Stephenson Professor #2
Ph.D. Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
Gallogly Hall 319
(405) 325-2186
Research Interests:
Peptide-based therapeutic and diagnostic agents for cancer treatment
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.
SBME Faculty Members
Handan Acar
Jerzy Bodurka
Ph.D. Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland
OU-Tulsa
Research Interests:
Multimodal electro-encephalography and blood oxygenation level dependent functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging neuroimaging for study of human brain functions, dynamics, and neuromodulation.
Wei Chen
Stephenson Chair #2
Ph.D. University of Oregon
Gallogly Hall 309
(405) 325-1166
Research Interests:
Local intervention-based immunotherapy for treatment of metastatic cancers
Michael Detamore
SBME Director and Professor
Stephenson Chair #1
Ph.D. Rice University
Gallogly Hall 105
SRTC 2068
(405) 325-0789
Research Interests:
Regenerative and translational medicine, biomaterials and TMJ bioengineering.
Lei Ding
IBEST Director
Presidential Professor
Ph.D. University of Minnesota
Gallogly Hall 308
(405) 325-4577
Research Interests:
Brain Network Imaging in Healthy and diseased persons (such as autism, cerebral palsy, balance disorder, etc.); Broadly Accessible Functional Neuroimaging Tools; Neurorobotics for Infant Crawling.
Marc Moore
Ph.D. University of Florida
Gallogly Hall 320
(405) 325-2621
Directs SBME makerspace, studiospace and senior capstone curriculum; engages regional biotech industry.
Research Interests:
Include tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, wound healing, biomaterials, and biomedical design.
Qinggong Tang
Ph.D. University of Maryland
College Park
Gallogly Hall 307
(405) 325-0789
Research Interests:
Developing novel optical imaging techniques for early cancer detection, cancer therapy monitoring, functional brain imaging, surgical guidance and translational research.
Stefan Wilhelm
Stephenson Professor #1
Ph.D. University of Regensburg, Germany
Gallogly Hall 318
Research Interests:
Engineering nanotechnology for detection, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases as well as cancer nanomedicine.
Yuan Yang
Ph.D. Telecom ParisTech, France
OU-Tulsa
Schusterman Center
Bldg. 1, Rm 3E04
(918) 660-3290
Research Interests:
Neural signal (EEG, EMG) analysis and multi-modal neuroimaging for brain research and rehabilitation.
Han Yuan
Ph.D. University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
2PP 125
(405) 325-4665
Research Interests:
Neuroimaging, neuromodulation and biomedical image and signal processing.
Adjunct Faculty Members
Lacey McNally
Co-Leader for Stephenson Cancer Center
Ph.D. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
Research Interests:
Research focus on development of contrast agents to identify cancer, theranostic nanoparticles, and Multispectral Optoacoustic Tomography (MOST) as well as translation of these discoveries and technologies into the clinical settings of breast, pancreas, ovarian, and other GI/GYN cancers.
Rheal Towner
Ph.D. University of Guelph, (Biochemistry)
OU Department of Pathology and Pharmaceutical Sciences
(405) 271-7383
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Research interests:
Glioma pre-clinical models (adult and pediatric), hepatocellular carcinoma pre-clinical models, anti-cancer agents development, characterization and pre-clinical testing, molecular-targeted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for tumor growth biomarkers, advanced MRI techniques (vascular, structural and metabolites)
Hongwu Wang
Ph.D. Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology at the University of Pittsburgh
Allied Health Bldg., Rm. 3113
(405) 271-2432 ext. 47137
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