Kristina M. Ropella, Ph.D.
Executive Associate Dean and Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Director, Joint Ph.D. Program in Functional Imaging, Marquette University & Medical College of Wisconsin
Office: Olin Engineering, 201
E-mail: kristina.ropella@marquette.edu
Research interests
- Signal processing
- Cardiac electrophysiology
- Functional magnetic resonance imaging
Professional preparation
Ph.D., 1989, Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University
M.S., 1987, Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University
B.S., 1985, Biomedical Engineering, Marquette University
Selected recent publications
Fijalkowksi, R.J., Ropella, K.M., and Stemper, B.D. Determination of Low-Pass Filter Cutoff Frequencies for High-Rate Biomechanical Signals Obtained Using Videographic Analysis. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. In Press 2009.
Imas, O.A., Ropella, K.M., Wood, J.D., and Hudetz, A.G. Isoflurane disrupts anterio-posterior phase synchronization of flash-induced field potentials in the rat. Neuroscience Letters. Vol. 402(3), p.216-21, 2006.
Rhodes, S.S., Camara, A.K.S., Ropella, K.M., Audi, S.H., Riess, M.L., Pagel, P.S., and Stowe D.F. Ischemia reperfusion dysfunction changes model-estimated kinetics of myofilament interaction due to inotropic drugs in isolated hearts. BioMedical Engineering OnLine, 5:16-30, 2006.
Rhodes, S.S., Ropella, K.M., Camara, A.K.S., Chen, Q., Riess, M.L., Pagel, P.S., and Stowe, D.F. Ischemia-reperfusion injury changes the dynamics of Ca2+ -contraction coupling due to isotropic drugs in isolated hearts. J Appl Physiol, 100: 940-950, 2006.
Paschal, C.B., Nightingale, K.R., Ropella, K.M.. Undergraduate Biomedical Imaging Education. Annals of Biomedical Engineering. 34: 232-238, 2006.
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