People

The Center is supported by administrative staff, research scientists, technical staff and investigators from various departments both on and off-campus.


Administration

Arthur Kramer, Ph.D.
Director, BIC
217-244-0599, 217-244-1933
a-kramer@uiuc.edu

Tracey Wszalek, Ph.D.
Associate Director, BIC
217-333-3149
traceyws@uiuc.edu

Emily Wee, Ph.D.
Assistant Director, BIC
217-333-6894
ewee@uiuc.edu

Mary Jane Ham
Staff Secretary, BIC
217-244-0600
m-ham1@uiuc.edu


Research Scientists

Harish Sharma, M.S.
Research Scientist, BIC
217-244-6795
harishs@uiuc.edu

Boris Odintsov, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist, BIC
217-244-8454
bodintso@uiuc.edu


Technical & Operations

Nancy Dodge, R.T. (R, MR)
Medical Radiography Coordinator, BIC
217-244-0203
nancydod@uiuc.edu

Holly Tracy, A.S., R.T. (R, MR)
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Specialist, BIC
217-244-0294
hollyt@uiuc.edu

Andrew Preston
Research Programmer, Beckman Institute
217-244-2904
helpdesk@beckman.uiuc.edu

Marc Taylor
Senior Research Programmer, Beckman Institute
217-244-2904
helpdesk@beckman.uiuc.edu

Michael Smith
Associate Director of Operations, Beckman Institute
217-333-3069, 217-244-1079
mdsmith@uiuc.edu

Affiliated Investigators

Marianne Alleyne, PhD, Department of Entomology
Nicoline Ambrose, PhD, Department of Speech and Hearing Science
Michael Aref, MD, PhD, College of Medicine, and Department of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering
Diane Beck, PhD, Department of Psychology
Stephen Boppart, M.D., Ph.D., Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bioengineering, and Internal Medicine; Mills Breast Cancer Institute, Carle Foundation Hospital
Yoram Bresler, PhD, Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Bioengineering
David Clayton, PhD, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology
Jennifer Deluhery, PhD, Waste Management Research Center
Ellen Evans, PhD, Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, Division of Nutritional Sciences
Monica Fabiani, PhD, Department of Psychology
Gabriele Gratton, PhD, Department of Psychology
John Georgiadis, PhD, Departments of Mechanical Science and Engineering, and Bioengineering
Brian Gonsalves, PhD, Department of Psychology
Mark Hasegawa-Johnson, PhD, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
William Helferich, PhD, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition
Wendy Heller, PhD, Department of Psychology
Ying-Yi Hong, PhD, Department of Psychology
Michael Insana, PhD, Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Bioengineering
Kevin Kim, PhD, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
David Kuehn, PhD, Department of Speech and Hearing Science
Zhi-Pei Liang, PhD, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Alejandro Lleras, PhD, Department of Psychology
Yi Lu, PhD, Department of Chemistry
Richard Masel, PhD, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Ling-Jian Meng, PhD, Department of Nuclear, Plasma and Radiological Engineering
Gregory A. Miller, PhD, Department of Psychology
William Olivero, MD, Department of Surgery
Denise Park, PhD, Department of Psychology
Adrienne Perlman, PhD, Department of Speech and Hearing Science
John Polk, PhD, Department of Anthropology
Gene Robinson, PhD, Department of Entomology
Edward Roy, PhD, Department of Pathology
Matthew Stewart, BVSc, PhD, FACVSc, Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine
Michael Strano, PhD, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Andrew Suarez, PhD, Departments of Animal Biology, and Entomology
Kenneth Suslick, PhD, Department of Chemistry
Brad Sutton, PhD, Department of Bioengineering
Kenneth Watkin, PhD, Department of Speech and Hearing Science
Charles Werth, PhD, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Kenneth Wilund, PhD, Department of Kinesiology and Community Health
Xudong Zhang, PhD, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering

Other Institutions

Carol Bauer, PhD, Department of Surgery, Southern Illinois University
Tom Brozoski, PhD, Department of Surgery, Southern Illinois University
Vlad Toronov, PhD, Department of Physics, Ryerson University, Canada
Andrew Webb, PhD, Department of Bioengineering, Penn State University