell disease, tissue-mimicking materials for medical device testing.