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Director

Sacks

Dr. Michael Sacks, Ph.D.

W. A. "Tex" Moncrief, Jr. Simulation-Based Engineering Science Chair I

Curriculum Vitae

UT Affiliated Faculty

Dr. Aaron Baker Professor (BME)	Dr. Thomas J.R. Hughes Professor (Oden Institute)
Dr. James Tunnell Professor (BME)	Dr. Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernandez Professor (BME)
Dr. Tan Bui-Thanh Assistant Professor (ASE)	Dr. Manuel Rausch Assistant Professor (ASE/EM)

Texas Heart Institute

Dr. Richard Dixon Director, Molecular Cardiology Research Laboratory	Dr. Peter Vanderslice Director MCRL Biology, Molecular Cardiology Research
Dr. Shaolie Hossain Senior Research Scientist, Molecular Cardiology Research

Research Staff

Dr. Daniel Howsmon AHA Postdoctoral Fellow	Dr. Amir Khalighi Research Scientist Assistant
Dr. Xinzeng Feng Oden Institute Postdoctoral Fellow	Dr. Toni West AHA Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr. Christian Goodbrake Postdoctoral Fellow (BME)

Graduate Students

Alex Khang BME Supervisor: Dr. Michael Sacks Research Focus: VIC mechanics and mechanobiology	Wenbo Zhang CSEM Supervisor: Dr. Michael Sacks Research Focus: Inverse modeling of heart valves
Hao Liu BME Supervisor: Dr. Michael Sacks Research Focus: Cardiac biomechanical modeling	Shruti Motiwale ME Supervisor: Dr. Michael Sacks Research Focus: Heart valve modeling
Natalie Simonian BME Supervisor: Dr. Michael Sacks Research Focus: In-vitro mitral valve modleing.	Robin Tucker BME Supervisor: Dr. Michael Sacks

Staff

Chase Becker, CRA

Senior Research Administrator

Student Associate