Sa is a PhD student co-advised by Prof. Stanley Qi in Bioengineering and Prof. Guosong Hong in Materials Science and Engineering. Before she came to Stanford, she got her BS and MS from Fudan University in materials science. She is interested in the material-biology interface. With her background in advanced nanomaterials and current training in synthetic biology, she aims to develop novel biotechniques based on biology and nanomaterials for non-invasive neuromodulation.
Yasmine Kehnemouyi is an incoming fourth year PhD student in the Bioengineering department. She became interested in neuroengineering research as a research engineer in the Stanford Human Motor Control and Neuromodulation Laboratory where she worked to improve motor symptoms in people with Parkinson’s disease (PD). As a PhD student, she is working with Dr. Todd Coleman to use multimodal electrical recordings to develop objective measures of nonmotor symptoms in PD and thus explore the degeneration of the gut-brain axis throughout the disease.
Amrith graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a BS in Electrical Engineering, and he is now pursuing a PhD in Electrical Engineering at Stanford with a neuroscience focus. As part of the collaborative Artificial Retina project, his research focuses on the design of efficient real-time control algorithms for a microelectrode array based retinal prosthesis to treat patients blinded by photoreceptor degeneration diseases.
Robert is pursuing a PhD in electrical engineering in Professor Jonathan Fan's group. He graduated from the University of British Columbia with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering. Robert previously worked on developing machine learning algorithms to design atomic silicon quantum dot circuits and accelerate the design process of nanophotonic devices. He is interested in building neural probe hardware and data-driven software solutions for new modalities of multielectrode, subthreshold stimulation to achieve the activation of neurons at the cellular level.
Itamar Terem is a PhD student at the department of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University, and an NSF Graduate Research Fellow. His research focuses on the development of computational and acquisition MRI techniques to explore the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) dynamic (drivers and motion) through the brain ventricular system, subarachnoid and perivascular space in awake and sleep.
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Lara is a PhD Candidate in Bioengineering whose research focuses on the characterization and optimization of human health, rehabilitation, and performance using physiological and biomechanical signal measured via wearable sensors. She received her BS in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Vermont in 2020 and her MS in Bioengineering from Stanford University in 2022. Her current research interests are in understanding the coordination of central (circadian rhythm) and peripheral clocks within the body.
Erin is currently a postdoctoral scholar in the Neural Prosthetics Translational Laboratory, where she completed her PhD in electrical engineering advised by the late Dr. Krishna Shenoy and Dr. Jamie Henderson, and co-advised by Dr. Scott Linderman.
Kyrstyn is a PhD candidate in the department of Materials Science and Engineering. She is working with her advisor Dr. Stephen Baccus (Neurobiology) as well as Dr. Evan Reed (Material Science) and Dr. Merritt Maduke (Molecular and Cellular Physiology) to determine the molecular effect of ultrasound neuromodulation through simulations and in vitro animal experiments. Prior to Stanford, she received a BS in Engineering from Swarthmore College.