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Biomechanics

Biomechanics involves the study and engineering of forces and motion in biomedical systems, including principles and techniques derived from the classical theories of linear and nonlinear elasticity, fluid dynamics, viscoelasticity, and plasticity. Relevant problems span all biological length scales, from the mechanical behavior of single molecules to whole organisms, including humans. Specific applications include cardiovascular fluid dynamics, bone biomechanics, cellular adhesion, mechanics and motility, molecular motors, single-molecule mechanics, cytoskeleton and extracellular matrix mechanics and dynamics, cellular mechanotransduction, mechanical property correlates of normal and disease processes. The field utilizes experimental, computational, and theoretical approaches.

Biomechanics faculty in the Graduate Group:

Tamara Alliston, UCSF, Core Member
Biomaterials; Biomechanics

David M. Auslander, UCB, Affiliate
Biomechanics

Stanley A. Berger, UCB, Core Member
Biomechanics

James Casey, UCB, Core Member
Biomechanics

Jhih-Wei Chu, UCB, Core Member
Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Genomics; Biomaterials; Biomechanics

Daniel A. Fletcher, UCB, Core Member
Biomechanics; Biomedical Imaging; Biomedical Instrumentation; Drug Delivery; Tissue Engineering

Michael Frenklach, UCB, Affiliate
Biomechanics

Robert Full, UCB, Core Member
Biomaterials; Biomechanics; BioMEMS, Nanotechnology, Robotics; Neural Systems Analysis

Stanton A. Glantz, UCSF, Core Member
Biomechanics

Julius Guccione, UCSF, Core Member
Biomechanics; Biomedical Imaging; Tissue Engineering

Grant Gullberg, UCB, Affiliate
Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Genomics; Biomechanics; Biomedical Imaging; Biomedical Instrumentation

Bernard Halloran, UCSF, Core Member
Biomaterials; Biomechanics; Biomedical Instrumentation; Tissue Engineering

Teresa Head-Gordon, UCB, Core Member
Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Genomics; Biomaterials; Biomechanics

Serena S. Hu, UCSF, Core Member
Biomechanics; Tissue Engineering

Hami Kazerooni, UCB, Affiliate
Biomechanics; BioMEMS, Nanotechnology, Robotics

Tony Keaveny, UCB, Core Member
Biomechanics; Tissue Engineering

Sanjay Kumar, UCB, Core Member
Biomaterials; Biomechanics; Biomedical Imaging; Tissue Engineering

Thomas Lang, UCSF, Core Member
Biomechanics; Biomedical Imaging; Biomedical Instrumentation

Patricia Leake, UCSF, Core Member
Biomaterials; Biomechanics; Drug Delivery; Neural Systems Analysis; Tissue Engineering

Steven L. Lehman, UCB, Core Member
Biomechanics; Neural Systems Analysis

Hao Li, UCSF, Core Member
Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Genomics; Biomechanics; Tissue Engineering

Dorian Liepmann, UCB, Core Member
Biomechanics; BioMEMS, Nanotechnology, Robotics; Drug Delivery

Larry Litt, UCSF, Affiliate
Biomechanics

Jeffrey Lotz, UCSF, Core Member
Biomechanics; Biomedical Instrumentation; Tissue Engineering

Sally J. Marshall, UCSF, Core Member
Biomaterials, Biomechanics, Biomedical Imaging, Tissue Engineering

Grayson W. Marshall, UCSF, Affiliate
Biomaterials; Biomechanics; Biomedical Imaging; Tissue Engineering

Mohammad Mofrad, UCB, Core Member
Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Genomics; Biomechanics; Tissue Engineering

Mark Ratcliffe, UCSF, Affiliate
Biomechanics; Tissue Engineering

David M. Rempel, UCSF/UCB, Core Member
Biomechanics; Tissue Engineering

Robert Ritchie, UCB, Affiliate
Biomaterials; Biomechanics; Biomedical Imaging

Philip Sabes, UCSF, Core Member
Biomechanics; Neural Systems Analysis; Vision

Theresa Tacy, UCSF, Affiliate
Biomechanics

Kimberly Topp, UCSF, Core Member
Biomechanics; Neural Systems Analysis

Alan Verkman, UCSF, Core Member
Biomechanics

William Young, UCSF, Core Member
Biomechanics; Biomedical Imaging; Tissue Engineering

 

 

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