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
- Tracey Wszalek, Ph.D.
Associate Director, BIC
217-333-3149
- Rochelle Yambert, R.T. (R, CT) BS
Coordinator/Asst. Director
217-244-0446
- Mary Jane Ham
Staff Secretary, BIC
217-244-0600
Research Scientists
- Harish Sharma, M.S.
Research Scientist, BIC
217-244-6795
- Boris Odintsov, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist, BIC
217-244-8454
Technical & Operations
- Nancy Dodge, R.T. (R, MR)
Medical Radiography Coordinator, BIC
217-244-0203
- Holly Tracy, A.S., R.T. (R, MR)
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Specialist, BIC
217-244-0294
Affiliated Investigators
- Dolores Albarracin, PhD, Department of Psychology
- 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
- Allison Bell, PhD, Department of Animal Biology
- Suzanne Berry, PhD, Veterinary Biosciences
- 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
- Steven Broglio, PhD, Department Kinesiology & Community Health
- David Clayton, PhD, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology
- Jennifer Deluhery, PhD, Waste Management Research Center
- Mengyuan Du, PhD, Department of Food Science & Human Nutrition
- Ellen Evans, PhD, Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, Division of Nutritional Sciences
- Monica Fabiani, PhD, Department of Psychology
- Kara Federmeier, PhD, Department of Psychology
- Raymond Fish, PhD, Departments of Surgery and Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Susan Garnsey, 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
- Margarethe Hoeing, PhD, Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine
- Ying-Yi Hong, PhD, Department of Psychology
- Ming Hsu, PhD, Department of Economics
- Fatima Husain, PhD, Department of Speech and Hearing Science
- Michael Insana, PhD, Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Bioengineering
- Rodney Johnson, PhD, Department of Animal Sciences
- 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
- Torrey Loucks, PhD, Department of Speech and Hearing Science
- Alejandro Lleras, PhD, Department of Psychology
- Yi Lu, PhD, Department of Chemistry
- Richard Masel, PhD, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Edward McAuley, PhD, Department of Kinesiology and Community Health
- Ling-Jian Meng, PhD, Department of Nuclear, Plasma and Radiological Engineering
- Gregory A. Miller, PhD, Department of Psychology
- William O’Brien, PhD, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- William Olivero, MD, Department of Surgery
- Adrienne Perlman, PhD, Department of Speech and Hearing Science
- Gerald Pijanowski, PhD, Department of Veterinary Biosciences
- John Polk, PhD, Department of Anthropology
- Justin Rhodes, PhD,Department of Psychology
- 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
- Kenneth Suslick, PhD, Department of Chemistry
- Brad Sutton, PhD, Department of Bioengineering
- Sharon Tettegah, PhD, Department of Educational Psychology
- 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