Kausik Sarkar

Professor Kausik Sarkar's Rheology, Biofluids and Ultrasonics Lab is involved in the fundamentals of multiphase flows, and applies them to problems of medical interest that require an understanding of mechanics--the stresses and transport in biological media and inside the human body and how they relate to diseases, diagnosis and cure. Specific focus is on the mechanics of cells, and cell-like “soft particles” such as liposomes and microbubbles, that are used for imaging and drug delivery. Current projects include investigation of echogenic liposomes for ultrasound imaging and targeted drug delivery, noninvasive blood pressure estimation using contrast microbubbles, ultrasound mediated cancer diagnosis, effects of ultrasound on cell proliferation, and the numerical simulation of emulsions of viscous and viscoelastic drops and biological particles.