UVA Engineering is co-located with the top-ranked UVA School of Medicine and UVA Health System, and our culture values and rewards collaboration and initiative.
Professor of Practice2023 Brenton S. Halsey Distinguished Visiting Professor
For the past 35+ years, Blair has been a pharmaceutical manufacturing, quality, and development executive where he has had the opportunity to work globally and drive twelve new chemical/biological and biosimilar products through development and into sustained commercial production.
Lecturer Academic General FacultyTeaching Track, Computer Science
Elizabeth Orrico joined the Department of Computer Science as a lecturer in August 2020. Prior to her appointment at UVA Engineering, she spent two years as a physics and math teacher in Los Angeles as a Teach For America corpsmember.
Associate Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace EngineeringAssociate Professor of Biomedical Engineering (Courtesy) Deputy Director, Center for Applied Biomechanics MAEDirector of Graduate Studies (M.E., M.S., Ph.D.)
Dr. Panzer is an Associate Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering and Biomedical Engieering at the University of Virginia, and serves as Deputy Director at the Center for Applied Biomechanics, and is a member of the UVA Brain Injury and Sports Concussion Center.
Professor, Biomedical EngineeringHarrison Distinguished Teaching Professor
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.
Dr. Park is the associate director of the Foot and Ankle Fellowship at UVA and is the team foot and ankle surgeon for UVA Athletics. His research interests include injury biomechanics, sports-related injuries to the foot and ankle, tendon reconstruction, ankle replacement, bone grafting and biomechanical properties of orthopedic implants.
Professor and Chair, Biomedical EngineeringHarrison 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.
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…
Nancy and Neal Wade Professor of Engineering & Applied ScienceDepartment 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.
Associate Professor, Computer ScienceAdjunct Faculty, Data Science InstituteAdjunct Faculty, School of Medicine Center of Public Genomics
Yanjun Qi is an Associate professor (tenured) of the University of Virginia, Department of Computer Science since 2013. She was a senior researcher in the Machine Learning Department at NEC Labs American, Princeton, NJ from July 2008 to August 2013. Her research interests are within…
Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and Electrical and Computer Engineering
Associate Professor Quinn first came to the University of Virginia as an undergraduate student in 2006. For his doctoral work, Professor Quinn was awarded the American Physical Society’s Andreas Acrivos Dissertation Award in Fluid Dynamics. He went on to become a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Bio-Inspired Research and Design at Stanford University.
