Expertise

Research Interests

  • Ultrashort echo time MRI
  • Quantitative MRI
  • High-Resolution Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography (HR-pQCT)/CT
  • Musculoskeletal Biology

Research

  • Bone Water as a Novel Therapeutic Target
  • Elucidating the Role of Bone Water
  • Ultra-short Echo Time (UTE) MRI of MSK Tissues: Maximizing sequence utility for biomarker development
  • Dynamic Cortical Pore Tracking using High Resolution Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography (HR-pQCT
  • 3D Multi-Stack Alignment and Registration of Clinical HR-pQCT Images

My work focuses on uncovering mechanisms associated with bone matrix water loss and identifying interventions to efficaciously normalize hydration and improve bone material properties.

Affiliations

Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Assistant Professor, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Purdue University

Communities
Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering
Degrees
PhD, University of Michigan, Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering, 2019
MS, Ball State University, Biomechanics, 2011
BS, Ball State University, Kinesiology and Exercise Science, 2009
Keywords
bone musculoskeletal system mri