Bioengineering Graduate Group Faculty

Below is an alphabetical list of faculty who are members of the Bioengineering Graduate Group. Graduate students entering our program have an opportunity to join the lab of any faculty member within the Bioengineering Graduate Group. Our graduate group faculty have research activities in all areas of bioengineering and are from schools throughout Penn, including Penn Engineering, Penn Dental, Penn Medicine, Penn Vet and the School of Arts and Sciences. By clicking the name of the faculty member, you can view their profile information.

For faculty listings sorted by research topic, or to learn more about each area of research, please visit the Bioengineering Research Areas page. To see only faculty with academic appointments within the department of Bioengineering, visit our departmental faculty page.

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Name	Rank	Primary Department	Research Area(s)

Kristy Arbogast, PhD	Research Assistant Professor	Pediatrics	Orthopaedic Bioengineering \| Injury Biomechanics

Richard Assoian, PhD	Professor	Pharmacology	Cellular Engineering \| Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Cell and Tissue Mechanics \| Injury Biomechanics \| Cell Mechanics

Norman Badler, PhD	Professor	Computer and Information Science	Theoretical and Computational Bioengineering

Vijay Balasubramanian, PhD	Associate Professor	Physics and Astronomy	Imaging Theory and Analysis

Gordon Baltuch, MD, PhD	Professor	Neurosurgery	Experimental Neuroscience

Sheryl Beck, PhD	Research Associate Professor	Anesthesiology	Cell Mechanics \| Experimental Neuroscience \| Cellular and Molecular Imaging

Peter Bloch, PhD	Professor	Radiation Oncology	Medical Imaging and Imaging Instrumentation

Daniel Bogen, MD, PhD	Professor	Bioengineering	Bioengineered Therapeutics, Devices and Drug Delivery

Dawn Bonnell, PhD	Professor	Materials Science and Engineering	Biomaterials

Ari Borthakur, PhD	Sr. Research Investigator	Radiology	Medical Imaging and Imaging Instrumentation \| Imaging Theory and Analysis

David Brainard, PhD	Professor	Psychology	Computational Neuroscience \| Theoretical and Computational Bioengineering

Charles R. Bridges, MD, ScD	Professor and Chief	Surgery (Cardiovascular)	Molecular Engineering \| Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Cell and Tissue Mechanics

Gershon Buchsbaum, PhD	Professor	Bioengineering	Computational Neuroscience

Jason Burdick, PhD	Associate Professor	Bioengineering	Tissue Engineering \| Bioengineered Therapeutics, Devices and Drug Delivery \| Orthopaedic Bioengineering \| Biomaterials

Christopher S. Chen, MD, PhD	Professor	Bioengineering	Cellular Engineering \| Tissue Engineering \| Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Cell and Tissue Mechanics \| Orthopaedic Bioengineering \| Cell Mechanics

Lewis Chodosh, MD, PhD	Professor	Cancer Biology	Molecular Engineering \| Bioengineered Therapeutics, Devices and Drug Delivery

Brian Chow, PhD	Assistant Professor	Bioengineering	Molecular Engineering \| Bioengineered Therapeutics, Devices and Drug Delivery \| Systems and Synthetic Bioengineering \| Experimental Neuroengineering

Artur Cideciyan, PhD	Research Professor	Ophthalmology	Bioengineered Therapeutics, Devices and Drug Delivery \| Medical Imaging and Imaging Instrumentation \| Imaging Theory and Analysis

Vivian Cheung, MD	Professor	Genetics	Molecular Engineering \| Cellular Engineering

Mortimor M. Civan, MD	Professor	Physiology	Cellular Engineering

Akiva Cohen, PhD	Research Associate Professor	Pediatrics	Injury Biomechanics \| Cell Mechanics \| Experimental Neuroscience \| Cellular and Molecular Imaging

Yale Cohen, PhD	Associate Professor	Otorhinolaryngology	Computational Neuroscience \| Experimental Neuroscience

Russell J. Composto, PhD	Professor	Materials Science and Engineering	Biomaterials

Diego Contreras, MD, PhD	Associate Professor	Neuroscience	Experimental Neuroscience

David P. Cormode, PhD	Assistant Professor	Radiology	Bioengineered Therapeutics, Devices and Drug Delivery \| Biomaterials \| Medical Imaging and Imaging Instrumentation \| Cellular and Molecular Imaging

Douglas Coulter, PhD	Professor	Pediatrics	Computational Neuroscience \| Experimental Neuroscience \| Cellular and Molecular Imaging

John Crocker, PhD	Associate Professor	Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering	Molecular Engineering \| Cellular Engineering \| Cell Mechanics

D. Kacy Cullen, PhD	Research Assistant Professor	Neurosurgery	Injury Biomechanics \| Experimental Neuroscience

Christos Davatzikos, PhD	Professor	Radiology	Medical Imaging and Imaging Instrumentation \| Imaging Theory and Analysis \| Theoretical and Computational Bioengineering

Susan Davidson, PhD	Professor and Chair	Computer and Information Science

Peter F. Davies, PhD	Professor	Pathology & Laboratory Medicine	Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Cell and Tissue Mechanics

William F. Degrado, PhD	Professor	Biochemistry and Biophysics	Molecular Engineering \| Cellular Engineering \| Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Cell and Tissue Mechanics

E. Jim Delikatny, PhD	Research Associate Professor	Radiology	Medical Imaging and Imaging Instrumentation \| Imaging Theory and Analysis \| Cellular and Molecular Imaging

Scott Diamond, PhD	Professor	Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering	Bioengineered Therapeutics, Devices and Drug Delivery \| Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Cell and Tissue Mechanics \| Theoretical and Computational Bioengineering

Dennis E. Discher, PhD	Professor	Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering	Cellular Engineering \| Bioengineered Therapeutics, Devices and Drug Delivery \| Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Cell and Tissue Mechanics \| Cell Mechanics \| Biomaterials \| Theoretical and Computational Bioengineering

Larry Dougherty, PhD	Research Associate Professor	Radiology	Medical Imaging and Imaging Instrumentation \| Imaging Theory and Analysis

Paul Ducheyne, PhD	Professor	Bioengineering	Tissue Engineering \| Bioengineered Therapeutics, Devices and Drug Delivery \| Orthopaedic Bioengineering \| Biomaterials

Joshua Dunaief, MD, PhD	Associate Professor	Opthalmology	Molecular Engineering \| Bioengineered Therapeutics, Devices, and Drug Delivery \| Experimental Neuroengineering \| Medical Imaging and Imaging Instrumentation \| Cellular and Molecular Imaging

James Eberwine, PhD	Professor	Pharmacology	Experimental Neuroscience

David M. Eckmann, MD, PhD	Professor	Anesthesiology and Critical Care	Bioengineered Therapeutics, Devices and Drug Delivery

Nader Engheta, PhD	Professor	Electrical and Systems Engineering	Experimental Neuroscience \| Imaging Theory and Analysis \| Theoretical and Computational Bioengineering

Charles Epstein, PhD	Professor	Mathematics	Imaging Theory and Analysis \| Theoretical and Computational Bioengineering

Christopher Fang-Yen, PhD	Assistant Professor	Bioengineering	Computational Neuroscience \| Experimental Neuroscience \| Medical Imaging and Imaging Instrumentation

Mark Fogel, MD	Professor	Pediatrics and Radiology	Bioengineered Therapeutics, Devices and Drug Delivery \| Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Cell and Tissue Mechanics \| Medical Imaging and Imaging Instrumentation

Kenneth R. Foster, PhD	Professor	Bioengineering	Theoretical and Computational Bioengineering

James C. Gee, PhD	Associate Professor	Bioengineering	Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Cell and Tissue Mechanics \| Orthopaedic Bioengineering \| Computational Neuroscience \| Medical Imaging and Imaging Instrumentation \| Imaging Theory and Analysis \|Theoretical and Computational Bioengineering

Maria Geffen, PhD	Assistant Professor	Otorhinolaryngology	Computational Neuroscience \| Experimental Neuroscience \| Theoretical and Computational Bioengineering

Jerry Glickson, PhD	Research Professor	Radiology	Medical Imaging and Imaging Instrumentation \|Cellular and Molecular Imaging

Yale E. Goldman, MD, PhD	Professor	Physiology	Cellular Engineering \| Cell Mechanics \| Experimental Neuroscience

Robert C. Gorman, MD	Professor	Surgery (Cardiovascular)	Tissue Engineering \| Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Cell and Tissue Mechanics \| Theoretical and Computational Bioengineering

Mark Goulian, PhD	Associate Professor	Biology	Cellular Engineering \| Cellular and Molecular Imaging \| Theoretical and Computational Bioengineering

M. Sean Grady, MD	Professor	Neurosurgery	Injury Biomechanics \| Experimental Neuroscience

Joel H. Greenberg, PhD	Research Professor	Neurology	Experimental Neuroscience

Murray Grossman, MD, EdD	Professor	Neurology	Medical Imaging and Imaging Instrumentation

Daniel A. Hammer, PhD	Professor	Bioengineering	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

Kurt Hankenson, DVM, PhD	Assistant Professor	Animal Biology	Tissue Engineering \| Orthopaedic Bioengineering

Meenhard Herlyn, DVM, DSc	Professor	Wistar Institute	Molecular Engineering \| Cellular Engineering \| Tissue Engineering \| Bioengineered Therapeutics, Devices and Drug Delivery \| Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Cell and Tissue Mechanics

Dongeun (Dan) Huh, PhD	Assistant Professor	Bioengineering	Bioengineered Therapeutics, Devices and Drug Delivery \| Cellular Engineering \| Tissue Engineering

David Issadore, PhD	Assistant Professor	Bioengineering	Molecular Engineering \| Cellular Engineering \| Cellular and Molecular Imaging

Paul A. Janmey, PhD	Professor	Physiology	Cellular Engineering \| Bioengineered Therapeutics, Devices and Drug Delivery \| Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Cell and Tissue Mechanics \| Cell Mechanics \| Experimental Neuroscience

Peter Loyd Jones, PhD	Associate Professor	Pathology & Laboratory Medicine	Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Cell and Tissue Mechanics \| Cellular and Molecular Imaging

Kelly Jordan-Sciutto, PhD	Associate Professor	Pathology	Injury Biomechanics \| Experimental Neuroscience \| Cellular and Molecular Imaging

Michael Kahana, PhD	Professor	Psychology	Computational Neuroscience

Despina Kontos, PhD	Research Assistant Professor	Radiology	Medical Imaging and Imaging Instrumentation \| Imaging Theory and Analysis \| Theoretical and Computational Bioengineering

Katherine Kuchenbecker, PhD	Assistant Professor	Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics	Bioengineered Therapeutics, Devices and Drug Delivery

Matthew Lazzara, PhD	Assistant Professor	Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering	Cellular Engineering

Daeyeon Lee, PhD	Assistant Professor	Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering	Bioengineered Therapeutics, Devices and Drug Delivery \| Biomaterials

Daniel Lee, PhD	Associate Professor	Electrical and Systems Engineering	Theoretical and Computational Bioengineering

Jongho Lee, PhD	Assistant Professor	Radiology	Medical Imaging and Imaging Instrumentation \| Imaging Theory and Analysis

Robert J. Levy, MD	Professor	Pediatrics	Bioengineered Therapeutics, Devices and Drug Delivery \| Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Cell and Tissue Mechanics \| Biomaterials

Robert M. Lewitt, PhD	Research Professor	Radiology	Medical Imaging and Imaging Instrumentation \| Imaging Theory and Analysis

Brian Litt, MD	Associate Professor	Bioengineering; Neurology (Dual)	Computational Neuroscience \| Experimental Neuroscience

Xiaowei Sherry Liu, PhD	Assistant Professor	Orthopaedic Surgery	Orthopaedic Bioengineering \| Medical Imaging and Imaging Instrumentation \| Imaging Theory and Analysis

Wenqin Luo, MD, PhD	Assistant Professor	Neuroscience	Molecular Engineering \| Cellular Engineering

Edward J. Macarak, PhD	Professor and Chair	Anatomy & Cell Biology	Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Cell and Tissue Mechanics \| Cellular and Molecular Imaging

Andrew Maidment, PhD	Associate Professor	Radiology	Medical Imaging and Imaging Instrumentation \| Imaging Theory and Analysis

Kenneth B. Margulies, MD	Professor	Medicine	Cellular Engineering \| Tissue Engineering \| Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Cell and Tissue Mechanics \| Cell Mechanics

Susan S. Margulies, PhD	Professor	Bioengineering	Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Cell and Tissue Mechanics \| Injury Biomechanics \| Experimental Neuroscience

Vadim Markel, PhD	Associate Professor	Radiology	Imaging Theory and Analysis

Robert Mauck, PhD	Associate Professor	Orthopaedic Surgery	Tissue Engineering \| Orthopaedic Bioengineering \| Biomaterials

David F. Meaney, PhD	Professor and Chair	Bioengineering	Cellular Engineering \| Injury Biomechanics \| Cell Mechanics \| Experimental Neuroscience

Javier Medina, PhD	Assistant Professor	Psychology	Computational Neuroengineering

Vladimir Muzykantov, MD, PhD	Associate Professor	Pharmacology	Bioengineered Therapeutics, Devices and Drug Delivery \| Biomaterials

Warren Pear, MD, PhD	Professor	Pathology & Laboratory Medicine	Bioengineered Therapeutics, Devices and Drug Delivery

Jennifer E. Phillips-Cremins, PhD	Assistant Professor	Bioengineering	Molecular Engineering \| Cellular Engineering \| Systems and Synthetic Bioengineering \| Theoretical and Computational Bioengineering

Kilian Pohl, PhD	Assistant Professor	Radiology	Medical Imaging and Imaging Instrumentation \| Imaging Theory and Analysis

Daniel Rader, MD	Professor	Medicine	Molecular Engineering \| Cellular Engineering \| Bioengineered Therapeutics, Devices and Drug Delivery \| Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Cell and Tissue Mechanics

Ravi Radhakrishnan, PhD	Associate Professor	Bioengineering	Cellular Engineering \| Molecular Engineering \| Theoretical and Computational Bioengineering

Arjun Raj, PhD	Assistant Professor	Bioengineering	Molecular Engineering \| Bioengineered Therapeutics, Devices and Drug Delivery \| Systems and Synthetic Bioengineering \| Cellular and Molecular Imaging \| Theoretical and Computational Bioengineering

Ravinder Reddy, PhD	Professor	Radiology	Orthopaedic Bioengineering \| Medical Imaging and Imaging Instrumentation \| Imaging Theory and Analysis

Virginia M. Richards, PhD	Professor	Psychology	Experimental Neuroscience

Rahim Rizi, PhD	Associate Professor	Radiology	Medical Imaging and Imaging Instrumentation

Timothy Roberts, PhD	Professor	Radiology	Computational Neuroscience \| Medical Imaging and Imaging Instrumentation \| Imaging Theory and Analysis \| Theoretical and Computational Bioengineering

David Roos, PhD	Professor	Biology	Theoretical and Computational Bioengineering

Harvey Rubin, MD, PhD	Professor	Medicine	Molecular Engineering \| Bioengineered Therapeutics, Devices and Drug Delivery

Casim Sarkar, PhD	Assistant Professor	Bioengineering	Molecular Engineering \| Cellular Engineering \| Bioengineered Therapeutics, Devices and Drug Delivery \| Systems and Synthetic Bioengineering \| Theoretical and Computational Bioengineering

Mitch Schnall, MD, PhD	Professor	Radiology	Medical Imaging and Imaging Instrumentation \| Imaging Theory and Analysis \| Theoretical and Computational Bioengineering

Nathalie Scholler, MD, PhD	Assistant Professor	Obstetrics and Gynecology	Molecular Engineering \| Bioengineered Therapeutics, Devices and Drug Delivery

Chandra Sehgal, PhD	Research Professor	Radiology	Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Cell and Tissue Mechanics \| Medical Imaging and Imaging Instrumentation \| Imaging Theory and Analysis

Steven Siegel, MD, PhD	Associate Professor	Psychiatry	Bioengineered Therapeutics, Devices and Drug Delivery \| Experimental Neuroscience

Douglas H. Smith, MD	Professor	Neurosurgery	Injury Biomechanics \| Experimental Neuroscience

Robert G. Smith, PhD	Research Associate Professor	Neuroscience	Computational Neuroscience \| Systems and Synthetic Bioengineering \| Theoretical and Computational Bioengineering

Hee Kwon Song, PhD	Associate Professor	Radiology	Orthopaedic Bioengineering \| Medical Imaging and Imaging Instrumentation \| Imaging Theory and Analysis

Louis J. Soslowsky, PhD	Professor	Orthopaedic Surgery	Tissue Engineering \| Orthopaedic Bioengineering

Alan A. Stocker, PhD	Assistant Professor	Psychology	Computational Neuroscience \| Experimental Neuroscience \| Theoretical and Computational Bioengineering

Christian Stoeckert, PhD	Research Professor	Genetics

H. Lee Sweeney, PhD	Professor and Chair	Physiology	Molecular Engineering \| Bioengineered Therapeutics, Devices and Drug Delivery \| Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Cell and Tissue Mechanics

Phong Tran, PhD	Associate Professor	Cell & Developmental Biology	Cellular Engineering \| Cell Mechanics \| Cellular and Molecular Imaging

Andrew Tsourkas, PhD	Associate Professor	Bioengineering	Molecular Engineering \| Bioengineered Therapeutics, Devices and Drug Delivery \| Biomaterials \| Cellular and Molecular Imaging

Jayaram K. Udupa, PhD	Professor	Radiology	Medical Imaging and Imaging Instrumentation \| Imaging Theory and Analysis \| Theoretical and Computational Bioengineering

Lyle H. Ungar, PhD	Associate Professor	Computer and Information Science	Imaging Theory and Analysis \| Theoretical and Computational Bioengineering

Ragini Verma, PhD	Assistant Professor	Radiology	Imaging Theory and Analysis

Susan W. Volk, VMD, PhD	Assistant Professor	Small Animal Surgery	Tissue Engineering \| Bioengineered Therapeutics, Devices and Drug Delivery \| Orthopaedic Bioengineering \| Injury Biomechanics \| Biomaterials \| Cellular and Molecular Imaging

Felix W. Wehrli, PhD	Professor	Radiology	Orthopaedic Bioengineering \| Medical Imaging and Imaging Instrumentation

Rebecca Wells, MD	Assistant Professor	Medicine	Cellular Engineering \| Tissue Engineering \| Cell Mechanics

Beth A. Winkelstein, PhD	Professor	Bioengineering	Orthopaedic Bioengineering \| Injury Biomechanics \| Experimental Neuroscience

Arjun Yodh, PhD	Professor	Physics and Astronomy	Medical Imaging and Imaging Instrumentation \| Imaging Theory and Analysis

Paul Yushkevich, PhD	Assistant Professor	Radiology	Imaging Theory and Analysis \| Theoretical and Computational Bioengineering

Rong Zhou, PhD	Research Associate Professor	Radiology	Cellular Engineering \| Bioengineered Therapeutics, Devices and Drug Delivery \| Cellular and Molecular Imaging

Timothy Zhu, PhD	Associate Professor	Radiation Oncology	Imaging Theory and Analysis