CVET Director; Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Professor of Medicine (Division of Cardiology)
Dr. Efimov is a cardiovascular engineer whose research focuses on cardiac electrophysiology, arrhythmia mechanisms, bioelectrons, human heart physiology, and cardiovascular technology development.
CVET Co-Director; Assistant Professor of Surgery (Vascular)
Dr. Jiang is a vascular regenerative engineer whose research integrates biomaterials, stem cells, mitochondrial engineering, therapeutic delivery, and disease models to develop regenerative and disease-modifying technologies for vascular disease.
Research Associate
Paloma Amaral oversees the administrative and operational functions of the lab, including animal research protocols, regulatory compliance, lab safety, and personnel training. She also contributes to research focused on cardiac physiology, bioelectronic implants, and animal models of cardiovascular disease.
Research Associate
Eric Rytkin is an interventional cardiologist focused on translating minimally invasive cardiac technologies from lab to clinic. His work includes a bioresorbable millimeter-scale “milli-pacemaker” designed for temporary, leadless, MRI-compatible cardiac pacing, as well as a TAVR valve with integrated pacing capabilities to address post-implant conduction disturbances and support faster, safer, outpatient-oriented care.
John Rogers, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University
Tatiana Efimova, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University
Mark Eskandari, Department of Surgery, Northwestern University
Bowen Wang, Department of Surgery, Northwestern University
Clara Peek, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Northwestern University
Shih-Ting (Christine) Wang, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University
Neha Kamat, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University
Karen Ho, Department of Surgery, Northwestern University
Natalia Trayanova, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
Dmitry Kireev, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Luyao Lu, School of Engineering & Applied Science, George Washington University
Ivan Moskowitz, Department of Pediatrics, University of Chicago
Gina Adam, School of Engineering & Applied Science, George Washington University
Shana Kelley, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University
Bjorn Knollmann, Departments of Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University
Kalyanam Shivkumar, Department of Medicine (Cardiology/Electrophysiology), UCLA
Olujimi Ajijola, Department of Medicine (Cardiology/Electrophysiology), UCLA
Olivier Bernus, Scientific Director, Electrophysiology and Heart Modeling Institute Liryc (Bordeaux, France)
Bas Boukens, Department of Physiology, Maastricht University
Chris Weber, Pathology Department, University of Chicago
Magdalena Harakalova, Utrecht Young Academy, Utrecht University
Philip Gutruf, Biomedical Engineering Department, University of Arizona
David Pospíšil, Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Masaryk University
Oleg Gusev, Life Improvement by Future Technologies (LIFT) Center, Juntendo University
Roman Syunyaev, University of Nottingham
Ruslan Deviatiiarov, RIKEN Institute, Juntendo University, Japan
Tatiana Tatarinova, Computational Biology Department, University of La Verne
Niels Voigt, Molecular Pharmacology Department, University of Göttingen
Peter Yingxiao Wang, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California
Hangbo Zhao, Department of Aerospace/Mechanical/Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California
Guillermo Ameer, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University
Anastasia Khvorova, Program in Molecular Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
Vadim Backman, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University
Elizabeth McNally, Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, Northwestern University
Anna Pfenniger, Cardiology Division at the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
Megan C. King, Cell Biology, Yale School of Medicine
Manu Beerens, Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, UKE Hamburg
Sheng Xu, Stanford University
Brian Barnes and Oivind Toien, Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Kedar Aras, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Buffalo
Luisa Iruela-Arispe, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Northwestern University
Huiliang (Evan) Wang, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas Austin
Dominic Fullenkamp, Cardiology Division at the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
Daniil Aksenov, Department of Radiology, NorthShore University Health System
Gideon Koren, Brown Medical School
Donald Buck, Founder at Buck Surgical
Sihong Wang, Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago
Paul Schumaker, Pediatrics, Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Daniel Watterson, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Northwestern University