Principal Investigator
James Weiland, PhD
Biomedical Engineering
Principal Investigator
BS, MS, PhD: University of Michigan
Research Interests: Retinal prosthesis, Wearable Computer Vision Systems, Electrical stimulation of nerve and muscle, Bioelectrode technology, Cortical consequences of blindness
Postdoctoral Fellows
Graduate Students
Jeanpaul Posso
Biomedical Engineering
PhD Students
BS: Texas A&M University
Research Interests: Neural Interfaces, MES Design
Undergraduate Students
Nikita Lebedz
Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science
Undergraduates
Research Interests: Neural Engineering, Neural Prosthetics, Neural Electrophysiology, Electrical Stimulation, Computational Modeling, Machine Learning
Kastriot Palokaj
Electrical Engineering
Undergraduates
Research Interests: Integrating computerized and electronic devices for improving lives of people with disabilities
Former Staff
Adam Kahana
Computer Science, Data Science
Research Interests: Computer Vision, Image Processing, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence
Beomseo Koo
Biomedical Engineering
PhD Students
BS: George Mason University
MS, PhD: University of Michigan
Research Interests: Neural Electrophysiology, Neurophysiology, Retina implants, Optogenetics, Optical imaging and therapy techniques
Chien Erh (Cynthia) Lin
Robotics
Former Staff
BS: National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Research Interests: Perception, Image Processing
Dorsa Haji Ghaffari
Biomedical Engineering
Former Staff
BS: Tehran Science and Research Branch of Islamic Azad University, Iran
MS, PhD: University of Michigan
Research Interests: Retinal prosthetic implants, Electrical stimulation, Bioelectronics, Computational modeling
Elena della Valle
Biomedical Engineering, Electronic Engineering
Post Doc
BS, MS, PhD: "Sapienza," University of Rome
Research Interests: Electrical stimulation, BioElectrode Technology, Computational Modeling
Faranak Pourdanesh
Biomedical Engineering
Former Staff
BS: Shiraz University, Iran
MS, PhD: Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Research Interests: Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS), Novel circuits and devices for advanced neural interfaces, Characterization Micro-electrodes, Electronic measurements
Harleen Shergill
Biomedical Engineering
Former Staff
Research Interests: Optical Head-Mounted Display Technology, Computer Vision
Hojun Son
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Former Staff
BS: Inha University, Korea
MS, PhD: University of Michigan
Research Interests: Computer Vision, Image processing, Machine learning, Artificial Intelligence
Kai Ho Edgar Cheung
Robotics
Former Staff
BS: University of California, Berkeley
Research Interests: Computer vision, SLAM, 3D reconstruction, Machine learning
Kate Kish
Biomedical Engineering
Former Staff
BS: Hope College
MS, PhD: University of Michigan
Research Interests: Retinal Prosthetic Implants, Biological Computational Modeling, Neural Engineering
Mahmut Emin Celik
Fulbright Scholar
BS, MS, PhD: Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey
Research Interests: Visual prosthetics, electrophysiology, computational modeling
Muru Zhou
Macromolecular Science and Engineering
PhD Students
BS: Fudan University, China
MS, PhD: University of Michigan
Research Interests: Responsive Polymers, Shape Memory Polymers, Flexible Electrodes, Electroplating to reduce the impedance of electrodes
Negin Nadvar
Biomedical Engineering
PhD Students
BS: Tehran Science and Research Center, Azad University, Iran
MS: Grand Valley State University
PhD: University of Michigan
Research Interests: Functional MRI Acquisition and Neuroimaging Analytical Techniques, Functional Connectivity, Cross-Modal Plasticity, Vision Restoration
V.Swetha Jeganathan, MD, MPH, MPhil
Biomedical Engineering
Former Staff
MD: Monash University, Australia
MPH: University of Newcastle, Australia
MPhil: University of Melbourne, Australia
Research Interests: Retinal prosthesis, Wearable smart cameras, Functional MRI, Functional vision and Low vision rehabilitation
Wennan Li, PhD
Biomedical Engineering
Former Staff
PhD: Harbin Medical University
Research Interests: Electrophysiology of retina
Yooree Chung
Biomedical Engineering
Former Staff
BS: University of Michigan
Research Interests: Head-mounted display technologies, Retinal prosthesis, Low vision rehabilitation methods