Executive Committee
James Weiland, PhD, NETP Director
Associate Chair for Research in Biomedical Engineering (Medical School)
Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Email: [email protected]
Cynthia Chestek, PhD
Associate Chair for Research in Biomedical Engineering (College of Engineering)
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering (College of Engineering)
Email: [email protected]
Parag G. Patil, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Anesthesiology, and Neurology (Medical School)
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Email: [email protected]
William Stacey, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurology (Medical School)
Professor of Biomedical Engineering (Medical School and College of Engineering
Email: [email protected]
Current Program Mentors
Timothy Bruns, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Chair for Graduate Education
Paul Cederna, M.D.
Professor of Surgery and Biomedical Engineering
Robert ONeal Collegiate Professor of Plastic Surgery, Associate Chair Surgery, Head
Cynthia Chestek, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Chair for Research in Biomedical Engineering
James Clemens, M.D.
Professor of Urology
Edward J McGuire M.D. Research Professor of Urology, Associate Chair for Research, Urology
John DeLancey, M.D.
Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Urology
Norman F Miller Professor of Gynecology
Anne Draelos, PhD
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Assistant Professor, Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics
Member, Michigan Neuroscience Institute
Deanna Gates, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Movement Science and Biomedical Engineering
Director Rehabilitation Biomechanics Laboratory
Robert Gregg, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science and Mechanical Engineering
Associate Director of Graduate Program
Priyanka Gupta, M.D. Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Urology
Anthony Hudetz, Ph.D.
Professor of Anesthesiology and Biomedical Engineering
Scientific Director, Center for the Consciousness Science
Jane Huggins, Ph.D.
Associate Research Scientist of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Biomedical Engineering
Thiran Jayasundera, M.D.
Professor of Ophthalmic Genetics and Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Paul R Lichter Professor of Ophthalmic Genetics, Associate Chair, Strategic Implementation
Stephen Kemp, Ph.D.
Associate Research Professor of Surgery
Director, Neuromuscular Lab
Nicholas Kotov, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemical Engineering, Material Science & Engineering, and Macromolecular Science & Engineering
Irving Langmuir Distinguished University Professor of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Joseph B and Florence V Cejka Professor of Engineering
Joerg Lahann, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemical Engineering, Material Science & Engineering, and Macromolecular Science & Engineering
Wolfgang Pauli Collegiate Professor of Chemical Engineering; Program Director Biointerfaces Institute
Scott Lempka, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Anesthesiology
Daniel Leventhal, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurology and Biomedical Engineering
Zhongming Liu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Khalil Najafi, Ph.D.
Professor of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Schlumberger Professor of Engineering, Arthur F Thurnau Professor
Parag Patil, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Neurological Surgery
Associate Professor, Neurology
Associate Professor, Anesthesiology
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering
Gianna Rodriguez, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Elliott Rouse, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Lonnie Shea, Ph.D.
Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Surgery,
Steven A Goldstein Collegiate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Albert Shih, Ph.D.
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Integrative Systems and Design, Biomedical Engineering
Susan Shore, Ph.D.
Professor of Otolaryngology, Molecular & Integrative Physiology, and Biomedical Engineering
Joseph Hawkins Jr. Collegiate Research Professor, Kresge Hearing Research Institute
William Stacey, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Neurology and Biomedical Engineering
John Stoffel, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Urology
Chief, Division of Neurourology & Pelvic Reconstruction
James Weiland, Ph.D.
Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Ophthalmology & Visual Science
Euisik Yoon, Ph.D.
Professor of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering
Affiliated Faculty
The faculty members below participate in Neural Engineering Training Program activities.
*Past Mentor