UM SOM: Artificial Organs Lab

Changfu Wu, PhD
Research Associate

Research Interests:

• Artificial organs
• Cardiac tissue mechanics
• Post infarction cardiac remodeling  

Tieluo Li, MD
Research Specialist

Research Interests:

• Molecular biology and gene expression
• Apoptosis and mechanotransduction in post myocardial infarction remodeling
  

Guangming Cheng, MD, PhD
Post-Doctoral Fellow

Research Interests:

• Surgical research of LVAD and artificial lung implantation and their biologic responses
• Left ventricular remodeling post myocardial infarction with LVAD unloading

M. Ertan Taskin, PhD
Post Doctoral Research Fellow

Research interests:

• Complex 3D grid generation and CFD modeling
• Conjugate heat transfer and turbulent flow modeling
• Cardiovascular device optimization by CFD
• Gas transfer and biocompatibility (hemolysis, platelet activation, and thrombosis formation) modeling

Jingping Hu, PhD
Research Specialist

Research Interests:

• Examine the effects of VAD implantation on the thrombosis and inflammation in non-heart failure ovine model and human heart failure patients.

Kinjal Savai, MS
Research Assistant

Research Interests:

• Biomedical instrumentation
• Biomedical signal processing

• LVAD, artificial lung implantation and their biologic responses.
• Left ventricular remodeling post myocardial infarction with LVAD unloading, including hemodynamics, protein signaling, EC coupling.

Yang Gao, MD
Post Doctoral Research Fellow

Research Interests:

• Heart Failure
• Molecular Biology
  

Research Interests:

• Bioengineering: Artificial Lungs, Cardiac Devices, Functional Biosensors and Cell Mechanics.
• Micro fluidics, Micro Sensors and Actuators: Micro fluidic devices such as micro pumps and micro valves, Micro sensors
• CFD and FEM Analysis: Modeling and simulation of complex devices or systems using CFD and FEM tools