Research @ UVA Engineering
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Liheng Cai
Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering (by courtesy)My lab’s research lies at the interface of soft (bio)materials and biology. We seek to understand and control the interactions between soft (bio)materials and living systems to solve challenges in sustainability and health. We do this using a combination of experimental and theoretical approaches.
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Christopher Deppmann
Associate Professor of Biology Associate Professor of Biomedical EngineeringChristopher Deppman has been interested in the mechanisms underlying long-distance signaling in the context of nervous system development since he was a post-doctoral fellow at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the laboratory of David Ginty (now at Harvard).
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Bradley D. Gelfand, Ph.D.
Assistant ProfessorDr. Gelfand graduated with a degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Iowa (Iowa City). He next attended the University of Virginia (Charlottesville) where he earned his Ph.D. also in Biomedical Engineering. Brad next joined the Ambati Laboratory at the University of Kentucky in 2010 as a Postdoc and joined the faculty in 2012.
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Gregory J. Gerling
ProfessorGregory J. Gerling is a Professor of Systems Engineering at the University of Virginia, and principal investigator on grants from the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, DARPA. His groups research the fields of haptics, computational neuroscience, human factors and ergonomics, biomechanics, and human–machine interaction.
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George F. Glass, III
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William H. Guilford
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs, School of Engineering and Applied ScienceWill Guilford uses molecular biomechanics and engineering design to better understand and better prevent the movement of single cells and the spread of drug-resistant pathogens. He attended Saint Francis College in Fort Wayne Indiana where he double-majored in Biology and Chemistry… -
Thomas R. Hartka
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Vice-Chair of Research for Emergency Medicine Assistant Medical Director, UVA Center for Applied BiomechanicsDr. Hartka is currently board certified in Emergency Medicine and works clinically in the Emergency Department. He is also involved in medical student education, resident education, biomechanical instrumentation, and motor vehicle collision analysis.
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Brian P. Helmke
Associate Professor, Biomedical EngineeringBrian Helmke researches the relationship between cell mechanics and cell function using new tools in materials science and molecular biology, with a focus on cardiovascular disease. His laboratory employs a multidisciplinary biomedical engineering approach to understand the relationship between intracellular mechanics and cell function.
Thomas H. Barker
Thomas Barker explores and therapeutically exploits the fundamental links between fibroblast adaptation to their physical and biochemical microenvironment and their myofibroblastic differentiation during tissue repair, fibrosis and cancer.
Silvia Salinas Blemker
Silvia Blemker uses experimental and computational models to characterize the relationships between muscle structure, biomechanical properties, biology, and function in order to develop new treatments for musculoskeletal disease
Steven R. Caliari
Steven joined the faculty of the University of Virginia in August 2016 as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering with a secondary appointment in the Department of Biomedical Engineering.
Jason Forman
Jason Forman's research includes the development and biofidelity evaluation of anthropomorphic test devices, the execution of impact biomechanics in simulated automobile environments, the development of injury risk functions with dummies and computational models, analysis for injury risk evaluation, and investigating the effects on injury risk.
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