Michael Oelze, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Frederick G. and Elizabeth H. Nearing Scholar, Grainger College of Engineering

Health Innovator Professor, Carle Illinois College of Medicine 

Affiliate Faculty, Department of Bioengineering

Ultrasound Research Laboratories (https://publish.illinois.edu/oelze-us-lab/)

Research area:

• Quantitative Ultrasound Imaging / Null-Subtraction Imaging

• Mechanodynamic therapy: new concept for ultrasound-based cancer treatment

• Ultrasound-guided optogenetics (upcoming)

Relevant articles:

• Ultrasound controlled mechanophore activation in hydrogels for cancer therapy, PNAS, 119 (4), e2109791119 (2022)

• Noninvasive and spatiotemporal control of DNAzyme-based imaging of metal ions in vivo using HIFU, JACS, 144 (13), 5812-5819 (2022)

Jeffrey Moore, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Stanley O. Ikenberry Research Professor, University of Illinois

Professor Emeritus of Chemistry

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor

The Moore Group (https://mooregroup.beckman.illinois.edu)

Research area:

• Mechanochemistry via focused ultrasound

• Mechanodynamic therapy: new concept for ultrasound-based cancer treatment

Relevant articles:

• High-intensity focused ultrasound-induced mechanochemical transduction in synthetic elastomers, PNAS, 116 (21), 10214-10222 (2019)

• Ultrasound controlled mechanophore activation in hydrogels for cancer therapy, PNAS, 119 (4), e2109791119 (2022)

• Noninvasive and spatiotemporal control of DNAzyme-based imaging of metal ions in vivo using HIFU, JACS, 144 (13), 5812-5819 (2022)

Nam-Joon Cho, Ph.D., Nanyang Technological University

MRS-Singapore Chair Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

Director (Flagship Program) President's Office

Director, Centre for Cross Economy Global University Centre 

Project Leader and Principal Investigator at the Stanford University SyneRx Antiviral Drug Discovery Center (AViDD)

Translational Materials Innovation Group (https://www.namjooncho.com)

Research area:

• Ultrasound-guided synthesis of pollen materials

• Lifespan monitoring of electric vehicle battery using quantitative ultrasound

• Water treatment 

Relevant articles:

Maxwell Robb, Ph.D., Caltech

Professor of Chemistry, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA

The Robb Group (https://www.robbgroup.caltech.edu)

Research area:

• Stress/strain visualizing sensor

• Multi-channel mechanochromism

Relevant articles:

• Multichannel mechanophores-driven sensors for force visualization (In preparation)

Hyeong-Ki Kim, Ph.D., Chosun University

Professor, Architectural Engineering

Research area:

• Nondestructive evaluation of cementitious materials

• Quantifying inherent material nonlinearity in cementious materials

• Ultrasound imaging for reinforced concrete structures

Relevant articles:

• Can carbonation depth be measured in a nondestructive way? High-frequency quantitative ultrasound imaging for cement paste, Cement and Concrete Research, 180, 107519 (2024)

• On the inherent material states of ultra-high performance concrete from an acoustic perspective: Linking mechanical properties to microstructural conditions, Construction and Building Materials, 459, 139771 (2025)

• On the characteristic values of carbonation rate and chloride diffusion coefficient in aged concrete of existing structures,” Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 2025 (Accepted)

Junsoo Kim, Ph.D., Northwestern University

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Soft Matt Mechanics Laboratory (https://www.junsoo.kim)

Research area:

• Ultrasound for polymer Synthesis

• Topological Polymer network

• Improving Entanglement of Polymer Network

Relevant articles:

• Densifying entanglements in polymer networks (In preparation)