Board of Directors

Executive Committee

President (2024-2026)

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

Executive Director

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

SECRETARY-TREASURER (2024-2026)

Rebecca Kuntz Willits, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Chemical Engineering
Northeastern University

Chair, College of Fellows (2025-2026)

Stuart L. Cooper, Ph.D.
Distinguished University Professor and Distinguished Professor of Engineering
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
The Ohio State University

President-Elect (2025-2026)

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

Directors

Director At-Large (2024-2026)

Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernandez, Ph.D.
Professor, L.B. (Preach) Meaders Professorship in Engineering
Department of Biomedical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin

Director At-Large (2025-2027)

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

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

Director At-Large (2024-2026)

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

Chair, Academic Council (2024-2026)

Raj R. Rao, Ph.D.
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
College of Engineering
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

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

Chair-Elect, College of Fellows (2025-2026)

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
The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences

Chair, Awards Committee

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

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

Co-Chair, CURM Committee

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

Co-Chair, Diversity and Inclusion Committee

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

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

Co-Chair, International Committee

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

Co-Chair, International Committee

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