Organization Overview
Technology Commercialization is responsible for management of WSU technology and intellectual property; encouragement of translational research; nurturing relationships with industry; and support and facilitation of entrepreneurial activities in order to support WSU's mission and to bring the benefits of WSU technology to the public.
Ken Massey
Senior Director of Venture Development
Aaron Lotvola
Aaron Rury PhD
Assistant Professor
Abbey McKinney
Abhinav Krishnan
Abu Ramim
Adam Mulka
Aditya Dandekar
Afreen Fatima
Agnes Malysa
Ahmad Heydari
Ahmed Ibrahim
Assistant Professor
Aleksandar Popadic PhD
Professor
Aleksander Ochocki
Alemu Fite
Alessandra Zieleniewski
Alexandra Cara
Ali Alaouie
Ali Gabali
Associate Professor Director, Hematopathology Fellowship Program Director, Hematopathology Division
Ali Vural PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Alice Walker PhD
Assistant Professor
Allen Rosenspire
Research Scientist
Allison Gartung
Alyson Wrase
Amal Abouarabi
Ana deCarvalho
Staff Scientist
Andrea Matti PhD
Senior Lecturer
Andrei Borisov, Ph.D.
Andrew David Berti Pharm.D.
Assistant Professor
Andrew Fribley
Andrew Garrett
Assistant Professor
Andrews Ankrah
Angel Schilke
Angela Longfellow
Antonio Earl Yancey
Anurag Dawadi
Anwar Mohamed
Professor
Aparni Kithulgoda Gamage
GRA
April Kusowski
April Lynn Kusowski
Graduate Research Assistant
Ashok Bhagwat PhD
Professor
Asmita Pant
Graduate Research Assistant
Athar Ansari
Associate Professor Graduate Director
Avraham Raz PhD
Professor of Pathology, Radiation Oncology and Oncology
Bahig Shehata
Banibrata Das
Barbara Anderson PhD
Associate Professor Associate System Medical Director, DMC University Laboratories Chief Pathology, Detroit Receiving Hospital
Barbara Bosch
Associate Professor Director of Pathology Education
Barbara Munk
Barry Franklin PhD
Professor & Director-Cardiac Rehabilitation & Exercise Labs
Batoul Abdallah
Behzad Bokanizad Bokanizad
Ben Kuiper
Bhanu Jena PhD
George E. Palade University Professor & Distinguished Professor
Bharati Mitra PhD
Professor
Bhavyata Patel
Bonnie F. Sloane
Distinguished Professor
Brad Keusch
Bramdon Stawiasz
Brandy Schneider
Brian Edwards PhD
Professor
Brian Mundo
Lead Design Lecturer
Brittany Stewart
Assistant Professor (Clinical)
Cameron J. Davidson
Carmen Gamlin
Director
Carthic Rajagopalan
Chair Department of Pharmacology
Chair
Chaitali Anand
Chantell Teasdale
Charles Chung PhD
Associate Professor
Charles Shanley
CEO
Charles Winter
Professor
Charlie Fehl PhD
Assistant Professor
Chela Wallin
Chelsea Gary
Graduate Student
Chelsea Richardson
Chisom Onu
Graduate Student
Christina Artalejo PhD
Associate Professor
Christine Chow
Professor
Christine Raabinak PhD
Associate Professor
Christine Willis
Christopher Kassotis PhD
Assistant Professor
Christopher Steiner PhD
Associate Professor
Chuanzhu Fan PhD
Associate Professor
Claudine Jaboro
Graduate Research Assistant
Claudio Verani PhD
Professor Associate Dean for Research and Space
Colleen Buggs-Saxton MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Courtney Campbell
Daisy Wright
Dajena Tomco PhD
Senior Lecturer
Dalia Alzebdeh
Dan Luo
Daniel Adebayo
Student
Daniel Kashian
Professor and Associate Chair
Daniel Radecki
Daniel Walz PhD
Professor, Associate Dean of Research & Graduate Program @ SoM
Danielle Garshott
David Carr
Genetics Laboratory Division Medical Director
David Evans
Professor
David Njus
Professor
David Pieper PhD
Executive Director-SEMCME
Deborah Williams
Neuroscience Fellow
Deepak Shrestha
Student
Deepth Yedlapudi
Dennis Anderson
Senior research scientist NMR/EPR laboratory manager
Dhrubajyoti Nag
Research Associate
Diana Mabel Diaz
Diane Elizabeth Adamo PhD, MS, OTR
Associate Professor & Director of Research
Dissanayaka Maheeka Embogama
Divyasri Damacharla
Domenico Gatti
Associate Professor
Donal O'Leary PhD
Professor and Director of Cardiovascular Research
Donald DeGracia PhD
Professor
Dongping Shi
Associate Professor
Donna Kashian PhD
Professor Director Environmental Sciences
Dora Cavallo-Medved
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Douglas Ruden PhD
Professor
Dulmini Barupala
Graduate Research Assistant
Ed Kim
Commercialization Program Director
Edi Levi PhD, MD
Associate Professor
Eduard Chekmenev
Associate Professor
Edward Golenberg PhD
Professor
Edward Kim
Elisabeth Marie Steel
Ph.D. Candidate
Ellen Tisdale
Associate Professor
Emilie Lalonde PhD
Assistant Professor/Clinician-educator
Emilio Mottillo PhD
Assistant Scientist
Esmat Ishag-Osman
Ethan li
Ewelina Kossakowska
Faisal Qureshi
Professor
Fangchao Liu
Federico Rabuffetti PhD
Associate Professor
Fulvio Lonardo
Professor
Fushin Yu
Gabrielle Garrett
Gan Wang PhD
Associate Professor
Gen Wu PhD
Professor
George B. Corcoran PhD
Professor and Senior Advisor for College Research Initiatives
Gil Mor MD, PhD
Acting Chair - Department of Physiology John M. Malone Jr. MD, Endowed Chair and Scientific Director of The C.S. Mott Center for Human Growth and Development, Vice Chair for Research-Department of Obs
Gina Savickas PhD
Assistant Professo
Glen Hood PhD
Assistant Professor
Gloria Heppner
Associate Vice President
Greg Auner
Gustavo Ares-Sarmiento PhD
Research Scientist/Assistant Professor (FTA)
Haidong Gu PhD
Associate Professor
Hanaa Hariri
Assistant Professor
Harini Sundararaghavan
Harley Tse PhD
Professor
Harshani Sewvandi Gurusingha Arachchige
Harshini Gangapuram Graduate
Graduate Student
Harvinder Talwar
Hashem Alsaab
Heather Dillaway
Associate dean for undergraduate studies
Heidi Kenaga
Heman Patel
Hemang Patel
Postdoctoral Fellow
Hien Nguyen
Carl Johnson/Pfizer Professor of Organic Chemistry
Hieu Hong
Hong-Qiang Heng PhD
Professor
Hossein Salimnia PhD
Professor
Hubert Raszewski
Husain Saleh
Professor Chief, Department of Pathology of Sinai-Grace Hospital
Hyeong-Reh Kim PhD
Professor
Ida Llewellyn-Smith PhD
Professor
Ikuko Kato
Professor
Ingrid Guerra-Lopez
Dean
Isaac Powell
Professor of Urology
Iulia Kovari
Senior Research Scientist
Izabela Podgorski
Professor;Co-leader of Prostate Cancer Research Team
James Bour PhD
Assistant Professor
Janelle Walker
Janet Poulik
Professor
Jared Schrader PhD
Associate Professor
Jason Mateika PhD
Professor & Graduate Officer
Jay Noren
President
Jayanth Ramadoss PhD
Professor
Jeffrey Ram PhD
Professor
Jeffrey Tseng
Associate Professor/tenure
Jeffrey Withey
Professor
Jennell White PhD
Assistant Professor (Research)
Jennifer Stockdill PhD
Associate Professor
Jessica Hodgins
Jessica Stewart
Graduate research assistant
Jessica Szlapa
Jian Wang
Associate Professor
JianJun Wang PhD
Professor
Jian-Ping Jin
Jin-Kun Cha PhD
Professor
Jinsheng Zhang PhD
Professor of Otolaryngology; Research Educator track, full time Associate Chair for Research Director - Laboratory of Tinnitus and Auditory Neuroscience Research
Joan Dunbar
John P. Oliver
John Santalucia
Professor
John Shallman
Johnna Birbeck PhD
Senior research scientist
Jonathan Panzer
Joongkyu Park PhD
Assistant Professor
Joseph Dunbar PhD
Professor; Director of Special Programs; Director of Medical Student Research & Innovation
Joseph Fava Pharm.D.
Assistant Professor (Clinical)
Joshua Holcomb
Joshua Stevens
Joy Alcedo
Associate Professor
Julie Madden
Justin Kenney
Assistant Professor
Justina Thomas
Kaitlin McKinney
Kaladhar Reddy PhD
Professor
Kamiar Moin
Research Professor
Karen Beningo
Associate Professor
Karen Weist
Karin List
Professor
Karthik Sekar
Katelynn Tyrna
Katherine Lehman
Katherine Massey
Kathleen Barrett
Kathleen Maheras
Kathryn Wrench
Associate Director, Research
Katie Hurrish
Kavan Desai
Kelly Bosse
Ken Jackson
Associate dean for graduate studies, special projects, personnel
Kenneth Honn
Distinguished Professor
Kevin Miles
Kevin Theis
Assistant Professor
Kezhong Zhang PhD
Tenure/Professor
Kimberly Andrews Espy
President
Kimberly Walkowiak
Academic Advisor
Krishnarao Maddipati PhD
Associate Professor, Director of Lipidomics Core Facility
Kudamaduwage Inosha Gomes
Kyungmin Ji
Ladislau Kovari
Professor and Associate Chair
Larry Matherly
Professor
Latoya Rice
Laura Susick
Lauren Tanabe
Lawrence Lash
Professor and Associate Chair
Li Tao
PhD student
Liang Chen
Linda Gojcevic
Lindsey Kreinbring
Livjot Sachdeva
Long Luo PhD
Assistant Professor
Lori Pile PhD
Associate Professor Co-Director MARC
M Safwan Badr MD
Professor & Chair of Internal Medicine; Division Chief of Pulmonary Critical Care
Madusha Lakshani Watuthanthrige Perera
Mahmoud Zeydabadinezhad
Maik Huettemann PhD
Professor and Division Director for Research
Malathy Puthan Shekhar PhD
Professor
Manisha Agarwal Ph.D.
Marcella Sharma
Margaret Kokoszka
Margaret Sena Akpo
Graduate Research Assistant
Maria Worsham
Professor
Marianna Sadagurski PhD
Assistant Professor Adjunct Assistant Research Professor (University of Michigan)
Mariela Mendez PhD
Assistant Scientist-Hypertension and Vascular Research Division, Henry Ford Hospital Assistant Professor (FTA)-Department of Physiology, Wayne State University
Marilynn Fairfax PhD
Associate Professor
Mark VanBerkum PhD
Professor
Markku Kurkinen
Markus Friedrich
Professor
Martin Bluth
Professor Associate Director of the Transfusion Service, Director of the Translational Research
Martin Crozier
Adjunct Faculty
Mary Kay Pflum PhD
Professor
Mary Rodgers PhD
Professor, Physical and Analytical Visiting Scientist, FELIX Facility, Radboud University, The Netherlands
MaryAnne Stewart EdD, MBA, MLS
Assistant Professor (Clinical)
Maryetta Dombrowski
Matthew Allen
Chair and Professor
Matthew Jackson PhD
Associate Professor
Megan Quandt
Meghan Crechiolo
Melissa Runge-Morris
Professor
Mia Stewart
Michael Aulicino
Clinical Assistant Professor
Michael Bannon
Professor
Michael Bohanon
Michael Cher
Professor of Urology and Pathology Chairman of Urology Department Chief of Urology, Karmanos Cancer Institute
Michael Joseph Rybak Pharm.D.,MPH,PhD
Professor
Michael Petriello
Assistant Professor
Michael Tainsky PhD
Professor
Michele Grimm
Miller Fawaz
Miriam Greenberg
Professor
Mohamed Chakkour
Molecular Medicine & Genetics Director
Director
Mustapha Kandouz
Associate Professor
Nabiha Khoury
Clinical Assistant Professor
Nada Khodir
Namrata Murthy
Academic Services Officer
Nancy Christ
Director Michigan Neonatal Biobank
Nancy Wu
Senior Lecturer
Nataliya Turchyn
Senior Lecturer
Navnath Gavande
Navnath Gavande PhD
Assistant Professor
Ned Staebler
Vice President
Neelesh Aggarwal
Student
Neha Aggarwal
Neha Gupta
Nicholas Peranio PhD
Senior research scientist Mass spectrometry laboratory manager
Nick Carruthers
Research Associate
Nicole Grynaviski
Niko Moses
Noreen Rossi MD
Professor & Vice Chair of Internal Medicine
Nouran Yonis
Nour-Eddine Rhaleb PhD
Professor
Ntxawm Yajnomnpis
Nuwan Acharige
Office of the President the President
President
Olena Danylyuk
Pablo Ortiz PhD
Division Head and Earl Ward Endowed Chair of Hypertension; Hypertension and Vascular Research Division (HFHS)
Pamela Harding PhD
Associate Professor
Patrick Hines MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Patrick Lindsey
Patrick Medado
Patrick Meuller PhD
Associate Professor
Paul E Kilgore
Associate Professor
Paul E. Kilgore MPH, MD
Associate Professor & Director of Research
Paul Tranchida
Assistant Professor
Paula Sochacki
Clinical Assistant Professor
Paulo Caceres Puzzella PhD
Assistant Scientist-Hypertension and Vascular Research Division, Henry Ford Hospital Assistant Professor (FTA)-Department of Physiology, Wayne State University
Pei-Chung Lee
Assistant Professor
Penelope Higgs
Associate Professor
Philip Agop Philip MD, PhD, FRCP
Professor
Philip Pellett
Professor and Chair
Phillip Levy MPH, MD
Professor-Emergency Medicine
Poorva Divekar
Pramodini B. Kale-Pradhan Pharm.D.
Professor (Clinical)
Prashant Hariharan
Premveer Reddy
Professor
Pushpa Rao
QianQian Li PhD
Associate Professor
Qingping Dou
Professor
Rafael Fridman PhD
Professor Leader of Proteases and Cancer Program of the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
Rafic Beydoun
Associate Professor Coordinator anatomic/surgical pathology for residency training program Medical director of histology laboratory (DMC)
Raghavendar Thipparthi PhD
Associate Professor
Rahul Deshmukh
Rakins
Associate Professor
Ramin Sakhtemani
Graduate Research Assistant
Randall Gill
Research Associate
Randall L. Commissaris PhD
Associate Professor
Rania Deranieh
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Ray Mattingly
Professor and Chair
Razieh Kebriaei
Rebecca Tagett
Regina Zibuck PhD
Associate Professor Research and Director of Undergraduate Studies
Renee Boogren
Richard Young Ph.D.
Robert Akins PhD
Professor ; Director of the BMI/BMB MS Program
Robert Lasley PhD
Professor
Robert Sherwin
Robert Thomas PhD
Senior Lecturer
Robert Wessells PhD
Associate Professor
Roberto Mendez
Rodrigo Andrade
Professor and Vice-Chair for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Ronald Kent
Rosilyn Gborogen
Rouba Ali-Fehmi
Professor Director of the GYN Oncology Tissue Procurement Program, and Director of Surgical Pathology Fellowship Program of Wayne State University and the Karmanos Cancer Institute Co-Director GYN Onc
Ruby Mathews-Cox
Ruchika Patel
Russell Finley PhD
Professor
Ruta Jog
Rylee Severs
Salah A. Ebrahim
Assistant Professor
Samaresh Sau
Samson Jamesdaniel PhD
Adjunct Assistant Professo
Sandamali Amarasingha Ekanayaka
Sarah Plecha
Sarah Trimpin PhD
Professor
Sean Hickey PhD
Assistant Professor of Teaching
Seema Shah
Senthil Kumar Rajasekaran
Senior Associate Dean for Curricular Affairs and Undergraduate Medical Education ; Professor of Pharmacology
Sharon Ackerman
Associate Professor
Shelby Kasto
Shengyi Sun
Professor
Shijie Sheng PhD
Professor Leader of the Tumor & Microenvironment Program, The Karmanos Cancer Institute
Shiv Sharma
Sidra Ahsan
PhD Candidate
Sokol Todi
Professor
Soniya Katekar
Sophia Chaudhry
Sreenivasa Chinni
Associate Professor
Sri Aneesha Chundru
Stanislav Groysman PhD
Associate Professor
Stephanie Brock PhD
Professor Adjunct Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Stephanie Hartwell
Dean
Stephen Lanier PhD
Professor
Steven DiMambro
Steven Horne
Steven Keteyian PhD
Adjunct Professor
Steven M. Firestine PhD
Interim Chair and Professor
Sudeshna Bandyopadhyay PhD
Associate Professor
Sudeshna Biswas
Phd student
Sudha Sadasivan
Sujith Venkata Sajja
Sumit Monu PhD
Research Scientist II/Assistant Professor (FTA)
Sunil Jaiman
Assistant Professor
Supuni Thalalla Gamage
Suresh Palaniyandi PhD
Assistant Professor
Susan L. Davis Pharm.D.
Interim Associate Dean for Pharmacy, Clinical Professor of Pharmacy Practice
Sushmita Patil
Suzanne Jacques
Professor
Sydney Scofield
Takeshi Sakamoto PhD
Assistant Professor fo Biophysics and Biomedical Physics
Tamara Hendrickson PhD
Associate Professor
Tamil Jones
Tammon Nash
Assistant Professor System Medical Director, Blood Bank
Tapan Bhavsar
Assistant Professor/Clinician-educator, Hematopathology WSU-SOM
Taunya Phillips
AVP, Technology Commercialization
Taylor Trott
Taylor Vensko
Graduate Research Assistant
Tengis Pavlov PhD
Physiology
Tess Burzynski
Thilani Anthony
Thomas Dowling PhD
Professor
Thomas Fischer
Associate Professor Director, Undergraduate Major in Neuroscience
Thomas Kocarek
Professor
Tim Stemmler
Titiana Gorges
Todd Honeycutt
Todd Leff
Associate Dean, Prof. Develop.
Tom Linz PhD
Assistant Professor
Varun Trivedi
Design Engineer
Veronica Chiu
Victoria Meller
Professor and Chair
Vindya H Ramanayake-Mudiyanselage
Vinod Shidham
Executive editor & coeditor-in-chief: CytoJournal (WWW.CytoJournal.com) Vice Chair- AP & Professor Cytopathology Fellowship Program Director
Vladimir Chernyak PhD
Professor Adjunct Professor, Mathematics
Wael Sakr
Professor Chairman
Walter Boron MD, PhD
Professor
Wanqing Liu
Associate Professor
Wei Song
Wei-Ling Tsou PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Weilong Hao PhD
Associate Professor
Wen Li
Professor
William Kupsky
Professor Departmental Faculty Development Liaison
William Lindblad
Associate Professor
Xiangqun Ye
Xiaoqing Guan
Research Associate
Xuequn Chen PhD
Associate Professor
Yi Liao
Yiran Li
Youming Xie
Professor
Young Hoon Ahn
Associate Professor
Yu Yang
Yuan He PhD
Assistant Professor
Yuchen Zhang
Yue Qi
Zer Yang
Zhe Yang
Associate Professor
Zhenfei Liu PhD
Assistant Professor
Zheni Shen
Zhenzhong Ma
Zhi Mei PhD
Research Associate, EM Laboratory
Zhibing Zhang MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Educational & Clinical