Center for Mind, Brain, Computation and Technology

(She/Her) Leen is a PhD student in the Electrical Engineering department. She currently works with Professor Todd Coleman in the Bioengineering department and Professor Zhenan Bao in the Chemical Engineering department on multimodal prediction of chronic stress using wearable bioelectronics. She holds an M.S. in Electrical Engineering (Signal Processing, Control, and Optimization) from Stanford University and a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering (Honors) from Northwestern University. At Stanford, she is on the Women in Electrical Engineering (WEE) Exec Board.

Bella (she/her/hers) graduated from UC San Diego with a BS in Bioengineering: Biosystems. She is currently pursuing her PhD in Electrical Engineering in the Chichilnisky lab. Her research interests include understanding mechanisms of visual processing in the retina, machine learning for neural response modeling, and electrical stimulation of neurons sensory restoration.

(She/Her) Yujie is a Ph.D. student in Computer Science at Stanford University. She is interested in bridging the understanding of human perception with the development of immersive interfaces. Yujie's research explores multisensory pathways to support daily interactions and improve mental well-being. She earned her B.A. in Journalism and Computer Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her M.S. from the University of Chicago.

Tomasz graduated from ETH, Zurich with a BS and MS Degree in Electrical Engineering. He plans to purse his PhD in Bioengineering in Prof. Zhenan Bao / Prof. Todd Coleman lab focusing on implantable neural devices. Tomasz hopes to use computational techniques to optimize fabrication design and create a digital twin of the patient to better treat neurological disorders. In his spare time he likes to relax.

Pengwei received his BS degree in chemistry from Peking University in 2022 and worked on radiation-induced prodrug activation under the supervision of Prof. Zhibo Liu. He is currently pursuing his PhD in Biomedical Physics advised by Prof. Bianxiao Cui at Stanford University. He is engaged in research on optical recording of electrophysiological and electrochemical signal. He is interested in multi-modal spatiotemporal correlation and interpretation.

Jerry is an MD/PhD student in the Stanford Medical Scientist Training Program and Department of Genetics. Jerry was born and raised in Xinzheng, China, before moving to Seattle for middle and high school. Jerry received his B.S. in Neuroscience at Johns Hopkins and studied biochemistry at the University of Oxford. Before coming to Stanford, Jerry has worked on the mechanisms of neurodegeneration at Johns Hopkins, the molecular bases of behavioral neuroscience at the National Institute of Health, and novel methods for gene delivery in the Feng Zhang Lab at the Broad Institute.

(she/her) I am a PhD student working with Dr. Ian H. Gotlib in the Department of Psychology. My primary research interests include the impacts of early adversity on adolescent brain development and the psychobiological mechanisms underlying risks for depression. Currently, I am focusing on the development of neural flexibility following exposure to early life stress. Prior to Stanford, I earned a BA in Neuroscience from Wellesley College and worked in clinical neuroimaging labs at MIT and Northeastern University.

I am a Bioengineering PhD student in the Bo Wang lab. I am in interested in mechanisms underlying robustness of nervous systems subject to large-scale structural perturbations, and functional regeneration of neural circuits. In order to study this, I use regenerative flatworm species as model organisms! Before Stanford, I studied Physics at IISER Mohali in India, and worked on flagella biophysics as a research assistant in Dresden, Germany. Outside of lab, I enjoy watching anime, practicing karate, soccer, and trivia nights.

Yohan graduated from Amherst College with a B.A. in neuroscience and music, where he studied protein-protein interactions at synapses and their effects on plasticity in the Roche Lab. After college, he joined the Cheadle Lab at CSHL and discovered that oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs) engulf synapses in the developing mouse visual cortex. Now, as a Neurosciences PhD student in the Gibson Lab, Yohan uses viral and electrophysiological approaches to study neuron-OPC synapses with hopes of understanding how OPCs are integrated into, and alter, neuronal circuits.

(He/Him/His) Shenghua (Sean) Liu is a PhD student in the department of Physics. Sean is interested in developing and studying models that capture relevant structures and functions of neural circuits to uncover theoretical principles underlying the brain’s impressive capabilities, with the additional hope to find parallel in artificial neural networks. Before coming to Stanford, Sean received his BS in Physics and Mathematics at the University of Notre Dame in 2023. In his free time, Sean enjoys tennis, skiing, movies, and good times with friends.g, Pete!