Juan M. Jiménez, Ph.D.
Dr. Juan M. Jiménez is an associate professor of biomedical engineering in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Massachusetts - Amherst. He received a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan State University and a M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University. His Ph.D. work focused on turbulence conducting the highest Reynolds number wake measurements ever conducted. He transitioned to the University of Pennsylvania’s Institute for Medicine and Engineering as a postdoctoral fellow to study the effects of fluid flow on implantable biomedical devices like stents. He stayed at Penn as a faculty member for several years studying the fundamentals of fluid dynamics that are relevant in the development and progression of diseases like atherosclerosis, response of vascular endothelial cells to fluid flow stimuli, blood fluid flow parameters that can lead to the development of blood clots within the vascular system and implantable devices, and development of biomedical devices that incorporate the fundamentals of both engineering and biology for clinical success. He is a triple early career grant awardee of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) K25 Mentored Quantitative Research Career Development Award, National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award, and Biomedical Engineering Society Innovation and Career Development Award. He is also a recipient of a Young Investigator Award from the Gordon Research Conference on Biomechanics in Vascular Biology & Disease.
Lab Members
Postdoctoral Fellows
Sina Farzaneh, Ph.D.
Project: Endothelial mechanotransduction & medical devices and blood coagulation.
Jeannine Blake, R.N., Ph.D.
Project: Potential effects of intravenous smart pumps on clinical outcomes.
Graduate Students
Taylor Brown
Project: The effect of stent struts and the local flow field on endothelial wound healing.
Maryam Ansariaghmiuni
Project: The effect of pressure gradients on endothelial migration and wound healing.
Undergraduate Students
Rachel Collins
YeEun Lee
Allen Gao
Filip Kumiega
Alumni
Postdoctoral Fellows
Dr. Laura Sumner
Project: CFD simulation of hemodynamics in patients pre and post-initiation of unilateral cerebral aneurysm.
Dr. Sampath Rachakonda
Project: Effects of hemodynamics on the cerebral vasculature.
Graduate Students
Akshay Pujari, MS '17
Project: Effects of Malformed or Absent Valves to Lymphatic Fluid Transport and Lymphedema in Vivo, in Mice
Alexander Smith, MS '20
Project: Sensors
Duy Nguyen, MS '21
Project: Endothelial cell migration.
Joshua Hall, PhD '22
Project: Lymphedema effects on the endothelium.
Donald Chang, MS '23
Project: Determine fluid flow characteristics of Intravenous (IV) smart pumps (IVSP).
Hans Foelsche, MS '23
Project: Developing a flow devices to study the effects of vibrations on the endothelium.
Undergraduate Students
Serena Russell
Patrick Mei
Abigail Laughlin
Vaishali Malik