Department of Biomedical Engineering

The University bestows the designation "Graduate Faculty" upon faculty following review of their credentials and recommendation by their colleagues. The University maintains three levels of graduate faculty: (1) Full, (2) Associate, and (3) External.

Only Full graduate faculty members may chair doctoral committees. Full or Associate graduate faculty may chair master's committees. Only one external graduate faculty member may serve as a voting member on any master's or doctoral committee.

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FULL MEMBERS

GARY BOWLIN, Professor, PhD (1996), University of Akron [2028]

JOEL BUMGARDNER, Professor, PhD (1994), The University of Alabama at Birmingham [2025]

AMY L. DE JONGH CURRY, Associate Professor, PhD (1997), The University of Memphis [2025]

GEDIMINAS GAIDULIS, Assistant Professor, PhD (2019), Vilnius Gediminas Technical University [2030]

JESSICA AMBER JENNINGS, PhD (2007), University of Alabama, Birmingham [2028]

JOHN LEICESTER WILLIAMS, Professor, PhD (1981), Northwestern University [2027]

CARL HERICKHOFF, Assistant Professor, PhD (2011), Duke University [2028]

ASSOCIATE MEMBER 

DENIS DIANGELO, Professor, PhD (1993), McMaster University 

WEIKUAN GU, Professor, PhD (1994), Cornell University 

KAREN HASTY, Professor, PhD (1991), The University of Tennessee Health Science Center 

WILLIAM MIHALKO, Professor, PhD (1993), Virginia Commonwealth University [2025]

BRADFORD PENDLEY, Professor, PhD, MD (1992, 2007) Cornell University (PhD) UT Health Science Center (MD)

EXTERNAL MEMBERS

ZACHARY ABRAMSON, MD (2014), University of Tennessee Health Science Center [2027]

VIDA ABEDI, PhD (2013), University of Memphis [2027]

MARYAM FATEMEH AFZALI, PhD (2017), Colorado State University [2027]

MARK ANDERSON, DDS (1989), University of Tennessee College of Dentistry [2029]

PENNY A. ASBELL, MD (1975), SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY [2025]

TRAVIS BAILEY, PhD (2005), University of Minnesota [2025]

PUNEET BAGGA, PhD (2014), Jawaharlal Nehru University, India [2025]

SYAMAL KANTI BHATTACHARYA, PhD (1979) University of Memphis [2028]

JOHN BISSLER, MD (1985), Northwestern Ohio University College of Medicine [2027]

HONGSIK CHO, PhD (2003), Ajou University, Korea [2026]

BARRY DALE, DPT (2009), University of Chattanooga, PhD (2002) Universtiy of Alabama [2026]

EUGENE C. ECKSTEIN, Professor Emeritus, PhD (1975), Massachusetts Institute of Technology [2025]

DAVID FITCH, PhD (2010), The University of Memphis [2028]

FRANKLIN GARCIA-GODOY, DDS (1976), Autonomous University, Santo Domingo [2026]

FERNANDA DELBUQUE GUERRA, Post Doctoral Researcher, PhD (2017), Clemson University [2026]

WARREN O. HAGGARD, PhD (1994), The University of Alabama at Birmingham [2026]

CLAUDIA M. HILLENBRAND, PhD (2000), University of Wurzburg [Germany] [2025]

BRENT HOFFMEISTER, PhD (1995), Washington University [2027]

AMOL JANORKAR, PhD (2005), Clemson University [2026]

ANASTASIOS KARYDIS, PhD (2009), University of California, San Francisco [2025]

DEEPIKA KONAKANCHI, Associate, PhD (2014), University of Memphis [2028]

ERNO LINDNER, Professor, PhD (1985), Technical University of Budapest [2025]

CARA E. MORIN, PhD (2009), University of Maryland School of Medicine [2025]

MARK L. MORRISON, PhD (2005), University of Tennessee [2026]

JACOB OGUNLADE, PhD (2009), Walden University [2028]

KAUSHIK PARTHASARATHI, PhD (1999), Pennsylvania State University [2025]

MARKO RADIC, PhD (1987), University of California at Irvine [2026]

WILBURN EUGENE REDDICK, PhD (1991), University of Memphis [2025]

JERALD REDMOND, PhD (2007), Carnegie Mellon University [2029]

ESRA ROAN, Assistant Professor, PhD (2007), University of Cincinnati [2028]

ISAAC RODRIGUEZ, PhD (2013), Virginia Commonwealth University  [2028]

SUBRATA SAHA, PhD (1974), Stanford University [2028]

KELLY SUSAN SANTANGELO, PhD (2011) The Ohio State University [2027]

RANGANATHA SITARAM, PhD (2008), University of Tuebingen, Germany [2025]

RICHARD SMITH, PhD (1997) University of Memphis [2026]

SIDNEY H. STEIN, PhD (1992), University of Rochester, School of Medicine and Dentistry [2026]

RICHARD W. TREHARNE, PhD (1976), The University of Pennsylvania [2029]

AARYANI TIPIRNENI-SAJJA, PhD (2017), University of Memphis [2028]

HAI H. TRIEU, PhD (1995), Case Western Reserve University [2026]

JOLIEKE G. VAN OOSTERWIJK, PhD (2013), Leiden University Medical Center [2029]

ANN M. VIANO, PhD (1996), Washington University [2026]

ROBERT S. WATERS, PhD (1978), University of Connecticut [2027]

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NOTE: Expiration date of graduate faculty membership is indicated in brackets for Full and External only.