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Mathews Jacob is is an expert in machine learning algorithms for biomedical imaging. He develops advance magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) methods for brain, lung, and heart applications.
Doc Jacques was initially on the faculty of the School of Engineering & Applied Science from 1998 – 2001; prior to retiring from the Federal government he returned to a teaching position in the School of Engineering on August 15, 2019. He officially retired from the US Department of…
John Marshall Money Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Currently Recruiting
Kevin Janes designs and uses systems bioengineering approaches to analyze cell signaling and transcriptional networks in cancer and infectious disease.
Research interests include: Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning Yangfeng Ji joined the Department of Computer Science at the University of Virginia in 2018. He received his PhD from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2016. From Aug. 2016 to Jul. 2018, he was a…
Associate Professor, Computer ScienceAnita Jones Faculty Fellow
His research spans the broad domain of computer architecture and systems, with a particular focus on designing efficient and resilient GPU- and accelerator-rich platforms.
L.A. Lacy Distinguished Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dr. Johnson has served on the faculty since 1984 and was promoted to Full Professor in 1994. He was a co-founder of Privaris, a biometrics security company, and served as Chief Executive Officer from 2002 to 2006 while on leave from the University of Virginia.
Olsen Professor and Chair, Department of Chemical Engineering
Ayman Karim is a professor and the chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering as of August 2025. Karim’s research focuses on designing heterogeneous catalysts for energy and environmental applications using controlled synthesis, detailed kinetics, and advanced in-situ and in-operando characterization techniques.
Professor, Computer ScienceCo-Director, AI Research
Currently Recruiting
Henry Kautz a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Virginia and Co-Director of AI Research in the Office of the Provost. From 2018 to 2022 he served as Division Director for Information & Intelligent Systems (IIS) at the National Science Foundation, where he led the…
Associate Professor, Materials Science and EngineeringAssociate Professor, Physics, by courtesy
Currently Recruiting
Liqin Ke's research lies at the intersection of computational materials science and condensed matter physics, with a focus on developing and applying electronic structure methods to understand and predict the electrical, magnetic, and optical properties of materials.
Kimberly Kelly uses computational methods and bioinformatics to develop more effective and less toxic cancer drugs through the identification of disease-relevant druggable targets, with a special emphasis on translation to the clinic and commercialization.
