REU/RET Projects & Mentors
2026 Summer Research Faculty Mentors
PLEASE NOTE:
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No * after faculty name indicates REU faculty.
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One * after faculty name indicates RET faculty.
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Two ** indicates faculty hosting an RET and REU.
NSF REU/RET Site in Integrated Nanomanufacturing
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Thomas Bifano**
Center Director, Professor (BME, ECE, ME, MSE)
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William Boley
Assistant Professor (ME, MSE)
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Brianne Connizzo*
Assistant Professor (BME, ME)
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Mark Grinstaff
William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor (BME, Chemistry, MSE, MED)
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Liang Hao*
Assistant Professor (BME)
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Miguel Jimenez*
Assistant Professor (BME, MSE)
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Daniel Lookadoo
Chief Scientific Officer, StataDX
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Roberto Paiella
Professor (ECE, MSE)
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Tommaso Ranzani
Assistant Professor (ME, MSE, BME)
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Björn Reinhard*
Professor (Chemistry, MSE)
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Sheila Russo
Assistant Professor (ME, MSE)
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Andrew Sabelhaus
Assistant Professor (ME, SE Appointed)
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Michelle Teplensky
Assistant Professor (BME, MSE)
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Jörg Werner*
Assistant Professor (ME, MSE)
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Chen Yang
Associate Chair of Master Programs & Professor (ECE, Chem, MSE)
NSF REU Site in Translational Biophotonics
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Irving Bigio
Undergraduate Chair (BME); Professor (BME, ECE, Physics, Medicine)
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Ji-Xin Cheng
Professor, BME, ECE, MSE
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Anna Devor
Professor, (BME)
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Jerome Mertz
Professor (BME, ECE, Physics)
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Darren Roblyer
Associate Professor, (BME, ECE); Graduate Chair (BME)
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Michelle Sander
Associate Professor, BME, ECE, MSE
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Minjung Son
Assistant Professor (Chemistry)
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Lei Tian
Associate Professor (ECE, BME)
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Archana Venkataraman
Associate Professor (ECE, BME)

