Faculty
Biomedical Engineering Faculty
Mohammad Reza Abidian
Associate Professor
Office Location SERC 2022
Phone 713-743-0869
Email mabidian [at] uh.edu
Metin Akay
Founding ChairJohn S Dunn Endowed Chair Professor
Office Location SERC 2027
Phone 832-842-8813
Email makay [at] uh.edu
Yasemin Akay
Instructional Associate Professor
Office Location SERC 2023
Phone 832-842-8840
Email ymakay [at] uh.edu
Muayyad Al-Ubaidi
Moores Professor
Office Location SERC 2005
Phone 713-743-1648
Email malubaid [at] central.uh.edu
Ran An
Assistant Professor
Phone 713-743-2061
Email ran [at] uh.edu
Yuncheng Du
Associate Professor
Office Location SERC 2007
Phone 713-743-7933
Email ydu19 [at] central.uh.edu
Joe Francis
Professor
Office Location HBS 444
Phone 713-743-0985
Email jtfrancis [at] uh.edu
Howard Gifford
Associate Professor
Office Location SERC 2006
Phone 832-842-8715
Email hgifford [at] uh.edu
Renita Horton
Assistant Professor
Office Location SERC 2012
Phone 713-743-0997
Email rehorton [at] Central.UH.EDU
Kirill Larin
Director for Graduate ProgramCullen College of Engineering Professor
Office Location HBS 340
Phone 832-842-8834
Email klarin [at] uh.edu
Zhengwei Li
Assistant Professor
Office Location Health2, 8010A
Phone 713-743-2684
Email zli65 [at] central.uh.edu
Sheereen Majd
Associate Professor
Office Location SERC 2021
Phone 713-743-0866
Email smajd9 [at] uh.edu
Chandra Mohan
Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Endowed Professor
Office Location SERC 2004
Phone 713-743-3709
Email cmohan [at] central.uh.edu
Muna Naash
John S Dunn Endowed Professor
Office Location SERC 2003
Phone 713-743-1651
Email mnaash [at] central.uh.edu
Jinsook Roh
Assistant Professor
Office Location SERC 2011
Phone 713-743-2578
Email jroh [at] uh.edu
Jerome Schultz
Distinguished Professor
Office Location SERC 2010
Phone 713-743-4098
Email jschult4 [at] central.uh.edu
Sergey Shevkoplyas
Professor
Office Location SERC 2009
Phone 713-743-5696
Email sshevkop [at] central.uh.edu
Lu Wang
Assistant Professor
Office Location RM 1309, 5055 Medical Cir, Houston, TX 77204
Phone 713-743-3844
Email lwang71 [at] central.uh.edu
Tianfu Wu
Associate Professor
Office Location SERC 2008
Phone 713-743-0142
Email twu13 [at] central.uh.edu
Yingchun Zhang
Associate Professor
Office Location HBS 390
Phone 713-743-6127
Email yzhang94 [at] uh.edu
Faculty with Joint BME Appointments
Venkatesh Balan
Associate Professor, Technology Division
Phone 713-743-6640
Email vbalan [at] uh.edu
Yi-Chao Chen
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Phone 713-743-4533
Email chen [at] uh.edu
Patrick Cirino
Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Phone 713-743-1496
Email pccirino [at] uh.edu
Jose L. Contreras-Vidal
Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Phone 713-743-4429
Email jlcontreras-vidal [at] uh.edu
Mini Das
Professor, Physics
Phone 713-743-3539
Email mdas [at] uh.edu
Vallabh Das
Professor, Optometry
Phone 713-743-3292
Email vdas [at] central.uh.edu
Matthew A. Franchek
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Phone 713-743-2758
Email mfranchek [at] uh.edu
Ioannis Kakadiaris
Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished University Professor, Computer Science
Phone 713-743-1255
Email ioannisk [at] uh.edu
Fatima A. Merchant
Professor, Technology Division
Phone 713-743-8292
Email fmerchant [at] uh.edu
Lauri Nurminen
Assistant Professor, Optometry
Phone 713-743-7960
Email lonurminen [at] uh.edu
Luca Pollonini
Associate Professor, Technology Division
Phone 713-743-4159
Email lpollonini [at] uh.edu
Jason Porter
Associate Professor, Optometry
Phone 713-743-1806
Email jporter [at] central.uh.edu
Paul Ruchhoeft
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Phone 713-743-4485
Email pruchhoeft [at] uh.edu
Wei-Chuan Shih
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Phone 713-743-4454
Email wshih [at] central.uh.edu
Navin Varadarajan
M.D. Anderson Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Phone 713-743-1691
Email nvaradarajan [at] uh.edu
Richard Willson
Huffington-Woestemeyer Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Phone 713-743-4308
Email willson [at] uh.edu
George Zouridakis
Professor, Technology Division
Phone 713-743-8656
Email zouridakis [at] uh.edu
Faculty with Adjunct BME Appointments
Irina Larina
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Office Location Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, S434
Email larina [at] bcm.edu
Alexander Oraevsky
Adjunct ProfessorPresident and Chief Technology Officer at TomoWave Laboratories, Inc.
Office Location 6550 Mapleridge Street, Suite 124
Phone 713-270-5393
Email aao [at] tomowave.com