Joanne M. Belovich, Ph.D., is a professor of chemical and biomedical engineering at Cleveland State University. She received her Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of Michigan and her B.S. in chemical engineering and biomedical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. She joined CSU in 1991 as an assistant professor and has taught classes at both undergraduate and graduate levels in chemical, biochemical, and biomedical engineering. Her research specialties are in transport in biomedical systems and in algae bioprocesses for biofuel. Her research has been cited over 1300 times. She has mentored the research of 46 graduate students and 17 undergraduate students. She served as Interim Dean of the Washkewicz College of Engineering from 2019 to 2022, during which time the student enrollment increased 20%, engineering freshmen retention increased to 91%, and external grant awards to the College doubled. Prior to that, she was chairperson of the Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering for five years, overseeing a 75% increase in undergraduate enrollment. She served as Assistant Dean from 1997-1999 and Associate Dean from 1999-2004, where she led the creation of the college-wide engineering design course for freshmen and expanded the college’s outreach program to bring more than 500 high school students into engineering labs each year. She is a member of the American Chemical Society and the American Society for Engineering Education.