Graduate Faculty for Engineering: Bioengineering
BIOE

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Abshire, Pamela Regular Member
B.S., California Institute of Technology, 1992; M.S., The Johns Hopkins University, 1997; Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University, 2001.
- Associate Professor, Engineering: Systems Engineering
- Associate Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Affiliate Assistant Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering
- Associate Professor, Engineering: Electrical & Computer Engineering

Al-Sheikhly, Mohamad I. Regular Member
B.Sc., University of Baghdad, 1974; Ph.D., University of Newcastle, 1981.
- Professor, Engineering: Nuclear Engineering
- Affiliate Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering
- Professor, Engineering: Materials Science and Engineering

Aranda-Espinoza, Helim Regular Member
B.S. - University of Zacatecas, Mexico 1990. M.S. - University of San Luis Potosi, Mexico 1993. Ph.D. - University of San Luis Potosi, Mexico 1998.
- Affiliate Assistant Professor, Engineering: Materials Science and Engineering
- Assistant Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Assistant Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering

Balaras, Elias Regular Member
Position: Assistant Professor CV: Dipl.Ing., Democritos University of Thrace, 1990; Ph.D., Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, 1995.
- Assistant Professor, Engineering: Mechanical Engineering
   website: http://www.enme.umd.edu/facstaff/faculty/assistant/balaras.html
- Associate Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering

Baras, John S. Regular Member
B.S.,National Technical University of Athens, 1970; S.M., Harvard University, 1971; Ph.D., 1973.
- Director, Center for Satellite and Hybrid Communication Networks
- Professor, Engineering: Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation
- Affiliate Professor, Computer Science
- Professor, Engineering: Systems Engineering
- Affiliate Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering

Barbari, Timothy A. Regular Member
B.S., Colorado School of Mines, 1979; M.S., University of California-Berkeley, 1981; Ph.D.,University of Texas-Austin, 1986.
- Affiliate Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering

Bentley, William E. Regular Member
B.S., Cornell University, 1982; M.Eng., 1983; Ph.D.,University of Colorado-Boulder, 1989.
- Chair, Engineering: Bioengineering
- Distinguished University Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering
   website: http://www.bioe.umd.edu/~bentley/

Calabrese, Richard V. Regular Member
B.S., University of Rochester, 1969; M.S.,University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 1971; Ph.D., 1976.
- Professor, Chemical Physics
   website: http://www.glue.umd.edu/~rvc/highshear/
- Professor, Engineering: Chemical Engineering
- Affiliate Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering
- Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation

Chen, Yu Regular Member
Position: Assistant Professor CV: B.S., Peking University, 1997; M.S.E., University of Pennsylvania, 2001; Ph.D, University of Pennsylvania, 2003
- Assistant Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering
- Affiliate Assistant Professor, Engineering: Electrical & Computer Engineering

Colombini, Marco Regular Member
B.S., McGill University-Montreal, 1970; Ph.D., 1974.
- Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Associate Chair, Biology
   website: http://www.life.umd.edu/biology/faculty/colombini/index.html
- Affiliate Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering
- Professor, Biophysics
- Professor, Biological Sciences
- Affiliate Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics

Contreras-Vidal, Jose Luis Regular Member
B.S., Inst of Tech & Higher Education of Monte, 1987; M.S., University of Colorado-Boulder, 1990; Ph.D., Boston University, 1994.
- Associate Professor, Aging, Center on
- Affiliate Assistant Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering
- Associate Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Associate Professor, Kinesiology
   website: http://www.inform.umd.edu/KNES/faculty/jcontrerasvidal/

Culver, James N. Regular Member
B.S.,Oklahoma State University-Stillwater, 1985; M.S., Oklahoma State University, 1987; Ph.D., University of California-Riverside, 1991.
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, Plant Biology
- Adjunct Associate Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering
- Adjunct Associate Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics
- Associate Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Assistant Professor, Center for Agricultural Biotechnology

Davis, Christopher C. Regular Member
B.A., Cambridge University, 1965; M.A., 1970; Ph.D., Manchester University, 1970.
- Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, Distinguished Faculty
- Professor, Engineering: Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Affiliate Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering
- Professor, Chemical Physics
   website: http://www.ece.umd.edu/meet/faculty/davis.php3
- Associate Dean, A. James Clark School of Engineering
- Professor, A. James Clark School of Engineering

Delwiche, Charles Francis Regular Member
B.A.,University of California-Berkeley, 1984; Ph.D.,University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1990.
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Biology
- Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
- Associate Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics
- Associate Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering

DeVoe, Donald Lad Regular Member
B.S., University of Maryland-College Park, 1991; M.S., 1993; Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley, 1997.
- Associate Professor, Engineering: Mechanical Engineering
   website: http://www.enme.umd.edu/facstaff/faculty/assistant/devoe.html
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering

Dimitrakopoulos, Panagiotis Regular Member
Diploma, National Technical University of Athens, 1991; M.S., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1996; Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1998.
- Assistant Professor, Chemical Physics
   website: http://www.eng.umd.edu/~dimitrak/
- Affiliate Assistant Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering
- Assistant Professor, Engineering: Chemical Engineering

Ehrman, Sheryl H. Regular Member
B.S., University of California-Santa Barbara, 1991; Ph.D., University of California-Los Angeles, 1997.
- Associate Professor, Chemical Physics
   website: http://www.glue.umd.edu/~sehrman/
- Associate Professor, Engineering: Chemical Engineering
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering

Fenselau, Catherine C. Regular Member
A.B., Bryn Mawr College, 1961; Ph.D., Stanford University, 1965.
- Professor, Chemistry
- Professor, Biological Sciences
- Affiliate Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering
- Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Professor, Biochemistry

Fisher, John P. Regular Member
B.S.Ch.E., The Johns Hopkins University, 1995; M.S., University of Cincinnati, 1998; Ph.D., Rice University, 2002
- Associate Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering

Ghandehari, Hamid Adjunct Member
B.S., Pharmacy, University of Utah, 1989; Ph.D., Pharmaceuticals and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Utah, 1996.
- Adjunct Associate Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering

Ghodssi, Reza Regular Member
B.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1990; M.S., 1992; Ph.D., 1996.
- Affiliate Professor, Engineering: Materials Science and Engineering
- Professor, Engineering: Systems Engineering
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering
- Professor, Engineering: Electrical & Computer Engineering

Greer, Sandra C. Regular Member
B.S., Furman University, 1966; M.S.,University of Chicago, 1968; Ph.D., 1969.
- Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, Distinguished Faculty
- Distinguished Faculty Research Fellow, Distinguished Faculty
- Affiliate Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering
- Professor, Engineering: Chemical Engineering
- Professor, Chemistry

Griffith, Bartley P. Special Member
BA, Biology Bucknell University l970 M.D. Jefferson Medical College 1974
- Adjunct Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering

Herold, Keith E. Regular Member
B.S.M.E., University of Akron,1977; M.S., Ohio State University-Columbus, 1979; Ph.D., 1985.
- Associate Professor, Engineering: Mechanical Engineering
   website: http://www.enme.umd.edu/facstaff/faculty/associate/herold.html
- Associate Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering

Horiuchi, Timothy Regular Member
B.S., California Institute of Technology, 1989 Ph.D., 1997.
- Associate Professor, Engineering: Systems Engineering
- Associate Professor, Engineering: Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering
- Associate Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Hsieh, Adam Regular Member
Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, 2000
- Assistant Professor, Engineering: Mechanical Engineering
   website: http://www.enme.umd.edu/facstaff/faculty/assistant/hsieh.html
- Assistant Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering

Hutcheson, Steven W. Regular Member
A.B.,University of California-Santa Cruz, 1975; Ph.D.,University of California-Berkeley, 1982.
- Associate Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Professor, Biological Sciences
- Affiliate Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering
- Associate Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics

Johnson, Arthur T. Regular Member
B.S.A.E., Cornell University, 1964; M.S., 1967; Ph.D., 1969.
- Professor, Biological Resources Engineering
- Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering

Kahn, Jason D. Regular Member
B.A., Harvard University, 1983; Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley, 1990.
- Associate Professor, Biochemistry
- Associate Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering
- Associate Professor, Biological Sciences

Kiger, Kenneth T. Regular Member
B.S., University of Southern California-Los Angeles, 1991; M.S., University of California-San Diego, 1993; Ph.D., 1995.
- Associate Professor, Engineering: Mechanical Engineering
   website: http://www.enme.umd.edu/facstaff/faculty/associate/kiger.html
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering

Kofinas, Peter Regular Member
B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1989; M.S., 1989; Ph.D., 1994.
- Associate Professor, Chemical Physics
   website: www.glue.umd.edu/~kofinas
- Associate Chair, Engineering: Bioengineering
- Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering
- Director, Engineering: Bioengineering
- Affiliate Professor, Engineering: Materials Science and Engineering

Lee, Cheng S. Regular Member
B.S., National Cheng Kung University-Taiwan, 1981; Ph.D.,Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1988.
- Associate Professor, Chemistry
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering

Liu, K.J. Ray Regular Member
B.S., National Taiwan University, 1983;M.S.E., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 1987; Ph.D., University of California-Los Angeles, 1990.
- Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation
- Affiliate Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering
- Associate Chair, Engineering: Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Professor, Engineering: Electrical & Computer Engineering

Lloyd, Isabel K. Regular Member
B.S.,Pennsylvania State University-University Park, 1975; Ph.D.,Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1980.
- Associate Professor, Engineering: Materials Science and Engineering
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering

Losert, Wolfgang Regular Member
Ph.D., City College of New York 1998
- Associate Professor, Chemical Physics
   website: http://www.ipr.umd.edu/~wlosert
- Associate Professor, Biophysics
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering
- Associate Professor, Physics

Martinez-Miranda, Luz Regular Member
B.S.,University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras/San Juan, 1977; B.Mus., 1979; M.S.,1979; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985.
- Associate Professor, Chemical Physics
   website: http://www.glue.umd.edu/~ljmm/
- Associate Professor, Engineering: Materials Science and Engineering
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering
- Associate Professor, Engineering: Mechanical Engineering

Montas, Hubert J. Regular Member
B.S., McGill University-Montreal, 1988; M.S., 1990; Ph.D., Purdue University, 1996.
- Associate Professor, Biological Resources Engineering
- Associate Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering

Payne, Gregory F. Special Member
Ph.D., 1984, Chemical Engineering, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
- Adjunct Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering

Raghavan, Srinivasa R. Regular Member
B.Tech., IIT Madras, 1992; Ph.D., North Carolina State University, 1998.
- Associate Professor, Chemical Physics
   website: http://complexfluids.umd.edu/
- Assistant Professor, Engineering: Chemical Engineering
- Affiliate Assistant Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering

Reggia, James A. Regular Member
B.S.,University of Maryland-College Park, 1971; M.D., University of Maryland at Baltimore, 1975; Ph.D.,University of Maryland-College Park, 1981.
- Distinguished Faculty Research Fellow, Distinguished Faculty
- Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation
- Affiliate Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Professor, Computer Science

Rubloff, Gary W. Regular Member
B.A., Dartmouth College, 1966; M.S., University of Chicago, 1967; Ph.D., 1971.
- Professor, Engineering: Materials Science and Engineering
- Affiliate Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering
- Affiliate Professor, Engineering: Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Professor, Engineering: Systems Engineering

Salzberg, Steven L. Regular Member
Ph.D., Harvard University, 1989
- Professor, Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS)
- Professor, Biological Sciences
- Affiliate Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics
- Professor, Computer Science
- Affiliate Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering

Seog, Joonil Regular Member
B.S., Seoul National University, 1993; M.S., Seoul National University, 1995; Sc.D, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- Assistant Professor, Engineering: Materials Science and Engineering
- Assistant Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering

Shah, Sameer Regular Member
Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, 2002; M.S., University of California, La Jolla,1999; B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997.
- Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
- Assistant Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering
- Assistant Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Shamma, Shihab Regular Member
B.S., Imperial College, 1976; M.S.,Stanford University, 1977; M.A., 1980; Ph.D., 1980.
- Professor, Engineering: Systems Engineering
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Affiliate Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering
- Professor, Engineering: Electrical & Computer Engineering

Shapiro, Benjamin Regular Member
B.S., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1995; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 1999.
- Associate Professor, Engineering: Aerospace Engineering
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Engineering: Materials Science and Engineering
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering
- Associate Professor, Engineering: Systems Engineering
- Associate Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation

Shekhar, Raj Adjunct Member
B. Tech., Electrical Engineering, IIT, Kanpur; M.S., Bioengineering, Arizona State University, 1991; Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, The Ohio State University, 1997.
- Adjunct Associate Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering

Shim, Jae Kun Regular Member
B.S., Kyung Hee University, 1999; M.S., Ball State University, 2002; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 2005.
- Assistant Professor, Kinesiology
   website: http://www.hhp.umd.edu/KNES/faculty/jkshim/
- Affiliate Assistant Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering
- Assistant Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Shirmohammadi, Adel Regular Member
B.S., University of Rezaeiyeh-Iran, 1974; M.S., University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1977 Ph.D., North Carolina State University, 1982.
- Professor, Biological Resources Engineering
- Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering

Simon, Jonathan Regular Member
BA: Princeton University, 1985; MS: University of California, Santa Barbara, 1987; Ph.D.: University of California, Santa Barbara, 1990
- Associate Professor, Biology
- Associate Professor, Engineering: Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Affiliate Assistant Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering
- Associate Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Associate Professor, Biological Sciences

Smela, Elisabeth Regular Member
B.S., University of Pennsylvania, 1985; M.S., 1987; Ph.D., 1992.
- Associate Professor, Engineering: Mechanical Engineering
   website: http://www.enme.umd.edu/facstaff/faculty/assistant/smela.html
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Engineering: Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering

Tao, Yang Regular Member
B.S., Nanjing Institute of Technology, 1982; M.S., University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1988; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University-University Park, 1991.
- Professor, Biological Resources Engineering
- Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering

Vakharia, Vikram Regular Member
B.S., Bombay University, 1971; M.S., Wichita State University, 1979; Ph.D.,University of Kansas, 1983. Dr. Vakharia is studying the molecular biology of economically important poultry disease viruses which cause immunosuppression. His research interests are in developing rational strategies for the diagnosis and control of viral infections.
- Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Affiliate Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering

Wang, Nam Sun Regular Member
B.S., University of California-Berkeley, 1979; M.S., California Institute of Technology, 1982; Ph.D., 1988.
GCEN Academic Advisor for Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Associate Professor, Engineering: Chemical Engineering
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering
- Associate Professor, Engineering: Professional Master of Engineering
   website: http://www.eng.umd.edu/~nsw/

Wu, Zhongjun Special Member
Ph.D.,Biomedical Engineering, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 1996
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering

Yu, Yihua Bruce Regular Member
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1996.
- Associate Professor, Chemical Physics
   website: http://www.bioe.umd.edu/facstaff/yu.html
- Associate Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering