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Center Leadership

Kenneth Bryan Bader Ph.D.

Education Program Director

Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering

Kenneth B. Bader received a B.S. degree in physics from Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI, USA in 2005, and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in physics from the University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, USA in 2007 and 2011, respectively. He was a postdoctoral fellow under the tutelage of C. K. Holland at the University of Cincinnati, and was faculty in the Department of Radiology at the University of Chicago from 2016 to 2026. Dr. Bader is now an Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Michigan. His research
interests include the development and translation of histotripsy, and methods of image guidance for bubble-based therapies. He was elected at fellow of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM), and served as Chair of the AIUM Bioeffects Committee and the Biomedical Acoustics Technical Committee of the Acoustical Society of America. He was the recipient of the Frederic Lizzi early career investigator award through the International Society for Therapeutic Ultrasound. His research has been recognized by the ‘Test of Time Award’ (IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control) and the ‘Editor’s Certificate for Distinguished Laboratory Investigation’ (Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology).

E-Mail: [email protected] 

Research interests: 
Bubble based therapies
Contrast imaging
Venous thrombosis
Image-guided procedures
Bubble dynamics

Business Address: Biomedical Engineering, 2111 Gerstacker, 2099Mailing Address: 2200 Bonisteel, Blvd, Rm 1107 Gerstacker, Ann Arbor, MI 48109