John M. Cormack, PhD

  • Research Instructor in Medicine
Academic Interests
  • Ultrasound imaging in diagnostic medicine, including spatial coherence imaging, 3D elasticity imaging, tissue harmonic
    imaging, and photoacoustic imaging
  • Cardiac and skeletal muscle biomechanics, including right-ventricle remodeling in pulmonary hypertension, and elastic
    wave motion in muscular tissue
  • Modeling and measurement of nonlinear wave phenomena in complex materials such as soft tissue, polymers,
    geomaterials, and piezoelectrics, including wave propagation, resonance phenomena, diffraction, and guided waves
  • Material characterization of nonlinear and viscoelastic materials using acoustical techniques

    Education & Training

  • BS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Rochester, 2014
  • PhD, Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 2019
  • Postdoctoral Training, Ultrasound imaging technology/Cardiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 2022