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Biomedical engineering professors in the United States

30 biomedical engineering professors in the United States, at 15 universities. The most represented are Harvard University, Stanford University and University of California, Berkeley. 30 of them are verified faculty: their current appointment was confirmed against their own university's pages or a current faculty record in ORCID, and they are listed first.

The list is built from open publication data (OpenAlex and ORCID), the same data ProfScout uses in the app: actively publishing faculty at the largest research universities in the United States whose recent work sits in biomedical engineering. Retired, trainee and staff-scientist records are filtered out where the public record identifies them. It is not a prestige ranking: professors are listed by how prominently biomedical engineering figures in their published work, verified faculty first. Reply-fit scores, which weigh how likely each professor is to answer a student's email, are computed for your own profile inside ProfScout. Updated September 2026; the list is rebuilt from the open record a few times a year.

  1. Zhigang SuoVerified faculty
    Harvard University
    Engineering · Biomedical Engineering
    Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applicationsAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsAdhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions
    Recent: Pectin removal in Acer rubrum increases pit membrane compliance and embolism propagation (2026)
  2. John A. RogersVerified faculty
    Northwestern University
    Engineering · Biomedical Engineering
    Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsAdvanced Materials and MechanicsNeuroscience and Neural Engineering
    Recent: Wireless, implantable catheter-type oximeter designed for cardiac oxygen saturation. (2026)
  3. Scott L. DelpVerified faculty
    Stanford University
    Engineering · Biomedical Engineering
    Lower Extremity Biomechanics and PathologiesMuscle activation and electromyography studiesProsthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics
    Recent: Stanford Balance Level Evaluation (StaBLE) digital metrics of balance performance across a wide spectrum of balance tasks and abilities (2026)
  4. Wei Feng GaoVerified faculty
    California Institute of Technology
    Engineering · Biomedical Engineering
    Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsMicro and Nano Robotics
    Recent: Multiplex ovarian hormone monitoring in sweat using a dual-aptamer wearable sensor (2026)
  5. Yonggang Y. HuangVerified faculty
    Northwestern University
    Engineering · Biomedical Engineering
    Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsAdvanced Materials and MechanicsTactile and Sensory Interactions
    Recent: Analytical modeling for suction cup designs for skin-interfaced wearable devices (2026)
  6. Xuanhe ZhaoVerified faculty
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Engineering · Biomedical Engineering
    Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsAdvanced Materials and MechanicsMicro and Nano Robotics
    Recent: Atmospheric water harvesting for humidity control in medical devices for global health (2026)
  7. Qibing PeiVerified faculty
    University of California, Los Angeles
    Engineering · Biomedical Engineering
    Dielectric materials and actuatorsAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
    Recent: Takeoff of an All-Polymer Micro-Aerial Flying Robot (2026)
  8. Jennifer A. LewisVerified faculty
    Harvard University
    Engineering · Biomedical Engineering
    Advanced Materials and Mechanics3D Printing in Biomedical ResearchAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies
    Recent: Mapping State of Charge within 3D-Printed Electrodes via Operando Fluorescence Microscopy and Physics-Based Modeling (2026)
  9. Robert J. WoodVerified faculty
    Harvard University
    Engineering · Biomedical Engineering
    Soft Robotics and ApplicationsBiomimetic flight and propulsion mechanismsAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
    Recent: Motion-Uncertainty-Aware Next-Best-View Planning for Moving Object Reconstruction (2026)
  10. Peter X. MaVerified faculty
    University of Michigan
    Materials Science · Biomaterials
    Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical ApplicationsBone Tissue Engineering Materials
    Recent: A tissue engineering approach to regenerate the cranial suture skeletal stem cell niche with a multicompartment biomaterial scaffold (2026)
  11. George M. WhitesidesVerified faculty
    Harvard University
    Engineering · Biomedical Engineering
    Molecular Junctions and NanostructuresMicrofluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis ApplicationsInnovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation
    Recent: Point-of-need diagnostics in a post-Covid world: an opportunity for paper-based microfluidics to serve during syndemics (2025)
  12. Gordana Vunjak‐NovakovicVerified faculty
    Columbia University
    Medicine · Biomedical Engineering
    Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine3D Printing in Biomedical ResearchOsteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms
    Recent: Micro/nanoscale bubble-mediated mucolytic conditioning of the lung model of cystic fibrosis enhances nanoparticle transport through the mucus (2026)
  13. Stephen R. QuakeVerified faculty
    Stanford University
    Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Molecular Biology
    Single-cell and spatial transcriptomicsT-cell and B-cell ImmunologyCancer Genomics and Diagnostics
    Recent: Tabula Sapiens 2.0: A comprehensive transcriptomic atlas of human cell types (2026)
  14. Miqin ZhangVerified faculty
    University of Washington
    Materials Science · Biomaterials
    Nanoparticle-Based Drug DeliveryNanoplatforms for cancer theranosticsRNA Interference and Gene Delivery
    Recent: Chitosan–PEG Nanoparticles for Co-Delivery of Paclitaxel and KRAS G12D-Directed siRNA to Pancreatic Cancer Cells (2026)
  15. Zhenan BaoVerified faculty
    Stanford University
    Engineering · Electrical and Electronic Engineering
    Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsAdvanced Battery Materials and TechnologiesOrganic Electronics and Photovoltaics
    Recent: Solvent-Mediated Diffusion Enables Directed Functionalization of Polymer Semiconductor Interfaces (2026)
  16. Liangfang ZhangVerified faculty
    University of California San Diego
    Materials Science · Molecular Biology
    Micro and Nano RoboticsNanoplatforms for cancer theranosticsRNA Interference and Gene Delivery
    Recent: A Modular Antigen-Anchoring Strategy for Cellular Nanoparticle Vaccines Against Burkholderia pseudomallei (2026)
  17. Wenbin LinVerified faculty
    University of Chicago
    Chemistry · Inorganic Chemistry
    Nanoplatforms for cancer theranosticsMetal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and ApplicationsCovalent Organic Framework Applications
  18. George W. HuberVerified faculty
    University of Wisconsin–Madison
    Engineering · Biomedical Engineering
    Catalysis for Biomass ConversionBiofuel production and bioconversionCatalytic Processes in Materials Science
    Recent: Data for Selective Oxidation of 3-Hydroxypropionic Acid to Malonic Acid over Pd/C: Mechanistic and Kinetic Study (2026)
  19. Gregory N StephanopoulosVerified faculty
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Molecular Biology
    Microbial Metabolic Engineering and BioproductionCancer, Hypoxia, and MetabolismBiofuel production and bioconversion
    Recent: Machine learning-driven optimization of metabolic balance for β-carotene production (2025)
  20. Buddy D. RatnerVerified faculty
    University of Washington
    Materials Science · Biomedical Engineering
    Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications3D Printing in Biomedical Research
    Recent: Electron Spectroscopy for Chemical Analysis (2026)
  21. Ali JaveyVerified faculty
    University of California, Berkeley
    Engineering · Materials Chemistry
    2D Materials and ApplicationsAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsGraphene research and applications
    Recent: Scalable multiplexed machine learning gas sensor chips for food classification (2026)
  22. Paul A. JanmeyVerified faculty
    University of Pennsylvania
    Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Cell Biology
    Cellular Mechanics and InteractionsSkin and Cellular Biology ResearchBlood properties and coagulation
    Recent: Low‐Fraction Irregular Inclusions Trigger Large Compression Stiffening in Biopolymer Hydrogels (2026)
  23. Joseph P. VacantiVerified faculty
    Harvard University
    Medicine · Surgery
    Tissue Engineering and Regenerative MedicineElectrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical ApplicationsLiver physiology and pathology
    Recent: Thirtieth Anniversary of Tissue Engineering: A Congratulations and a Few Thoughts (2024)
  24. Richard B. KanerVerified faculty
    University of California, Los Angeles
    Materials Science · Polymers and Plastics
    Supercapacitor Materials and FabricationBoron and Carbon Nanomaterials ResearchConducting polymers and applications
    Recent: Nanoconfinement-regulated reconfigurable two-dimensional polymer-based memristors for voiceprint recognition (2026)
  25. Liangbing HuVerified faculty
    University of Maryland, College Park
    Engineering · Electrical and Electronic Engineering
    Advanced Cellulose Research StudiesAdvancements in Battery MaterialsAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
    Recent: First-Principles Microkinetic Model for Ammonia Synthesis on Fe(110) under Nonequilibrium Programmable Heating and Quenching Operation (2026)
  26. David Robinson ClarkeVerified faculty
    Harvard University
    Materials Science · Ceramics and Composites
    Advanced ceramic materials synthesisHigh-Temperature Coating BehaviorsCongenital Heart Disease Studies
    Recent: Temperature and densification nonuniformity during ultrafast high-temperature sintering (2026)
  27. Berend SmitVerified faculty
    University of California, Berkeley
    Chemistry · Inorganic Chemistry
    Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and ApplicationsPhase Equilibria and Thermodynamics
    Recent: VISTA Dataset: MOF Linker Images, RDKit-Derived Proxy Labels, and Canonical-Linker Split Manifests (2026)
  28. Jay D. KeaslingVerified faculty
    University of California, Berkeley
    Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Molecular Biology
    Microbial Metabolic Engineering and BioproductionMicrobial Natural Products and BiosynthesisPlant biochemistry and biosynthesis
    Recent: Nitrene generation and transfer for unnatural biosynthesis in living cells (2026)
  29. Sanjiv Sam GambhirVerified faculty
    Stanford University
    Medicine · Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
    Cancer, Hypoxia, and MetabolismMedical Imaging Techniques and ApplicationsVirus-based gene therapy research
  30. Jeffrey A. HubbellVerified faculty
    University of Chicago
    Materials Science · Biomaterials
    Immunotherapy and Immune ResponsesTissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
    Recent: Composite biomaterials of polyelectrolyte complex micelle nanoparticles in hyaluronic acid gels enable local, targeted miR-92a inhibition and enhanced angiogenesis in diabetic wound repair (2026)

Universities on this list: Harvard University (6) · Stanford University (4) · University of California, Berkeley (3) · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2) · Northwestern University (2) · University of California, Los Angeles (2) · University of Chicago (2) · University of Washington (2) · California Institute of Technology (1) · Columbia University (1) · University of California San Diego (1) · University of Maryland, College Park (1) · University of Michigan (1) · University of Pennsylvania (1) · University of Wisconsin–Madison (1)

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