Faculty & Staff Directory
![Kiran Vanaja](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_173,h_230/https://coe.northeastern.edu/wp-content/uploads/profiles/bioe/vanaja-k.jpg)
Kiran Vanaja
Assistant Research Professor,
Bioengineering Systems biology of signaling networks in cancer (and) therapeutics, metastasis and embryonic development
![Julia Varshavsky](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_173,h_230/https://coe.northeastern.edu/wp-content/uploads/profiles/cee/varshavsky-j.jpg)
Julia Varshavsky
Assistant Professor,
jointly appointed in Department of Health Sciences & Civil and Environmental Engineering Environmental chemical mixtures and maternal-child health outcomes, intervention strategies, systematic review, risk assessment, biomonitoring, community-engaged research, green chemistry/engineering
- j.varshavsky@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.7348
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Carmine Vittoria
COE Distinguished Professor Emeritus,
Electrical and Computer Engineering Elemagnetic wave propagation in anisotropic media, physics of magnetism, high tc superconductors and weak link devices, and ferrites and composites magnetic metal alloys and magnetic superlattices miniature microwave circuits.
- vittoria@ece.northeastern.edu
- 617.373.2061
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Sara Wadia-Fascetti
Professor and Vice Provost of PhD Network,
Civil and Environmental Engineering Condition assessment methodologies for infrastructure systems; life cycle and life span analysis; structural and earthquake engineering uncertainty
- s.wadia-fascetti@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.5828
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Jacob Walker
Associate Co-op Coordinator & Assistant Director,
Cooperative Education - jw.walker@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.5393
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Rachel Walsh-Peterson
Senior Co-op Coordinator,
Cooperative Education - ra.walsh@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.4302
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Kai-tak Wan
Professor,
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Cellular biomechanics; water filtration; thin film adhesion and characterization; subsurface mechano-sensing; shell adhesion; fundamental intersurface forces
- k.wan@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.2248
![Lei Wang](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_173,h_230/https://coe.northeastern.edu/wp-content/uploads/profiles/bioe/wang-l.jpg)
Lei Wang
Assistant Professor,
jointly appointed in Bioengineering & Biology Wang laboratory integrates synthetic biology, tissue engineering, and microfluidics to investigate the design principles underlying cell state transitions, establish human physiological and pathological models using hiPSCs, and develop next-generation therapeutics for previously intractable diseases.
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Ming L. Wang
COE Distinguished Professor,
Civil and Environmental Engineering Network-wide pavement and bridge deck inspections: sensor technology for infrastructure; saliva-based sensor technology for disease diagnosis and monitoring; structural health monitoring for bridges; subsurface fault detection using air-coupled GPR systems
- mi.wang@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.3900
![Ning Wang](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_173,h_230/https://coe.northeastern.edu/wp-content/uploads/profiles/bioe/wang-n.jpg)
Ning Wang
Professor,
Bioengineering Cellular and molecular mechanobiology, mechanomedicine, and mechanohealth; cancer cell biology and mechanics; stem cell biology and mechanics; mechanomemory and mechanoresilience, mechanobiotechnologies and their applications to cells, tissues, and organisms
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Qi “Ryan” Wang
Associate Professor and Vice Chair for Research,
Civil and Environmental Engineering Urban and social resilience; geo-social networking; coupled, human-natural systems, natural disaster response and evacuation; urban computing
- q.wang@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.7984
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Yanzhi Wang
Associate Professor,
Electrical and Computer Engineering Real-time and energy-efficient deep learning and artificial intelligence systems, model compression of deep neural networks (DNNs), neuromorphic computing and non-von Neumann computing paradigms
- yanz.wang@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.8805
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Meni Wanunu
Professor,
jointly appointed in Physics & Bioengineering Our group investigates biomolecules at the single-molecule level. We develop nanopore-based and other nanotechnology-based methods for probing the structure and dynamic behavior of biomolecules. We employ optical waveguides and single-molecule enzymatic approaches for RNA sequencing, and utilize engineered nanopore sensors for applications in single-molecule proteomics. We are experimentalists, but we also use advanced computational tools to perform big data analysis.
- m.wanunu@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.7412
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Irvine W. Wei
Professor Emeritus,
Civil and Environmental Engineering Ozonation & Chlorination of Water, Advanced Oxidation Processes, Chemical Precipitation & Coagulation, Kinetics & Mechanism of Chemical Processes
- iwei@coe.northeastern.edu
- 617.373.3368
![Jing-Ke Weng](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_173,h_230/https://coe.northeastern.edu/wp-content/uploads/profiles/bioe/weng-j.jpg)
Jing-Ke Weng
Professor,
jointly appointed in Chemistry & Chemical Biology & Bioengineering Natural product biochemistry, plant abiotic and biotic interactions, carbon sequestration, agricultural biotechnology, food allergy, drug discovery
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Richard West
Associate Professor,
Chemical Engineering Development of detailed microkinetic models for complex reacting systems; automating the discovery and calculation of reaction pathways; heterogeneous catalysis
- r.west@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.5163
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Richard Whalen
Director & Teaching Professor,
First Year Engineering Program Engineering Education, Evidence-Based Teaching, Pedagogy, Assessment, Thermo-fluids Engineering, Microscale Heat Transfer, Numerical Modeling of Laser Welding of Plastics, Thermal Effects in Nonlinear Optical Material
- r.whalen@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.4706
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Paul Whitford
Affiliated Faculty,
Bioengineering dynamics of large-scale molecular machines, working to identify the physical principles that guide biomolecular dynamics, using molecular simulation approaches to interpret experimental data from a wide range of techniques, including biochemical, small-angle X-ray scattering and cryogenic electron microscopy
- p.whitford@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.2952
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John “Peter” Whitney
Associate Professor,
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Human-safe robots, medical robotics, soft robotics and soft material manufacturing, MEMS, microrobotics, bio-inspired design, flapping aerodynamics and insect flight
- j.whitney@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.3427
![Ronald Willey](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_173,h_230/https://coe.northeastern.edu/wp-content/uploads/profiles/che/willey-r.jpg)
Ronald J. Willey
Professor Emeritus,
Chemical Engineering Process safety education
High pressure chemical processes
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Mark Williams
Affiliated Faculty,
Bioengineering single molecule biophysics, molecular biophysics
- ma.williams@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.5705
![Rebecca Willits](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_173,h_230/https://coe.northeastern.edu/wp-content/uploads/profiles/che/willits-r.jpg)
Rebecca Willits
Professor and Chairperson,
Chemical Engineering Mechanobiology of neural systems;
Systems for nerve regeneration;
Diversity and equity in engineering
- r.willits@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.2989
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Monica Wing
Grants Manager - Pre Award,
Administrative Resource Center - m.wing@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.8310