This program is dedicated to enabling students without a supervisor to find their ideal match among faculty members, based on one or two month rotations (as specified in the faculty member's description). In contacting the faculty member, please be aware that you may be asked details such as academic interests and your current GPA.
Chunqi Jiang, PhD
Associate Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Frank Reidy Research Center for Bioelectrics
4211 Monarch Way, Norfolk, VA 23508
Tel: 757-683-7061
Email: cjiang@odu.edu
Research Interests: My engineering group are interested in cold plasma (ionized gases) for environmental and biomedical applications. In particular, studies of inactivation of microrganisms in a medium (i.g. air or water) or on a surface using electrical discharges, cancer cells inhibition or inactivation using intense ultrashort electric fields, and reactive oxygen and nitrogen species are our areas of interest.
1-month rotation
Andrei Pakhomov, PhD
Research Professor
Frank Reidy Research Center for Bioelectrics
Old Dominion University
4211 Monarch Way, Suite 300
Norfolk, VA 23508
757-683-8003
Research interests: Effects of nanosecond electric pulses at cellular and subcellular levels, including neuromuscular stimulation, membrane permeabilization and repair, calcium activation, and cell death induction.
1-month rotation
Olga Pakhomov, PhD
Research Professor
Frank Reidy Research Center for Bioelectrics
Old Dominion University
4211 Monarch Way, Suite 300
Norfolk, VA 23508
757-683-8003
Research interests: Cell susceptibility to pulsed electric field (PEF) treatments, including identification of the mechanisms for cell death and recovery, with particular focus on plasma membrane repair. Impact of ion channels in cell response to PEF.
1-month rotation
Gymama Slaughter, PhD
Executive Director
Frank Reidy Research Center for Bioelectrics
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA 23508
Research interests: Implantable and wearable nanobiosensors, chemical sensors, biofuel cells, biophotonics, biomaterials, regenerative medicine, micro- and nanofabrication, BioMEMS, and embedded systems.
1-month rotation
Julie Zhili Hao, PhD
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Frank Batten College of
Engineering & Technology
Old Dominion University
zlhao@odu.edu
Research interests: Arterial pulse signal measurements for arterial health assessment via microfluidic tactile sensors and vibration-model-based analysis; viscoelasticity measurements for tumor detection and differentiation; mechanical characterizations of soft tissues via microfluidic tactile sensors.
2-month rotation
P. Thomas Vernier, Ph.D.
Research Professor
Frank Reidy Research Center for Bioelectrics
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA 23508
pvernier@odu.edu
Research Interests: We concentrate on the effects of very short (nanosecond), intense (megavolt-per-meter) pulsed electric fields on cells and tissues, combining experimental observations with molecular simulations. The focus of our recent work is the delineation and characterization of the biophysical mechanisms that govern electric field-driven, nondestructive perturbations of biological membranes. Nanoscale Bioelectrical Physics Laboratory.
1-month rotation