Alumni

Mark Andrew Borden received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering in 1999 from the University of Arizona and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering in 2003 from the University of California, Davis. He conducted undergraduate research at the University of Washington on a capillary-based, high-throughput, fluid-sample handling device and at Arizona on peptide affinity to chromatography columns. His doctoral research focused on modeling and measuring the gas transport properties and surface morphology of lipid-coated microbubbles. In addition, he investigated methods to produce unilamellar vesicles from novel diblock copolymers. In the Ferrara lab, Mark has investigated the role of microbubble shell physicochemical properties on ultrasound destruction mechanisms and developed targeted contrast agents. He currently is engineering novel microbubble formulations for ultrasound applications in molecular imaging and targeted drug delivery.

maborden@ucdavis.edu • Current Research

Paul Dayton graduated from Villanova University in 1995 with B.S. degrees in physics and comprehensive science, and a minor in chemistry. As an undergraduate, he conducted research in surface science with the Physics Department and pulse sequence programming for an NMR spectrometer in the Chemistry Department. He received his M.E. in electrical engineering and his Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from the University of Virginia in 1998 and 2001, respectively, and his research involved the study of ultrasound contrast agents. Dr. Dayton conducted post-doctoral research at the University of California, Davis, and is now an assistant research professor at the same institution. His current research interests include targeted imaging and drug delivery.

padayton@ucdavis.edu • Current Research • Website

Aaron Lum graduated with a BS in Bioengineering: ABET with a minor in Japanese Studies from Revelle College at UCSD in 1998. He then graduated with a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from UCD in 2003.

aflum@ucdavis.edu • Current Research

Michaelann J. Shortencarier received a B.S. degree in 2002 in chemical engineering from New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree in biomedical engineering at the University of California, Davis, CA, under the supervision of Dr. Katherine Ferrara. Her research involves targeted drug delivery systems.

mashort@ucdavis.edu • Current Research

Susanne M. Stieger graduated from the University of Veterinary Medicine in Vienna, Austria in 1995. From 1995 she performed a doctoral program at the Clinic of Veterinary Radiology at the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, where she graduated with a Dr. med. vet. in 1998. After graduation she performed a residency program in Diagnostic Imaging at the Clinic of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna and at the Clinic of Diagnostic Imaging, Veterinary Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland, which she finished with the DipECVDI in 2001. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree in comparative pathology at the University of California, Davis. Her research involved targeted ultrasound imaging of angiogenesis and increasing vascular permeability with low frequency ultrasound.

smstieger@ucdavis.edu • Current Research

Yang Sun received a B.S. degree in 1999 and a M.E. degree in 2002 both in biomedical engineering at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree in biomedical engineering at the University of California, Davis, CA, under the supervision of Dr. Katherine Ferrara. Her research involves coded excitation contrast imaging.

ywsun@ucdavis.edu • Current Research

Shukui Zhao received the B.S. degree in material science and engineering in 1998, the M.S. degree in biomedical engineering in 2001, both from Sichuan University, China, and the M.S. degree in electrical engineering in 2003 from St. Cloud State University, MN. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at University of California, Davis. His current research interests include targeted imaging with ultrasound contrast agent and ultrasound radiation force for enhanced targeting efficiency.

szhao@ucdavis.edu • Current Research