Faculty

The UPRM Bioengineering Graduate Program has a very active interdisciplinary group of faculty members. Faculty members come from various academic departments within the Colleges of Engineering and Arts and Sciences

 

NameDepartmentResearch Areae-mail
Taras OleksykBiologyBioinformatics, geneticsdna.lab@upr.edu
Ubaldo CórdovaChemical EngineeringTransport Phenomena, Applied Mathematicsubaldom.cordova@upr.edu
Maribella
Domenech		Chemical EngineeringTumor cell signaling, microfluidic systems for
3D cell culture		mara.domenech@gmail.com
Magda LatorreChemical EngineeringNanoparticle-cell interactionsmagda.latorre@upr.edu
Patricia OrtizChemical EngineeringBiotechnology, microbiologypatricia.ortiz3@upr.edu
Madeline TorresChemical EngineeringPolymers, Biomaterials, Hydrogel-Based Drug
Delivery		madeline@ece.uprm.edu
Miguel CastroChemistryNanoscaled sensorsmiguel.castro2@upr.edu
Samuel HernándezChemistrySpectroscopysamuel.hernandez3@upr.edu
Juan López GarrigaChemistryStructure and function relationships in
hemeproteins		juan.lopez16@upr.edu
Enrique MeléndezChemistryMetal-based drugs and biosensorsenrique.melendez@upr.edu
Heidy SierraComputer Information Sciences and EngineeringBiophotonicsheidy.sierra1@upr.edu
Bienvenido VélezComputer Information Sciences and EngineeringBioinformaticsbienvenido.velez@upr.edu
Eduardo JuanElectrical and Computer EngineeringBiomedical Acoustics, Bioinstrumentationejuan@ece.uprm.edu
Manuel RodríguezElectrical and Computer EngineeringDatabase Management Systemsmanuel@ece.uprm.edu
Jaime SeguelElectrical and Computer EngineeringParallel and Distributed Computing,
Bioinformatics		jaime.seguel@ece.uprm.edu
Vidya ManianElectrical EngineeringBrain computer interfaces, brain imaging, image
processing, biosensory data fusion		manian@ece.uprm.edu
Mauricio CabreraIndustrial EngineeringBioinformatics, probability and statisticsmauricio.cabrera1@upr.edu
Lourdes Medina Industrial EngineeringMedical device development and manufacturinglourdes.medina@upr.edu
Nazario RamírezIndustrial EngineeringExperimental Design, Prediction of Drug
Stability		nazario.ramirez@upr.edu
Wandaliz Torres GarcíaIndustrial EngineeringData mining, Applied Statistics, Big data, Cancer Genomics, Bioinformatics, Simulation.wandaliz.torres@upr.edu
Karen RíosMathematicsMathematical Biologykaren.rios3@upr.edu
Silvina CancelosMechanical EngineeringBiomedical acoustics, bubble dynamicssilvina.cancelos@upr.edu
Rubén DíazMechanical EngineeringTransport Phenomena in Biological Systems,
Micro/Nano Fabrication Technologies		rubene.diaz@upr.edu
Pedro RestoMechanical EngineeringMicrofluidic Devicespedroj.resto@upr.edu
David SerranoMechanical EngineeringRehabilitative Medical Devicesdavid.serrano@upr.edu