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Aleksander S. Popel, Professor
- Telephone: 410-955-6419
Present Positions
- Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University
- Professor, Department of Oncology, and member, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University
- Professor, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University
Visiting Professor Positions
- Imperial College, Department of Bioengineering, London, U.K. 2017
- The Newton Institute, University of Cambridge, U.K., 2009
- Department of Pathology/Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School (angiogenesis), 2003-2004
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (computational biology), 2003-2004.
Education
M.S. in Mechanics and Ph.D. in Biofluidmechanics, Moscow University.
Selected Honors and Awards
- Distinguished Bioengineering Lecture, University of California, Riverside, 2017
- Wiederhielm Award (for the most highly cited original manuscript in Microcirculation over the previous 5 year period), 2015
- Keynote speaker, The 6th International Conference on Computational Bioengineering (ICCB), Barcelona, Spain, 2015
- Keynote speaker, NCI meeting of Integrative Cancer Biology Program (ICBP) and Physical Science Oncology Centers (PSOC), 2015
- Keynote speaker, The 5th International Conference on Computational Bioengineering (ICCB), Leuven,Belgium, 2013
- Keynote overseas speaker, International Symposium of Next-Generation Integrated Simulation of Living Matter (ISLiM)) (on the occasion of inauguration of Japan's 10 peta flop K-supercomputer), Tokyo, Japan, 2012
- The C. Forbes Dewey Distinguished Lectureship in Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011
- Keynote speaker, The Virtual Physiological Human (VPH) European Union Physiome Project, 2010
- Eugene M. Landis Award, The Microcirculatory Society, 2009
- A.C. Suhren Lecture, Tulane University, 2009
- Robert M. and Mary Haythornthwaite Distinguished Lecturer, Temple University, 2006
- Kawasaki Medical Society Lecturer, Japan, 2004
- Inaugural Fellow, Biomedical Engineering Society, 2005
- Fellow, American Heart Association, Council on Basic Cardiovascular Sciences, 2001
- Fellow, American Physiological Society (Cardiovascular Section), 1995;
- Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, 1994;
- Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1992;
- Board of Directors, Biomedical Engineering Society (1992-1995);
- William H. Huggins Excellence in Teaching Award, Johns Hopkins University.
Editorial Boards
- Nature Scientific Reports (Editorial Board) 2012-2017
- Annals of Biomedical Engineering (Associate Editor)
- Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering (Associate Editor); Microcirculation
- (Associate Editor); Microvascular Research
- (Editorial Board); Frontiers in Computational Physiology and Medicine
- (Editorial Board); American Journal of Cancer Research (Editorial Board); American Journal of Physiology (Heart Circ. Physiol.) 1999-2005
- Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Systems Biology and Medicine (Associate Editor) 2008-2015
Selected Service
- Steering Committee, International Society of Pharmacometrics (ISoP) Quantitative Systems Pharmacology (QSP) Special Interest Group (SIG)
- Scientific advisory committee (SAC) for the 2018 11th World Congress for Microcirculation (2017-2018)
- Advisory Board, National Center of Systems Biology, The Virtual Physiological Rate Project, (2011-2015)
- IMAG (Interdisciplinary Modeling and Analysis Group), Multiscale Systems Biology Working Group founder and co-lead (2010-2015);
- Meritorious Awards Committee, North American Vascular Biology Organization (NAVBO) (2010-2013)
- FASEB Summer Research Conference Advisory Committee (2009-2012)
- BMES representative to IUPS U.S. National Committee (2009-2012);
- Co-Chairman of the IUPS (International Union of Physiological Sciences) Physiome and Systems Biology Committee (2001-2014)
- Chairman of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering Fellows Selection Committee (2001-2004)
- Member at Large, U.S. National Committee for the IUPS at the NAS (2001-2006)
- Member, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)
- College of Fellows Academic Council (Johns Hopkins University representative) (1998-Present)
- Chair, BMES Meetings Oversight Committee (2006-2007)
- Program Chair, 2005 BMES Annual Meeting
Publications:
Over 350 original manuscripts, chapters, and review articles, co-editor of 2 books.
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Adam C. Mirando, Ph.D.
Website: https://www.bme.jhu.edu/people/faculty/adam-mirando/
Ph.D. in Biochemistry, University of Vermont (2015)
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Niranjan B. Pandey, Ph.D.
Telephone: 410-502-6586
Molecular Biophysics, Florida State University
Postdoctoral Positions: MIT, Center for Cancer Research; Harvard University, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Drug development at Johnson & Johnson and biopharmaceutical industry
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Theinmozhi Arulraj
PhD in Systems Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Germany (2021)
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Hanwen Wang
M.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University (2019)
B.S. in Bioengineering: Biotechnology, UC San Diego (2017)
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Haoyang Mi
M.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University (2020)
B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Northeastern University, China (2018)
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Akash Patil
M.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University (2020)
B.S. in Bioengineering, Georgia Institute of Technology (2018)
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Natsuki Furukawa
M.S. in Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo (2019)
B.S. in Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo (2017)
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Rebeca H. Oliveira
M.S. in Biomedical Engineering, University of Brasília (2020)
B.S. in Electrical Engineering, University Center of Brasília (2018)
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Zhenzhen Wang
M.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University(2021)
B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Nanjing University, China (2019)
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Shuming Zhang
B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Washington University (2018)
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Mukul Sherekar
Texas A&M, Master of Biotechnology (2010)