Leadership and Staff

Find BME administration and office, lab, and research staff, including postdocs.

Leadership

Shayn Peirce-Cottler

Professor and Chair, Biomedical Engineering Harrison Distinguished Teaching Professor

Shayn Peirce-Cottler develops computational models and combines them with wet lab experiments and machine learning to study how tissues heal after injury and to develop new therapies for inducing tissue regeneration.

Donald Richieri Griffin

Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering & Chemical Engineering

Donald Griffin improves clinical translation of acellular and cellular therapies through enhanced hydrogel-tissue integration, specifically focusing on the development of passive and active instructional microenvironments using microscale building blocks.

Shannon Barker

Associate Professor, Academic General Faculty, Teaching Track, Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Program Director
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, graduate &…

David Chen

Managing Director, Wallace H. Coulter Center for Translational Research Assistant Dean for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Partnerships, UVA Engineering Professor of Practice, Biomedical Engineering

David Chen is the founding Managing Director of the Wallace H. Coulter Center for Translational Research at the University of Virginia and Professor of Practice in Biomedical Engineering.

Crystal Lamm

Department Administrator

Office and IT Staff

Kitter Bishop

Alumni Relations and Communications

Tracy Burcin

Finance

Anita Dodds

Finance

Kimberly Fitzhugh-Higgins

Graduate Student Coordinator

Taylor Halstead

Chair's Assistant

Lloyd McMahon

Facilities and Instructional Labs IT Support (Back-up)

Hannah Moore

Associate Director, Coulter Center for Translational Research

Hannah Moore manages the overall administration operations of the Coulter Center, along with the Center's finances. She works closely with faculty members during the proposal process to ensure the compliance needed to receive funding and launch their projects.

Connie Pace

Grants (Pre-Award)

Henry Pritchard

Computer Systems Engineer

Victoria Pullin

Finance
MR5 2010

Gina Talley

Human Resources Department Programs and Events

Garrett Tomaine

Finance
MR5 2010

Wende Whitman

Communications Manager

Lab Specialists & Lab Managers

Cheryl Borgman

Lab Manager
Janes Lab

Anthony Bruce

Senior Lab Specialist
Peirce-Cottler Lab

Mary Harp

Lab Manager
Barker Lab

Susan Landes

Lab Specialist
Barker/Griffin Labs

Jun Lin

Lab Technician
Janes Lab

Gabriel Maldonado

Lab Specialist
Saucerman Lab

Cody Narcisco

Lab Specialist
Janes Lab

Parnam Sharma

Lab Manager
Christ Lab

Ji Song

Lab Manager
Price Lab

Jingyuan Zhang

Lab Specialist
Saucerman Lab

Postdocs, Research Scientists, and Research Associates

Lanlin Chen

Research Scientist
French Lab

Siva Sai Krishna Dasa

Instructor of Research
French Lab

Xue Feng

Research Assistant Professor
Meyer Lab

Xiao Hu

Research Associate
Blemker Lab

Chiun-Ren 'Vincent' Yeh

Research Scientist
Barker Lab

Matther Jenior

Research Associate
Papin Lab

ChangYu Sun

Research Associate
Epstein Lab

Liam Cattell

Research Associate
Rodhe Lab

Svyatoslav 'Slava' Tkachenko

Research Associate
Saucerman Lab

Lixin Wang

Research Scientist
Janes Lab

Anne Talkington

Research Associate
Dolatshahi Lab

Walter Varhue

Research Associate
Barker Lab

Mohammad Islam

Research Associate
Papin Lab

Chiuan Ren Yeh

Research Scientist
Barker Lab

Wei Li

Research Associate
Barker Lab

Ping Hu

Research Associate
Barker Lab

Daniel Abebayehu

Research Associate

Bruna Farjun

Research Associate
Christ Lab

Wei Li

Research Associate
Barker Lab