Mark Benden, PhD
Workforce Development
Department Head
Associate Professor
Director of the Ergonomics Center
Texas A&M University
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
Gerard L. Coté, PhD
Director, PATHS-UP
Director, Center for Remote Health Technologies and Systems
Holder of the James J. Cain Professorship I
Texas A&M University
Nicolaas Deutz, MD, PhD
Thrust 4
Professor and Chair, Kinesiology
Texas A&M University
Dino Di Carlo, PhD
Deputy Director, PATHS-UP
Professor of Bioengineering
University of California, Los Angeles
Sherecce Fields, PhD
Community Engagement & Thrust 4
Associate Department Head
Associate Professor
Texas A&M University
Robin Fuchs-Young, PhD
Pre-col. Director
Professor
Texas A&M University
Sonia Garcia
Culture of Inclusion
Senior Director, Access and Inclusion
Texas A&M University
Omai Garner, PhD
Workforce Development & Thrust 1
UCLA Path and Lab Med
University of California, Los Angeles
Melissa A. Grunlan, PhD
Thrust 1
Executive Committee Member, TEES
Holder of the Charles H. and Bettye Barclay Professorship in Engineering
Presidential Impact Fellow
Texas A&M University
Xia “Ben” Hu, PhD
Thrust 4
Assistant Professor in Computer Science and Engineering
Director of DATA (Data Analytics at Texas A&M) lab
Texas A&M University
Hye-Chung Kum, PhD
Community Engagement
Assistant Professor
Texas A&M University
Mark Lawley, PhD
Thrust 4 & Community Engagement
Department Head, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Holder of Mike and Sugar Barnes Department Head Chair
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
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Wei-Chiang Lin, PhD
Thrust 2
Miami Children’s Hospital Associate Professor of
Neuro-Engineering
Florida International University
Mike McShane, PhD
Professor in Biomedical Engineering
Director of Graduate Programs
Texas A&M University
Bobak Mortazavi, PhD
Thrust 3 & 4
Assistant Professor
Texas A&M University
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
Aydogan Ozcan, PhD
Chancellor’s Professor and HHMI Professor
University of California, Los Angeles
Jessica Ramella-Roman, PhD
Associate Professor
Florida International University
Rebecca Richards-Kortum, PhD
Thrust 1 & 2
Malcolm Gillis University Professor
Professor of Bioengineering
Director, Rice 360° Institute for Global Health
Optical Spectroscopy and Imaging Laboratory
Rice University
Ashutosh Sabharwal, PhD
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Founder, WARP
Rice University
Farzan Sasangohar, PhD
Community Engagement & Thrust 4
Assistant Professor
Center for Outcomes Research. Houston Methodis Hospital
Department of Surgery, Institute for Academic Medicine (IAM), Houston Methodist Hospital
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health (Courtesy Appointment)
Facility Fellow, Center for Remote Health Technologies & Systems
Facility Fellow, Center for Health Systems & Design
Facility Fellow, NSF Center for Health Organization Transformation (CHOT)
Texas A&M University
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Tomasz Tkaczyk, PhD
Thrust 2
Associate Professor of Bioengineering
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Modern Optical Instrumentation and Bio-imaging Laboratory
Rice University
Andres Tremante, PhD
Workforce Development
Senior Instructor for Mechanical and Materials Engineering at the College of Engineering and Computing.
Florida International University
Ashok Veeraraghavan, PhD
Thrust 2 & 3
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Associate Professor, Computer Science
Rice University
