Our faculty are not content to trod well-worn engineering paths. Instead, they are driven to pursue innovations in teaching, research that address truly complex challenges, and to pursue worldwide leadership roles in their fields. See Also: Emeritus Faculty Directory.
John Marshall Money Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Kevin Janes designs and uses systems bioengineering approaches to analyze cell signaling and transcriptional networks in cancer and infectious disease.
William Wulf Career Enhancement Assistant Professor, Computer Science
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…
Anita Jones Faculty FellowAssociate Professor, Computer Science
Currently Recruiting
His research interests lie in the broad area of computer architecture and systems. Jog's research has consistently been published at premier IEEE/ACM computer systems and architecture venues and funded by several agencies such as NSF and Google. He is a senior member of both IEEE and ACM.
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.
Henry Kautz a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Virginia. From 2018 to 2022 he served as Division Director for Information & Intelligent Systems (IIS) at the National Science Foundation, where he led the National AI Research Institutes program. He was the founding…
Associate Chair for Operations AT&T Professor of EngineeringProfessor of Materials Science and EngineeringCo-Director, Center for Electrochemical Science and Engineering
Robert G. Kelly has been conducting research on the corrosion of metals for the past 30 years.
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.
Chair, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace EngineeringProfessor, Mechanical & Aerospace EngineeringProfessor, Biomedical Engineering (Courtesy)Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery (Courtesy)
Dr. Kent is Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Emergency Medicine at the University of Virginia. He has worked in the field of automobile safety for 25 years.
Visiting Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Anthony Kerr received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Melbourne, Australia, in 1969. He then joined the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Sydney, Australia, to develop cryogenic parametric amplifiers for radio astronomy. From 1971 to 1974, he worked…
Commonwealth ProfessorProfessor, Mechanical and Aerospace EngineeringProfessor, Orthopaedic Surgery (Courtesy)Director, Center for Applied Biomechanics
Prof. Kerrigan's research in injury biomechanics uses data analysis, computational modeling, and mechanical experiments with human tissue to prevent and mitigate injuries to motor vehicle occupants and athletes. Right now he is working on occupant protection for future vehicles, shoe-turf interaction mechanics, and characterizing injury tolerance.
