I get a lot of e-mail requesting information about the possibility of joining the lab. Before sending me e-mail, please see if your question is answered below. If you send me a question I have already answered here, please do not expect a response.

PhD Admissions

In order for you to pursue graduate studies in my group, you will have to first be admitted to a graduate program at the University of Virginia. I’m currently recruiting students from two different programs: biomedical engineering, and biomedical sciences. I don’t control the general admission processes to UVA, so I am unable to help other than to point you to the official PhD programs.

How this works is that students first apply to a program. The process is very competitive, and the admissions committees will be looking in detail at your publication record, particularly if you have published any first-author papers in high quality journals. If accepted, students have the opportunity to do a rotation in my group, after which, if it were mutually acceptable, you could join the group.

If you are an international student, unfortunately, support is even more limited, and so the process is particularly competitive. International students who are successful are often coming in with papers authored in high-impact journals in the field. For example, students joining my lab would likely have already led (first-author) or at least contributed to studies published in the same journals that I publish in. If you do not have prior experience publishing in these journals, your application may not be viewed as competitive by the admissions committee.

Undergraduates

I do not currently have any openings for undergraduates. If I have space for undergraduates, they will show up below under “Open Positions”

Graduate students at UVA

If you’re currently admitted to as a PhD student at UVA, I may be open for rotations. Please contact me to discuss your interests.

Open positions

No open positions at this time.