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Postdoctoral fellows

versteegPhoto Chris Versteeg, Ph.D.
F32 Postdoctoral Fellow (NIH BRAIN Initiatve)
PhD, 2021: Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University
BS, 2015: Biomedical Engineering w/ Minor in Computer Science, Georgia Institute of Technology
 
nasonPhoto Sam Nason-Tomaszewski, Ph.D.
F32 Postdoctoral Fellow (NIH-Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD)
PhD, 2022: Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan
MS, 2018: Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan
BS, 2016: Electrical Engineering w/ Minor in Mathematics, University of Florida
 
jacquesPhoto Brandon Jacques, Ph.D.
PhD, 2023 Psychology from University of Virginia
MS, 2021 Psychology from University of Virginia
BS, 2015 Electrical Engineering w/ Minor in Neuroscience, The Ohio State University
 

Graduate students / Research staff

wimalasenaPhoto Lahiru Wimalasena
Ph.D. Student, GT/Emory BME (joint with Prof. Nicholas Au Yong)
BS, 2017, The Ohio State University
 
aliPhoto Brianna Karpowicz
Ph.D. Student, GT/Emory BME
Fellow, T32 Training Program in Computational Neuroengineering
BS, 2019, University of Pennsylvania
 
aliPhoto Yahia Ali
Ph.D. Student, GT/Emory BME
Fellow, T32 Training Program in Computational Neuroengineering
BS, 2019, Georgia Tech
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oconnellPhoto Sean O’Connell
Ph.D. Student, GT/Emory BME (joint with Prof. Sam Sober)
BS, 2017, Texas A&M
 
rigottiPhoto Mattia Rigotti Thompson
Ph.D. Student, GT/Emory BME
MS, 2018, BS, 2016, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Scholar, J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship
 
mccartPhoto Jonathan McCart
Ph.D. Student, GT Machine Learning
BS & BA, 2021, State University of New York at Geneseo
 
mifsudPhoto Domenick Mifsud
PhD Student, GT Machine Learning
Fellow, T32 Training Program in Computational Neuroengineering
MS, 2023, Computer Science, Colorado State University
BS, 2020, Colorado State University
 
pritchardPhoto Anna Pritchard
Ph.D. Student, GT/Emory BME
Fellow, T32 Training Program in Computational Neuroengineering
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
MS, 2022, BS, 2021 Texas A&M University
 
agarwalPhoto Anjali Agarwal
Research Specialist
BTech, 2020, Indian Institute of Technology, Palakkad, India
 
qaderPhoto Ahmad Abdal Qader
Ph.D Student, GT/Emory BME (joint with Prof. Ellen Hess)
BS, 2022, Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester
 
washingtonPhoto Clay Washington
Research Specialist
BA, 2023, Computer and Information Science, The Ohio State University

 
govindarajanPhoto Nathan Govindarajan
PhD Student, GT Machine Learning (joint with Prof. Nicholas Au Yong)
BS, 2023, Purdue University

 

Undergraduate and Masters students

pei Felix Pei
Electrical Engineering, Georgia Tech
 
bhaduri Bareesh Bhaduri
Electrical Engineering, Georgia Tech
 
ho Nghi (Hailey) Ho
Simons Undergraduate Research Fellow (mentor: Sam Nason-Tomaszewski)
Computer Science, Minor in Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Tech
 
venkatesh Manikandan (Mani) Venkatesh
Biomedical Engineering, Minor in Computing and Devices, Georgia Tech
 
tung Kaitlyn Tung
Neuroscience and Computer Science, Georgia Tech
 
kyriacou Sophia Kyriacou
Biomedical Engineering, Minor in Computing and Devices, Georgia Tech
 

Alumni

 

  Andrew Sedler
Ph.D., 2023, Machine Learning, Georgia Tech
BS, 2017, Clemson University

Next position: Continued as a postdoc
Then: Data Scientist at AE Studio
  Feng Zhu
Ph.D., 2022, Neuroscience, Emory
BS, 2015, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Next position: Continued as a postdoc
Then: Applied Research Scientist at Apple AI/ML
  Rishi Banerjee
BS, 2023, Computer Science and Mathematics, Georgia Tech
 
  Jingyang Ke
BS, 2023, Computer Science, Georgia Tech
Next position: PhD student in Machine Learning, Georgia Tech, starting Fall 2023
  Tony (Runming) Wang
BS, 2023, Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology, Emory
Next position: PhD student in Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, starting Fall 2023
  Nevin Aresh
Biomedical Engineering, minor in Computing and Intelligence, Georgia Tech
 
Margo Shen
BS, 2022, Biology and Theater Studies, Emory
 
Jet Wang
Computer Science, GA Tech
 
Tianhao Dai
Computer Science, Georgia Tech
Next position: Masters student at Yale
Joel Ye
BS, 2020, Computer Science, Georgia Tech
MS, 2021, Computer Science, Georgia Tech
Next position: PhD student, Program in Neural Computation, Carnegie Mellon, starting Fall 2021
Ethan Corey
Biomedical Engineering, Florida State
2021 GT Summer Undergraduate Research in Engineering (SURE) Scholar
Next position: finishing undergrad at FSU; Subsequent: PhD student in Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Tech and Emory, starting Fall 2023
SooHoon Choi
Computer Science, Georgia Tech
 
Bianca Smart
Computer Science, Georgia Tech
 
Raghav Tandon
Ph.D. Student, GT Machine Learning
MS, 2018, Georgia Tech
BS, 2014, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Next position: PhD student, Mitchell Lab, Georgia Tech
Mia Paletta
BS, 2019, Neuroscience, Emory
BS, 2020, Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Tech
Next position: PhD student, Computational Neuroscience, University of Chicago, starting Fall 2020
Sara Auger
BS, 2020, Psychology and Pre-Medicine, Emory
Next position: MD student, Mercer University School of Medicine, starting Fall 2020
Mohammad Reza Keshtkaran
Postdoctoral fellow, GT/Emory BME
PhD, 2014, National University of Singapore
BS, 2009, Shiraz University
Next position: Research Scientist, Apple Healthcare
Yahia Ali
BS, 2019, Georgia Tech
Next position: PhD student, Biomedical Engineering, Emory/GT, and Fellow, T32 Training Program in Computational Neuroengineering, starting Fall 2019
  Nehal Patil
Biology, Emory
Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Tech
 
Kejun (Amy) Li
BS, 2019, Computer Science & Neuroscience, Emory
Next position: PhD student, Computation & Neural Systems, Caltech, starting Fall 2019
Valentine Wilson
Computer Science, Georgia Tech
 
Yaxuan (Sunny) Wang
Neuroscience, Georgia Tech
Next position: MS in Anesthesiology, Case Western
Sarah Nguyen
Masters Student, Georgia Tech, Computer Science
BS, 2013, University of Virginia
 
Jonas Braun
(visiting summer student)
Masters Student, Technical University Munich, Neuroengineering
BEng, 2017, University of Applied Sciences Esslingen
Next position: finishing his Masters program at TUM. Subsequent: PhD student, EPFL
Diya Basrai
Neuroscience, UC San Diego
(visiting summer undergraduate student)
Next position: finishing his undergraduate program at UCSD, then Research Technician, Tresch Lab, Northwestern, Fall 2020
Tony Corsten
BS, 2015, Purdue University
MS, 2016, Purdue University
MS, 2018, GT/Emory BME
Next position: Research Technician, Trumbower Lab, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Harvard, Fall 2018
  Kaveh Karbasi
Research Specialist, Spring/Summer 2017
BS, 2016, University of California, Berkeley
Next position: PhD student, Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, starting Fall 2017
Jordan Kruguer
Research Specialist, Summer/Fall 2017
Computer Science, Georgia Tech
Next position: Undergraduate and Research Assistant, Olveczky Lab, Harvard, Spring 2018
  Jenna Bush
Undergraduate Researcher, Spring/Summer 2017
Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Tech
 
  Rahul Prabhu
Undergraduate Researcher, 2017-Spring 2018
Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Tech
 
  Dilara Soylu
Undergraduate Researcher, Summer 2017-Spring 2018
Computer Science, Georgia Tech
 

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