top of page


global leader in physics-based traumatic brain injury detection and prevention
BRAIN
INJURY
RESEARCH
Blunt
Blast
Directed Energy
Ballistic
RESEARCH AREAS

OUR VISION
Generate breakthroughs in understanding and preventing TBI through a physics-based, multiscale framework with an interdisciplinary team approach.
​
Physics-based: We are revising the world’s understanding of TBI by mechanistically linking injury to the physical forces of an exposure.
​
Multiscale: In TBI, brain function is disrupted at the micro or nano scale while protection solutions and treatments are implemented at the macro scale.
​
​Team approach: The persistent challenges of TBI require expertise from a broad array of disciplines and close partnership with industry to accelerate the translation of our scientific breakthroughs to US warfighter and consumer products.
our_vision


PANTHER
Physics-bAsed Neutralization of Threats to Human tissuEs and oRgans
Team
OUR TEAM

Program Officer
DR. TIMOTHY BENTLEY
Office of Naval Research

Engineering Project Manager
ALICE FAWZI
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Neural Tissue Lead
DR. DIANE HOFFMAN-KIM
Brown University

DR. ASHFAQ ADNAN
University of Texas, Arlington

DR. MEGAN BLAND-ROTHGEB
Trek Bicycle​

DR. SUSAN HAGNESS
University of Wisconsin-Madison

DR. DAVID HENANN
Brown University​

DR. SUNG HOON KANG
Johns Hopkins University​

DR. NICHOLAS MURRAY
East Carolina University​

DR. RAMATHASAN THEVAMARAN
University of Wisconsin-Madison​

DR. FILIZ YESILKOY
University of Wisconsin-Madison​

Director & Cellular TBI Lead
DR. CHRISTIAN FRANCK
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Head Sensing Lead
DR. JOSEPH ANDREWS
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Kinematic Analysis Lead
DR. HANEESH KESARI
Brown University

DR. ANDREA ARMANI
University of Southern California​

DR. SARAH BENTIL
Iowa State University​

DR. AVIAD HAI
University of Wisconsin-Madison

DR. CHAD HOVEY
Sandia National Laboratories

DR. ALEXANDER K LANDAUER
National Institute of Standards and Technology

DR. SHIVA RUDRARAJU
University of Wisconsin-Madison

DR. KSHITIZ UPADHYAY
Louisiana State University

Industry Lead
RON SZALKOWSKI
Team Wendy

Human Head Simulation Lead
DR. RIKA CARLSEN
Robert Morris University​

Material Characterization Lead
DR. LESLIE LAMBERSON
Colorado School of Mines

DR. PHILIP BAYLY
Washington University in St. Louis

DR. ZACHARY DOMIRE
East Carolina University​

DR. CORINNE HENAK
University of Wisconsin-Madison​

DR. ERIC JOHNSEN
University of Michigan​

DR. CHU MA
University of Wisconsin-Madison

DR. KRISHNAN SURESH
University of Wisconsin-Madison​

DR. DANIEL van der WEIDE
University of Wisconsin-Madison​
bottom of page