Adjunct and Affiliated Faculty

Adjunct Faculty

Richard B. Ashman | President, Charter Research, Inc.
Ph.D., Tulane University, Biomechanics, 1982
Appointment through 06/30/2028

James T. Bennett | Professor of Orthopedics, Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Tulane University
M.D., Tulane University, Spine Mechanics, 1978
Appointment through 06/30/2028

Douglas B. Chrisey | Jung Professor of Engineering Physics, Tulane University
Ph.D., University of Virginia, Materials Engineering, 1988
Appointment through 06/30/2028

Claiborne “Clay” Christian | Executive Director of Commercialization, Tulane University
Ph.D., Tulane University, Biomedical Sciences, 2016
Appointment through 06/30/2028

Lowry Curley | Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, AxoSim Technologies, LLC
Ph.D., Tulane University, Biomedical Engineering, 2012
Appointment through 06/30/2028

Hong-Wen Deng | Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University
Ph.D., University of Oregon, 1995
Appointment through 06/30/2028

Sherif Ebrahim | Professor of Strategy and Innovation, Freeman School of Business, Tulane University
Director of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Education, Tulane University
Ph.D., Oklahoma State University, 2017
Appointment through 06/30/2028

Eric Ehrensing | Vice Chairman of the Board, Ochsner Physician Partners,  Ochsner Health System 
M.D., University of Virginia, 1994
Appointment through 06/30/2028

David Halpern | Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
Ph.D., University of Arizona, Biofluid Mechanics, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Applied Mathematics
Appointment through 06/30/2028

Tony Hu | Weatherhead Presidential Chair in Biotechnology Innovation, Tulane University
Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin, 2008
Appointment through 06/30/2028

Edward W. Karp | President, CyberHealth, Inc.
M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998
Appointment through 06/30/2028

Brian Layman | Orthotist/Prosthetist, New Orleans Veterans Medical Center
M.S., Oklahoma State University, 1998
Appointment through 12/31/2028

Jian Li | Associate Professor of Biostatistics, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University
Ph.D., North Carolina State University, 2005
Appointment through 06/30/2028

Uwe R. Pontius | Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Texas Health Science Center
M.D., Tulane University, 1976
Appointment through 06/30/2028

Randy Roig | Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Neurology, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Tulane University 
M.D., Tulane University, 1992
Appointment through 06/30/2028

William Sherman | Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tulane University
M.D., Louisiana State University, 2005
M.B.A. Tulane University Freeman School of Business, 2018
M.Fin. Tulane University Freeman School of Business, 2019
Appointment through 06/30/2028

Affiliated Faculty

Douglas B. Chrisey | Jung Professor of Engineering Physics, Tulane University
Ph.D., University of Virginia, Materials Engineering, 1988

Sherif Ebrahim | Professor of Strategy and Innovation, Freeman School of Business, Tulane University
Director of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Education, Tulane University
Ph.D., Oklahoma State University, 2017

Ryan Gelfand | Professor of Practice, Tulane University
Ph.D., Northwestern University, 2013

Tony Hu | Weatherhead Presidential Chair in Biotechnology Innovation, Tulane University
Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin, 2008

Michelle Hewlett Sanchez | Senior Professor of Practice, Tulane University
Associate Dean for Community Engagement and Academic Partnerships
Ph.D., Stanford University, 2011