Faculty in Bioengineering

Chair

Michael Cho, Ph.D., Bioengineering

Dr. Michael Cho,
Chair of Bioengineering

Dr. Michael Cho Faculty Profile Michael.cho@uta.edu
817-272-2965
AIMBE Fellow; Biomechanics; Biophysics; Tissue Engineering; Cancer Research

Charles Chuong, Ph.D., Bioengineering

Dr. Cheng-Jen Chuong,
Associate Chair, Professor, and Undergraduate Advisor

Dr. Cheng-Jen Chuong Faculty Profile
chuong@uta.edu
817-272-2052
Computational Biomechanics; Modeling Cancer Cell Migration; Medical Devices; Vascular Stents

Marion Ball, M.D., Bioengineering

Dr. Marion Ball,
Raj and Indra Nooyi Endowed Distinguished Chair in Bioengineering

Dr. Marion Ball Faculty Profile
marion.ball@uta.edu
NAM Member; Health Informatics

Core Faculty

George Alexandrakis, Ph.D., Bioengineering

Dr. George Alexandrakis,
Professor, Graduate Advisor, Track Advisor

Dr. George Alexandrakis Faculty Profile
galex@uta.edu
817-272-3496
Biomedical Engineering; Physics;Optical Tomography; High Resolution Microscopy

Khosrow Behbehani, Ph.D., Bioengineering

Dr. Khosrow Behbehani,
Professor

Khosrow Behbehani Faculty Profile
kb@uta.edu
817-272-2055
Respiratory and Anesthesia Device Design and Analysis; Microprocessor-based Control Design for Biomedical Systems; Computer Modeling of Biomedical Systems

Digant Dave, Ph.D., Bioengineering

Dr. Digant Davé,
Associate Professor

Dr. Digant Davé Faculty Profile
ddave@uta.edu
817-272-0946
Biomedical Optics

Yi Hong, Ph.D., Bioengineering

Dr. Yi Hong,
Professor

Dr. Yi Hong Faculty Profile
yihong@uta.edu
817-272-0562
Biomaterials; Tissue Engineering; Medical Devices; Drug Delivery

Justyn Jaworski, Ph.D., Bioengineering

Dr. Justyn Jaworski,
Assistant Professor

Dr. Justyn Jaworski Faculty Profile
justyn.jaworski@uta.edu
817-272-6778
Applied Soft Matter Systems; Biomedical;Molecular Recognition

Young-tae Kim, Ph.D., Bioengineering

Dr. Young-tae Kim,
Associate Professor

Dr. Young-tae Kim Faculty Profile
ykim@uta.edu
817-272-5023
Neural Engineering

Juhyun Lee, Ph.D., Bioengineering

Dr. Juhyun Lee,
Associate Professor

Dr. Juhyun Lee Faculty Profile
juhyun.lee@uta.edu
817-272-6534
Biomedical Optical Imaging; Hemodynamics; Cardiac Mechanics

Jun Liao, Ph.D., Bioengineering

Dr. Jun Liao,
Professor

Dr. Jun Liao Faculty Profile
jun.liao@uta.edu
817-272-6779
Tissue Biomechanics; Computational Simulation; Tissue Engineering and Regeneration; Cardiac Biomechanics and Regeneration; Heart Valve Biomechanics; Bioengineering

Hanli Liu, Ph.D., Bioengineering

Dr. Hanli Liu,
Professor

Dr. Hanli Liu Faculty Profile
hanli@uta.edu
817-272-2082
Medical Instrumentation and Imaging; Minimally Invasive and Noninvasive Spectroscopy and Imaging of Tissue; Optical Diffuse Imaging for Cancer Prognosis and Brain Activities

Kytai Nguyen, Ph.D., Bioengineering

Dr. Kytai Nguyen,
Professor; Track Advisor

Dr. Kytai Nguyen Faculty Profile
knguyen@uta.edu
817-272-2540
Drug Delivery; Tissue Engineering; Nano-Medicine/Nano-Technology

Christos Papadelis, Ph.D., Bioengineering

Dr. Christos Papadelis,
Professor of Research

Dr. Christos Papadelis Faculty Profile
christos.papadelis@uta.edu
817-272-2249
Neuroscience; Brain Imaging

Salman Sohrabi, Ph.D., Bioengineering

Dr. Salman Sohrabi,
Assistant Professor

Dr. Salman Sohrabi Faculty Profile
salman.sohrabi@uta.edu
817-272-4787
Microfluidics; Biology of Aging and age-related decline; Machine learning

Liping Tang, Ph.D., Bioengineering

Dr. Liping Tang,
Professor; Track Advisor

Dr. Liping Tang Faculty Profile
ltang@uta.edu
817-272-6075
Translational Regenerative Medicine

Jon Weidanz, Ph.D., Bioengineering

Dr. Jon Weidanz,
Professor of Research

Dr. Jon Weidanz Faculty Profile
weidanz@uta.edu
817-272-6831
Biotechnology; Immuno-engineering, Immunotherapy; Product Development

Dr. Hao Xu, Bioengineering

Dr. Hao Xu,
Assistant Professor of Instruction

Dr. Hao Xu Faculty Profile
hao.xu@uta.edu
817-272-4140
Translational and Clinical Cardiovascular Research

Baohong Yuan, Ph.D., Bioengineering

Dr. Baohong Yuan,
Professor

Dr. Baohong Yuan Faculty Profile
baohong@uta.edu
817-272-2917
Physics; Biomedical Engineering; Biomedical Acoustic; Optical Imaging

Emeritus Faculty

Dr. Robert Eberhart, Bioengineering

Dr. Robert C. Eberhart,
Professor Emeritus

Artificial Organs; Fluid Mechanics; Biomaterials; Biomaterials Evaluation

Dr. Al Potvin, Bioengineering 

Dr. Alfred Potvin,
Professor Emeritus

Founding Director of the Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program

Adjunct Faculty

Dr. Pamela J. Hoyes Beehler
hoyesbeehlerpj@uta.edu
Chief Science Officer at Home Base Impairment Company


Dr. Matthias Peltz, M.D., FAHA
Associate Professor of Surgery
Sarah M. and Charles E. Seay Distinguished Chair in Thoracic Surgery
Surgical Director of Cardiac Transplant
Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Dr. Pietro Bajona., M.D., Ph.D., FEBTCS
Associate Professor of Surgery
Director of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Program
Director of Cardiac Surgery Division at Forbes Hospital
Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Allegheny Health Network

Mr. Bill Keighly
Adjunct Professor, BE External Advisory Board Member
william.keighley@uta.edu
Sr. Director of Operations and Manufacturing at Medtronic

Dr. George V. Kondraske | Dr. George V. Kondraske Faculty Profile
Professor of Electrical Engineering; IEEE Fellow
kondraske@uta.edu
817-272-3473
Digital Microprocessor/controller Systems;Automated Manufacturing

Dr. Shane Mao
shane.mao@uta.edu
817-272-2249
Global Franchise Head, Mfg. Science and Technology at Alcon (Novartis);
Biomaterials, Medical Devices, AI in Health Care, New Product Development, Biomedical Optics.

Dr. Debabrata Saha | Dr. Debabrata Saha Faculty Profile
debabrata.saha@uta.edu
214-648-7750
Radiation Oncology 

Mr. Stephen Van Noy
Adjunct Assistant Professor
stephen.vannoy@uta.edu
Vice President Surgical IOL Development;
Advanced IOL Design, Biomimetic modeling of tissue to implant adhesion and interactions

Dr. Donald Watenpaugh
donald.watenpaugh@uta.edu
Director at Sleep Consultants, Inc.

Affiliated Faculty

Dr. Vinay Abhyankar
UTA Research Institute

Dr. Alejandro Bugarin
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Dr. Wei Chen | Dr. Burgarin's Faculty Profile
Department of Physics

Dr. Jung-Chih Chiao | Dr. Chiao's Faculty Profile
Department of Electrical Engineering

Dr. Eileen Clements
UTA Research Institute

Dr. Yaowu Hao | Dr. Hao's Faculty Profile
Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Dr. Haiying Huang | Dr. Huang's Faculty Profile
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Dr. Hyejin Moon | Dr. Moon's Faculty Profile
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Dr. Yuan B. Peng | Dr. Peng's Faculty Profile
Department of Psychology

Dr. Jianzhong Su | Dr. Su's Faculty Profile
Department of Mathematics

Dr. Yuze (Alice) Sun | Dr. Sun's Faculty Profile
Department of Electrical Engineering

Dr. Muthu Wijesundara | Dr. Wijesundara's Faculty Profile
UTA Research Institute

Dr. Weidong Zhou | Dr. Zhou's Faculty Profile
Department of Electrical Engineering

Administration/Staff

Dr. Michael Cho
Professor and Chair
817-272-2965
michael.cho@uta.edu

Dr. Cheng-Jen Chuong
Professor and Associate Chair
817-272-2348
chuong@uta.edu

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