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Board of Directors

Press Release: AIMBE Announces New Board Members

Washington, D.C. – The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) is thrilled to announce new members joining its Board of Directors. These distinguished leaders will take office following the conclusion of the AIMBE Annual Event, taking place April 11-13, 2026, in Washington, D.C… Continue reading.

Executive Committee

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President (2026-2028)

Michael King, Ph.D.
E.D. Butcher Chair of Bioengineering
CPRIT Scholar Special Advisor to the Provost on Life Science Collaborations with the Texas Medical Center
Department of Bioengineering Engineering
Rice University

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Executive Director

Dawn Beraud, Ph.D.
Executive Director
American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering

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SECRETARY-TREASURER (2026-2028)

Deborah Leckband, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Professor of Bioengineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Chair, College of Fellows (2026-2027)

Priyabrata Mukherjee, Ph.D. FRSC, FAIMBE, FAAAS, FCRS, FNAI
George Lynn Cross Research Professor
PHF Presidential Professor
Peggy and Charles Stephenson Endowed Chair of Laboratory Cancer Research
Professor of Pathology
Senior Director for Research Partnership and Collaboration, Stephenson Cancer Center
Co-Director, Nanomedicine Program
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences

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Past-President (2026-2027)

Lola Eniola-Adefeso, Ph.D.
Dean of Engineering
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
University of Illinois Chicago

Directors

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Director At-Large (2025-2027)

Emma Fan, Ph.D.
Professor
Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering Program
University of Texas at Austin

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Director At-Large (2026-2028)

Rong Fan, Ph.D.
Harold D. Hodgkinson Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Yale University

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Director At-Large (2025-2027)

Brendan Harley, Sc.D.
Professor & Robert W. Schaefer Faculty Scholar
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Director At-Large (2026-2028)

Dave Odde, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
University of Minnesota

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Chair, Academic Council (2026-2028)

Phil Messersmith, Ph.D.
Professor; Class of 1941 World War II Memorial Chair
Dept. of Bioengineering
Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
University of California, Berkeley

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Chair, Industry Council (2025-2027)

Utkan Demirci, Ph.D.
Professor
Radiology Department, Electrical Engineering (by courtesy)
Stanford University

Kristen Billiar, Ph.D.
Professor and Department Head
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Chair, Council of Societies (2025-2027)

Kristen Billiar, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Ex Officio Members

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Chair-Elect, College of Fellows (2026-2027)

Song Li, Ph.D.
Chancellor Professor and Department Chair
Department of Bioengineering
University of California, Los Angeles

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Chair, Awards Committee

Walt Baxter, Ph.D.
Senior Principal Scientist, Bakken Fellow
Medtronic Cardiac Rhythm Management

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Co-Chair, CURM Committee

Daniel Gallego-Perez, Ph.D.
Professor, Biomedical Engineering & General Surgery
Edgar C. Hendrickson Chair in Biomedical Engineering
The Ohio State University

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Co-Chair, CURM Committee

Evan Scott, Ph.D.
Thomas A. Saunders III Family Jefferson Scholars Foundation Distinguished University Professor
Biomedical Engineering
University of Virginia

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Co-Chair, Diversity and Inclusion Committee

Mete Civelek, Ph.D.
Professor
Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine and Human Genetics
University of California, Los Angeles

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Chair, Diversity and Inclusion Committee

Kelly Stevens, Ph.D.
James Chao-Yao Koh and Maria Lee Koh Endowed Engineering and Medicine Career Development Professor
Associate Professor, Bioengineering
University of Washington

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Co-Chair, International Committee

Hua Ai, Ph.D.
Professor
National Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials
Sichuan University, China

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Co-Chair, International Committee

María Vicent, Ph.D.
Cancer Program Coordinator and Head of Polymer Therapeutics Lab
Prince Felipe Research Center and CIBERONC