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.
  • Gustavo Kunde Rohde

    Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering
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    Dr. Rohde, Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering, develops computational predictive models with applications in pathology, radiology, systems biology, and mobile sensing. He earned a B.S. degree 1999, M.S. degree in in 2001 from Vanderbilt University, and a doctorate in 2005 from the University of Maryland.

  • Jonathan J. Rosen, PhD

    Director of Professional Studies Professor of the Practice, Biomedical Engineering Director, BME Master of Engineering
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    Dr. Jonathan Rosen teaches and guides graduate Biomedical Engineers as they design their future and advance our standard of healthcare with breakthrough medical technologies. He is the Director of Professional Studies and Professor of Practice in the Department of Biomedical…
  • Jeffrey Saucerman

    Professor, Biomedical Engineering
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    Jeffrey Saucerman, PhD, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, combines computational models and high-throughput experiments to discover molecular networks that control cardiac remodeling and regeneration.

  • Natasha Diba Sheybani, Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery (by courtesy) Assistant Professor of Radiology & Medical Imaging (by courtesy) Research Director of the UVA Focused Ultrasound Cancer Immunotherapy Center
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    Dr. Sheybani leads a translational research program centered on innovating tools and paradigms for non-invasive precision cancer management.

  • Thomas C. Skalak

    Professor Emeritus, Executive Director of Science and Technology, Paul G. Allen Family Foundation
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    Tom Skalak is the founding Executive Director of The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group, launched in 2016. The Frontiers Group seeks to explore new frontiers, re-invent fields in ways that reflect major societal challenges and fundamental scientific curiosity, and bring new knowledge to…
  • Jennifer L. West

    Dean, University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science Saunders Family Professor of Engineering Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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    Dean West’s accomplishments spans 25 years as a researcher, award-winning teacher and mentor, inventor and entrepreneur. Her research focuses on the use of biomaterials, nanotechnology and tissue engineering, applying engineering approaches to studying biological problems and solving unmet medical needs, particularly in the fight against cancer.

  • Aidong Zhang

    Thomas M. Linville Professor Computer Science, Biomedical Engineering, and Data Science
    Currently Recruiting
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    Aidong Zhang develops machine learning and data science approaches to modeling and analysis of structured and unstructured data with a variety of applications, especially biological and biomedical applications. Her research interests focus on machine learning, data mining, bioinformatics and health informatics.

  • Eli Zunder

    Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
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    Eli Zunder analyzes stem cell fate using single cell mass cytometry and high-dimensional modeling of cell lineage trajectories. He received his Ph.D. in Biophysics from UCSF in 2009.