Faculty
Core Faculty
Mohammad Reza Abidian
Associate Professor
Office Location SERC 2011
Phone 713-743-0869
Email mabidian [at] uh.edu
Metin Akay
John S Dunn Endowed Chair Professor
Office Location SERC 2028
Phone 832-842-8813
Email makay [at] uh.edu
Muayyad Al-Ubaidi
John & Rebecca Moores Professor
Office Location SERC 2005
Phone 713-743-1648
Email malubaid [at] central.uh.edu
Ran An
Assistant Professor
Office Location Health 2, 8041
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 332
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
Vivek A. Kumar
Associate Professor
Office Location HBS 444
Phone 713-743-0798
Email vkumar24 [at] central.uh.edu
Kirill Larin
ChairCullen Endowed Chair and Professor
Office Location SERC 2027
Phone 832-842-8834
Email klarin [at] uh.edu
Zhengwei Li
Assistant Professor
Office Location HBS2 8010
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 ProfessorAssociate Chair for Research and Development
Office Location SERC 2004
Phone 713-743-3709
Email cmohan [at] central.uh.edu
Muna Naash
John S Dunn Endowed Professor
Office Location 3517 Cullen Blvd. Room 2003
Phone 713-743-1651
Email mnaash [at] central.uh.edu
Andrew Nordin
Assistant Professor
Office Location SERC 2020
Phone 713-743-0990
Email adnordin [at] central.uh.edu
Jinsook Roh
Director of Graduate ProgramAssociate Professor
Office Location HBS 338
Phone 713-743-2578
Email jroh [at] uh.edu
Sergey Shevkoplyas
ProfessorAssociate Chair for Academic and Faculty Affairs
Office Location SERC 2009
Phone 713-743-5696
Email sshevkop [at] central.uh.edu
Aaryani Tipirneni-Sajja
Associate Professor
Office Location HBS2 8038
Phone 713-743-0733
Email asajja [at] central.uh.edu
Lu Wang
Assistant Professor
Office Location Health 1, RM 368
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
Ali Yousefi
Associate Professor
Office Location HBS 360
Phone 713-743-3745
Email aliyousefi [at] central.uh.edu
Research and Instructional Faculty
Salavat Aglyamov
Research Associate Professor
Office Location HBS 510
Email saglyamo [at] central.uh.edu
Yasemin Akay
Instructional Associate Professor
Office Location SERC 2023
Phone 832-842-8840
Email ymakay [at] uh.edu
Nuri Ince
Research Professor
Phone 713-743-4461
Email nfince [at] uh.edu
Tina Kazemi
Instructional Assistant ProfessorUndergraduate Program Director
Office Location SERC 2022
Phone 713-743-5449
Email thkazemi [at] central.uh.edu
Anto Sam Crosslee Louis Sam Titus
Research Assistant Professor
Office Location SERC E2004A
Email crosslee [at] central.uh.edu
Manmohan Singh
Research Assistant Professor
Office Location HBS 342
Email msingh [at] central.uh.edu
Lars Tebbe
Research Assistant Professor
Office Location SERC E2004A
Email ltebbe [at] central.uh.edu
Emeritus Faculty
Jerome Schultz
Professor Emeritus
Office Location SERC 2018
Phone 713-743-4098
Email jschult4 [at] central.uh.edu
Faculty with Joint BME Appointments
Venkatesh Balan
Associate Professor, Engineering Technology
Phone 713-743-6640
Email vbalan [at] uh.edu
Yi-Chao Chen
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Phone 713-743-4533
Email chen [at] uh.edu
Kumaraswamy Naidu Chitrala
Assistant Professor, Engineering Technology
Phone 713-743-7965
Email kchitral [at] central.uh.edu
Diana S-L Chow
Paula & John J. Lovoi Sr. Endowed Professor in Drug Discovery and Development
Phone 832-842-8308
Email dchow [at] uh.edu
Patrick Cirino
Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Phone 713-743-1496
Email pccirino [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
Jerrod A. Henderson
Assistant Professor
Office Location E302E, Engineering Building 1
Phone 713-743-9282
Email jahenderson5 [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
Ashok Kumar
Professor of PharmacologyElse and Philip Hargrove Endowed Professor of Drug Discovery
Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Director, Institute of Muscle Biology and Cachexia
Office Location University of Houston College of Pharmacy, Health 2, Room 5012, 4349 Martin Luther King Boulevard, Houston, TX 77204-5037
Phone 713-743-3376
Email akumar43 [at] central.uh.edu
Yuheng Lin
Assistant Professor
Office Location 215, Engineering Building 3
Phone 713-743-5940
Email ylin70 [at] uh.edu
Jingyi Luan
Assistant Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Office Location N229 Engineering Building 1
Phone 315-391-2457
Email jluan [at] Central.UH.EDU
Fatima A. Merchant
Professor, Engineering Technology
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, Engineering Technology
Phone 713-743-4159
Email lpollonini [at] uh.edu
Jason Porter
Associate Professor, Optometry
Phone 713-743-1806
Email jporter [at] central.uh.edu
Christophe Ribelayga
Foundation for Education & Research in Vision (FERV) Professor, Optometry
Phone 713-743-7736
Email cpribela [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
Geunyoung Yoon
Irvin M. Borish Professor, Optometry
Phone 713-743-7860
Email gyoon2 [at] uh.edu
George Zouridakis
Claude E. Shannon Professor, Engineering Technology
Phone 713-743-8656
Email zouridakis [at] uh.edu
Faculty with Adjunct BME Appointments
Irina Larina
Adjunct Professor
Office Location Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, S434
Email larina [at] bcm.edu
Alexander Oraevsky
Adjunct Professor
Office Location 7505 Fannin Street, Ste 500, Houston, TX 77054-1943
Phone 713-282-9353
Email aaoraevs [at] cougarnet.uh.edu