Dr. Eranga Ukwatta named Johns Hopkins University Biomedical Engineering Centennial Postdoctoral Fellow

Eranga Ukwatta, a postdoctoral fellow in the Institute for Computational Medicine and the Computational Cardiology Lab of Dr. Natalia Trayanova, Murray B. Sachs Endowed Chair and Professor of Biomedical Engineering, has been awarded the Johns Hopkins University Biomedical Engineering Centennial Postdoctoral Fellowship.

Dr. Ukwatta was selected following a national search to find “Rising stars: recent or soon-to-be PhD graduates with a record of achievement, a strong desire for scientific discovery, and aspirations for societal impact.”

Dr. Ukwatta’s exciting research is in image-based patient-specific modeling, with a focus on cardiovascular modeling.

The Johns Hopkins University Biomedical Engineering Centennial Postdoctoral Fellowship provides additional stipend support, health benefits, and professional development.