Matt Titchenal M.S., Ph.D.

Dr. Titchenal integrated methods in biomechanics, imaging, and joint biology to study early events leading to OA following ACL reconstruction, with the ultimate goal of developing clinical methods for early detection and prevention of OA, when disease modification is still feasible.

Eric Chehab, M.S., Ph.D.
C.E.O., Novonate

Dr. Chehab studied how gait mechanics and knee cartilage change as people age.

Shannon Edd, M.S., Ph.D.

Dr. Edd studied differences in gait mechanics, cartilage structure, and patient-reported outcomes on patients on the pathway to getting medial compartment knee osteoarthritis.

Grace Xiong, M.D.
Resident, Harvard University

Grace studied the relationship between functional gait mechanics outcomes, patient-reported outcomes, and treatment proteomics in platelet-rich plasma injections for knee osteoarthritis.

Caitlin Clancy, M.S.

Caitlin is studied quantitative metrics for gait analysis with wearable devices.

Julien Favre, Ph.D.
Co-Director, Swiss BioMotion Laboratory

Dr. Favre studies new methods to evaluate human movement and cartilage morphology.

Pritish Chakravarty, M.S., Ph.D. Candidate
Visiting Student, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Laboratory of Movement Analysis and Measurement

Pritish developed algorithms employed by a user interface to carry out faster and easier analysis of joint properties using MRI images.

Alessandro Cavinato, M.S.
Visiting Student, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Alessandro developed and tested TiProScope, a software to segment bone and cartilage of the knee and build 3D models of these tissues.

Kevin Thomas, B.S.
Undergraduate Summer Researcher

Kevin studied the relationship between foot pressure and knee loading.

Michael Zabala, M.S., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Biomechanical Engineering Lab, Auburn University

Dr. Zabala studied the relationship between ACL reconstruction and gait mechanics.

Katerina Blazek, M.S., Ph.D.
Engineer
InSciTech, Inc.

Dr. Blazek studied changes in walking mechanics and systemic inflammation in obese individuals in order to understand the mechanisms behind the increased risk of knee osteoarthritis in the obese.

Mahta Baghoolizadeh, B.S.

Mahta analyzed rotational mechanics of ACL reconstructions.

Natalie Burkhard, M.S. Candidate

Natalie studied the effect of gait modifications on knee loads.

Jonathan Rylander, M.S., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Baylor University

Jonathan studied Femoroacetabular Impingement (FAI) and its effects on gait kinematics and kinetics with the goal of better understanding the injury mechanism for this condition as well as improving the surgical methods to treat it.

Benedikt Fasel, M.S.
Ph.D. Candidate, Laboratory of Movement Analysis and Measurement
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Benedikt developed statistical methods to analyze cartilage morphology.

Dr. Boyer studies lower extremity mechanics in locomotion, adaptations in ambulatory mechanics in aging, and mechanical and pharmacological interventions.

Sean Scanlan, M.S., Ph.D.
Vice President, Marketing and Medical Education
Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.

Sean studied the effect of ACL reconstruction on the post-operative ambulatory mechanics and cartilage health.

Ariel Dowling, M.S., Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist, BioSensics LLC, Cambridge, MA

Dr. Dowling is working on making wearable health monitoring products. In her Ph.D. work, Ariel studied ACL injury prevention methods using a marker-based motion capture system and an inertial sensor system to analyze and provide active feedback on healthy subjects performing a variety of jumping tasks.

Chris Dyrby, Eng
Engineer, InSciTech, Inc.

Chris is conducting forensic engineering, performing biomechanical analysis of accidents.

Nathan Netravali, M.S., Ph.D.
Global Clinical Strategy, Smith & Nephew

Nate studied meniscal injury through the use of gait analysis and finite element modeling to determine the effects of altered load on the underlying cartilage.

Alison Sheets, Ph.D.
Senior Biomechanics Researcher
Nike Sports Research Lab

Dr. Sheets is a senior researcher in the Nike Sport Research Lab. She leads a research team focused on identifying biomechanical mechanisms that limit human athletic performance, and then works with product creation teams to develop innovative solutions to overcome these limits.

Yoshimori Kiriyama, Ph, D.
Visiting Scholar

Dr. Kiriyama studied the fibril behavior of articular cartilage by developing multi-physics computational models.

Scott Bevill, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Mesa State College

Scott's Ph.D. project focused on regional variations in cartilage mechanobiology across the tibial plateau.

Paul Briant, Ph.D.
Principal Engineer, Exponent

Dr. Briant's research focused on the effects of altered loading on cartilage microstructure deformation and the development of osteoarthritis at the knee.

Seungbum Koo, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea

Dr. Koo studied the pathomechanics of knee osteoarthritis. His research involves investigating the association between the articular cartilage morphology and physiology variations and mechanical stress environments in the knee.

Stefano Corazza, Ph.D.
CTO, Mixamo, Inc.

Dr. Corazza was involved in the development of markerless motion capture techniques for biomechanical analysis.

Annegret Mündermann, Ph.D.
Head Functional Biomechanics
Clinic for Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Dr. Mündermann studied mechanical and biochemical factors associated with osteoarthritis of the knee.

Choongsoo Shin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Sogang University, Seoul, Korea

Dr. Shin studied the biomechanics of ACL injuries and the biomechanics of human movement. In particular, his PhD works involve modeling a knee joint to predict ACL strain during dynamic motions.

Lars Mündermann, Ph.D.
Project Manager Applied Technology Research
KARL STORZ GmbH & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, Germany

Dr. Mündermann was involved in the development of markerless motion capture techniques for biomechanical analysis.

Anderson Nnewihe, M.S. Candidate

Anderson developed a parametric model to estimate the joint contact force at the hip.

Shinichiro Iwata, M.D.
Visiting Scholar, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan

Knee biomechanics

Lise Worthen, M.S.
Research Health Scientist

Ms. Worthen was involved in the investigation of mechanical and biochemical factors associated with osteoarthritis of the knee.

Ajit Chaudhari, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedics
The Ohio State University

Dr. Chaudhari investigates the biomechanics of anterior cruciate ligament injuries and running overuse injuries. He also is involved in the development of markerless motion tracking techniques.