Faculty

The Biomedical Engineering faculty shown below include professors, associate professors, and assistant professors with primary and joint appointments. To view additional faculty (courtesy, emeritus and visiting), select the "Find Faculty by Appointment" tab to filter results.

39 Results found for: Position

  • Daniel Abebayehu

    Assistant Professor
    Currently Recruiting
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    Dan Abebayehu, PhD, studies fibrosis and how different types of fibroblasts could promote tissue regeneration, instead of scar formation. Dr. Abebayehu's research has been supported by an NIH Mosaic Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00) which provides promising postdoctoral…
  • Timothy E. Allen

    Professor, Academic General Faculty, Teaching Track, Biomedical Engineering Director, NSF REU in Multiscale Systems Bioengineering and Biomedical Data Sciences
    Timothy E. Allen

    Timothy E. Allen teaches and mentors students in the areas of computational modeling of complex biological systems, molecular and cell biology assays, and medical device design.

  • Sameer Bajikar

    Assistant Professor, Departments of Cell Biology and Biomedical Engineering
    Currently Recruiting
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    Sameer Bajikar, Ph.D., uses multidisciplinary techniques to study the biological processes that go awry in brain development in neurodevelopmental disorders, like autism spectrum disorders and intellectual disability. His group is developing novel human stem cell and genetically…
  • Thomas H. Barker

    Professor, Biomedical Engineering
    Currently Recruiting
    Thomas H. Barker

    Thomas Barker explores and therapeutically exploits the fundamental links between fibroblast adaptation to their physical and biochemical microenvironment and their myofibroblastic differentiation during tissue repair, fibrosis and cancer.

  • Shannon Barker

    Associate Professor, Academic General Faculty, Teaching Track, Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Program Director
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    Shannon Barker, Ph.D., focuses on ensuring that the BME undergraduate program's educational objectives and learning outcomes, as well as its curriculum, reflect an innovative and highly effective learning environment that meets the needs of all of its students, as well as employers…
  • Bryan Berger

    Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering
    Currently Recruiting
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    Bryan received and his PhD in chemical engineering from the University of Delaware. He was a post-doctoral fellow in the department of biochemistry & biophysics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Currently Bryan is associate professor of chemical engineering with a joint appointment in biomedical engineering.

  • Silvia Salinas Blemker

    Professor, Biomedical Engineering
    Currently Recruiting
    Professor Silvia Blemker, UVA Biomedical Engineering

    Silvia Blemker uses experimental and computational models to characterize the relationships between muscle structure, biomechanical properties, biology, and function in order to develop new treatments for musculoskeletal disease

  • Philip E. Bourne

    Founding Dean, School of Data Science Professor, Biomedical Engineering
    Currently Recruiting
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    Philip E. Bourne leads a range of initiatives to encourage and facilitate the use of big data in large-scale research across the scientific and technological disciplines, with special emphasis on structural bioinformatics and systems pharmacology. He is the Founding Dean of the School…
  • Liheng Cai

    Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering (by courtesy) Assistant Professor of Chemistry (by courtesy)
    Currently Recruiting
    Liheng Cai

    My lab’s research lies at the interface of soft (bio)materials and biology. We seek to understand and control the interactions between soft (bio)materials and living systems to solve challenges in sustainability and health. We do this using a combination of experimental and theoretical approaches.

  • Steven R. Caliari

    Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering ChE Graduate Program Director
    Currently Recruiting
    Steven R. Caliari

    The Caliari Lab designs, synthesizes, and characterizes new biomaterials to explore the dynamic interplay between cells and their microenvironment, applying these platforms to address fundamental human health challenges in understanding disease and engineering tissues.