Engineering
Dennis L Barbour, MD, PhD
- Phone: 1-314-935-7548
- Fax: 1-314-935-7448
- Email: dbarbour@wustl.edu
Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
MD, PhD, Johns Hopkins, 2003
BEE, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1995
Parna Boroojeni, PhD
Parna worked in the lab during Spring 2016 as an electrical engineering doctoral rotation student.
Scott Burns, MS
Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering, 2010
Scott researched artificially-induced neuronal plasticity using implantable brain-computer interfaces.
He went on to a career in imaging research and software engineering.
Wesley Campbell
Wesley worked in the lab from Fall 2007 through Spring 2008 as a biomedical engineering undergraduate student.
Ashleigh Castner
Ashleigh worked in the lab during Fall 2009 as a biomedical engineering doctoral rotation student.
Samir Chabra
Samir worked in the lab from Spring 2009 through Fall 2009 as a biomedical engineering undergraduate student
Thomas Chen, MS, MD
Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering, 2009
Thomas researched the biases in functional neuronal recording for various methods depending on the topographical arrangements of various response types.
He went on to medical school at Tulane University and a career in internal medicine.
Allison Chin
Allison worked in the lab from Spring 2009 through Fall 2009 as a biomedical engineering undergraduate student.
Ellie Degen, BS
Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering, 2018
Ellie worked in the lab from Summer 2017 through Spring 2018 on assessing the functional equivalence of machine learning audiometry and classical psychometric curve models.
She went on to pursue a PhD in biomedical engineering at University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Yuming (Amanda) Deng
Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering and Computer Science, Candidate
Amanda investigated how best to extract behavioral data from Minecraft gameplay logs in order to design richer cognitive tests.
Chad Donahue
Chad worked in the lab Spring 2013 as a biomedical engineering MD/PhD rotation student.
Afreen Ferdoash
Afreen worked in the lab during Fall 2009 as a biomedical engineering doctoral rotation student.
Michelle Fern
Michelle worked in the lab Fall 2012 as a biomedical engineering undergraduate student.
Silvina Ferradel
Silvina worked in the lab during the Fall 2008 as a biomedical engineering doctoral rotation student.
Dan Fu, MS
Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering, 2021
Dan worked to link front end behavioral data collection with back end active machine learning for scalable data accumulation.
He went on to work for a healthcare startup and attend medical school at Rutgers University.
Jeff Gamble, PhD
Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering, 2017
- Email: jeff@rezilienthealth.com
Jeff characterized neural networks made from a particular neuronal cell line for use as a spinal cord injury treatment.
He went on to a career in healthcare entrepreneurship.
Bradley Grace, BS
Brad worked in the lab from Summer 2010 through Fall 2011 as a biomedical engineering doctoral student on rewiring brain circuitry using targeted manipulation of plasticity mechanisms.
He went on to a career in education.
Chuck Holmes
Chuck worked in the lab Summer 2014 as a biomedical engineering doctoral rotation student.
Joseph Humphries, PhD
Joey worked in the lab Fall 2015 as a biomedical engineering doctoral rotation student.
Doug Hyde
Doug worked in the lab from Fall 2005 through Fall 2006 as a biomedical engineering undergraduate.
Bayan Jalalizadeh, MD, PhD
Doctor of Medicine, 2016
Bayan researched neural spike train correlation in mammalian auditory cortex.
He then went on to pursue an MD at Washington University and specialize in pediatric psychiatry.
Austin Jones
Austin worked in the lab from Summer 2007 through Fall 2008 as a biomedical engineering undergraduate.
Nalin Katta, MBA, PhD
Master of Business Administration, 2013; Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering, 2017
Nalin worked as a doctoral rotation student in Summer 2010 on physiological measurement techniques to successfully map cortical topographies.
He went on to a PhD in biomedical engineering and an MBA.
Patrick Kelly, MD
Pat worked in the lab from Spring 2009 through Spring 2011 on computational modeling of action potential initiation.
He went on to purse an MD at Vanderbilt University and specialize in neurosurgery.
Ranjan Khan
Ranjan worked in the lab during Fall 2009 as a biomedical engineering doctoral rotation student.
Nathaniel Killian, PhD
Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering, 2013
Nathan Killian worked in the lab from Fall 2005 through Spring 2007 on noise reduction strategies for cochlear implants.
He went on to pursue a PhD in biomedical engineering at Georgia Tech and established a neuroscience research career as a professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Woosung Kim, PhD
Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering, 2012
Woosung worked in the lab from Fall 2006 through Fall 2009 as an electrical engineering doctoral student on decoding speech sounds from electrocorticography recordings in humans.
He went on to complete his doctorate and pursue a career in software engineering.
Bill Krekeler, MS
Bill worked in the lab from Fall 2005 through Spring 2008 as a biomedical engineering doctoral student on brain computer interfaces to induce targeted neuroplasticity.
He went on to a career in data science.
Abigail Kressner, PhD
Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering, 2015
Abbie worked in the lab as an undergraduate student from Spring 2005 to Spring 2006 on virtual acoustic motion perception.
She went on to pursue a PhD in electrical engineering at Georgia Tech and has established an auditory research career as a professor at the Technical University of Denmark.
Karthik Krishnan
Karthik worked in the lab from Spring 2012 to Spring 2014 as a biology / biomedical engineering undergraduate.
Arie Krumholtz
Arie worked in the lab during Fall 2008 as a biomedical engineering doctoral rotation student
Jan Kubánek, PhD
- Email: jan.kubanek@utah.edu
Jan worked in the lab during Spring 2008 as a biomedical engineering doctoral rotation student.
Jan went on to an academic career in biomedical engineering and neuroscience as a professor at University of Utah.
Theja Lanka
Theja worked in the lab during Summer, 2010, as a biomedical engineering undergraduate on the shape of hidden neural network layer input-output functions under constraints of encoding matching the perceptual output of the auditory system.
Noah Ledbetter, PhD
Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering, 2011
Noah explored the possibility of reorganizing neural circuits for improved function using electrical stimulation and novel video game design.
He went on to a career in entrepreneurship education and software engineering.
Chao Li
Chao worked in the lab during Summer 2011 as a biomedical engineering doctoral rotation student working on the coding of noisy vocalizations in the auditory cortex.
Pranav Maddula, BS
Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering, 2021
Pranav worked on incorporating extra testing variables into Bayesian active learning procedures for efficient cognitive testing.
He has gone on to a career in management consulting.
Maisie Mahoney, BS
Maisie worked in the lab during Spring 2015 as a biomedical engineering undergraduate.
She went on to a career in data analytics.
Elli Marongelli, PhD
Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering, 2013
Elli worked in the lab during Summer 2010 as a biomedical engineering doctoral rotation student.
She went on to complete her doctoral degree and pursue a career as a data scientist.
Dominic Marticorena
Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering, Candidate
Dom is working to enable any behavioral task sequence within interactive virtual worlds to be informative about underlying cognitive processes.
Jaime McCoin, PhD
Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering
Jaime worked in the lab from Fall 2006 through Spring 2008 as a biomedical engineering undergraduate student.
She went on to complete a doctorate in biomedical engineering at Case Western Reserve University and pursue a career in medical device development.
Aaron McLaughlin
Aaron worked in the lab from Fall 2009 through Spring 2010 as a BME undergraduate student.
Nikki Metzger
Nikki worked in the lab Summer 2016 through Summer 2017 as a biomedical engineering undergraduate on validating machine learning audiometry against standard psychometric curve estimation.
Ruiye Ni, PhD
Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering, 2016
Ruiye investigated the encoding of vocalizations in the auditory system.
She went on to a career in data science.
Randolph Qian
Randolph worked in the lab from Fall 2014 through Spring 2015 as a biomedical engineering undergraduate.
Shruti Ramalingam
Shruti worked in the lab Summer 2018 as a biomedical engineering undergraduate.
Priscilla Ramirez
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Candidate
Priscilla created accessible explanations for complicated cognitive models suitable for wide audiences.
Kristy Ratkowski, MD
Kristy worked in the lab from Summer 2009 through Summer 2010 as a lab technician on establishing stable neurotrophin concentrations in vitro and decoding human electrocorticography signals.
She went on to a career in medicine.
Mariluz Rojo
Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering
Mariluz is working on discerning trends in population executive function tests to construct prior beliefs for Bayesian active learning tests of cognition.
As of Fall, 2023 Mariluz is a doctoral candidate in biomedical engineering at the University of California, San Diego.
Ben Sass
Ben worked in the lab Spring 2014 as a biomedical engineering undergraduate on auditory perceptual training.
Brittany Scheid
Brittany worked in the lab Fall 2012 through Spring 2014 as a biomedical engineering undergraduate on auditory perceptual training.
She went on to pursue a doctorate in biomedical engineering at the University of Pennsylvania.