PATHS-UP Faculty
Mark Benden, PhD
- Workforce Development
Department Head
Associate Professor
Director of the Ergonomics Center
Texas A&M University - Mark Benden, PhD Profile
Saurabh Biswas, PhD
- Innovation Ecosystem
Associate Professor of Practice
Head Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneur-in-Residence, TEES Division of Commercialization and Entrepreneurship
Texas A&M University - Saurabh Biswas, PhD Profile
Theodora Chaspari
- Thrust 4
Assistant Professor
Texas A&M University - Theodora Chaspari Profile
Theresa Chatman
- Director, Diversity and Inclusion
Rice University - Theresa Chatman Profile
Gerard L. Coté, PhD
- Director, PATHS-UP
Executive Committee
Director, Center for Remote Health Technologies and Systems
Holder of the James J. Cain Professorship I
Texas A&M University - Gerard L. Coté, PhD Profile
Nicolaas Deutz, MD, PhD
- Thrust 4
Professor and Chair, Kinesiology
Texas A&M University - Nicolaas Deutz, MD, PhD Profile
Dino Di Carlo, PhD
- Deputy Director, PATHS-UP, and Thrust 1 Co-Lead
Executive Committee
Professor of Bioengineering
University of California, Los Angeles - Dino Di Carlo, PhD Profile
Sam Emaminejad, PhD
- Thrust 3
Assistant Professor
Primary Area: Physical and Wave Electronics
University of California, Los Angeles - Sam Emaminejad, PhD Profile
Sherecce Fields, PhD
- Thrust 4 Co-lead
- Associate Department Head
Professor
Texas A&M University - Sherecce Fields, PhD Profile
Omai Garner, PhD
- Workforce Development & Thrust 1
UCLA Path and Lab Med
University of California, Los Angeles - Omai Garner, PhD Profile
Melissa A. Grunlan, PhD
- Thrust 1
Holder of the Charles H. and Bettye Barclay Professorship in Engineering
Presidential Impact Fellow
Texas A&M University - Melissa A. Grunlan, PhD Profile
Ricardo Gutierrez-Osuna, PhD
Thrust 4
Professor
Texas A&M University
Josh Hutcheson, PhD
Thrust 1
Assistant Professor
Florida International University
Hatice Ceylan Koydemir, PhD
- Thrust 3
Assistant Professor
Texas A&M University - Hatice Koydemir, PhD Profile
Hye-Chung Kum, PhD
- Thrust 4
Assistant Professor
Texas A&M University - Hye-Chung Kum, PhD Profile
Mark Lawley, PhD
- Thrust 4
TEES Research Professor
Deputy Director of the Center for Remote Health Technologies and Systems
Department of Biomedical Engineering (Courtesy Appointment)
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Courtesy Appointment)
Texas A&M University - Mark Lawley, PhD Profile
Pao Tai Lin, PhD
- Thrust 2
Assistant Professor
Texas A&M University - Pao Tai Lin, PhD Profile
Samuel Mabbott, PhD
- Thrust 1
Assistant Professor
Texas A&M University - Samuel Mabbott, PhD Profile
Kristen Maitland, PhD
- Thrust 2 Co-Lead
Associate Professor
Texas A&M University - Kristen Maitland, PhD Profile
Mike McShane, PhD
- Thrust 1 Co-Lead
Professor in Biomedical Engineering
Director of Graduate Programs
Texas A&M University - Mike McShane, PhD Profile
Bobak Mortazavi, PhD
- Thrust 4
Assistant Professor
Texas A&M University - Bobak Mortazavi, PhD Profile
Carolyn Nichol, PhD
- Workforce Development
Assistant Research Professor
Director of the Rice Office of STEM Engagement (R-STEM)
Education Director for the NSF NanoEnabled Water Treatment (NEWT) Engineering Research Center
Rice University - Carolyn Nichol, PhD Profile
Aydogan Ozcan, PhD
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- Thrust 2 Co-Lead
Executive Committee
Chancellor’s Professor and HHMI Professor
University of California, Los Angeles - Aydogan Ozcan, PhD Profile
- Thrust 2 Co-Lead
Nezih Pala, PhD
- Thrust 3
Associate Professor
PhD Graduate Program Director
Florida International University - Nezih Pala, PhD Profile
Jessica Ramella-Roman, PhD
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- Thrust 3 Co-Lead
Executive Committee
Associate Professor
Florida International University - Jessica Ramella-Roman, PhD Profile
- Thrust 3 Co-Lead
Rebecca Richards-Kortum, PhD
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- Thrust 1 & 2
Malcolm Gillis University Professor
Professor of Bioengineering
Director, Rice 360° Institute for Global Health
Optical Spectroscopy and Imaging Laboratory
Rice University - Rebecca Richards-Kortum, PhD Profile
- Thrust 1 & 2
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Ashutosh Sabharwal, PhD
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Thrust 4 Co-Lead
Executive Committee
Department Chair,
Earnest Dell Butcher Professor of Engineering,
Director, Scalable Health Labs
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Rice University - Ashutosh Sabharwal, PhD Profile
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Farzan Sasangohar, PhD
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- Assistant Professor, Industrial & Systems Engineering
- Center for Outcomes Research, Houston Methodist Hospital
- Department of Surgery, Institute for Academic Medicine (IAM), Houston Methodist Hospital
- Affiliated Faculty, Environmental and Occupational Health
- Faculty Fellow, Center for Remote Health Technologies & Systems
- Faculty Fellow, Center for Health Systems & Design
- Faculty Fellow, NSF Center for Health Organization Transformation (CHOT)
- Texas A&M University
- Farzan Sasangohar, PhD Profile
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Limei Tian, PhD
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- Thrust 3
Assistant Professor
Texas A&M University - Limei Tian, PhD Profile
- Thrust 3
Tomasz Tkaczyk, PhD
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- Thrust 2
Associate Professor of Bioengineering
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Modern Optical Instrumentation and Bio-imaging Laboratory
Rice University - Tomasz Tkaczyk, PhD Profile
- Thrust 2
Andres Tremante, PhD
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- Workforce Development
Senior Instructor for Mechanical and Materials Engineering at the College of Engineering and Computing.
Florida International University - Andres Tremante, PhD Profile
- Workforce Development
Ashok Veeraraghavan, PhD
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- Thrust 3 Co-Lead
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Associate Professor, Computer Science
Rice University - Ashok Veeraraghavan, PhD Profile
- Thrust 3 Co-Lead
Peggy Wang, PhD
- Thrust 3
Professor
Florida International University - Peggy Wang, PhD Profile
Karan Watson, PhD
- Workforce Development Director
- Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Regents Professor
- Texas A&M University
PATHS-UP Staff
Andrew Green
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- Vice Chair Year 1
Florida International University - Andrew Green Profile
- Vice Chair Year 1
Danisha Stern
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- Interim Director of Access and Inclusion
- Program Specialist III, Access and Inclusion
- Danisha Stern Profile
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Julieta Vallejos
- Diversity and Inclusion Mentor
Florida International University