Bioengineering Departmental Faculty

Our world-class faculty engage in teaching and interdisciplinary research across many traditional and cutting-edge fields.  Collectively, they strive to create new knowledge, advance technology, and improve medical care.  Below is an alphabetical list of faculty with academic appointments within the department. To learn more about each of our faculty members, click to view their profiles for information on their specific research activities, center and institute affiliations, and publications.

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Name: Steven C. Batterman, Professor Emeritus, Bioengineering
Research Areas: Forensic Biomechanics | Mechanics of Injury | Stress Analysis and Solid Mechanics of Biological Systems | Bioengineering Design
Office: 111 Hayden Hall | Affiliation: Emeritus Faculty
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Daniel K.Bogen

Name: Daniel K. Bogen, Professor, Bioengineering
Research Areas: Rehabilitation Engineering | Medical Devices | Engineering Design
Office: 114 Hayden Hall | Affiliation: Primary Faculty
Email | Phone: 215-898-1880 | View Profile

Gershon Buchsbaum

Name: Gershon Buchsbaum, Professor, Bioengineering
Research Areas: Computational Neuroscience
Office: 240 Skirkanich Hall; 107 Hayden Hall | Affiliation: Primary Faculty
Email | Phone: 215-898-5767 | View Profile

Jason A. Burdick

Name: Jason A. Burdick, Associate Professor, Bioengineering
Research Areas: Tissue Engineering | Bioengineered Therapeutics, Devices and Drug Delivery | Orthopaedic Bioengineering | Biomaterials
Office: 102 Hayden Hall | Affiliation: Primary Faculty
Email | Phone: 215-898-8537 | View Profile

Christopher S. Chen

Name: Christopher S. Chen, Skirkanich Professor of Innovation, Bioengineering
Research Areas: Cellular Engineering | Tissue Engineering | Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Cell and Tissue Mechanics | Orthopaedic Bioengineering | Cell Mechanics
Office: 510 Skirkanich Hall | Affiliation: Primary Faculty
Email | Phone: 215-746-1754 | View Profile

Yale E. Cohen

Name: Yale E. Cohen, Professor, Otorhinolaryngology
Research Areas: Computational Neuroscience | Experimental Neuroscience
Office: 5 Ravdin, HUP | Affiliation: BE Secondary Faculty
Email | Phone: 215-898-7504 | View Profile

Russel J. Composto

Name: Russell J. Composto, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Research Areas: Biomaterials
Office: 401 LRSM | Affiliation: BE Secondary Faculty
Email | Phone: 215-898-4451 | View Profile

Peter F. Davies

Name: Peter F. Davies, Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Research Areas: Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Cell and Tissue Mechanics
Office: 1010 Vagelos Labs | Affiliation: BE Secondary Faculty
Email | Phone: 215-573-6813 | View Profile

Scott L. Diamond

Name: Scott L. Diamond, Arthur E. Humphrey Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (CBE)
Research Areas: Bioengineered Therapeutics, Devices and Drug Delivery | Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Cell and Tissue Mechanics | Theoretical and Computational Bioengineering
Office: 1010 Vagelos Labs | Affiliation: BE Secondary Faculty
Email | Phone: 215-573-5702 | View Profile

Dennis E. Discher

Name: Dennis E. Discher, Robert D. Bent Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Research Areas: Cellular Engineering | Bioengineered Therapeutics, Devices and Drug Delivery | Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Cell and Tissue Mechanics | Cell Mechanics | Biomaterials | Theoretical and Computational Bioengineering
Office: 129 Towne Building | Affiliation: BE Secondary Faculty
Email | Phone: 215-898-4809 | View Profile

Paul Ducheyne

Name: Paul Ducheyne, Professor, Bioengineering
Research Areas: Tissue Engineering | Bioengineered Therapeutics, Devices and Drug Delivery | Orthopaedic Bioengineering | Biomaterials
Office: 115 Hayden Hall | Affiliation: Primary Faculty
Email | Phone: 215-898-1521 | View Profile

David Eckmann

Name: David Eckmann, Horatio C. Wood Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Research Areas: Bioengineered Therapeutics, Devices and Drug Delivery
Office: 331 John Morgan Building | Affiliation: BE Secondary Faculty
Email | Phone: 215-349-5348 | View Profile

Dawn M. Elliott

Name: Dawn M. Elliott, Associate Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
Research Areas: Tissue Engineering | Orthopaedic Bioengineering | Theoretical and Computational Bioengineering
Office: 424 Stemmler Hall | Affiliation: BE Secondary Faculty
Email | Phone: 215-898-5583 | View Profile

Nader Engheta

Name: Nader Engheta, H. Nedwill Ramsey Professor, Electrical and Systems Engineering
Research Areas: Experimental Neuroscience | Imaging Theory and Analysis | Theoretical and Computational Bioengineering
Office: 215 Moore Building | Affiliation: BE Secondary Faculty
Email | Phone: 215-898-9777 | View Profile

Christopher Fang-Yen

Name: Christopher Fang-Yen, Assistant Professor, Bioengineering
Research Areas: Computational Neuroscience | Experimental Neuroscience | Medical Imaging and Imaging Instrumentation
Office: 105C Hayden Hall | Affiliation: Primary Faculty
Email | Phone: 215-537-6067 | View Profile

Kenneth R. Foster

Name: Kenneth R. Foster, Professor, Bioengineering
Research Areas: Theoretical and Computational Bioengineering
Office: 106 Hayden Hall | Affiliation: Primary Faculty
Email | Phone: 215-898-8534 | View Profile

Daniel A. Hammer

Name: Daniel A. Hammer, Alfred G. and Meta A. Ennis Professor, Bioengineering
Research Areas: Molecular Engineering | Cellular Engineering | Bioengineered Therapeutics, Devices and Drug Delivery | Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Cell and Tissue Mechanics | Cell Mechanics | Biomaterials | Cellular and Molecular Imaging | Theoretical and Computational Bioengineering
Office: 375 Towne | Affiliation: Primary Faculty
Email | Phone: 215-573-6761 | View Profile

Paul Janmey

Name: Paul Janmey, Professor, Physiology
Research Areas: Cellular Engineering | Bioengineered Therapeutics, Devices and Drug Delivery | Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Cell and Tissue Mechanics | Cell Mechanics | Experimental Neuroscience
Office: 1010 Vagelos Labs | Affiliation: BE Secondary Faculty
Email | Phone: 215-573-7380 | View Profile

Matthew Lazzara

Name: Matthew Lazzara, Assistant Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Research Areas: Cellular Engineering
Office: 311A Towne | Affiliation: BE Secondary Faculty
Email | Phone: 215-746-2264 | View Profile

Brian Litt

Name: Brian Litt, Professor, Bioengineering and Neurology
Research Areas: Computational Neuroscience | Experimental Neuroscience
Office: 3 West Gates Pavilion, HUP | Affiliation: Primary Faculty
Email | Phone: 215-349-5166 | View Profile

Mitchell Litt

Name: Mitchell Litt, Professor Emeritus, Bioengineering
Research Areas: Biotransport | Cellular Bioengineering | Biorheology
Office: 108 Hayden Hall | Affiliation: Emeritus Faculty
Email | Phone: 215-898-7249 | View Profile

Susan S. Margulies

Name: Susan S. Margulies, Professor and George H. Stephenson Term Chair, Bioengineering
Research Areas: Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Cell and Tissue Mechanics | Injury Biomechanics | Experimental Neuroscience
Office: 105D Hayden Hall | Affiliation: Primary Faculty
Email | Phone: 215-898-0882 | View Profile

Vadim Markel

Name: Vadim Markel, Assistant Professor, Radiology
Research Areas: Imaging Theory and Analysis
Office: 311 Hayden Hall | Affiliation: BE Secondary Faculty
Email | Phone: 215-746-3014 | View Profile

Robert Mauck

Name: Robert Mauck, Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
Research Areas: Tissue Engineering | Orthopaedic Bioengineering | Biomaterials
Office: 424 Stemmler Hall | Affiliation: BE Secondary Faculty
Email | Phone: 215-898-8653 | View Profile

David F. Meaney

Name: David F. Meaney, Solomon R. Pollack Professor and Chair, Bioengineering
Research Areas: Cellular Engineering | Injury Biomechanics | Cell Mechanics | Experimental Neuroscience
Office: 240 Skirkanich Hall | Affiliation: Primary Faculty
Email | Phone: 215-573-3155 | View Profile

Abraham Noordergraaf

Name: Abraham Noordergraaf, Professor Emeritus, Bioengineering
Research Areas: Ballistocardiography
Office: 100 Hayden Hall | Affiliation: Emeritus Faculty
Email | Phone: 215-898-5881 | View Profile

Solomon R. Pollack

Name: Solomon R. Pollack, Professor Emeritus, Bioengineering
Research Areas: Bioelectrical properties of bone and connective tissue
Office: 116 Hayden Hall | Affiliation: Emeritus Faculty
Email | Phone: 215-898-7808 | View Profile

Ravi Radhakrishnan

Name: Ravi Radhakrishnan, Associate Professor, Bioengineering
Research Areas: Cellular Engineering | Molecular Engineering | Theoretical and Computational Bioengineering
Office: 311 Hayden Hall | Affiliation: Primary Faculty
Email | Phone: 215-898-0487 | View Profile

Arjun Raj

Name: Arjun Raj, Assistant Professor, Bioengineering
Research Areas: Molecular Engineering | Bioengineered Therapeutics, Devices and Drug Delivery | Systems and Synthetic Bioengineering | Cellular and Molecular Imaging | Theoretical and Computational Bioengineering
Office: 410 Skirkanich Hall; 111 Hayden Hall | Affiliation: Primary Faculty
Email | Phone: 215-821-7394 | View Profile

Michael Rizk

Name: Michael Rizk, Lecturer, Bioengineering
Office: 108 Hayden Hall | Affiliation: Academic Support Staff
Email | Phone: 215-898-8310 | View Profile

Chelsea Salinas

Name: Chelsea Salinas, Lecturer, Bioengineering
Research Areas: Tissue Engineering
Office: 310B Hayden Hall | Affiliation: Academic Support Staff
Email | Phone: 215-898-7106 | View Profile

Casim A. Sarkar

Name: Casim A. Sarkar, Assistant Professor, Bioengineering
Research Areas: Molecular Engineering | Cellular Engineering | Bioengineered Therapeutics, Devices and Drug Delivery | Systems and Synthetic Bioengineering | Theoretical and Computational Bioengineering
Office: 373 Towne Building | Affiliation: Primary Faculty
Email | Phone: 215-573-4072 | View Profile

Peter Scherer

Name: Peter Scherer, Professor Emeritus, Bioengineering
Research Areas: Pulmonary Fluid Mechanics
Office: 112 Hayden Hall | Affiliation: Emeritus Faculty
Email | Phone: 215-898-7214 | View Profile

Louis J. Soslowsky

Name: Louis J. Soslowsky, Fairhill Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Research Areas: Tissue Engineering | Orthopaedic Bioengineering
Office: 424 Stemmler Hall | Affiliation: BE Secondary Faculty
Email | Phone: 215-898-8653 | View Profile

Name: Shiro Takashima, Professor Emeritus, Bioengineering
Office: 102A Hayden Hall | Affiliation: Emeritus Faculty
Phone: 215-898-8537

Andrew Tsourkas

Name: Andrew Tsourkas, Associate Professor, Bioengineering
Research Areas: Molecular Engineering | Bioengineered Therapeutics, Devices and Drug Delivery | Biomaterials | Cellular and Molecular Imaging
Office: 110 Hayden Hall | Affiliation: Primary Faculty
Email | Phone: 215-898-8167 | View Profile

Ze Wang

Name: Ze Wang, Research Assistant Professor, Psychiatry
Research Areas: Medical Imaging and Imaging Instrumentation | Imaging Theory and Analysis
Office: TRC, 3900 Chestnut Street | Affiliation: BE Secondary Faculty
Email | Phone: 215-222-3200 | View Profile

Name: Paul B. Weisz, Professor Emeritus, Bioengineering
Affiliation: Emeritus Faculty
Email | Phone: 215-898-4221

Name: Elizabeth Widenbrant, Lecturer, Bioengineering
Office: 310A Hayden Hall | Affiliation: Academic Support Staff
Email | Phone: 215-898-7249

Beth A. Winkelstein

Name: Beth A. Winkelstein, Professor, Bioengineering
Research Areas: Orthopaedic Bioengineering | Injury Biomechanics | Experimental Neuroscience
Office: 112 Hayden Hall | Affiliation: Primary Faculty
Email | Phone: 215-573-4589 | View Profile