People
The Biomedical Imaging Center, BIC, is supported by administrative staff, research scientists, and technical staff. BIC is utilized by investigators from various departments both on campus as well as researchers at other academic institutions and the public and private sector.
Biomedical Imaging Center
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois, at Urbana-Champaign 405 N. Mathews Avenue
Urbana, Illinois 61801
(217)244-0600
Administration
- Tracey Mencio Wszalek, Ph.D.
Director
217-333-3149
- Rochelle Yambert, R.T. (R, CT) MS
Program Coordinator
217-244-0446
Research Scientists
- Iwona Dobrucka, Ph.D.
MIL (Molecular Imaging Laboratory)
Research Scientist in Molecular Imaging
333-4231
- Wawrzyniec Dobrucki, Ph.D.
MIL (Molecular Imaging Laboratory)
Senior Research Scientist
217-244-3938
- Ryan Larsen, Ph.D.
MRIL (Magnetic Resonance Imaging Laboratory)
MRI Research Scientist
217-244-0932
- Wenmiao Lu, Ph.D.
MRIL (Magnetic Resonance Imaging Laboratory)
MRI Research Scientist
217-244-2611
- Edward Maclin, Ph.D.
DOIL (Diffuse Optical Imaging Laboratory)
Research Assistant Professor
217-244-4462
- Boris Odintsov, Ph.D.
MRIL (Magnetic Resonance Imaging Laboratory)
Senior Research Scientist
217-244-8454
Technical & Operations
- Nancy Dodge, R.T. (R, MR)
MRIL (Magnetic Resonance Imaging Laboratory)
Medical Radiography Coordinator
217-244-0203
- Holly Tracy, A.S., R.T. (R, MR)
MRIL (Magnetic Resonance Imaging Laboratory)
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Specialist
217-244-0294
- Emily Hartman, BS, RDMS
UIL (Ultrasound Imaging Laboratory)
Research Specialist in Sonography
217-333-4571
Affiliated Investigators
(* Designates a Beckman Affiliation)
- Narayana Aluru, PhD, Department of Computational Multiscale Nanosystems*
- Michael Aref, MD, PhD, College of Medicine, and Department of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering
- Tracy Baynard, PhD, Department Kinesiology & Community Health
- Val Beasley, DVM, PhD, Department of Veterinary Biosciences
- Diane Beck, PhD, Department of Psychology
- Allison Bell, PhD, Department of Animal Biology
- Suzanne Berry, PhD, Veterinary Biosciences
- Rohit Bhargava, PhD, Department of Bioengineering*
- Marni Boppart, PhD, Department of Kinesiology & Community Health*
- Stephen Boppart, MD, PhD, Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bioengineering, and Internal Medicine; Mills Breast Cancer Institute, Carle Foundation Hospital
- Paul Braun, PhD, Department of Material Science and Engineering*
- Yoram Bresler, PhD, Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Bioengineering
- Jianjun Cheng, PhD, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
- Start Clark Price, DVM, Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine
- David Clayton, PhD, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology
- Neal Cohen, PhD, Department of Psychology, Director of Neuroscience Program*
- Brian Cunningham, PhD, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering*
- Ryan Dilger, PhD, Department of Animal Sciences
- Levent Dirikolu, DVM, PhD, Department of Veterinary Science
- Florin Dolcos, PhD, Department of Psychology*
- Sharon Donovan, PhD, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition*
- John Erdman, PhD, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition
- Ellen Evans, PhD, Department of Kinesiology*
- Monica Fabiani, PhD, Department of Psychology
- Tim Fan, PhD, DVM, Department of Veterinary Medicine
- Kara Federmeier, PhD, Department of Psychology
- Duncan Ferguson, DMV, PhD, Department of Veterinary Biosciences
- Kevin Finnegan, PhD, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Susan Garnsey, PhD, Department of Psychology
- John Georgiadis, PhD, Departments of Mechanical Science and Engineering, and Bioengineering
- Brian Gonsalves, PhD, Department of Psychology
- Gabriele Gratton, MD, PhD, Department of Psychology
- Brandon Harley, PhD, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Mark Hasegawa-Johnson, PhD, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- William Helfrich, PhD, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition*
- Wendy Heller, PhD, Department of Psychology
- Chuck Hillman, PhD, Department of Kinesiology and Community Health*
- Margarethe Hoeing, DVM, PhD, Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine
- Ying-Yi Hong, PhD, Department of Psychology
- Fatima Husain, PhD, Department of Speech and Hearing Science
- Michael Insana, PhD, Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Bioengineering
- Iwona Jasiuk, PhD, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering*
- Rodney Johnson, PhD, Department of Animal Sciences
- James Kirkpatrick, PhD, Department of Geology
- Hyun Joon Kong, PhD, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Art Kramer, PhD, Department of Psychology, Director of Beckman Institute*
- Jennifer Lewis, PhD, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering*
- David Kuehn, PhD, Department of Speech and Hearing Science
- Deborah Leckband, PhD, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering*
- Jeffrey Levengood, PhD, Department of Veterinary Science
- Zhi-Pei Liang, PhD, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Logan Liu, PhD, Department Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Wen-Tso Liu, PhD, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Alejandro Lleras, PhD, Department of Psychology
- Torrey Loucks, PhD, Department of Speech and Hearing Science*
- Yi Lu, PhD, Department of Chemistry
- Richard Masel, PhD, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Jodi Matheson, DVM, Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine
- 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
- Jeffrey Moore, PhD, Department of Material Science and Engineering*
- Phillip Newmark, PhD, Department of Animal Science
- Robert O'Brien, DVM, Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine
- William O'Brien, PhD, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering*
- Michael Oelze, PhD, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering*
- William Olivero, MD, Department of Surgery
- Daniel Pack, PhD, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering*
- Adrienne Perlman, PhD, Department of Speech and Hearing Science
- Gerald Pijanowski, PhD, Department of Veterinary Biosciences
- Lori Raetzman, PhD, Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
- Justin Rhodes, PhD, Department of Psychology*
- Edward Roy, PhD, Department of Pathology
- Susan Schantz, PhD, Department of Veterinary Biosciences
- Larry Schook, PhD, Departments of Animal Sciences and Bioengineering, Institute for Genomic Biology, Director of Biomedical Science, Vice President for Research*
- Ryan Shosted, PhD, Department of Linguistics
- Jacob Sosnoff, PhD, Department of Kinesiology and Community Health*
- Nancy Sottos, PhD, Department of Material Science and Engineering*
- Kenneth Suslick, PhD, Department of Chemistry
- Brad Sutton, PhD, Department of Bioengineering
- Kelly Swanson, PhD, Department of Animal Sciences
- Sharon Tettegah, PhD, Department of Educational Psychology*
- Fei Wang, PhD, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology*
- Ning Wang, PhD, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering
- Yingxiao (Peter) Wang, PhD, Department of Bioengineering
- Kenneth Watkin, PhD, Department of Speech and Hearing Science
- Bruce Fouke, PhD, Department of Geology
- Matthew Wheeler, PhD, Department of Animal Science, Bioengineering and Veterinary Clinical Medicine, Institute for Genomic Biology, Vice President for Academic Affairs*
- Scott White, PhD, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering*
- Kenneth Wilund, PhD, Department of Kinesiology and Community Health
- Jeffrey Woods, PhD, Department of Kinesiology and Community Health*
- Hung-Chang Yao, PhD, Department of Veterinary Biosciences
- Xudong Zhang, PhD, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering
- Charles Zukoski, PhD, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering