• Faculty

Biomedical Engineering Faculty

Adjunct Distinguished Professor

Vijay Veradan, Ph.D.
Engineering Research Center
neurosensors, nanotechnology, noninvasive glucose sensors
vjvesm@engr.uark.edu

Professors

Carl L. Griffis, Ph.D.
Interim Department Head
204 Engineering Hall
clg@uark.edu

D. Julie Carrier, Ph.D.
227 Engineering Hall
nutraceuticals, cell culture, bioprocessing
carrier@uark.edu

Yanbin Li, Ph.D.
230 Engineering Hall
biosensors, bioimaging and bioinstrumentation
yanbinli@uark.edu

Associate Professors

Sreekala Bajwa, Ph.D.
231 Engineering Hall
image processing, remote sensing
sgbajwa@uark.edu

Mahendra Kavdia, Ph.D.
212 Engineering Hall
computational biology and medicine; mathmatical modeling of biological systems; nitric oxide, reactive oxygen and reactive nitrogen species biotransport; signal transduction; cellular engineering; endothelial cell dysfunction; blood substitutes; molecular mechanisms of diabetes, and and reperfusion related vascular complications; bio-MEMS; biosensors.
mkavdia@uark.edu

Jin-Woo Kim, Ph.D.
232 Engineering Hall
bioinformatics, bio-MEMS and nanotechnology
jwkim@uark.edu

Kaiming Ye, Ph.D.
215 Engineering Hall
molecular cell biology, biosensing and bioimaging, gene therapy, stem cell engineering
kye@uark.edu

Assistant Professors

Christa, Hestekin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor - Chemical Engineering
chesteki@uark.edu

Jamie Hestekin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor - Chemical Engineering
jhesteki@uark.edu

Sha Jin, Ph.D.
316 Engineering Hall
Assistant Professor - Biomedical Engineering
sjin@uark.edu

Shannon Servos, Ph.D.
Bell 3194
Assistant Professor - Chemical Engineering
sservoss@uark.edu

David Zaharoff, Ph.D.
319 Engineering Hall
Assistant Professor - 21st Century Professorship
zaharoff@uark.edu

Adjunct Professors

Simon Ang, Ph.D.
Electrical Engineering UAF
neurosensors, biosensors, microfabrication
ssa@engr.uark.edu

Robert Beitle, Ph.D.
3191 Bell Engineering Center
protein separation, membrane transport, drug delivery
rbeitle@engr.uark.edu

Russell Deaton, Ph.D.
324 Engineering Hall
bioinformatics, DNA computing
rdeaton@uark.edu

Neil Ingles, Ph.D.
Adjunct Faculty - Cardiovascular Physiology and Biophysics
ingles@stanford.edu

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Gal Shafirstein, Ph.D.
Director of Vascular Anomalies Research
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
shafirsteingal@uams.edu

 

Supporting Biomedical Engineering Faculty

Professors

Jeannine Durdik, Ph.D.
525 Science and Engineering Building
molecular immunology, gene stability, immune response control
jdurdik@uark.edu

Ingrid Fritsch, Ph.D.
Chemistry and Biochemistry UAF
chip-based bioanalytical methods, electrochemistry
ifritsch@uark.edu

Associate Professors

Rick Couvillion, Ph.D.
Mechanical Engineering UAF
biomechanics
rjc@uark.edu

Magda El-Shenawee, Ph.D.
Electrical Engineering UAF
signal processing, microwave imaging
magda@uark.edu

Ernie Heymsfield, Ph.D.
Civil Engineering UAF
numerical methods, computational dynamics
ernie@uark.edu

Panneer Selvam, Ph.D.
Civil Engineering UAF
biomaterials computer modelling using solid mechanincs, fluid mechanincs, nanotechnology modeling
rps@uark.edu

Steve Tung, Ph.D.
214 Mechanical Engineering Building
bio-MEMS, nanotechnology
chstung@uark.edu

Assistant Professors

Z. Ryan Tian, Ph.D.
2653 Chemisty and Biochemistry
bionanomaterials, bionanosensors, nanodrugs, stem cell/tissue growth
rtian@uark.edu