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Leadership Faculty Post-Doctoral Research Fellows Staff

Leadership

Nikolaos Stergiou, Ph.D.
Nikolaos Stergiou, Ph.D.

Assistant Dean and Director, Division of Biomechanics and Research Development, College of Education

Distinguished Community Research Professor and Founding Chair, Department of Biomechanics

Director, Center for Research in Human Movement Variability (MOVCENTR)

Professor, Department of Environmental Agricultural and Occupational Health, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center

nstergiou@unomaha.edu
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Alexey Kamenskiy, PhD

Professor

Department Chair

Director, Center for Cardiovascular Research in Biomechanics

Biomechanics

akamenskiy@unomaha.edu
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Jeff Kaipust, MS
Jeff Kaipust, MS

Assistant Director

jkaipust@unomaha.edu

Faculty

Ahad Behboodi, PhD
Ahad Behboodi, PhD

Assistant Professor

Biomechanics

abehboodi@unomaha.edu
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Carolin Curtze, PhD

Biomechanics, Assistant Professor

ccurtze@unomaha.edu
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Anastasia Desyatova

Assistant Professor

Director, Tissue Analysis Core

Assistant Director, Center for Cardiovascular Research in Biomechanics

Biomechanics

adesyatova@unomaha.edu
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Dobromir Dotov, PhD
Dobromir Dotov, PhD

Assistant Professor

Biomechanics

ddotov@unomaha.edu
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Nathaniel H Hunt

Biomechanics, Associate Professor

nhunt@unomaha.edu
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Dr. Majid Jadidi

Biomechanics, Assistant Professor

mjadidi@unomaha.edu
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David Cornelius Kingston

Biomechanics, Assistant Professor

dkingston@unomaha.edu
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Dr. Brian A Knarr

Biomechanics, Associate Professor

bknarr@unomaha.edu
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Todd Leutzinger, Ph.D.
Todd Leutzinger, Ph.D.

Instructor

Biomechanics, Instructor

tleutzinger@unomaha.edu
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Dr. Aaron D Likens

he/him/his

Biomechanics, Assistant Professor

alikens@unomaha.edu
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Professor Philippe Malcolm

Biomechanics, Assistant Professor

pmalcolm@unomaha.edu
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Dr. Kaspars Maleckis

Biomechanics, Assistant Professor

kmaleckis@unomaha.edu
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Dr. Madhur Mangalam

Biomechanics, Assistant Professor

mmangalam@unomaha.edu
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Mukul Mukherjee

Biomechanics, Associate Professor

mmukherjee@unomaha.edu
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Sara Myers, Ph.D.
Sara Myers, Ph.D.

Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Creative Activity

Biomechanics, Professor

samyers@unomaha.edu
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Yury Salkovskiy

Assistant Professor

Biomechanics, Assistant Professor

ysalkovskiy@unomaha.edu
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J. M. Zuniga

Biomechanics, Associate Professor

jmzuniga@unomaha.edu
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Post-Doctoral Research Fellows

Pieter Van den Berghe, Ph.D.
Pieter Van den Berghe, Ph.D.

Research Associate

Dr. Malcolm's Research Team

pvandenberghe@unomaha.edu
Farahnaz Fallah Tafti, Ph.D.
Farahnaz Fallah Tafti, Ph.D.

Research Associate

Dr. Myers' Research Team

ffallahtafti@unomaha.edu

Staff

Kolby Brink
Kolby Brink

Data Analyst

COBRE Qualitative Research Core

kolbybrink@unomaha.edu
Shubhankar Desai
Shubhankar Desai

Research Lab Engineer

COBRE Machining and Prototyping Core

ssdesai@unomaha.edu
AuraLea Fain, Ph.D.
AuraLea Fain, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

COBRE Movement Analysis Core

afain@unomaha.edu
Heather Larson
Heather Larson

Office Associate

Biomechanics

heatherlarson@unomaha.edu
Fabricio Malgalhaes, Ph.D.
Fabricio Magalhaes, PhD

Research Scientist

COBRE Movement Analysis Core

fmagalhaes@unomaha.edu
Nicholas Reynolds, MS
Nicholas Reynolds

COBRE Coordinator

Biomechanics

nrreynolds@unomaha.edu
Laura Rotert
Laura Rotert

Academic Program Coordinator

lecampbell@unomaha.edu
Andrew Walski
Andrew Walski

Research Lab Engineer

COBRE Machining and Prototyping Core

awalski@unomaha.edu

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