Jianyi “Jay” Zhang, M.D., Ph.D. Dr. Zhang is an international leader in myocardial bioenergetics, biomaterials, and stem cells for cardiac repair. He is a tenured Professor of Medicine and of Engineering; T. Michael and Gillian Goodrich Endowed Chair of Engineering Leadership; and the Chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME), a joint department of the School of Medicine and School of Engineering, at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).

Jack Rogers, Ph.D. Dr. Rogers received his degrees in Bioengineering from the University of California, San Diego. After working for several years as a computational scientist at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, he joined UAB in 1994. His research interests center on cardiac electrophysiology (the system that triggers and synchronizes each heartbeat) and electromechanics (the interaction between the heart’s electrical system and its function as a muscle). He works on similar themes in the gastrointestinal system. Toward these ends, his laboratory develops new instruments and software for recording, analyzing, and understanding electromechanical function. He teaches courses in scientific computing and cardiac electrophysiology and recently served as the director of the Biomedical Engineering Department’s undergraduate program. Rogers is also a certified sailing instructor and teaches sailing to children and adults.