Professor William C. Tang, University of California Irvine --- Microbiomechanics Laboratory ---

People and Researchers

Lab Director & Principal Investigator:
	William C. Tang, Ph.D. Assocate Dean for Research, Henry Samueli School of Engineering Professor, Biomedical Engineering Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Professor, Integrated Nanosystems Research Facility (949) 824-1895 wctang@uci.edu Curriculum Vitae
Lab Manager:
	Allison C. Baker August 2011 – Present Project: Microplatforms for Cardiomyocyte Biomechanics acbaker@uci.edu
Graduate Student Researchers:
	Allison C. Baker June 2011 – Present Biomedical Engineering, MS program Project: Microplatforms for Cardiomyocite Biomechanics
	Yue Dong June 2012 – Present Biomedical Engineering, PhD program Project: Microplatforms for Cancer Stem Cell Research
	Gelareh Eslamian September 2009 – Present Biomedical Engineering, MS program Project: Microplatforms for Malaria Diagnosis
	Shrutilaya Karunanidhi September 2011 – Present Biomedical Engineering, MS program Project: Microplatforms for Capturing Circulating Tumor Cells
	Dhonam Pemba April 2007 – Present Biomedical Engineering, PhD program Project: Neural Probe Arrays
	Omid Rohani July 2011 – Present Biomedical Engineering, PhD program Project: Computer Modeling of Cellular Sensors
	Carlos Ruiz June 2012 – Present Biomedical Engineering, PhD program Project: Piezoelectric Microplatforms for Cell Biomechanics
	Christopher Tu September 2011 – Present Biomedical Engineering, MS program Project: Neural Probe Arrays
Undergraduate Student Researchers :
	Lydia Ameri June 2012 – Present UROP Fellow 2012-2013 Biomedical Engineering, BS Project: Micro Strain Gauge Array for Biological Tissues
	Gary Chang June 2012 – Present UROP Fellow 2012-2013 Biomedical Engineering, BS Project: Micro Strain Gauge Array for Biological Tissues
	Hanna Chang September 2012 – Present UROP Fellow 2012-2013 Biomedical Engineering, BS Project: Micro Platforms for Cancer Stem Cell Studies
	Joseph Gomez July 2011 – Present UROP Fellow 2011-2012 Biomedical Engineering, BS Project: Blood Capillary Rheology
	Michael Lum March 2011 – Present UROP Fellow 2011-2012, 2012-2013 Biomedical Engineering, BS Project: Microplatforms for Capturing Circulating Tumor Cells
	Indrani Mikkilineni September 2011 – Present UROP Fellow 2011-2012, 2012-2013 Biomedical Engineering, BS Project: Microplatforms for Malaria Diagnosis
	Shravya R. Nagurla March 2011 – Present UROP Fellow 2011-2012, 2012-2013 Biomedical Engineering, BS Project: Microplatforms for Capturing Circulating Tumor Cells
	Andrea Navarro September 2010 – Present UROP Fellow 2011-2012, 2012-2013 E-SURP Fellow 2012 Biomedical Engineering, BS Project: Microplatforms for Cardiomyocite Biomechanics
	Kishan Patel June 2012 – Present UROP Fellow 2012-2013 Biomedical Engineering, BS Project: Micro Strain Gauge Array for Biological Tissues
	Aswini Ponnaluri September 2011 – Present UROP Fellow 2011-2012, 2012-2013 Biomedical Engineering, BS Project 1: Micro Biomechanics Modeling Project 2: Micro Platforms for Cancer Stem Cell Studies
	Abdullah Siddiqui April 2011 – Present UROP Fellow 2011-2012, 2012-2013 Biomedical Engineering, BS Project: Micro Biomechanics Modeling
	Tracey Tien January 2011 – Present UROP Fellow 2011-2012, 2012-2013 E-SURP Fellow 2012 Biomedical Engineering, BS Project: Microplatforms for Cardiomyocite Biomechanics
	Yijiao Wang April 2012 – Present UROP Fellow 2011-2012, 2012-2013 Biomedical Engineering, BS Project: Blood Capillary Rheology
High-School Student Researcher:
	Urmila Janardan June 2012 – Present Trabuco Hills High school Project 1: Microplatforms for Malaria Diagnostics Project 2: Microplatforms for Capturing Circulating Tumor Cells Project 3: Steerable Micro Catheter with Distally Expanding Tip
Collaborators:
	Zhongping Chen, Ph.D. Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Collaborating Project: Rotating Micro-Mirror for OCT Applications z2chen@uci.edu
	James H. Fallon, Ph.D. Professor, Anatomy & Neurobiology Collaborating Project: Neural Probe Arrays jfallon@uci.edu
	Anthony A. James, Ph.D. Distinguished Professor, Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, School of Medicine and Distinguished Professor, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences Collaborating Project: Microplatforms for Malaria Diagnostics aajames@uci.edu
	Joyce H. Keyak, Ph.D. Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Collaborating Project: Strain Gauge Arrays for Bones jhkeyak@uci.edu
	Abraham P. Lee, Ph.D. Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Collaborating Project: Micro-/Nano-Fluidics Foundamental Focus Center (MF3) aplee@uci.edu
	Edwin S. Monuki, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Developmental & Cell Biology Collaborating Project: Micro-Platforms for Neurogenesis Study emonuki@uci.edu
Alumni
	Alumni

People and Researchers

Professor William C. Tang Ph.D. | Office Number: (949) 824-1895 | Fax Number: (949) 824-7966 | Email: wctang@uci.edu