Dr. Juan Cebral is a Bioengineering and Neuroscience professor at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. He received his undergraduate degree in Physics from the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina in 1991, and his PhD in Computational Sciences and Informatics From George Mason University in 1996. He is currently acting as the head mentor for this senior design project.
Dr. Cebral’s main area of research is based on the image-based computational modeling of cerebralblood flow and aneurysms, and is what this team’s design project is based on. He is in close collaboration with physicians from the Inova Fairfax Hospital and has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, the American Heart Association, the Whitaker Foundation, as well as industrial partners. He has co-authored over 80 journal papers, 10 book chapters, and 160 conference papers.
Dr. Carolina Salvador-Morales is an assistant professor in the Bioengineering Department at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. She, too, received her undergraduate degree in Physics from the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. In addition to this, she received an MS in Biochemistry from Trinity College and a PhD in Chemistry and Material Sciences from Oxford University in 2007. She is currently acting as a co-mentor for this senior design project.
Dr. Salvador-Morales’s main area of research is based out of the Laboratory of Nanotechnology, which she founded at George Mason University. She is involved in the research of drug delivery, colloidal chemistry, and proteomics. In addition to this, she is focused on the development of biomedical applications including vaccines and medical imaging devices.