Dr. Aaryani Tipirneni-Sajja, is an associate professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Houston. Dr. Sajja is a biomedical scientist with expertise in developing quantitative magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy techniques that will noninvasively identify disease biomarkers, enable early diagnosis and guide response to therapy. Dr. Sajja has secured research funding as a Principal Investigator from National Institute of Health (Trailblazer Award) and National Science Foundation (CAREER Award) and also received several internal and external university grants. She has published 25 journal articles with 1500+ citations, over 45 conference abstracts and 1 book chapter in this field. Dr. Sajja has utmost interests in empowering women and enriching student education in STEM. She has served as K-12 Outreach Chair for SWE (2022, 2023) and organized several STEM activities for K-12 and public.