Associate Professor
Biomedical Engineering
guilford@virginia.edu

Phone: (804) 243-2740
Address:
    Box 800759
    Charlottesville, VA 22908

New Stuff:

• HighSTeP 2007, the High School Science Training Program

Related Information:

• Curriculum vitae, usually out of date
• Teaching Philosophy
• Papers, also usually out of date
• Pictures
• Kewl Stuff Bill Built!
  
• Ph.D. dissertation (1993)

 

• BIOM 204 Cell and Molecular Biology for Engineers
• Biomedical Engineering
• Cardiovascular Research Center
• Dr. Bill's Friends

 

William Guilford (Will, Bill, Dr. Bill) was born in Wauseon, Ohio in and raised on a small farm. He eventually went to college at Saint Francis College (now University) in Fort Wayne Indiana. There he double-majored in Biology and Chemistry and graduated with high honors.

Will moved to Tucson, Arizona to study Physiology at the University of Arizona. There he worked with Dr. Robert W. Gore doing microvascular research and designing a new force measuring device. He also had the honor of working briefly with Arthur T. Winfree, MacArthur Fellow, now deceased. Will graduated from U of A in 1993.

In 1994 Will began a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Vermont with Dr. David M. Warshaw. There he worked on the mechanics of smooth and skeletal muscle myosins in the laser trap transducer.

In 1997 Will began his first faculty appointment at the University of Virginia, School of Medicine, Department of Biomedical Engineering. His interests are wide-ranging, but center on the fundamental biomechanics of molecules involved in cell motility, and their roles in disease processes. He remains committed to the excellence in teaching instilled during his graduate training.

In his spare time, Will enjoys motorcycling, hiking, photography, do-it-yourself projects, reading (misc. fiction and theological history), working out (regularly, but in moderation) and his dogs. Cycling, racquetball and cooking are also amongst his interests, though less practiced.