People

Principal investigator

Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering Peking University, Beijing, China
B.Sc. in Precision Instrument Tsinghua University, Beijing, China


Postdoc Fellows

Jie Yuan

Ph. D. in Theory and Control Application Southeast University, Nanjing, China
B.S. in Theory and Control Application Southeast University, Nanjing, China

Research Interests: process control, fractional-order systems, actuator rate limit compensation, and haptic feedback control in virtual reality.


Fenghua Shi

Ph. D. in Optics South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
M.Sc. in Optics South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
B.Sc. in Electronic Information Science and Technology South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China

Research Interests: light sheet microscopy, light beam manipulation

Hobbies: Hiking


Ph.D. students

Xinyuan Zhang

M.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, US
B.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China

Research Interests: Optical microscopy, Image processing, Cardiovascular imaging

Hobbies: Watching movies, Table tennis, Music


Milad Almasian

M.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
B.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Research Interests: Optical microscopy, Image segmentation, Mechatronics

Hobbies: Soccer, Foosball, Playing Pool, Watching Movie


Alireza Saberi

M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Research interest: Optical microscopy, Image Segmentation, Image Processing, Machine learning, Numerical Simulation, Finite Element Methods

Hobbies: Swimming, Video games


Jonathan Aaron Brewer

B.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering University of Texas at Dallas

Research interest: Subpixel Imaging, Machine Learning

Hobbies: Dungeons & Dragons, Biking, Video Games


Master students:


Undergrad students

Sohail Hassan

Major: Biomedical Engineering

Research Interests: Virtual reality for Analysis of Imaging Data, Image Segmentation, Augmented Reality

Hobbies: Exercise, Reading, Watching Movies


Brian Lee

Major: Biomedical Engineering

Research Interests: Optical Microscopy, Affinity-based biosensing, Micro-/nanoscale technology

Hobbies: Drinking coffee, listening to music, hiking, playing board games with friends


Alexander Medina

Major: Biomedical Engineering

Research Interests: Medical nanotechnology, Robot-assisted surgery with Haptic feedback, and the use of virtual reality in medicine

Hobbies: Chess, playing electric guitar, playing violin, and weightlifting/exercise


Jichen Chai

Major: Computer Engineering

Research Interests: Optical microscopy, Virtual reality for Analysis of Imaging Data, Augmented Reality

Hobbies: Table tennis, Music, Reading


Riya P Patel

Major: Biology

Research Interests: Optical microscopy, Optogenetics, Image segmentation

Hobbies: Traveling, reading, eating, listening to music


High school student

Aayan Rahat

High School Student in Frisco ISD

Research Interests: Image Segmentation, Machine Learning

Hobbies: Soccer Refereeing and playing Basketball


Alumni

NameTimeCurrent Position
Ritzia Vinu AlexanderMay 2021Product Lifecycle Management at Amgen Inc.
Casey KogerMay 2022Quality Engineer at Network Partners
Oluwatofunmi (“Tofunmi”) SodimuMay 2022Graduate student at Georgia Tech University
David Bonilla AscencioAug 2022Undergraduate student at UTD
Laura LiaoAug 2022High school student
Rosemary JotheeshDec 2022Undergraduate student at UTD
Brian Lee May 2023Graduate student at UT of Austin
Austin Ray PolkSep 2023Undergraduate student at UTD
Vinay KadamSep 2023
Manogna SabbaniDec 2023