Faculty

Our faculty are not content to trod well-worn engineering paths. Instead, they are driven to pursue innovations in teaching, research that address truly complex challenges, and to pursue worldwide leadership roles in their fields. See Also: Emeritus Faculty Directory.

  • Stacie Pisano

    Director, Center for Applied Mathematics
    Stacie Pisano

    I moved to Virginia in 2000 after a sixteen-year career as a professional engineer and manager at AT&T and Lucent Technologies in New Jersey. 

  • Rebecca Pompano

    Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering
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    Dr. Pompano's research interests center on developing microfluidic and chemical assays to unravel the complexity of the immune response and inform new immunotherapies. Her lab combines unique expertise in bioanalytical chemistry, microfluidics, bioengineering, and immunology to create…
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  • Joseph Poon

    William Barton Rogers Professor of Physics Professor, Materials Science and Engineering (Courtesy)
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    Joseph Poon's research group focuses on three projects: i) Study of thermoelectric properties of semiconductors and semimetals ii) Synthesis of thin films study of ferrimagnetic and antiferromagnetic heterostructures that show skyrmionic state and anomalous Hall effect. iii) Study of high-entropy alloys (HEAs) with properties in  composition space.
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  • Michael D. Porter

    Associate Professor
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    Michael D. Porter is an Associate Professor of Systems Engineering with a joint appointment at the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia. Dr. Porter's research focuses on event prediction, pattern and anomaly detection, and data linkage. He has developed self…
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  • Upsorn Praphamontripong

    Associate Professor, Academic General Faculty, Teaching Track, Computer Science
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  • Richard J. Price, Ph.D.

    Nancy and Neal Wade Professor of Engineering & Applied Science Professor, Biomedical Engineering Co-Director of the UVA Focused Ultrasound Cancer Immunotherapy Center
    Currently Recruiting
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    Dr. Price's research program centers on the development and implementation of image-guided drug and gene delivery systems for treating cancer and neurodegenerative diseases.
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  • Shirin Provat, Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor, Academic General Faculty, Teaching Track, Applied Mathematics
    Shirin Provat
    Shirin Provat joined the University of Virginia as an Assistant Professor in Applied Mathematics in Fall 2024. She completed her PhD in Applied and Computational Mathematics at Florida State University in the summer of 2024, becoming the first in her family to achieve this milestone…

  • George Prpich

    Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering
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