Emilia Entcheva Assistant Professor Address Department of Biomedical Engineering HSC T18-030 Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY 11794-8181 Phone: (631) 444-2368/1498   Fax: (631) 444-6646 E-mail: emilia.entcheva@sunysb.edu Education Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, The University of Memphis, TN, 1998 B.S./M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Technical University, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1988 Past and Present Research Interests Cardiac Tissue Engineering Microfabrication and Testing of Biomaterials Dynamic Fluorescence Imaging of Cellular Function Advanced Image Processing Techniques Computer Modeling of Bioelectricity and Cardiac Excitation Support by Funding Agencies and Industry American Medical Association American Heart Association Courses Taught BME 301: Bioelectricity BME 503: Cell and Molecular Imaging Honors and Awards 2003 NSF Grant Review Panelist 2001 NIH Travel Award 1999-2001 American Heart Postdoctoral Fellow 1998-2000 Distinguished BME Postdoctoral Fellow 1987 Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD, Germany) Fellowship Publications/Patents 10 Journal Articles 35 Conference Papers Research Facilities Cardiac Cell Engineering Laboratory Dynamic Fluorescence Imaging Cell & Tissue Culture