Research @ UVA Engineering
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Research Area
Biomechanics Biotechnology & Biomolecular Engineering Biotechnology and Bioengineering Biomedical Imaging Clinical and Translational Science Systems Biology and Biomedical Data Science Biomaterials, Soft Materials and Tissue Engineering-
Matthew J. Lazzara
Professor of Chemical Engineering Professor of Biomedical Engineering Member, UVA Cancer CenterCurrently RecruitingWork in the Lazzara Lab employs a combination of experimental and computational methods to study problems in cell signaling, the complex biochemical process cells use to make decisions.
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Kyusang Lee
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Assistant Professor, Materials Science and EngineeringKyusang Lee is currently an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering departments at University of Virginia. He received his B.S. degree from Korea University in 2005, M.S. degree from Johns Hopkins University in 2009, and Ph.D. degree from University of Michigan in 2014, all in Electrical Engi
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Emily McCain, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Biomedical EngineeringAs a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Dr. Silvia Blemker's M3 laboratory at UVA, Emily McCain is working toward the development of sex-specific musculoskeletal models to investigate how sex differences affect muscle function during movement.
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Craig H. Meyer, Ph.D.
Professor, Biomedical Engineering Professor, Radiology and Medical ImagingCurrently Recruiting -
Clint Miller
Assistant Professor of Public Health Sciences Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular GeneticsClint Miller studies the genetic and environmental risk factors for coronary artery disease and other complex cardiovascular diseases using a combination of large-scale multi-omics profiling and genetic and drug perturbations. He is an Assistant Professor in Public Health Sciences and a resident member of the Center for Public Health Genomics.
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Shayn Peirce-Cottler, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Biomedical Engineering Harrison Distinguished Teaching ProfessorCurrently RecruitingShayn 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.
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Ammasi Periasamy
Professor of Biology and Biomedical Engineering Center Director-WM Keck Center for Cellular ImagingDr. 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.
Jundong Li

Li's research interests are generally in AI, Data Mining, and Machine Learning. As a result of his research work, he has published over 150 papers in high-impact venues. He has won several prestigious awards, and his work is supported by NSF, DOE, ONR, JP Morgan, Netflix, Cisco, and Snap.
Kristen Naegle, Ph.D.

Kristen Naegle uses data- and computational-driven approaches to predict, and experimental approaches to test, the regulation and function of tyrosine phosphorylation in complex networks.
N. Rich Nguyen

Jason Papin, Ph.D.

Jason Papin, Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, develops computational models of cellular networks and performs experiments to characterize biological systems relevant to human disease. After his training in Bioengineering at University of California, San Diego, Jason Papin joined the faculty at University of Virginia in 2005.
Róża Przanowska, Ph.D.

Dr. Róża Kamila Przanowska is a Polish molecular biologist specializing in non-coding RNAs in cancer and development.
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