Rate My Professor Juan Jiménez

Juan Jiménez is an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, holding an adjunct appointment in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. He is also a Manning/IALS Innovation Fellow. Jiménez received his BS degree from Michigan State University in 1999, MSE in 2002 and PhD in 2007 from Princeton University, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania in 2011. His research centers on the interactions between fluid flow and biology, particularly the role of hemodynamic forces in regulating cellular and biomolecular pathways in vascular diseases and processes involving implantable medical devices. The Jiménez Lab employs engineering principles from fluid dynamics alongside cellular and molecular biology to investigate biofluids such as blood, lymph, and cerebrospinal fluid, aiming to uncover flow-induced biochemical responses with medical applications, including stent design and blood-vessel wound healing.

Notable publications include “Hemodynamically driven stent strut design” published in Annals of Biomedical Engineering in 2009, “Hemodynamic disturbed flow induces differential DNA methylation of endothelial Kruppel-Like Factor 4 promoter in vitro and in vivo” in Circulation Research in 2014, and “Lymph flow regulates collecting lymphatic vessel maturation in vivo” in The Journal of Clinical Investigation in 2015. Jiménez’s scholarship has been cited more than 2,900 times. He has earned the NSF CAREER Award, NIH K25 Mentored Quantitative Research Career Development Award, Biomedical Engineering Society Innovation and Career Development Award, and a 2024-2025 Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to conduct research on arterial wound healing at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium. Additional honors include the 2022-2023 ADVANCE Faculty Fellowship, Graduate Education for Minorities Fellowship, and Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award. In collaboration with nursing colleagues, Jiménez co-developed an innovative IV pole, recognized with an American Nurses Association Innovation Award. He serves on the Riccio College of Engineering Personnel Committee.