Find Faculty
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.
-
Zang, Chongzhi, Ph.D.
Read MoreAssistant Professor of Public Health Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, and Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Dr. Chongzhi Zang is a computational biologist with expertise in cancer epigenomics. His research focuses on algorithm development for high-throughput genomic data analytics and integrative modeling of gene regulatory networks in mammalian cell systems.
-
Zangari, Giovanni
Read MoreProfessor
My research interests include the growth by electrochemical deposition and the characterization of metallic, semiconductive and dielectric films for advanced applications in magnetics, microelectronics, actuation and energy conversion, the development of novel electrochemical processes for the...
-
Zebarjadi, Mona
Read MoreAssistant Professor
Mona Zebarjadi is a joint professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering Departments at University of Virginia, where she is leading the Energy Science and Nanotechnology Lab (ESNL). Prior to her current appointment she was a professor of Mechanical...
-
Zhang, Aidong
Read MoreWilliam Wulf Faculty Fellow and Professor, Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering
Aidong Zhang is a William Wulf Faculty Fellow and Professor of Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at University of Virginia. She is also affiliated with the Data Science Institute at University of Virginia. Her research interests focus...
-
Zhang, Miaomiao
Read MoreAssistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Assistant Professor, Computer Science
Professor Zhang completed her PhD in computer science at the University of Utah. She was a postdoctoral associate in the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Professor Zhang received the Medical Image Computing and Computer...
-
Zhigilei, Leonid V.
Read MoreProfessor of Materials Science and Engineering, Academic advisor to MSE students in the Commonwealth Graduate Engineering Program
Leonid Zhigilei is a professor of materials science and engineering at the University of Virginia. He studied materials science at Leningrad Polytechnic Institute and did his PhD dissertation work at Tomsk State University and St. Petersburg State University, Russia. Before joining the faculty...
-
Zhou, Bi-Cheng
Read MoreAssistant Professor
My research areas include computational thermodynamics and kinetics (using the CALPHAD method), ab initio modeling of thermodynamics and diffusion, high-throughput DFT, alloy design, modeling of phase transformations in lightweight and high-temperature alloys, oxidation and corrosion in high-...
-
Zorychta, Alexander
Read MoreAssistant Director for Technology Entrepreneurship, Program Director for Works in Progress
Directly interfacing with students, Alex is described as the “go-to” person for any student who seeks to become immediately well-connected within the UVA entrepreneurship ecosystem and to understand actionable steps for their project. Alex spends the majority of his time cultivating a community...
-
Zunder, Eli
Read MoreAssistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Eli received his Ph.D. in Biophysics from UCSF in 2009. There, he worked in Kevan Shokat’s lab studying the role of PI3K signaling in...