Bioengineering Faculty Members

The distinctive qualities of the Department of Bioengineering core faculty, emeritus, joint appointments, adjunct faculty, and affiliate faculty serve as the backbone to the department's overall strength and competitive ranking as an internationally recognized teaching and research institution. 

Currently, 22 research and teaching faculty members have primary appointments in the department, and many hold joint appointments with several institutions of the Texas Medical Center. The department also benefits from 11 multi-disciplinary joint appointments within various science and engineering departments of Rice's George R. Brown School of Engineering. In addition, a network of adjunct faculty collaborate with the department on many levels to build partnerships that identify important problems, develop and translate bioengineering solutions, and train the next generation of leaders in bioengineering.

Core Faculty

Michael W. Deem, Ph.D.
John W. Cox Professor, Biochemical & Genetic Engineering;
Professor of Physics & Astronomy
130 Keck Hall
(713) 348-5852
Deem Laboratory
mwdeem@rice.edu

Michael Diehl, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Bioengineering
Assistant Professor, Chemistry
119G Keck Hall
(713) 348-4568
Macromolecular Systems Bioengineering Group
diehl@rice.edu

Rebekah Drezek, Ph.D.
Professor, Bioengineering and Electrical & Computer Engineering
E100 A George R. Brown Hall
(713) 348-3011
Optical Molecular Imaging and
Nanobiotechnology Laboratory
drezek@rice.edu

Ariel Fernández, Ph.D.
Karl F. Hasselmann Professor of Bioengineering
E100 B George R. Brown Hall
(713) 348-3681
Fernandez Laboratory
arifer@rice.edu

Oleg A.Igoshin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Bioengineering
E200J George R. Brown Hall
(713) 348-5502
Igoshin Laboratory
Oleg.Igoshin@rice.edu

Kurt Kasper, Ph.D.
Faculty Fellow, Bioengineering
E 200 G George R. Brown Hall
(713) 348-3027
Mikos Laboratory
kasper@rice.edu

John T. McDevitt, Ph.D.
Brown-Wiess Professor of Chemistry and Bioengineering
Lab-on-a-Chip Sensor Technologies at tastechip.com
mcdevitt@mail.utexas.edu
mcdevitt@rice.edu

Antonios Mikos, Ph.D.
Louis Calder Professor, Bioengineering, 
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Director of the Center for Excellence in Tissue Engineering
Director of the J.W. Cox Laboratory for Biomedical Engineering
E100 C George R. Brown Hall
(713) 348-5355
Mikos Laboratory
mikos@rice.edu

Joel Moake, M.D.
Sr. Research Scientist and Associate Director,  J.W. Cox Laboratory for Biomedical Engineering at Rice University;
Professor of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine
131 Keck Hall
(713) 348-5357
Moake Laboratory
jmoake@rice.edu

Amina A. Qutub, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Bioengineering

Robert Raphael, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Bioengineering
234D Keck Hall
(713) 348-3494
Membrane and Auditory Bioengineering Group
rraphael@rice.edu

Rebecca Richards-Kortum, Ph.D.
Stanley C. Moore Professor of Bioengineering
Director, Rice 360°: Institute for Global Health Technologies
Founder, Beyond Traditional Borders
229 Keck Hall
(713) 348-3823
Optical Spectroscopy and Imaging Laboratory
rkortum@rice.edu

Ka-Yiu San, Ph.D.
E. D. Butcher Professor of Bioengineering
Professor of Chemical Engineering
E200K George R. Brown Hall
(713) 348-5361
Metabolic Engineering and Systems Biotechnology Laboratory
ksan@rice.edu

Ann Saterbak, Ph.D.
Professor in the Practice of Bioengineering Education
Associate Chair for Undergraduate Affairs
109 Keck Hall
(713) 348-6243
saterbak@rice.edu

Junghae Suh, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Bioengineering
129 Keck Hall
(713) 348-2853
Nanotherapeutics Research Laboratory
jsuh@rice.edu

Emeritus Faculty

William W. Akers, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Bioengineering
Founding Chair, Department of Bioengineering

J. David Hellums, Ph.D.
A.J. Hartsook Professor Emeritus
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Bioengineering

 Joint Appointments

John W. Clark, Jr, Ph.D.
Professor
Electrical & Computer Engineering and Bioengineering
A224 Abercrombie Lab
(713) 348-3597
jwc@rice.edu

Ramon Gonzalez, Ph.D.
William W. Akers Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering,
and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
B232 Abercrombie Lab
(713) 348-4893
Gonzalez Research Group
ramon.gonzalez@rice.edu

Naomi J. Halas, Ph.D.
Stanley C. Moore Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering;
Professor of Chemistry
Director of the Laboratory for Nanophotonics;
(713) 348-5611
Halas Nanophotonics Group
halas@rice.edu

Jeffrey D. Hartgerink, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Chemistry and Bioengineering
E 300B George R. Brown Hall
(713) 348-4142
Hartgerink Research Group
jdh@rice.edu

Lydia E. Kavraki, Ph.D.
Noah Harding Professor of Computer Science;
Professor of Bioengineering
3106 Duncan Hall
(713) 348-5737
Physical & Biological Computing Group
kavraki@rice.edu

Ching-Hwa Kiang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Physics & Astronomy and Bioengineering
107 Herzstein Hall
(713) 348-4130
Kiang Group Page
chkiang@rice.edu

Laura Segatori, Ph.D.
T. N. Law Assistant Professor
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and Bioengineering
Abercrombie Laboratories B-238
(713) 348-3536
Segatori Research Group
segatori@rice.edu

Jonathan (Joff) Silberg, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Biochemistry & Cell Biology, Bioengineering
209 Keck Hall
(713) 348-3849
Jonathan (Joff) Silberg Research Group
joff@rice.edu

Kyriacos Zygourakis, Ph.D.
A.J. Hartsook Professor of Chemical Engineering;
Chair, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering;
Professor of Bioengineering
B217 Abercrombie Lab
(713) 348-5208
K. Zygourakis Home Page
kyzy@rice.edu

Adjunct Faculty

Sharmila Anandasabapathy, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
sananda@mdanderson.org

Neel Bhatavadekar, B.D.S., M.S., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor
Department of Periodontology
UT Health Science Center at Houston Dental Branch
Neel.Bhatavadekar@uth.tmc.edu

William Brownell, Ph.D.
Jake and Nina Kamin Chair and Professor Bobby R. Alford
Department of Otolaryngology
Baylor College of Medicine
brownnell@bcm.tmc.edu

Ill-Min Chung, Ph.D.
The Korean Academy of Science and Technology
Department of Applied Bio Science
College of Life & Environmental  Science
Seoul, Korea
imcim@konkuk.ac.kr

Miguel A. Cruz, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Thrombosis Research
Department of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
miguelc@bcm.tmc.edu

Mary Dickinson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Developmental Biology
Baylor College of Medicine
mdickins@bcm.tmc.edu

Rena D'Souza, D.D.S., Ph.D.
Professor, Anatomical Sciences
Director of Research, Orthodontics
UT Health Science Center Dental Branch - Houston
Rena.N.DSouza@uth.tmc.edu

Charles Fraser, Jr. M.D.
Professor, Surgery and Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine;
Chief and Donovan Chair, Congenital Heart Surgery
Texas Children’s Hospital
congheartcenter@texaschildrenshospital.org

Craig J. Hartley, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Medicine
Cardiovascular Sciences
Baylor College of Medicine
chartley@bcm.edu

Daniel H. Kim, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Professor
Department of Neurosurgery
Baylor College of Medicine
neurosurgery@bcm.tmc.edu

King C. Li, M.D., F.R.C.P.(C), M.B.A.
Chair, Department of Radiology
Methodist Hospital;
Professor
Weill Cornel Medical College
kli@tmhs.org

Gabriel Lopez-Berestein, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Executive Director, Pharmaceutical Development Center
UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
glopez@mdanderson.org

Anshu B. Mathur, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Director
Laboratory of Reparative Biology and Bioengineering
UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
amathur@mdanderson.org

Kathryn E. Peek, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
kpeek@mdanderson.org

Rolando Rumbaut, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Pulmonary, Critical Care Medicine, & Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine
rrumbaut@bcm.tmc.edu

Peter Saggau, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Baylor College of Medicine
psaggau@bcm.tmc.edu

Jacqueline V. Shanks, Ph.D.
Professor
Chemical Engineering and Biological
Iowa State University
jshanks@iastate.edu

C. Wayne Smith, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Director, Leukocyte Biology Laboratory
Texas Children's Hospital;
Professor, Pediatric Leukocyte Biology
Baylor College of Medicine
cwsmith@bcm.tmc.edu

Mark E. Wong, D.D.S.
Associate Professor, Chair and Program Director
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
UT Health Science Center - Houston
mark.e.wong@uth.tmc.edu

Stephen T.C. Wong, Ph.D.
Vice Chairman of Research, Department of Radiology
Director, Bioinformatics Programs
Senior Member of The Methodist Hospital Research Institute
Methodist Hospital
stwong@tmh.tmc.edu

Samuel Miao-Sin Wu, Ph.D.
Camille and Raymond Hankamer Chair in Ophthalmology
Professor
Baylor College of Medicine
swu@bcm.tmc.edu

Tse-Kuan Yu, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology
UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
tkyu@mdanderson.org