• BA, Biology / English, Fordham University, 1988
• BS, Mechanical Engineering, City College of New York, 1992
• ME, Mechanical Engineering, City College of New York, 1996
• Ph D, Mechanical Engieneering, City University of New York, 1999
• Post-doctoral, Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, 2001

Journal Articles

Pouria Fattahi, Yin-Ting Yeh, Tiankai Zhao, Mousa Younesi, Changjin Huang, Mauricio Terrones Maldonado, Siyang Zheng, Justin L Brown, Dan Dongeun Huh, Sulin Zhang and Peter J Butler, 2023, "Endothelial Cell Selectivity to Nanoparticles Depends on Mechanical Phenotype", Advanced Materials Interfaces, 10, (18), pp. 13

Haoyang Chen, Ninghao Zhu, Mohamed Osman, Ryan Biskowitz, Jinyun Liu, Shubham Khandare, Peter J Butler, Pak Kin Wong and Sri-Rajasekhar Kothapalli, 2021, "A transparent low intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS) chip for high-throughput cell stimulation", Lab on a Chip, 21, (24), pp. 4734--4742

Hasin Feroz, Bryan Ferlez, Hyeonji Oh, Hossein Mohammadiarani, Tingwei Ren, Carol S Baker, John P Gajewski, Daniel J Lugar, Sandeep B Gaudana, Peter J Butler and others, 2021, "Liposome-based measurement of light-driven chloride transport kinetics of halorhodopsin", Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Biomembranes, 1863, (8), pp. 183637

Rajarshi Guha, Subhadip Ghosh, Darrell Velegol, Peter J Butler, Ayusman Sen and Jennifer L Ross, 2020, "Entanglement and weak interaction driven mobility of small molecules in polymer networks", arXiv preprint arXiv:2009.12389

Peter J Butler, 2020, "Mechanobiology of dynamic enzyme systems", APL bioengineering, 4, (1), pp. 010907

S Son, HS Muddana, Changjun Huang, Sulin Zhang and Peter J Butler, 2019, "In situ, fluorescence lifetime-based measurements of cell membrane micromechanics", bioRxiv, pp. 694620

Peter J Butler and Amit Bhatnagar, 2019, "Mechanobiology of the abluminal glycocalyx", Biorheology, 56, (2-3), pp. 101--112

Subhadip Ghosh, Farzad Mohajerani, Seoyoung Son, Darrell Velegol, Peter J Butler and Ayusman Sen, 2019, "Motility of enzyme-powered vesicles", Nano letters, 19, (9), pp. 6019--6026

Matthew Collins, Farzad Mohajerani, Subhadip Ghosh, Rajarshi Guha, Tae-Hee Lee, Peter J Butler, Ayusman Sen and Darrell Velegol, 2019, "Nonuniform crowding enhances transport", ACS nano, 13, (8), pp. 8946--8956

Yue-xiao Shen, Woochul Song, D Ryan Barden, Tingwei Ren, Chao Lang, Hasin Feroz, Codey B Henderson, Patrick O Saboe, Daniel Tsai, Hengjing Yan and Peter J Butler, 2018, "Achieving high permeability and enhanced selectivity for Angstrom-scale separations using artificial water channel membranes", Nature communications, 9, (1), pp. 2294

Tingwei Ren, Ratul Chowdhury, Peter J Butler, Costas D Maranas and Manish Kumar, 2018, "Biomimetic Membrane Design Principles for Angstrom Scale Separation", Biophysical Journal, 114, (3), pp. 361a

Hasin Feroz, Bryan Ferlez, Cecile Lefoulon, Tingwei Ren, Carol S Baker, John P Gajewski, Daniel J Lugar, Sandeep B Gaudana, Peter J Butler, H\"uhn, Jonas and others, 2018, "Light-driven chloride transport kinetics of Halorhodopsin", Biophysical journal, 115, (2), pp. 353--360

Hasin M Feroz, Bryan Ferlez, Cecile Lefoulon, Hossein Mohammadiarani, Tingwei Rei, Carol S Baker, Peter J Butler, H\"uhn, Jonas, Cheryl A Kerfeld, Nigel J Burroughs and others, 2018, "Measuring Transport Kinetics of Light Driven Membrane Protein, Halorhodopsin", Biophysical Journal, 114, (3), pp. 146a

Qiong Wei, Changjin Huang, Yao Zhang, Tiankai Zhao, Peng Zhao, Peter J Butler and Sulin Zhang, 2018, "Mechanotargeting: Mechanics-Dependent Cellular Uptake of Nanoparticles", Advanced Materials, 30, (27), pp. 1707464

Xi Zhao, Henri Palacci, Vinita Yadav, Michelle Marie Spiering, Michael K Gilson, Peter J Butler, Henry Hess, Stephen J Benkovic and Ayusman Sen, 2018, "Substrate-driven chemotactic assembly in an enzyme cascade", Nature Chemistry, 10, (3), pp. 311--317

Samuel S Linton, Thomas Abraham, Jason Liao, Gary A Clawson, Peter J Butler, Todd Eric Fox, Mark Kester and Gail L Matters, 2018, "Tumor-promoting effects of pancreatic cancer cell exosomes on THP-1-derived macrophages", PLoS One, 13, (11), pp. e0206759

Pierre Illien, Xi Zhao, Krishna K Dey, Peter J Butler, Ayusman Sen and Ramin Golestanian, 2017, "Exothermicity is not a necessary condition for enhanced diffusion of enzymes", Nano Letters, 17, (7), pp. 5

Gary A Clawson, Thomas Abraham, Weihua Pan, Xiaomeng Tang, Samuel S Linton, Christopher O McGovern, Welley S Loc, Jill P Smith, Peter J Butler, Mark Kester and others, 2017, "A Cholecystokinin B Receptor-Specific DNA Aptamer for Targeting Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma", nucleic acid therapeutics, 27, (1), pp. 23–35

Seoyoung Son, George J Moroney and Peter J Butler, 2017, "$\beta$1-integrin-mediated adhesion is lipid-bilayer dependent", Biophysical journal, 113, (5), pp. 1080--1092

Welley S Loc, Samuel S Linton, Zachary R Wilczynski, Gail L Matters, Christopher O McGovern, Thomas Abraham, Todd Eric Fox, Christopher M Gigliotti, Xiaomeng Tang, Amra Tabakovic and Peter J Butler, 2017, "Effective encapsulation and biological activity of phosphorylated chemotherapeutics in calcium phosphosilicate nanoparticles for the treatment of pancreatic cancer", Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine, 13, (7), pp. 2313--2324

Xi Zhao, Krishna K Dey, Selva Jeganathan, Peter Butler, C\'ordova-Figueroa, Ubaldo M and Ayusman Sen, 2017, "Enhanced diffusion of passive tracers in active enzyme solutions", Nano letters, 17, (8), pp. 4807--4812

Xiaomeng Tang, Welley S Loc, Cheng Dong, Gail L Matters, Peter J Butler, Mark Kester, Craig M Meyers, Yixing Jiang and James H Adair, 2017, "The use of nanoparticulates to treat breast cancer", Nanomedicine, 12, (19), pp. 2367--2388

Molly Eckman, Christopher Gigliotti, Staci Sutermaster, Peter J Butler and Khanjan Mehta, 2016, "Using handgrip strength to screen for diabetes in developing countries", Journal of medical engineering & technology, 40, (1), pp. 8–14

RACHEL Dzombak, Khanjan Mehta and Peter J Butler, 2015, "An Example-Centric Tool for Context-Driven Design of Biomedical Devices", Advances in Engineering Education, 4, (3)

Vinita Yadav, Wentao Duan, Peter J Butler and Ayusman Sen, 2015, "Anatomy of nanoscale propulsion", Annual review of biophysics, 44, pp. 77–100

Allison Ranslow, Daniel Crompton, Khanjan Mehta, Peter J Butler and James H Adair, 2015, "Empowering community health workers with inkjet-printed diagnostic test strips", Procedia Engineering, 107, pp. 205–214

Yue-xiao Shen, Wen Si, Mustafa Erbakan, Karl Decker, Rita De Zorzi, Patrick O Saboe, You Jung Kang, Sheereen Majd, Peter J Butler, Thomas Walz and others, 2015, "Highly permeable artificial water channels that can self-assemble into two-dimensional arrays", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112, (32), pp. 9810–9815

Peter J Butler, Krishna K Dey and Ayusman Sen, 2015, "Impulsive Enzymes: A New Force in Mechanobiology", Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering, pp. 1–13

Seoyoung Son and Peter J Butler, 2015, "Lipid bilayer control of nascent adhesion formation", Biomedical Engineering Letters, 5, (3), pp. 172–180

Changjin Huang, Tugba Ozdemir, Li-Chong Xu, Peter J Butler, Christopher A Siedlecki, Justin Lee Brown and Sulin Zhang, 2015, "The role of substrate topography on the cellular uptake of nanoparticles", Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials

Daniel Ahmed, Hari S Muddana, Mengqian Lu, Jarrod B French, Adem Ozcelik, Ye Fang, Peter J Butler, Stephen J Benkovic, Andreas Manz and Tony Jun Huang, 2014, "Acoustofluidic chemical waveform generator and switch", Analytical chemistry, 86, (23), pp. 11803–11810

Krishna Kanti Dey, Sambeeta Das, Matthew F Poyton, Samudra Sengupta, Peter J Butler, Paul Cremer and Ayusman Sen, 2014, "Chemotactic separation of enzymes", ACS nano, 8, (12), pp. 11941–11949

Samudra Sengupta, Michelle Marie Spiering, Krishna K Dey, Wentao Duan, Debabrata Patra, Peter J Butler, R Dean Astumian, Stephen J Benkovic and Ayusman Sen, 2014, "DNA polymerase as a molecular motor and pump", ACS nano, 8, (3), pp. 2410–2418

Hari S Muddana, Samudra Sengupta, Ayusman Sen and Peter J Butler, 2014, "Enhanced brightness and photostability of cyanine dyes by supramolecular containment", arXiv preprint arXiv:1410.0844

Mustafa Erbakan, Yue-xiao Shen, Mariusz Grzelakowski, Peter J Butler, Manish Kumar and Wayne R Curtis, 2014, "Molecular cloning, overexpression and characterization of a novel water channel protein from Rhodobacter sphaeroides", PloS one, 9, (1), pp. e86830

Mahsa Dabagh, Payman Jalali, Peter J Butler and John M Tarbell, 2014, "Shear-induced force transmission in a multicomponent, multicell model of the endothelium", Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 11, (98), pp. 10

S. Sengupta, K. K. Dey, H. S. Muddana, T. Tabouillot, M. E. Ibele, A. Sen and Peter J Butler, 2013, "Enzyme molecules as nanomotors", Journal American Chemical Society, 135, (4), pp. 1406-1414

Ryan Michael Mathern, Sarah Schopman, Kyle Kalchthaler, Khanjan Mehta and Peter J Butler, 2013, "Design of affordable and ruggedized biomedical devices using virtual instrumentation", Journal of medical engineering & technology, 37, (4), pp. 237–251

Jenny P Dai, Amra Tabakovic, Welley Loc, Ana Butler, Christopher O McGovern, James H Adair, Peter J Butler, Bruce A Stanley, Jill P Smith, Mark Kester and others, 2013, "Development of an Ultrasensitive LC–MS-MS Method for Determination of 5-Fluorouracil in Mouse Plasma", Spectroscopy

Sarah Schopman, Kyle Kalchthaler, Ryan Mathern, Khanjan Mehta and Peter J Butler, 2013, "Ruggedizing Biomedical Devices for Field-Testing in Resource-Constrained Environments: Context, Issues and Solutions", Journal of Humanitarian Engineering, 2, (1), pp. 237–251

Changjin Huang, Peter J Butler, Sheng Tong, Hari S Muddana, Gang Bao and Sulin Zhang, 2013, "Substrate stiffness regulates cellular uptake of nanoparticles", Nano letters, 13, (4), pp. 1611–1615

Chil-Man Bae, Ik-Keun Park and Peter J Butler, 2012, "Assessing the Nano-Dynamics of the Cell Surface", Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing, 32, (3), pp. 263–268

Genevieve Brown, Peter J Butler, David W Chang, Shu Chien, Robert M Clegg, C Forbes Dewey, Cheng Dong, X Edward Guo, Brian P Helmke, Henry Hess and others, 2012, "Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering: A Tipping Point", Cellular and molecular bioengineering, 5, (3), pp. 239–253

H. Muddana, H. Chiang and Peter J Butler, 2012, "Tuning lipid phase separation in multi-component membranes using non-lipid amphiphiles", Biophysical Journal, 102, pp. 489-497

D. E. Fuentes* and Peter J Butler, 2012, "Coordinated mechanosensitivity of membrane rafts and focal adhesions", Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering, 5, (2), pp. 143-154

D. E. Fuentes*, C. Bae* and Peter J Butler, 2012, "Focal adhesion induction at the tip of a functionalized nanoelectrode", Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering, 4, (4), pp. 616-626

R. Dzombak*, K. Mehta and Peter J Butler, 2012, "Design by example: A web-based tool for context-driven biomedical device design", pp. 1-15

H. S. Muddana, R. R. Gullapalli, E. Manias and Peter J Butler, 2011, "Atomistic simulation of lipid and DiI dynamics in membrane bilayers under tension", Phys.Chem.Chem.Phys, 13, (4), pp. 1368-78

T. Tabouillot, H. S. Muddana and Peter J Butler, 2011, "Endothelial Cell Membrane Sensitivity to Shear Stress is Lipid Domain Dependent", Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering, 4, (2), pp. 169-181

Peter J Butler and Yingxiao Wang, 2011, "Editorial Note: Molecular Imaging and Mechanobiology", Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering, pp. 1–2

Daniela E Fuentes, Chilman Bae and Peter J Butler, 2011, "Focal Adhesion Induction at the Tip of a Functionalized Nanoelectrode", Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering, pp. 1–11

H. S. Muddana, S. Sengupta, T. E. Mallouk, A. Sen and Peter J Butler, 2010, "Substrate catalysis enhances single-enzyme diffusion", J Am Chem Soc., 132, (7), pp. 2110-2111

Hari S Muddana, Ramachandra R Gullapalli, Evangelos Manias and Peter J Butler, 2010, "Atomistic simulation of lipid and DiI dynamics in membrane bilayers under tension", Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.

Hari S Muddana, Samudra Sengupta, Thomas E Mallouk, Ayusman Sen and Peter J Butler, 2010, "Substrate catalysis enhances single-enzyme diffusion", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 132, (7), pp. 2110–2111

Chilman Bae and Peter J Butler, 2009, "Assessing the Dynamics and Mechanics of the Cell Membrane", Biophysical Journal, 96, (3), pp. 629a

Peter J Butler, 2009, "Motivating Undergraduates to Use Their Engineering: Integrating COMSOL Multiphysics and Designs for World Health", International Journal of Engineering Education, 25, (6), pp. 1097–1104

Hari S Muddana, Thomas T Morgan, Tristan Tabouillot, Erhan I Altinoglu, James H Adair and Peter J Butler, 2009, "Photophysical characterization of Dye-Encapsulated Calcium Phosphate Nanoparticles", Biophysical Journal, 96, (3), pp. 400a

H. S. Muddana, T. T. Morgan, J. H. Adair and Peter J Butler, 2009, "Photophysics of Cy3-encapsulated calcium phosphate nanoparticles", Nano Lett., 9, (4), pp. 1559-1566

Peter J Butler, 2009, "Encapsulation of organic molecules in calcium phosphate nanocomposite particles for intracellular imaging and drug delivery", Nano Letters

Peter J Butler, C. Dong, A. J. Snyder, A. D. Jones and E. D. Sheets, 2008, "Bioengineering and bioinformatics summer institutes: meeting modern challenges in undergraduate summer research", CBE Life Sci Educ., 7, (1), pp. 45-53

R. R. Gullapalli, M. C. Demirel and Peter J Butler, 2008, "Molecular Dynamics Simulation of DiI C18 in a DPPC bilayer", Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Thomas T Morgan, Hari S Muddana, Altinoglu, Erhan I, Sarah M Rouse, Tabakovic, Amra, Tristan Tabouillot, Timothy J Russin, Sriram S Shanmugavelandy, Peter J Butler, Peter C Eklund and others, 2008, "Encapsulation of organic molecules in calcium phosphate nanocomposite particles for intracellular imaging and drug delivery", Nano letters, 8, (12), pp. 4108–4115

Chilman Bae and Peter J Butler, 2008, "Finite element analysis of microelectrotension of cell membranes", Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology, 7, (5), pp. 379–386

Ramachandra R Gullapalli, Melik C Demirel and Peter J Butler, 2008, "Molecular dynamics simulations of DiI-C18 (3) in a DPPC lipid bilayer", Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 10, (24), pp. 3548–3560

Jhanvi H Dangaria, Sung Yang and Peter J Butler, 2007, "Pillars of Truth", BioTechniques, 42, (4), pp. 437–440

C. Bae and Peter J Butler, 2007, "Finite element analysis of microelectrotension of cell membranes"

M. C. Ferko, A. U. Bhatnager, M. B. Garcia and Peter J Butler, 2007, "Finite-element stress analysis of a multicomponent model of sheared and focally-adhered endothelial cells", Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 35, (2), pp. 208-223

J. H. Dangria and Peter J Butler, 2007, "Macrorheology and adaptive microrheology of endothelial cells subjected to fluid shear stress", Am J Physiol Cell Physiol., 293, (5), pp. C1568-75

J. H. Dangria, S. Yang and Peter J Butler, 2007, "Improved nanometer-scale particle tracking in optical microscopy using microfabricated fiduciary posts", Biotechniques, 42, (4), pp. 437-440

R. R. Gullapalli, T. Tabouillot, R. Mathura, J. H. Dangaria and Peter J Butler, 2007, "Integrated multimodal microscopy, time-resolved fluorescence, and optical-trap rheometry: toward single molecule mechanobiology", J Biomed Opt., 12, (1), pp. 014012

M. C. Ferko, B. P. Patterson and Peter J Butler, 2006, "High-resolution solid modeling of biological samples imaged with 3-D fluorescence microscopy", Microscopy Research and Technique, 69, (8), pp. 648-55

Chilman Bae and Peter J Butler, 2006, "Automated single-cell electroporation", BioTechniques, 41, (4), pp. 399

Chilman Bae and Peter J Butler, 2006, "Don’t aSCE Me Why", BioTechniques, 41, (4), pp. 399–402

PJ Butler, TQ Cai, NJ Rahway, M Cattaruzza, Heidelberg N Charkoudian, AF Chen, Xiaodong Chen, S Chien, DH Damon, M Cipolla and others, 2006, "Thanks to the Reviewers", J Vasc Res, 43, pp. 614

PJ Butler, R Gullapalli and T Tabouillot, 2006, "Tracking molecules in stressed cells: multimodal microscopy and single molecule spectroscopy for mechanotransduction", Journal of Biomechanics, 39, pp. S450

Peter J Butler, Tsui-Chun Tsou, Julie Yi-Shuan Li, Shunichi Usami and Shu Chien, 2002, "Rate sensitivity of shear-induced changes in the lateral diffusion of endothelial cell membrane lipids: a role for membrane perturbation in shear-induced MAPK activation", The FASEB Journal, 16, (2), pp. 216–218

Song Li, Peter J Butler, Yingxiao Wang, Yingli Hu, Dong Cho Han, Shunichi Usami, Jun-Lin Guan and Shu Chien, 2002, "The role of the dynamics of focal adhesion kinase in the mechanotaxis of endothelial cells", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 99, (6), pp. 3546

Peter J Butler, Gerard Norwich, Sheldon Weinbaum and Shu Chien, 2001, "Shear stress induces a time-and position-dependent increase in endothelial cell membrane fluidity", American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology, 280, (4), pp. C962–C969

Peter J Butler, Sheldon Weinbaum, Shu Chien and Daniel E Lemons, 2000, "Endothelium-dependent, shear-induced vasodilation is rate-sensitive", Microcirculation, 7, (1), pp. 53–65

Other

Peter J Butler, E. Donnell, S. Brennan, A. Brown, M. O''Laughlin and K. Bauer, 2014, "Mechanobiology of the Cell Membrane", pp. 20

Peter J Butler, S. W. Stewart and M. W. Roeckel, 2014, "Mechanotransduction of Endothelial Cells.", pp. 20

R. Dzombak and Peter J Butler, 2011, "Development of a structured design methodology for biomedical devices suitable for developing communities", pp. A08

A. Cheng, J. Simmons, C. Andrews, J. Klauw, B. Galadanchi, Peter J Butler and K. Mehta, 2011, "Mashavu Devices"

D. Fuentes, C. Bae and Peter J Butler, 2010, "Nanoscale mechanical manipulation of the endothelial cell surface reveals mechanical coupling of membrane rafts", pp. p. 133

Peter J Butler and K. Mehta, 2010, "Multifaceted engineering education is facilitated by design of medical devices for Kenya", pp. p. 104

H. S. Muddana, T. Tabouillot, H. Chiang and Peter J Butler, 2010, "Quantifying the Tension-lipid Packing Relationship Using Fluorescence Lifetime of DiI", pp. p. 77

H. S. Muddana, D. Ahmed, T. J. Huang and Peter J Butler, 2010, "A single-shot microfluidic device for investigating the effects of shear stress magnitude and spatial gradients on endothelial cells", pp. p. 39

H. S. Muddana, R. R. Gullapalli, T. Tabouillot, E. Manias and Peter J Butler, 2010, "Molecular modeling and measuring single fluorescent reporter molecules of in stressed membranes", pp. p. 141

S. Sengupta, H. S. Muddana, T. Tabouillot, T. E. Mallouk, Peter J Butler and A. Sen, 2010, "Substrate catalysis enhances single enzyme diffusion"

S. Sengupta, H. S. Muddana, T. Tabouillot, T. E. Mallouk, Peter J Butler and A. Sen, 2010, "Enzymes as nanomotors"

H. S. Muddana, T. Tabouillot, H. H. Chiang and Peter J Butler, 2010, "Differentiating lipid phase domains in cells using fluorescence lifetime of DiI"

H. S. Muddana, R. R. Gullapalli and Peter J Butler, 2009, "Tension induces changes in lipid lateral diffusion in fluid-phase model membranes"

H. S. Muddana, R. R. Gullapalli, M. C. Demirel and Peter J Butler, 2009, "Membrane tension increases lipid diffusion: a single molecule fluorescence study"

Wolfgang Becker, Axel Bergmann, Osman Bilsel, Ying Wu, Can Kayatekin, C Robert Matthews, Y Cheng, D Chorvat, N Poirier, J Miró and others, 2007, "Advanced photon counting techniques II"

Peter J Butler, C. Dong, A. Snyder and A. Jones, 2006, "The Penn State Biomaterials and Bionanotechnology Summer Institute", 10, pp. 1B

Peter J Butler and M. C. Ferko, 2006, "Stress analysis and mutiphysics of sheared and focally-adhered endothelial cells", 25, pp. 7A

Peter J Butler, DE Lemons and S Weinbaum, 1999, "Endothelial-dependent, shear-induced vasodilation is rate-sensitive"

•   -  , "Environmentally responsive, active nanotherapeutics targeting atherogenic endothelium," (Sponsor: Benkovic Award (Huck Institute of the Life Sciences)).

• Career Award, National Science Foundation, 2003 - 2008

• Fellow, American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, March 2015

• Lawrence J. Perez Memorial Student Advocate Award, PSEAS, 2011

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