Faculty

CBIS is home to accomplished faculty researchers who have distinguished themselves as members of prestigious societies and academies. Through their research, discovery, and collaborations, they have invented and commercialized life-saving therapeutics, generated intellectual property and patents, and developed solutions to humanity’s greatest health challenges.

To explore partnerships with CBIS, contact our Director of Operations and Business Development or the Office of Intellectual Property Optimization.

Resident Faculty

Blanca Barquera
Biological Sciences

Professor
Georges Belfort
Chemical and Biological Engineering

Institute Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Member, National Academy of Engineering
Marvin Bentley
Biological Sciences

Associate Professor
Elizabeth Blaber
Biomedical Engineering

Assistant Professor
Wilfredo Colon
Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Professor, Department Head
Steven Cramer
Chemical and Biological Engineering

Institute Professor, NAE
Jonathan Dordick
Office of Strategic Alliances and Translations

Vice President, Strategic Alliances and Translation, Institute Professor, Departments of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Biological Sciences
Scott Forth
Biological Sciences

Associate Professor
Shekhar Garde
School of Engineering

Thomas R. Farino Jr. ’67 and Patricia E. Farino Dean, School of Engineering and Elaine S. and Jack S. Parker Chaired Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Ryan Gilbert
Biomedical Engineering

Professor
Susan Gilbert
Biological Sciences

Professor
Prashun Gorai
Chemical and Biological Engineering

Assistant Professor
Richard Gross
Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Professor and Constellation Endowed Chair
Juergen Hahn
Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies

Professor and CBIS Director
Mariah Hahn
Biomedical Engineering

Professor
Kathy High
Arts

Professor
Jennifer Hurley
Biological Sciences

Department Head and Professor
Pankaj Karande
Chemical and Biological Engineering

Associate Professor
Ji Young Kim
Chemical and Biological Engineering

Assistant Professor
Mattheos Koffas
Chemical and Biological Engineering

Dorothy and Fred Chau ʼ71 Career Development Constellation Professor in Biocatalysis and Metabolic Engineering
Ben Larson
Biological Sciences

Assistant Professor
George Makhatadze
Biological Sciences

Professor and Constellation Endowed Chair
Kristen Mills
Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering

Associate Professor
Gaetano Montelione
Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Professor and Constellation Endowed Chair
Andres Munoz Rojas
Biomedical Engineering

Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Moussa Ngom
Physics, Applied Physics & Astronomy

Associate Professor
Todd Przybycien
Chemical and Biological Engineering

Professor
Christopher Puleo
Biomedical Engineering

Associate Professor
Rick Relyea
Biological Sciences

Professor and David M. Darrin '40 Senior Endowed Chair; Acting Head of Earth & Env. Sciences, Former Director of the Darrin Fresh Water Institute and The Jefferson Project (2014-2022)
Catherine Royer
Biological Sciences

Professor and Constellation Endowed Chair
Doug Swank
Biological Sciences

Professor
Deanna Thompson
Biomedical Engineering

Associate Professor
Deepak Vashishth
Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies

Yamada Corporation Professor and RPI Co-Director, Center for Engineering and Precision Medicine (CEPM)
Chunyu Wang
Biological Sciences

Professor
Ge Wang
Biomedical Engineering

Clark & Crossan Endowed Chair Professor, Director of Biomedical Imaging Center, Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Trans. Medical Imaging
Leo Wan
Biomedical Engineering

Professor
Pingkun Yan
Biomedical Engineering

P.K. Lashmet Chair Professor and Department Head
Helen Zha
Chemical and Biological Engineering

Associate Professor

Affiliated Faculty

Kristin Bennett
Mathematical Sciences

Associate Director of the IDEA
B Wayne Bequette
Chemical and Biological Engineering

Professor and Technology Manager, CESMII Northern Regional Manufacturing Center
Chris Bystroff
Biological Sciences

Professor
Nancy Campbell
Science and Technology Studies

Professor
Benjamin Chang
GSAS

Professor, Director of GSAS
David Corr
Biomedical Engineering

Professor
Ganpati Ramanath
Materials Science and Engineering

John Tod Horton Professor of Engineering
Vivek Ghosal
Economics

Department Head of Economics and Virginia and Lloyd W. Rittenhouse Professor
James Hendler
Institute for Data Exploration and Applications (IDEA)

Tetherless World Senior Constellation Professor of Computer, Web and Cognitive Science
Mark Holmes
Center for Modeling, Optimization and Computational Analysis (MOCA)

Professor
Robert Hull
Office for Research

Vice President for Research, Henry Burlage Jr. Professor of Engineering, and Director of Center for Materials, Devices, and Integrated Systems
David Isaacson
Mathematical Sciences

Professor
Chip Kilduff
Civil and Environmental Engineering

Associate Professor
K. V. Lakshmi
Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Professor and Director, Baruch '60 Center For Biochemical Solar Energy Research
Lee Ligon
Biological Sciences

Associate Professor and Associate Dean of Science for Academic Affairs
Emily Liu
Industrial and Systems Engineering

Industrial and Systems Engineering Department Head and Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering
Deborah McGuinness
Computer Science

Tetherless World Senior Constellation Chair, Professor of Computer Science, Cognitive Science, and Industrial and Systems Engineering
Sandra Nierzwicki-Bauer
Biological Sciences

Associate Director of Darrin Fresh Water Institute (DFWI)
Marianne Nyman
Civil and Environmental Engineering

Associate Professor
Patrick Underhill
Chemical and Biological Engineering

Professor
Ingrid Wilke
Physics, Applied Physics & Astronomy

Professor
Mohammed Zaki
Computer Science

Professor and CS Department Head
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