Joseph J. Pancrazio has a 30+ year career spanning academia and federal government working at the interface of bioscience and engineering. He currently serves as Vice President for Research and Innovation (VPRI) and Professor of Bioengineering at UT Dallas. In his role as VPRI, he oversees research funding, grants, and contracts; campus research facilities and information systems; technology commercialization and licensing; venture development “incubator” facilities; and laboratory compliance and safety.

Prior to joining UT Dallas in 2015 as Associate Provost, he served as the founding chair of Bioengineering at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA. Before arriving at Mason in 2008, he was in federal government as a Material Scientist at the US Naval Research Laboratory and as the Program Director for Neural Engineering at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Washington, DC. Dr. Pancrazio’s research focuses on the development of novel neural interface technology, which is used to understand and influence the brain and nervous system for the purposes of improving human health. He has a BS in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois followed by a MS and PhD in biomedical engineering in biomedical engineering from the University of Virginia. In 2011, Dr. Pancrazio was elected to the College of Fellows in the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, a distinction reserved for the top 2% of professionals in the field. In 2023, he was elected to the Board of Directors for the Oak Ridge Association of Universities.

Former Vice Presidents of Research at The University of Texas at Dallas