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, Affiliate
Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Genomics; Biomaterials; Biomechanics

Roger Cooke, UCSF, Core Member
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, Affiliate
Biomechanics; Biomedical Imaging; Tissue Engineering

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

Bernard Halloran, UCSF, Affiliate
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, Affiliate
Biomechanics; Neural Systems Analysis

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

Larry Litt, UCSF, Affiliate
Biomechanics

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

Sally J. Marshall, UCSF, Affiliate
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

Kimberly Topp, UCSF, Affiliate
Biomechanics; Neural Systems Analysis

Alan Verkman, UCSF, Affiliate
Biomechanics

Rong Wang, UCSF, Affiliate
Biomaterials; Biomechanics; Biomedical Imaging

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