Cristian Luciano

Cristian Luciano

Cristian Luciano is an engineer, inventor and entrepreneur with more than 25 years of experience integrating engineering and medicine. He is a pioneer in virtual, mixed and augmented reality technology, bringing innovations to surgical simulation and training, presurgical planning and intraoperative surgical guidance.

He is a research assistant professor in the bioengineering department, a clinical assistant professor in the biomedical and health information sciences department, and an adjunct research assistant professor in the medical education and urology departments in the UIC College of Engineering, College of Applied Health Sciences and College of Medicine, respectively.

He is the director of the Mixed Reality Laboratory, assistant director of the Innovation Medicine program, and research and development associate at the Simulation and Integrative Learning Center at the UIC College of Medicine. He is also the director of engineering in the UR*Lab and an engineering faculty advisor in the ORBITLab, at the UIC Innovation Center.