Perlman Lung Mechanics Lab

Biomechanics • Pulmonary Physiology • Surface Tension • Surfactant Biophysics

People

Principle Investigator: Carrie E. Perlman, Ph.D. •B.S.M.E., Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology •M.S., Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University •Postdoctoral training in pulmonary physiology, Physiology & Cellular Biophysics and Pulmonary Division, Department of Medicine, Columbia University

Dr. Perlman is interested in understanding the mechanical causes of ventilation-induced lung injury (VILI) and, in particular, in the contribution of surface tension to the development of VILI. She is interested in developing new surface-tension lowering therapies for reducing VILI and in translating those therapies to the clinic, to increase the survival of acute lung injury patients. Beyond research, Dr. Perlman's activities include teaching an undergraduate fluid mechanics and transport course and a graduate cardiopulmonary mechanics course; directing the Stevens BME Ph.D. program; and serving on a NIH study section.

Postdoctoral Fellow: Alcendino "Neto" C. Jardim-Neto, Ph.D. •B.Sc., Physiotherapy, Goias State University •Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro •Postdoctoral training, Biomedical Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology

Dr. Jardim-Neto is a trained respiratory physiotherapist interested in understanding how the mechanical behavior of the respiratory system influences and is influenced by pathological conditions such as mechanical ventilation or disease. In investigating these interactions, he employs computational and physical models and signal processing techniques. He develops data acquisition tools and ventilation strategies. Presently, he is investigating causes of injury initiation and propagation in mechanically ventilated lungs.

Doctoral student: Charul Singh •B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Arizona State University •M.S., Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University

Ms. Singh brings to the laboratory industry experience as a quality engineer at Zimmer Biomet, where her responsibilities included working to ensure device compliance with FDA guidelines and performing health hazard evaluations, and as a process development engineer at Applied Medical, where she worked on optimization of laparoscopic device development. As a doctoral student, she is training in pulmonary physiology and performing research linking the morphology of lung injury with impairment of pulmonary gas exchange.

Past lab members
Postdoctoral fellow:
•Tam Nguyen, Ph.D.— Insmed

Ph.D. Student/Postdoctoral fellow:
•You Wu, Ph.D.— DataRevive

Ph.D. Student:
•Angana Banerjee Kharge — Integra LifeSciences

Master's students:
•Samantha Samuel — Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
•Jeffrey Bellanich — Physical Therapy, Columbia University

Undergraduate students:
•Nirali Shah — TIAA-CREF
•Gerald Ricardello — Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
•Garrett Joyal — Stryker
•Chelsea LaRose — Sanofi
•Christopher Sciancalepore — BD
•Neelesh Satpute — EdgePoint Capital
•Leah Spaulding
•Lauren Schultz
•Melanie Caba— Stryker
•Cameron Calder
•Benjamin Schablin
•Micaela Cardile