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Volker B132
(205) 975-2119

Research and Teaching Interests: Cardiac electrophysiology, Mechanisms of arrhythmias and defibrillation, Optical imaging of electrical and ionic activity in the heart, Tissue engineering

Office Hours: By appointment

Education:

  • B.S., Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Physics
  • M.S., Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Physics
  • Ph.D., Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Biophysics

Professor Fast joined the Department of Biomedical Engineering at UAB in 1997. His current research focuses on the effects of electrical fields on cardiac cells and on electrophysiological properties of engineered cardiac tissue. He teaches courses in Biomedical Engineering and Cardiac Electrophysiology.