Center for Genomic Sciences

We are part of the West Penn Allegheny Health System

Paul Stoodley, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Vice Director for Imaging Center for Genomic Sciences
Allegheny-Singer Research Institute
320 E. North Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15212-4772
Phone: (412) 359-687
E-mail:

Students Mentored and Co-supervised
URA: Undergraduate Research Assistant

Name	Degree and MSU dept.	Dates	Project
Todd Shaw	PhD Mathematics, Committee member / lab. supervisor	2002-2003	Measuring and modeling the viscoelastic properties of biofilms.
Patrick Norris	MS Mech. Eng., Co-chair	2002	Ultrasonic delivery of antibiotics from hydrogels to bacterial biofilms
Bolor (Laura) Purevdorj	PhD Microbiology, Co-chair	2000-	Cell signaling and hydrodynamics in biofilms
Brett Towler	PhD Civil Eng. Committee / lab. supervisor	2000-2004	Biofilm viscoelasticity
Zack Bell	URA Microbiology	2002-	Proteomics of detached biofilm
Krista Cooperstein*	URA Microbiology	2002-	Proteomics of detached biofilm
Matt Winston	URA Mechanical Eng.	2002-2003	Biofilm viscoelasticity and detachment
Margo Schurman	URA Statistics (advisor: Marty Hamilton)	2002	Distribution of detached biofilm particles
Michele Wolf	MS Statistics (advisor: Marty Hamilton)	2002	Statistical analysis of biofilm structure
Cory Rupp**	URA Mechanical Eng.	2001-	Biofilm viscoelasticity (Keck Fellow)
Krista vanBuren	URA Ind. Management Eng.	2002-	Ultrasonic delivery of antibiotics from hydrogels to bacterial biofilms
Paul Gentile	URA Mech. Eng.	2003-	Mobile biofilm unit
Iolanda Francolini (Roma University)	Chem E. PhD under Prof. Gianfranco Donelli	2003	Ultrasonic delivery of antibiotics from hydrogels to bacterial biofilms
Benjamin Klayman	PhD Civil Eng., Committee member	2003-	Tracking the movement of biofilm cells (Keck Fellow)
Cathryn OíSullivan (University of Queensland)	PhD Environmental Engineering under Prof. Linda Blackall	2003	Cellulose degradation by biofilms
Scott Warnick	URA Electrical Eng.	2002	Microelectrorheometrey of biofilms (Keck Fellow)
Ryan Cargo	URA Mechanical Eng.	2001-2002	Biofilm viscoelasticity (Keck Fellow)
Chayne Piscitelli*	URA Chemistry	2000-2001	Cell signaling proteins in biofilms
Jennie Graham	URA Microbiology	2000	Detached biofilm particulates
Braden Dunsmore (visiting from University of Exeter)	PhD Biological Sciences under Hilary Lappin-Scott	2000	Formation and behavior of SRB biofilms
Susan Ruone	URA Microbiology	1999	Detached biofilm particulates

CBE Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)program
Aaron Jacobsen	Biological Systems in Eng., University of Nebraska	2000	Mechanical properties of biofilms
Kimberly White	Microbiology, University of Missouri	2001	Antimicrobial resistance of detached biofilm clumps
Heather Adams	Genetics/Molecular Cell Biology, Washington State University	2002	Detachment of an oral biofilm by powered brushing
Paul Gentile	Mech. Eng. MSU.	2003	Mobile biofilm unit

* Recipient USP Scholarship

** 2003 Goldwater Scholarship Nominee, 2003 William Parkins Engineering-Physics Award, 2003 Boeing Scholarship, 2002 Summer internship at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, 2003 Summer internship at the Los Alamos National Laboratory - Dynamics Summer School Program.

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