Chao Zhou
CardS Program Director; Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
- Email: chaozhou@nospam.wustl.edu
Research Interests: Developing novel bio-photonics technologies, including optical microscopes, and optical stimulation and pacing techniques, for fundamental research, disease diagnosis, and clinical translation
REU Project: Trojan vs Hand Drivers: Effectiveness in Optogenetic Pacing of Drosophila
Nathaniel Huebsch
CardS Program Co-Director, Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
- Email: nhuebsch@nospam.wustl.edu
Research Interests: Basic and translational stem cell mechanobiology, with specific focus on hydrogels to control cell-mediated tissue repair, and 3-D iPSC-based heart-in-a-dish models to study the influence of mechanical loading and genetics on arrhythmia and contractility.
REU Project: Using image processing to study physiology in iPSC-derived micro-heart muscle arrays
Katherine Schreiber
Lecturer in Biomedical Engineering
- Email: khschreiber@nospam.wustl.edu
Contact Katie for administrative questions about all CardS programming and the Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) program housing, travel, reimbursements, stipend payments and logistics.
Patricia Widder
CardS and CEMB Education Program Coordinator, Teaching Professor in Biomedical Engineering and Director of Undergraduate Studies
- Email: pwidder9876@nospam.wustl.edu
Contact Patricia for questions about the Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) applications and overall program.
Mimi Hilburg
Administrative Coordinator, Department of Biomedical Engineering
- Email: mhilburg@nospam.wustl.edu
Contact Mimi for administrative questions about all CardS programming and the Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) program housing, travel, reimbursements, stipend payments and logistics.
FACULTY MENTORS
Chao Zhou
CardS Program Director; Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
- Email: chaozhou@wustl.edu
Research Interests: Developing novel bio-photonics technologies, including optical microscopes, and optical stimulation and pacing techniques, for fundamental research, disease diagnosis, and clinical translation
REU Project: Trojan vs Hand Drivers: Effectiveness in Optogenetic Pacing of Drosophila