Faculty
Biomedical Engineering Faculty
![Mohammad Reza Abidian](/sites/bme/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/abidian.jpg?itok=fZsoDHQh)
Mohammad Reza Abidian
Associate Professor
Office Location SERC 2022
Phone 713-743-0869
Email mabidian [at] uh.edu
![Akay](/sites/bme/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/akay.jpg?itok=xMtNh0qd)
Metin Akay
Founding ChairJohn S Dunn Endowed Chair Professor
Office Location SERC 2027
Phone 832-842-8813
Email makay [at] uh.edu
![Akay](/sites/bme/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/akay_y.jpg?itok=BczlOFPR)
Yasemin Akay
Instructional Associate Professor
Office Location SERC 2023
Phone 832-842-8840
Email ymakay [at] uh.edu
![Muayyad Al-Ubaidi](/sites/bme/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/al_ubaidi_0.jpg?itok=U1RKKwS4)
Muayyad Al-Ubaidi
Moores Professor
Office Location SERC 2005
Phone 713-743-1648
Email malubaid [at] central.uh.edu
![Ran An](/sites/bme/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/an.jpg?itok=RA8xZ8Fv)
Ran An
Assistant Professor
Phone 713-743-2061
Email ran [at] uh.edu
![Yuncheng Du](/sites/bme/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/du_0.jpg?itok=o3WcZFR3)
Yuncheng Du
Associate Professor
Office Location SERC 2007
Phone 713-743-7933
Email ydu19 [at] central.uh.edu
![Joe Francis](/sites/bme/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/francis_0.jpg?itok=hblYzJWg)
Joe Francis
Professor
Office Location HBS 444
Phone 713-743-0985
Email jtfrancis [at] uh.edu
![Gifford](/sites/bme/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/gifford.jpg?itok=LzVfCxgi)
Howard Gifford
Associate Professor
Office Location SERC 2006
Phone 832-842-8715
Email hgifford [at] uh.edu
![Renita Horton, Ph.D.](/sites/bme/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/horton.jpg?itok=l0Qa4wtf)
Renita Horton
Assistant Professor
Office Location SERC 2012
Phone 713-743-0997
Email rehorton [at] Central.UH.EDU
![Kirill Larin](/sites/bme/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/larin_0.jpg?itok=Byu_4KgW)
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](/sites/bme/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/li_zhengwei.jpg?itok=baeRKaH8)
Zhengwei Li
Assistant Professor
Office Location Health2, 8010A
Phone 713-743-2684
Email zli65 [at] central.uh.edu
![Sheereen Majd, Ph.D.](/sites/bme/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/majd_sheereen.jpg?itok=-k4mCkB0)
Sheereen Majd
Associate Professor
Office Location SERC 2021
Phone 713-743-0866
Email smajd9 [at] uh.edu
![Mohan](/sites/bme/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/mohan_chandra.jpg?itok=WjjkQHq8)
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](/sites/bme/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/naash.jpg?itok=LWoGfzpt)
Muna Naash
John S Dunn Endowed Professor
Office Location SERC 2003
Phone 713-743-1651
Email mnaash [at] central.uh.edu
![Jinsook Roh](/sites/bme/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/roh.jpg?itok=8eM1WjbQ)
Jinsook Roh
Assistant Professor
Office Location SERC 2011
Phone 713-743-2578
Email jroh [at] uh.edu
![Jerome Schultz](/sites/bme/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/schultz.jpg?itok=j_oKC-Ym)
Jerome Schultz
Distinguished Professor
Office Location SERC 2010
Phone 713-743-4098
Email jschult4 [at] central.uh.edu
![Shevkoplyas](/sites/bme/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/shevkoplyas.jpg?itok=TgRRc50D)
Sergey Shevkoplyas
Professor
Office Location SERC 2009
Phone 713-743-5696
Email sshevkop [at] central.uh.edu
![Lu Wang](/sites/bme/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/wang.jpg?itok=d2jP3mu3)
Lu Wang
Assistant Professor
Office Location RM 1309, 5055 Medical Cir, Houston, TX 77204
Phone 713-743-3844
Email lwang71 [at] central.uh.edu
![Wu](/sites/bme/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/wu.jpg?itok=eLLYTpT2)
Tianfu Wu
Associate Professor
Office Location SERC 2008
Phone 713-743-0142
Email twu13 [at] central.uh.edu
Faculty with Joint BME Appointments
![Venkatesh Balan](/sites/bme/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/balan.jpg?itok=kwKVpy02)
Venkatesh Balan
Associate Professor, Technology Division
Phone 713-743-6640
Email vbalan [at] uh.edu
![Yi-Chao Chen](/sites/bme/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/chen_0.jpg?itok=NucHkWo7)
Yi-Chao Chen
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Phone 713-743-4533
Email chen [at] uh.edu
![Patrick Cirino](/sites/bme/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/cirino.jpg?itok=oh7-zhyP)
Patrick Cirino
Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Phone 713-743-1496
Email pccirino [at] uh.edu
![Jose L. Contreras-Vidal](/sites/bme/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/contreras_vidal_jose.jpg?itok=tjWdpp7X)
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](/sites/bme/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/das.jpg?itok=vvLFyCEt)
Mini Das
Professor, Physics
Phone 713-743-3539
Email mdas [at] uh.edu
![Vallabh Das](/sites/bme/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/das_vallabh.jpg?itok=sJJAPWz_)
Vallabh Das
Professor, Optometry
Phone 713-743-3292
Email vdas [at] central.uh.edu
![Matthew A. Franchek](/sites/bme/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/franchek.jpg?itok=Q3ovbS63)
Matthew A. Franchek
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Phone 713-743-2758
Email mfranchek [at] uh.edu
![Ioannis Kakadiaris](/sites/bme/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/kakadiaris.jpg?itok=X-srFez7)
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](/sites/bme/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/merchant.jpg?itok=oxEjlwdg)
Fatima A. Merchant
Professor, Technology Division
Phone 713-743-8292
Email fmerchant [at] uh.edu
![Lauri Nurminen](/sites/bme/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/nurminen.jpg?itok=iQmEN7WW)
Lauri Nurminen
Assistant Professor, Optometry
Phone 713-743-7960
Email lonurminen [at] uh.edu
![Luca Pollonini](/sites/bme/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/pollonini.jpg?itok=FPmhDgKW)
Luca Pollonini
Associate Professor, Technology Division
Phone 713-743-4159
Email lpollonini [at] uh.edu
![Jason Porter](/sites/bme/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/porter.jpg?itok=LT8WwCsv)
Jason Porter
Associate Professor, Optometry
Phone 713-743-1806
Email jporter [at] central.uh.edu
![Paul Ruchhoeft](/sites/bme/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/ruchhoeft.jpg?itok=grH5Ta_x)
Paul Ruchhoeft
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Phone 713-743-4485
Email pruchhoeft [at] uh.edu
![Wei-Chuan Shih](/sites/bme/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/shih.jpg?itok=tVIM0AYe)
Wei-Chuan Shih
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Phone 713-743-4454
Email wshih [at] central.uh.edu
![Navin Varadarajan](/sites/bme/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/varadarajan.jpg?itok=S03OlKig)
Navin Varadarajan
M.D. Anderson Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Phone 713-743-1691
Email nvaradarajan [at] uh.edu
![Richard Willson](/sites/bme/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/willson_0.jpg?itok=2luD9o-k)
Richard Willson
Huffington-Woestemeyer Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Phone 713-743-4308
Email willson [at] uh.edu
![George Zouridakis](/sites/bme/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/zouridakis.jpg?itok=ewZr4pCG)
George Zouridakis
Professor, Technology Division
Phone 713-743-8656
Email zouridakis [at] uh.edu
Faculty with Adjunct BME Appointments
![Irina Larina](/sites/bme/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/larina.jpg?itok=XX3lAIgR)
Irina Larina
Adjunct Professor
Office Location Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, S434
Email larina [at] bcm.edu
![Alexander Oraevsky](/sites/bme/files/styles/facultyportrait/public/images/faculty/oraevsky_alexander.jpg?itok=Tjg5LO78)
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