UM SOM: Artificial Organs Lab

Ho Sung Son, MD, PhD
Visiting Associate Professor of Surgery

Research Interests:

• Artificial organs
• Cardiothoracic Surgery
• Heart/Lung Transplantation

Giacomo Bianchi, MD
Post Doctoral Research Fellow

Research Interests:

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

Sonja Boras, BS
Research Assistant

Research interests:

• Biological Sciences
• Surgical / Laboratory Assistant
• Animal Medicine

Yanan Ding, MS
Research Assistant

Research Interests:

• Biocompatibility of Artificial Organs
• Molecular Biology

Emily Engel, MS
Research Assistant

Research interests:

• Ventricular remodeling and recovery post myocardial infarction
• Development of cardiovascular devices and ventricular assist devices
• Biomechanics and biological responses to biomedical devices

Katharine H. Fraser, PhD
Post Doctoral Research Fellow

Research interests:

• Computational Fluid Dynamics
• Cardiovascular device design and development
• Computational modeling of blood damage, biocompatibility and interaction of devices and the circulation
• Hemodynamics and multiscale modeling of the cardiovascular system

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.

Tieluo Li, MD
Research Specialist

Research Interests:

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

Melissa Miller, BS
Research Assistant

Research Interests:

• Animal Science
• Animal Surgery

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

Xufeng Wei, MD PhD
Post Doctoral Research Fellow

Research interests:

• LVAD and artificial lung implantation, and the biological responses to these devices
• Apoptosis and mechanotransduction in post myocardial infarction remodeling
• Left ventricular remodeling post myocardial infarction with LVAD unloading, including hemodynamics, protein signaling and EC coupling
• Stem Cell Therapy

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

Research Interests:

• LVAD and artificial lung implantation and the biological responses to these devices
• Examining the effects of VAD and artificial lung implantation on thrombosis in a non-heart failure ovine model and human heart failure patients