Ronald E. Kumon
(Bio)Physicist
EDUCATION
Ph.D.   Physics, 1999, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
B.S.   Physics and Mathematics, 1992, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan

RECENT EMPLOYMENT
2007-present Senior Research Associate, Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
2005-2006 Senior Research Associate, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.
2003-2005   Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Imaging Research and Advanced Materials Characterization, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
2001-2003   National Research Council Research Associate, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.
2000-2001   Postdoctoral Fellow, Applied Research Laboratories, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, U.S.A.

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Biomedical ultrasound
* Therapeutic ultrasound for ultrasound-mediated drug and gene delivery, including sonoporation
* Diagnostic ultrasound for imaging and tissue characterization (e.g., breast cancer, gastrointestinal disease)
* Ultrasound contrast agents (microbubbles) and cavitation bioeffects
* Small animal imaging (e.g., mice and rats)
* Biophysical response of tissue to ultrasound
Biophysics
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Mechanotransduction of cells and its effect on signalling pathways
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Cellular membrane damage and repair
* Tissue biomechanics
Experimental techniques
* Fluorescence microscopy including calcium imaging
* Microfluidics 
* Optical trapping ("tweezers")
* Acoustical microscopy
* Surface acoustic wave spectroscopy
Industrial and applied acoustics
* Thin film characterization
* Materials characterization
* Nondestructive evaluation
Physical acoustics
* Nonlinear acoustics of  fluids, solids, and bubbles
* Numerical modeling of finite amplitude sound propagation
* Linear and nonlinear surface and interface waves in elastic solids
* Effects of applied and residual stress on acoustic waves (acoustoelastic effect)
* Effects of photoconductivity in piezoelectric semiconductors on acoustic waves (acoustoelectric effect)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
* Publications and Presentations
* Curriculum Vitae
* Software
* GPG Public Key

CONTACT INFORMATION
* Address:
  Department of Biomedical Engineering,
The University of Michigan,
2117 Carl A. Gerstacker Bldg.,
2200 Bonisteel Blvd.,
Ann Arbor, MI  48109-2099, U.S.A.
* Voice:
  +1 734-763-5448
* Fax:
  +1 734-936-1905
* Email:
 

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