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DIRECTOR
Salman R. Khetani, PhD
Robert Uyetani Professor
Associate Department Head
Director of Graduate Studies
AFFILIATIONS
- Department of Biomedical Engineering
- Colleges of Engineering and Medicine
- University of Illinois Chicago
Ph.D., Bioengineering
University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California
M.S., Bioengineering
University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California
B.S., Electrical Engineering
Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
B.S., Biomedical Engineering (Summa cum laude)
Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
AWARDS & HONORS
- Departmental faculty of the year award, UIC College of Medicine, 2023
- UIC Graduate Mentoring Award, 2023
- UIC College of Engineering Teaching Award, 2017, 2022, and 2023
- NSF CAREER award, 2014-2019
- UIC College of Engineering Advising Award, 2018
- Departmental Rising Star Award, UIC College of Medicine, 2018
- Honoring Our Professors' Excellence (HOPE) Award, UIC, 2018
- School of Biomedical Engineering Teaching Excellence Award, CSU, 2015
POST-DOCTORAL

Haram Nah, PhD
DOCTORAL

Leanna Pfeffer, BS
UNDERGRADUATE
