As we continue to grow the new Peggy and Charles Stephenson School of Biomedical Engineering, we continue to build an outstanding team of faculty members.
Biomedical engineering is an interdisciplinary field. In addition to the SBME faculty members listed below, our students have the opportunity to perform thesis research with facutly members from the OU Institute for Biomedical, Engineering, Science and Technology.
Assistant Professor
Gallogly Hall 319
hacar@ou.edu
Research Focus
Peptide-based therapeutic and diagnostic agents
Associate Director
Associate Professor
Gallogly Hall 321
sabreen@ou.edu
Research Focus
Engineering education, clinical gait rehabilitation, sports biomechanics, and exoskeleton design
Director and Professor
Stephenson Endowed Chair
Gallogly Hall 309
(405) 325-2144
wei-r-chen@ou.edu
Research Focus
Local intervention-based immunotherapy for treatment of metastatic cancers
Assistant Professor
Interim Chair of Access and Belonging
SRTC 2069
clegg@ou.edu
Research Focus
Immunoengineering of hydrogel and cell-based therapeutics to treat neurological diseases and traumatic injury
Presidential Professor
Endowed Stephenson Professor
Gallogly Hall 308
leiding@ou.edu
Research Focus
Medical imaging and neuro-engineering for diagnosis and treatment of human brain diseases
Assistant Professor
Gallogly Hall 307
(405) 325-6246
fzamani@ou.edu
Research Focus
Network neuroscience, network science, neuroscience
Assistant Professor
Gallogly Hall 420
(405) 325-4427
africk256@ou.edu
Research Focus
Engineering education, single particle elemental analysis and molecular diagnostics
Research Assistant Professor
Gallogly Hall 406
kaili-liu@ou.edu
Research Focus
Cancer immunotherapy, single-cell sequencing and multi-omics studies for cancer and vaccines
Professor
Gallogly Hall 308
fatima.merchant@ou.edu
Research Focus
Computational medicine, quantitative biology, multidimensional image acquisition and tissue engineering
Assistant Professor
Gallogly Hall 417
dmiller@ou.edu
Research Focus
Optical neuroimaging technology to better understand and treat brain diseases
Assistant Professor
Devon Energy Hall 253
(405) 325-5427
marmar.moussa@ou.edu
Research Focus
Algorithms, machine learning, data analytics, computational genomics, bioinformatics and computational biology, single cell omics, and cancer immunomics
Professor
Stephenson Endowed Chair
Devon Energy Hall 231
(405) 325-2972
bozpolat@ou.edu
Research Focus
Tumor biology and cancer genetics, cancer cell signaling, development of cancer targeted therapeutics and immunotherapeutics, nanotechnology and development of tumor-targeting nano delivery systems
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Professor
Devon Energy Hall 231
(405) 325-2972
cpan@ou.edu
Research Focus
Bioinformatics, machine learning, medical imaging, large language models, proteomics, microbiomes
Chair of Undergraduate Studies
Assistant Professor
Gallogly Hall 320
(405) 325-3861
rebecca.scott@ou.edu
Research Focus
Engineering education, biomedical design, tissue engineering, and regenerative medicine
Associate Professor
Endowed Stephenson Professor
Chair of Translational Stimulation Committee
Gallogly Hall 407
(405) 325-0789
qtang@ou.edu
Research Focus
Biophotonics, optical imaging techniques for cancer, neural, and organ transplantation applications
Research Assistant Professor
Gallogly Hall 409
tri.q.vu-1@ou.edu
Research Focus
Development of photoacoustic and ultrasound imaging technology for preclinical and translational applications
Assistant Professor
Gallogly Hall 418
chang.wang@ou.edu
Research Focus
Biomaterials such as lipid nanoparticles for overcoming biological barriers, immunce cell engineering, development of bifunctional molecules for targeted degradation of disease-related biomacromolecules
Research Assistant Professor
Gallogly Hall 408
linwang@ou.edu
Research Focus
Advanced materials in antiviral applications, cancer nanomedicine and immunotherapy, nanomaterial-biological system interactions
Associate Professor
Stephenson Endowed Chair
Gallogly Hall 318
Stefan.Wilhelm@ou.edu
Research Focus
Nanotechnology for bioanalytical and cancer applications
Associate Professor
2PP 125
(405) 325-4665
hanyuan@ou.edu
Research Focus
Neuroimaging, neuromodulation and biomedical image and signal processing
Assistant Professor
SRTC 2068
jian.zhao@ou.edu
Research Focus
Vibrational Spectroscopic Imaging, Fluorescence Imaging, Computational Microscopy Imaging, Deep Learning in Optical Imaging, Microscopy Imaging for Cancer and Neuroscience Applications, Fiber Optics
Visiting Assistant Professor
SRTC
trouf@ou.edu
Research Focus
Nanotechnology based detection, biosensors, biopolymer, biomaterials, optical and spectroscopic characterization
