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Clark Center Faculty

photo of Drs. Todd Brinton, Joseph Wu, and Paul Yock in the Clark Center

Over 45 faculty from more than 20 different departments – along with all their students, postdoctoral trainees, and staff – reside in the Clark Center.

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Carla Shatz - David Starr Jordan Director of Stanford Bio-X, Sapp Family Provostial Professor, Professor of Biology and Neurobiology
Executive Committee Member, Seed Grant Committee Member, Scientific Leadership Council Chair, Clark Center Faculty, Clark Center Working Group Member
Stanford Profile
Dr. Shatz's Lab Webpage
To discover cell and molecular underpinnings of circuit tuning, the Shatz lab has conducted functional screens for genes regulated by neural activity.
Scott Delp - James H. Clark Professor in the School of Engineering, Professor of Bioengineering, of Mechanical Engineering and (by courtesy) of Orthopaedic Surgery
Seed Grant Committee Member, Scientific Leadership Council Member, Clark Center Faculty, Clark Center Working Group Member
CAP Profile
NeuroMuscular Biomechanics Lab (NMBL) Homepage
Dr. Delp's work draws on computational mechanics, medical imaging, and neuromuscular biology to improve treatments for neurologic and musculoskeletal diseases.
Sanjiv Sam Gambhir - Virginia and D.K. Ludwig Professor for Clinical Investigation in Cancer Research and Professor of Radiology (Nuclear Medicine) and (by courtesy) of Bioengineering and of Materials Science and Engineering
Scientific Leadership Council Member, Clark Center Faculty, Clark Center Working Group Member
CAP Profile
Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford (MIPS) Homepage
Dr. Gambhir's research interests are directed at the development of techniques to study various molecular/biochemical events taking place in living animals and humans, in their natural state.
Michael Levitt - Robert W. and Vivian K. Cahill Professor in Cancer Research in the School of Medicine and Professor of Structural Biology and (by courtesy) of Computer Science
Scientific Leadership Council Member, Clark Center Faculty
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Dr. Levitt's Lab Homepage
Dr. Levitt uses both molecular dynamics simulation and molecular modeling in the hopes of understanding the molecular structure and function of proteins and nucleic acids in enough detail to make accurate predictions about structure and function.
Alison Marsden - Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Cardiology) and of Bioengineering and (by courtesy) of Mechanical Engineering
Bio-X Affiliated Faculty, Clark Center Faculty, Scientific Leadership Council Member
CAP Profile
Dr. Marsden's Lab Homepage
Dr. Marsden's work focuses on the development of numerical methods for cardiovascular blood flow simulation, medical device design, application of optimization to large-scale fluid mechanics simulations, and application of engineering tools to impact patient care in cardiovascular surgery and congenital heart disease.
Sandy Napel - Professor of Radiology (Diagnostic Radiology), and (by courtesy) of Medicine (Medical Informatics), and of Electrical Engineering
Scientific Leadership Council Member, Clark Center Faculty
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Integrative Biomedical Imaging Informatics at Stanford (IBIIS)
3D and Quantitative Imaging (3DQ) Lab Homepage
Dr. Napel's primary interests are in developing diagnostic and therapy-planning applications and strategies for the acquisition and visualization of multi-dimensional medical imaging data.
William James Nelson - Rudy J. and Daphne Donohue Munzer Professor in the School of Medicine and Professor of Biology and of Molecular and Cellular Physiology
Scientific Leadership Council Member, Clark Center Faculty
CAP Profile
Dr. Nelson's Lab Homepage
The Nelson lab's research seeks to understand how cell interactions specify the correct cellular organization of complex tissues, and how structurally and functionally different plasma membrane domains are assembled and tailored to specific tissue and organ functions.
Sylvia Plevritis - Professor of Radiology (General Radiology), of Biomedical Data Science, and (by courtesy) of Management Science and Engineering
Seed Grant Committee Member, Scientific Leadership Council Member, Clark Center Faculty
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Dr. Plevritis's School of Medicine Lab Homepage
Dr. Plevritis's research program focuses on computational modeling of cancer biology and cancer outcomes.
Jonathan Pritchard - Professor of Genetics and of Biology
Scientific Leadership Council Member, Clark Center Faculty
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Dr. Pritchard's Lab Homepage
Dr. Pritchard's lab is interested in a broad range of problems at the interface of genomics and evolutionary biology.
Krisha Shenoy - Hong Seh and Vivian W. M. Lim Professor in the School of Engineering and Professor (by courtesy) of Neurobiology and of Bioengineering
Scientific Leadership Council Member, Clark Center Faculty
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Dr. Shenoy's Lab Homepage
Dr. Shenoy's group (Neural Prosthetic Systems Laboratory, NPSL) conducts neuroscience, neuroengineering, and translational research to better understand how the brain controls movement, and to design medical systems to assist people with movement disabilities.
Andrew Spakowitz - Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering and (by courtesy) of Materials Science and Engineering and of Applied Physics
Clark Center Faculty, Scientific Leadership Council Member
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Dr. Spakowitz's Lab Homepage
The Spakowitz lab is engaged in projects that address fundamental chemical and physical processes that underlie a range of key biological mysteries and cutting-edge materials applications.
Soichi Wakatsuki - Professor of Photon Science and of Structural Biology
Scientific Leadership Council Member, Clark Center Faculty
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SLAC Faculty Homepage
Dr. Wakatsuki's research interests include structural biology of post-translational modification and vesicle transport, structural biology of polyubiquitin recognition, synchrotron radiation and XFEL instrumentation, protein crystallography and small angle X-ray scattering, integrative multi-scale bioimaging.
Paul Yock - The Martha Meier Weiland Professor in the School of Medicine and Professor of Bioengineering, Cardiovascular Medicine, and (by courtesy) of Mechanical Engineering
Scientific Leadership Council Member, Clark Center Faculty, Clark Center Working Group Member
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Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign Homepage
Dr. Yock is the founder and director of the Byers Center for Biodesign, a multidisciplinary training and support program for physicians and engineers with the ambition and talent to become health technology innovators.
Alice Ting - Professor of Genetics, of Biology and (by courtesy) of Chemistry
Clark Center Faculty, Seed Grant Committee Member, Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
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Dr. Ting's Lab Homepage
The Ting lab develops technologies to study the molecular properties of living cells. They apply the technologies to understand signaling in the mitochondria and neuronal synapse.
Julia Kaltschmidt - Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Bio-X Affiliated Faculty, Clark Center Faculty
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The Kaltschmidt lab’s goal is to understand the molecular basis of neuronal circuit formation. They are particularly interested in circuits that underlie locomotion, sexual function and gut motility.
Karlene Cimprich - Professor of Chemical and Systems Biology and (by courtesy) of Chemistry
Clark Center Faculty
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Dr. Cimprich's Lab Homepage
The Cimprich lab is focused on understanding how cells maintain genomic stability, with an emphasis on the DNA damage response (DDR).
Joshua Elias - Assistant Professor of Chemical and Systems Biology
Clark Center Faculty
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Dr. Elias's Lab Homepage
Dr. Elias's lab develops and applies mass spectrometry techniques for studying, complex biological systems.
Judith Frydman - Donald Kennedy Chair in the School of Humanities & Sciences and Professor of Genetics
Clark Center Faculty, Seed Grant Committee Member, Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
Stanford Profile
Dr. Frydman's Lab Homepage
The long term goal of the Frydman lab's research is to understand how proteins fold in living cells.
Daniel Fisher - David Starr Jordan Professor and Professor of Applied Physics and (by courtesy) of Biology and of Bioengineering
Bio-X Affiliated Faculty, Clark Center Faculty
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Dr. Fisher's Department Website
Dr. Fisher's primary research interests are the dynamics of evolutionary processes.
Ron Dror - Associate Professor of Computer Science and (by courtesy) of Molecular and Cellular Physiology
Bio-X Affiliated Faculty, Clark Center Faculty
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Dr. Dror's Department of Computer Science Profile
Dr. Dror's research focuses on computational biology, with an emphasis on the spatial organization and dynamics of biomolecules and cells.

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