Bioengineering Faculty

Our bioengineering faculty are internationally recognized leaders in biomedical imaging, computational biomedicine, biomaterials, nanomedicine, neurotechnologies, and computational neuroscience.

  • Mason bioengineering professor Giorgio Ascoli wears a black suit, light shirt and tie in his faculty profile

    Professor, Bioengineering, College of Engineering and Computing  

    Research Interests: Investigating the relationship between brain structure, activity, and function from the cellular level to the circuit level
  • Mason bioengineering professor Kim Black wears a sparkly-green shirt, tie die headband, silver jewelry and has grayish hair in her faculty profile

    Professor, Bioengineering, College of Engineering and Computing

    Research Interests: Investigating the mechanisms whereby particular spatiotemporal patterns of inputs produce changes in synaptic plasticity and intrinsic excitability
  • Juan Cebral wears a navy-blue sweat jacket and green shirt in his faculty profile for the Department of Mechanical Engineering

    Professor, Bioengineering and Mechanical Engineering

    Research Interests: Stroke, cerebral aneurysms, blood flow, image-based modeling, patient-specific modeling, computational fluid dynamics, hemodynamics, modeling medical devices
  • Mason bioengineering associate professor Parag Chitnis wears a blue-collared shirt and glasses with salt/pepper hair in his faculty profile

    Associate Professor, Bioengineering, College of Engineering and Computing  

    Research Interests: Medical ultrasonics and photoacoustics drives innovation in biomedical imaging and tissue characterization
  • Mason bioengineering assistant professor Holger Dannenberg wears a navy blue suit and white shirt in his faculty profile

    Assistant Professor, Bioengineering, College of Engineering and Computing

    Research Interests: Mechanisms and functions underlying the formation of memory and memory-guided navigation with a focus on the septohippocampal brain circuitry
  • Caroline Hoemann

    Professor, Bioengineering, College of Engineering and Computing  

    Research Interests: Biomaterials, Molecular Cell Biology, and Tissue Engineering
  • Mason bioengineering assistant professor Eugene Kim wears a light-blue shirt, navy blue tie and smiles in his faculty profile

    Assistant Professor, Bioengineering, College of Engineering and Computing

    Research Interests: Developing protein-based biomaterials using microbial platforms for the production of strong underwater bioadhesives and biocomposites
  • Nathalia Peixoto wears a dark shirt in her faculty profile for Mason's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

    Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Affiliate Faculty in Bioengineering

    Research Interests: Biomedical Applications of Robotic Systems, epidemiology applications, biomimemetic and MEMS design for field, analog/digital circuit design for robots
  • Mason assistant professor Shani Ross wears a blue shirt in her faculty profile

    Assistant Professor and Associate Chair, Bioengineering, College of Engineering and Computing  

    Research Interests: Closed-loop neuroprosthesis, peripheral nerve stimulation for restoration of function, and deep brain stimulation
  • Quentin Sanders wears a pink shirt in his faculty profile standing on Mason's outdoor bridge

    Assistant Professor, Bioengineering and Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering and Computing

    Research Interests: Bio-medical robots, soft robotics