NESAC/BIO August 2008 Workshop Speakers

2008 NESAC/BIO Workshop Faculty

	David Castner is a Professor in the Departments of Bioengineering and Chemical Engineering at the University of Washington and is Director of the NIH-funded National ESCA and Surface Analysis Center for Biomedical Problems (NESAC/BIO). He received his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley in 1979. His current research interests are focused on the development and application of surface analysis techniques (ESCA, static SIMS, AFM, NEXAFS) for the characterization of biomaterials, organic thin films, and surface-bound biomolecules.
	Lara Gamble is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Bioengineering, NESAC/BIO Assistant Director, and NESAC/BIO Scientific Program Coordinator at the University of Washington. She received her Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the University of Washington in 1996. Her current research interests include analysis of DNA and proteins microarrays as well as investigation of novel methods for surface modification
	Allan Hoffman is a Professor in the Departments of Bioengineering and Chemical Engineering at the University of Washington and is a Past President of the Society for Biomaterials. He received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from MIT in 1957. His current research interests include surface modification of biomaterials and immobilization of biomolecules.
	Jim Hull is a Research Associate at NESAC/BIO. He received a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Washington in 2007. Jim's research interests include using AFM imaging and single molecular force spectroscopy along with SPR to investigate bacteria-protein interactions. He complements these studies by using ESCA and ToF-SIMS to investigate surface modifications of AFM tips and to gain additional insight into protein binding kinetics.
	Buddy Ratner is a Professor in the Departments of Bioengineering and Chemical Engineering at the University of Washington. He received his Ph.D. (1972) in Polymer Chemistry from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn. He established the NIH-funded NESAC/BIO in 1984, but now directs a NSF Engineering Research Center, The University of Washington Engineered Biomaterials (UWEB) Program. His research interests include biomaterials, surface analysis of organic materials, self assembly, and RF-plasma thin film deposition.
	Bonnie Tyler is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. She received her Ph.D. (1992) in Chemical Engineering from the University of Washington. Dr. Tyler currently collaborates with NESAC/BIO in multivariate spectral envelope comparison, multivariate quantitative analysis using SIMS, improved ESCA depth profile algorithms, and theoretical consideration of the effects of roughness on the ability to non-destructively depth profile materials.
	Tobias Weidner is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of Washington. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Kassel, Germany in 2006. His research interests include the interaction of peptides with surfaces and the analysis of novel self-assembled monolayers.