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
Undergraduate Students
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: 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