BME - Key Persons


Ahmet F Coskun

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor, Bernie Marcus Early Career Professorship

Alexis Brown

Job Titles:
  • Faculty Support Coordinator

Alyssa Panitch

Job Titles:
  • New Chair of Coulter

Ambika Bumb

Job Titles:
  • Deputy Executive Director

Angela Gill Nelms - COO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Operations Officer

Angela Holmes - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO

Ann Saterbak

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  • Professor of the Practice

Aqila Monsanto

Job Titles:
  • Financial Administrator III

Ashlynn Hunkin

Job Titles:
  • Grants Administrator

Athena Jones

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director, Administrative Operations

Avard Moncur

Job Titles:
  • Academic Program Coordinator II

Bernie-Marcus Early-Career

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  • Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology

Brad Miller

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Market Development and Head of Clinical Care

Caleb M. Appleton

Job Titles:
  • Senior Vice President & General Manager of Global Subscriptions

Cheng Zhu

Cheng Zhu leads study of immune system protein that helps control T cell activity

Chloe Shay

Job Titles:
  • Director of Projects

Chris Nguyen

Job Titles:
  • Computer Support Specialist

Christopher Hermann - CEO, Founder

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Founder

Colleen Spellen

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  • Administrative Assistant

Dadrian Johnson

Job Titles:
  • Faculty Support Coordinator

Dana Zastrow

Job Titles:
  • Corporate Relations Mgr

Deja Lloyd

Job Titles:
  • Faculty Support Coordinator

Dev Mandavia

Job Titles:
  • VP Strategy and Corporate Development

Dr. Ajit Yoganathan

Job Titles:
  • Coulter BME Professor

Dr. Jaydev P. Desai

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  • Research Interests
Dr. Jaydev P. Desai is currently a Professor and Cardiovascular Biomedical Engineering Distinguished Chair in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University. Previously, he held the G.P. "Bud" Peterson and Valerie H. Peterson Faculty Professorship in Pediatric Research. Dr. Desai is currently the Associate Chair for Undergraduate studies in BME, Adjunct Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, and founding Director of the Georgia Center for Medical Robotics (GCMR). He completed his undergraduate studies from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India, in 1993. He received his MA in Mathematics in 1997 and MSE and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics in 1995 and 1998 respectively, all from the University of Pennsylvania. He was also a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University.

Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernandez

Job Titles:
  • Professor, Cullen Trust for Higher Education Endowed Professorship / Department of Biomedical Engineering / University of Texas at Austin

Elizabeth Harrison

Job Titles:
  • CEO / MetaSystems Group, Inc

Essy Behravesh

Job Titles:
  • Director of Student Services, Senior Academic Professional

Gautam Goel

Job Titles:
  • Chief Data Science Officer / HC Bioscience, Inc.

Heather Hayes

Job Titles:
  • Product Leader / PerkinElmer

Jason Litten

Job Titles:
  • Chief Medical Officer

Jesus Mata-Acosta

Job Titles:
  • Acad & Research IT Support Engr

Joe Le Doux

Job Titles:
  • Professor, Senior Education Consultant to the Emory School of Medicine

Josh Vose - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO

Karmen Swan White

Job Titles:
  • Admin Manager II

Kate Taylor

Job Titles:
  • Global Innovation Manager

Katherina Lemos

Job Titles:
  • Finance Administrator III

Kathryn Wilkinson

Job Titles:
  • Academic Advisor Ll

Kelly Bolden

Job Titles:
  • Medical Director

Kelly Petty

Job Titles:
  • Communications Manager

Ketki Patil

Job Titles:
  • Instructional Lab Coordinator

LaTinza Shelton


Leita Young

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Lisa Lewis-Fears

Job Titles:
  • Corporate Relations Manager

Lisa Zuba

Job Titles:
  • Grants Administrator Lead

Luke O'Connell

Job Titles:
  • Director of Development

MacKenzie Carvalho

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Professional Senior

Maita Diaz

Job Titles:
  • Administrator

Mario Ball

Job Titles:
  • US Director of Sales Strategy and Commercial Execution

Michael Davis

Job Titles:
  • Professor, Associate Chair for Graduate Studies, Director, Children 's Heart Research and Outcomes ( HeRO ) Center

Michelle C. LaPlaca

Job Titles:
  • Associate Chair for Faculty Development, Professor

Myles Mann

Job Titles:
  • Academic Advisor I

Nicole Gallahue

Job Titles:
  • Academic Program Coordinator I

Ornella Ingram

Job Titles:
  • HR Coordinator

Paul Fincannon

Job Titles:
  • Academic Advising Manager

Paul J Benkeser

Job Titles:
  • Professor, Senior Associate Chair

Rafael V. Andino

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Engineering & Manufacturing / Clearside Biomedical, Inc.

Robert Bland

Job Titles:
  • Academic & Research IT Support Engineer

Roselyn Taylor-Haralson

Job Titles:
  • Faculty Support Coordinator

Ryan Davis

Job Titles:
  • Senior Strategic Account Manager / Neocis, Inc

Sandra Maffey

Job Titles:
  • Program & Operations Manager

Scott Hollister

Job Titles:
  • Professor and Patsy and Alan Dorris Chair in Pediatric Technology, Associate Chair for Translational Research

Shawna Khouri

Job Titles:
  • Director, Virtual Health

Sherry Sam

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Shuana Durham

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Financial Operations

Sue Van

Job Titles:
  • President and CEO / Wallace H. Coulter Foundation

Susan E. Miller

Job Titles:
  • Admin Professional

Susan Marvin

Job Titles:
  • Assistant
  • Senior Executive

Sylvia Bartley

Job Titles:
  • Chief of Staff

Tracie Arnold

Job Titles:
  • Director of Business Operations

Tracie Dinkins

Job Titles:
  • Financial Manager II

Valencia Cantrell

Job Titles:
  • HR Consultant

Vickie D. Okrzesik

Job Titles:
  • Web Developer

Wallace H. Coulter

Job Titles:
  • Department Chair, Professor
  • Distinguished Chair Professor in Biomedical Engineering, Associate Chair for Emory, Director of Cardiovascular Biomechanics T32 Program at Emory and Georgia Tech

Xavier Lefebvre

Job Titles:
  • Global Vice President

Yue Chen

Job Titles:
  • Researcher