Bioengineering at University of California, Merced

7 faculty and 32 courses in Bioengineering at University of California, Merced.

Faculty

• Joel Spencer, Associate Professor h-index 26
  Professor Spencer seeks to to develop novel optical imaging and sensing systems for applications in tissue regeneration, transplantation, and cancer. Current Research Topics: - investigating new ways to image the thymus in live mice with subcellular resolutio
• Anand Subramaniam, Associate Professor; Dept and Graduate Chairs, Bioengineering h-index 22
  Professor Subramaniam seeks to understand the fundamental physicochemical mechanisms that govern the assembly and function of biomembranes. His lab group combines experimental tools from soft matter physics, chemistry, and molecular biology to tackle cutting
• Arvind Gopinath, Associate Professor h-index 19
  Mechanics in biology - Biomechanics, Mechanobiology and signaling in Chlamydomonas cilia - Phototaxis in algae - Biofluids and Biothermodynamics - Multicellular motility and mechanics - Statistical physics of active systems - Biophysic Education: - Ph.D., 2
• Eva de Alba, Professor
  Structural Biology - Biophysics - Biochemistry of macromolecules and macromolecular assemblies (emphasis on inflammation and cellular death) - Protein Engineering - NMR Spectroscopy Education: - Ph.D., 1997 — Spanish National Research Council, Madrid, Spain
• Hirosha Geekiyanage, Assistant Professor
  MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are endogenous small RNAs of 21–22 nucleotides with a significant role in gene regulation. They base-pair with the 3’UTR of a targeted mRNA whilst in association with Argonaute, the effector protein of the miRNA mediated silencing complex
• Sushma Shrinivasan, Assistant Teaching Professor
  Disciplinary: Data-driven Control of Dynamical Systems, Dynamic mode decomposition, Equation-free modeling - Pedagogical: Engineering Education Research, Artificial Intelligence in Education, STEM Workforce Development Departments: Bioengineering (BioE
• Victor Munoz Van Den Eynde, Professor
  Biophysics - Quantitative and synthetic biology - Protein folding, evolution and design - Protein engineering - Optical spectroscopy - Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy (NMR) - Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) - Laser spectroscopy and ultrafast kinetics

Courses

• Bioengineering Seminar BIOE 001
• Fundamentals of Molecular Biology BIOE 002
• Fundamentals of Molecular Biology Laboratory BIOE 002L
• Introduction to Computing with Python BIOE 021
• Introduction to Biomaterials BIOE 045
• Signals, Systems and Digital Imaging Processing BIOE 060
• Biocircuits Theory BIOE 065
• Lower Division Undergraduate Research BIOE 095
• Lower Division Directed Group Study BIOE 098
• Lower Division Individual Study BIOE 099
• Physiology for Engineers BIOE 100
• Modeling of Nanoscale Processes in Biology BIOE 101
• Biosensors BIOE 102
• Biotransport Phenomena BIOE 104
• Cell Biology and Physiology BIOE 106
• Genetic Engineering BIOE 108
• Self-Assembling Molecular Systems BIOE 110
• Biomembranes BIOE 111
• Biomolecule-Substrate Interactions BIOE 112
• Bioinstrumentation BIOE 113
• Biomechanics BIOE 115
• Introduction to Biomedical Imaging BIOE 124
• Biomedical Instrumentation Lab BIOE 127
• Biotechnology Laboratory BIOE 128
• Biothermodynamics BIOE 130
• Biochemistry for Engineers BIOE 135
• Biomolecular Engineering BIOE 140
• Bioprocess Engineering BIOE 145
• Bioelectronics BIOE 166
• Digital Techniques BIOE 168
• Upper Division Undergraduate Research BIOE 195
• Upper Division Directed Group Study BIOE 198

Faculty counts are directory headcounts; the named list may be a subset. h-index shown only for ORCID-backed or high-confidence OpenAlex matches. Data as of 2026-07-01.