Researchers
The BioScience Research Collaborative serves as a hub for collaboration between Rice’s leading researchers in engineering, computation, and the biological, physical and mathematical sciences and the biomedical researchers of other world-renowned Texas Medical Center institutions. To learn more about the scientists and educators working in the BRC, click on the links below or contact BRC Director of Operations Diana Welch at 713-348-8400 or dwelch@rice.edu.
BIOENGINEERING
Michael W. Deem
Rice University: John W. Cox Professor of Biochemical and Genetic Engineering;
Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Deem Laboratory
Michael Diehl
Rice University: Assistant Professor in Bioengineering;
Assistant Professor in Chemistry
Supramolecular Biophysics and Bioengineering Lab
Rebekah Drezek
Rice University: Associate Professor in Bioengineering;
Associate Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Optical Molecular Imaging and Nanobiotechnology Laboratory
Ariel Fernández
Rice University: Karl F. Hasselmann Professor in Bioengineering
Fernandez Laboratory
K. Jane Grande-Allen
Rice University: Associate Professor in Bioengineering
The Grande-Allen Group
Oleg A. Igoshin
Rice University: Assistant Professor in Bioengineering
Igoshin Laboratory
Jeffrey G. Jacot
Rice University: Assistant Professor of Bioengineering
Texas Children’s Hospital: Researcher, Division of Congenital Heart Surgery
Jacot Lab for Pediatric Cardiovascular Engineering
Kurt Kasper
Rice University: Faculty Fellow in Bioengineering
Jianpeng Ma
Rice University: Professor of Bioengineering
Baylor College of Medicine: Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Ma Laboratory
John T. McDevitt
Rice University: Brown-Wiess Professor of Chemistry and Bioengineering
McDevitt Research Laboratory
Antonios Mikos
Rice University: Louis Calder Professor in Bioengineering;
Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Mikos Research Group
Joel Moake
Rice University: Sr. Research Scientist;
Associate Director, J.W. Cox Laboratory for Biomedical Engineering
Baylor College of Medicine: Professor of Medicine
Moake Laboratory
Mark C. Pierce
Rice University: Faculty Fellow in Bioengineering
Amina A. Qutub
Assistant Professor, Bioengineering
Robert Raphael
Rice University: Associate Professor in Bioengineering
Membrane and Auditory Bioengineering Group
Rebecca Richards-Kortum
Rice University: Stanley C. Moore Professor of Bioengineering;
Director, Rice 360°: Technology Solutions for World Health;
Founder, Beyond Traditional Borders
Optical Spectroscopy and Imaging Laboratory
Ka-Yiu San
Rice University: E. D. Butcher Professor of Bioengineering;
Professor of Chemical Engineering
Metabolic Engineering and Systems Biotechnology Laboratory
Junghae Suh
Rice University: Assistant Professor in Bioengineering
Nanotherapeutics Research Laboratory
Tomasz Tkaczyk
Rice University: Assistant Professor in Bioengineering
Modern Optical Instrumentation and Bio-imaging Laboratory
Jennifer West
Rice University: Isabel C. Cameron Professor of Bioengineering;
Chair of the Department of Bioengineering
Laboratory for Biofunctional Materials/Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering
BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY
George Bennett
Rice University: E. Dell Butcher Professor of Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Microbial Biotechnology Laboratory
Michael Stern
Rice University: Professor of Biochemistry and Cell Biology
James McNew
Rice University: Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Cell Biology
The McNew Lab
Mary “Cindy” Farach-Carson
Rice University: Associate Vice Provost for Research;
Professor of Biochemistry and Cell Biology
CHEMISTRY
Vicki Colvin
Rice University: Kenneth S. Pitzer-Schlumberger Professor of Chemistry;
Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
The Colvin Group
Jeffrey Hartgerink
Rice University: Associate Professor of Chemistry;
Associate Professor of Bioengineering
Hartgerink Research Group
John McDevitt
Rice University: Adjunct Professor of Chemistry and Bioengineering;
McDevitt Research Group
Eugene Zubarev
Rice University: Norman and Gene Hackerman Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Zubarev Research Group