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.
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.
Professor of Biology and Biomedical EngineeringCenter Director-WM Keck Center for Cellular Imaging
Dr. Periasamy is a global authority in advanced microscopy, specializing in molecular imaging in living cells and tissues. He designs optical methods to study protein interactions, monitor cancer cell/tissue parameters, and pioneered fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) development.
Lisa Colosi Peterson is a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and founding co-director of the UVA Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Lab.
Associate Professor, Academic General Faculty, Teaching Track, Department of Computer Science
Raymond Pettit's interests include Metacognition in Novice Programmers, Gender Issues in CS Courses, Automated Assessment Tools for Programming, Programming Error Messages, CS1, CS2, and Programming Languages
Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering
Dr. Pompano's research interests center on developing microfluidic and chemical assays to unravel the complexity of the immune response and inform new immunotherapies. Her lab combines unique expertise in bioanalytical chemistry, microfluidics, bioengineering, and immunology to create…
Joseph Poon's research group focuses on three projects: i) Study of thermoelectric properties of semiconductors and semimetals ii) Synthesis of thin films study of ferrimagnetic and antiferromagnetic heterostructures that show skyrmionic state and anomalous Hall effect. iii) Study of high-entropy alloys (HEAs) with properties in composition space.
Michael D. Porter is an Associate Professor of Systems Engineering with a joint appointment at the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia. Dr. Porter's research focuses on event prediction, pattern and anomaly detection, and data linkage. He has developed self…
Nancy and Neal Wade Professor of Engineering & Applied Science Department of Biomedical Engineering Co-Director of the UVA Focused Ultrasound Cancer Immunotherapy Center
Dr. Price's research program centers on the development and implementation of image-guided drug and gene delivery systems for treating cancer and neurodegenerative diseases.
