HEPIUS Lab Members
We have built a team of preeminent researchers and clinicians, from both academia and industry settings, who specialize in fields such as neurosurgery, military medicine, novel ultrasound transducers, complementary metal-oxide semiconductor-integrated circuit design and nanofabrication, machine learning, software development and immunology. Our team also includes experts experienced in translating leading-edge technology to human use, while addressing ethical, consumer and commercialization considerations.
Principal Investigators
Meet Our Multidisciplinary Team
Biomedical Engineering Collaborators
Radiology Collaborators
Neurosurgery Collaborators
School of Public Health Collaborators
Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine Collaborators
Electrical and Computer Engineering Collaborators
Mechanical Engineering Collaborators
Animal Study Collaborators
Junqing (Jenny) Zhou, M.D., Ph.D., CNIM
![Jenny Zhou](/-/media/neurology-neurosurgery/images/hepius/hepius-team/jenny-junqing-zhou.jpg?h=442&iar=0&w=354&hash=6FBCCCC104AE87FD5C05A5A745CE5667)
Advisors
Geoffrey Ling, M.D., Ph.D.
![Geoffrey Ling](/-/media/neurology-neurosurgery/images/hepius/hepius-team/geoffrey-ling.jpg?h=421&iar=0&w=337&hash=D463A08EBD59D2DBCE9532F1C5D4C1DD)
Sergeant Luke Sciulli
![Sergeant Luke Sciulli](/-/media/neurology-neurosurgery/images/hepius/hepius-team/luke-sciulli.jpg?h=654&iar=0&w=524&hash=EE539342977321C4D8E4DBEB2E400A7A)
Stephanie Thacker, Ph.D.
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Administration
Geltrouda Demczuk
![Geltrouda Demczuk](/-/media/neurology-neurosurgery/images/hepius/hepius-team/geltrouda-demczuk.jpg?h=332&iar=0&w=265&hash=95093A32AB2B76D111BC8EBD55E8F9BB)
Kelley Leadingham, MS
Senior Research Program Supervisor
![Kelley Kempski](/-/media/neurology-neurosurgery/images/hepius/kelley-kempski.jpg?h=875&iar=0&w=700&hash=C487DE19F999875ED0C5EC3DF9D31804)
Constantin Smit
Associate Staff Engineer
![Constantin Smit](/-/media/neurology-neurosurgery/images/hepius/hepius-team/constantin-smit-1.jpg?h=750&iar=0&w=600&hash=07C97F701AFF64CB8B88965A8D1AD04E)
Julie Zeuch
![Julie Zeuch](/-/media/neurology-neurosurgery/images/hepius/hepius-team/julie-zeuch.jpg?h=535&iar=0&w=428&hash=3F04E612A3F41C3DDA41272A7CBFC977)
Postdoctoral Research Fellows
Safwan Alomari, M.D.
![Safwan Alomari headshot](/-/media/neurology-neurosurgery/images/neurosurgery-residency/safwan-alomari.jpg?h=800&iar=0&w=640&hash=007480CB0E7AB42E04AD1C7DA7631E3C)
Surgical Resident Researchers
Medical Students
Research Scientists
Siddharth Krishnan, MSE
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Leonard Steger
![Leonard Steger](/-/media/neurology-neurosurgery/images/hepius/hepius-team/leonard-steger.jpg?h=750&iar=0&w=600&hash=4C4CB5FFA3877D5FA1ACC72ED904947B)
Graduate Students
Mihir Adhikari
M.S. Candidate
![Mihir Adhikari](/-/media/neurology-neurosurgery/images/hepius/hepius-team/mihir-adhikari.jpg?h=1000&iar=0&w=800&hash=04362DF9D33E8BFF51887CC1501A0C53)
Max J. Kerensky
Ph.D. Candidate
![Max Kerensky](/-/media/neurology-neurosurgery/images/hepius/hepius-team/max-kerensky-updated.jpg?h=625&iar=0&w=500&hash=1AD058E67335717F1A0ED84FB14E53AE)
Kunal Kotkar
M.S. Candidate
![Kunal Kotkar](/-/media/neurology-neurosurgery/images/hepius/hepius-team/kunal-kotkar.jpg?h=344&iar=0&w=276&hash=0D8E58A5F7B9B0B7A23A7D0411166FFE)
Avisha Kumar
Ph.D. Candidate
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Ruixing Liang
Ph.D. Candidate
![Ruixing Liang](/-/media/neurology-neurosurgery/images/hepius/hepius-team/ruixing-liang-1.jpg?h=750&iar=0&w=600&hash=6B8CF3999A0D2D92CE3E0F916DEE25CC)
Denis Routkevitch
M.D.-Ph.D. Candidate
![Denis Routkevitch](/-/media/neurology-neurosurgery/images/hepius/hepius-team/routkevitch-denis.jpg?h=500&iar=0&w=400&hash=33699E05597BCAB291ACAEEAB79242F5)
Undergraduate Students
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab
Steven Babin, M.D., Ph.D.
![Steven Babin](/-/media/neurology-neurosurgery/images/hepius/hepius-team/steven-babin.jpg?h=251&iar=0&w=201&hash=8206D6D741CB3EE17BDF79FD5F99F44D)
Jeffrey Corgan, M.S.
![Jeffrey Corgan](/-/media/neurology-neurosurgery/images/hepius/hepius-team/jeffrey-corgan.jpg?h=238&iar=0&w=191&hash=F56891B11E8A5AF46D6C1BE24202B60C)
David Gerke, M.S., M.B.A.
![David Gerke](/-/media/neurology-neurosurgery/images/hepius/hepius-team/david-gerke.jpg?h=238&iar=0&w=190&hash=80F482AE5FF0A23427260145AFBBC37F)
Nicholas Nowicki, M.S.
![Nicholas Nowicki](/-/media/neurology-neurosurgery/images/hepius/hepius-team/nicholas-nowicki.jpg?h=238&iar=0&w=190&hash=785E9703C509C5A759B5183E3E10646B)
Paul Schuster, Ph.D.
![Paul Schuster](/-/media/neurology-neurosurgery/images/hepius/hepius-team/paul-schuster.jpg?h=300&iar=0&w=240&hash=D296587BD27ACD719DCC65141EA68954)
Sonic Concepts, Inc.
Kyle Morrison, M.S.E.
President
![Kyle Morrison](/-/media/neurology-neurosurgery/images/hepius/hepius-team/kyle-morrison.jpg?h=307&iar=0&w=246&hash=686F037C430461DF4B617D6413F64F45)
Theresa Forseth
Corporate Vice President
![Theresa Jacoby](/-/media/neurology-neurosurgery/images/hepius/hepius-team/theresa-forseth.jpg?h=357&iar=0&w=286&hash=70FCBF01611ADCDFC72DC1E223A0672E)
Alex Castro
Electrical Engineer
![Alex Castro](/-/media/neurology-neurosurgery/images/hepius/hepius-team/alex-castro.jpg?h=504&iar=0&w=404&hash=2B4037DAFF7BE21F4919748A73D59220)
Francisco Chavez
Engineering Manager
![Francisco Chavez](/-/media/neurology-neurosurgery/images/hepius/hepius-team/francisco-chavez.jpg?h=468&iar=0&w=374&hash=EF1ED83B9235A9E9BD1E96EA129F64B1)
Albertus Kariko, M.S.
Director of Operations
![Albertus Kariko](/-/media/neurology-neurosurgery/images/hepius/hepius-team/albertus-kariko.jpg?h=440&iar=0&w=352&hash=FB08358F963FA1F0FE87B0295268D35E)
Matt Veith
Project Engineer
![Matt Veith](/-/media/neurology-neurosurgery/images/hepius/hepius-team/matt-veith.jpg?h=433&iar=0&w=347&hash=DE798A138FC193C3AEF846EFB4D5EDF3)
Shawn Wilton
Senior Mechanical Engineer
![Shawn Wilton](/-/media/neurology-neurosurgery/images/hepius/hepius-team/shawn-wilton.jpg?h=495&iar=0&w=396&hash=A334E90F5565F5BFF4813B69A3FE716F)
Columbia University
Siddhesh Atul Gandhi
![Siddhesh Atul Gandhi](/-/media/neurology-neurosurgery/images/hepius/hepius-team/siddhesh-atul-gandhi.jpg?h=257&iar=0&w=205&hash=9580E1E47370F3A00B2F8B5552745B62)
Shiva Letchumanan, M.S.
![Shiva Letchumanan](/-/media/neurology-neurosurgery/images/hepius/hepius-team/shiva-letchumanan.jpg?h=156&iar=0&w=124&hash=6FFF0F1E80A2D96BDE4F23CD7059D0AB)
MCRA, LLC.
Tom McDougal
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Former Team Members
Haley Abramson, Ph.D.
![Haley Abramson](/-/media/neurology-neurosurgery/images/hepius/hepius-team/haley-abramson.jpg?h=457&iar=0&w=365&hash=E807EDCC7B66EE0919F3C8DCB4AB64BD)
Molly Acord, M.S.
Biomedical Engineer at Sonosa Medical
![Molly Acord](/-/media/neurology-neurosurgery/images/hepius/hepius-team/molly-acord.jpg?h=625&iar=0&w=500&hash=E46CAE3E870961C634EC5B65C3D40EA3)
Griffin Mess
![Griffin Mess](/-/media/neurology-neurosurgery/images/hepius/hepius-team/griffin-mess-1.jpg?h=750&iar=0&w=600&hash=0041007584A6731E9418DEFB378C7DC0)
Fariba Aghabaglou, Ph.D.
![Fariba Aghabaglou](/-/media/neurology-neurosurgery/images/hepius/hepius-team/fariba-aghabaglou.jpg?h=625&iar=0&w=500&hash=42F146E9AADEB5432B62F45FCE8D3098)
Jeffrey Ehresman, M.D.
Medical Residency at Barrow Neurological Institute
![Jeffrey Ehresman](/-/media/neurology-neurosurgery/images/hepius/hepius-team/jeffrey-ehresman.jpg?h=413&iar=0&w=330&hash=D5448AF1519C6882EF44A840C4631973)
Jeong Hun (Jeff) Kim, M.S.
M.D./Ph.D. Student at the University of Illinois
![Jeong Hun (Jeff) Kim](/-/media/neurology-neurosurgery/images/hepius/hepius-team/jeong-hun-jeff-kim.jpg?h=325&iar=0&w=260&hash=B1B146427401C932BCCAFA1AB1D1D62D)
Cindy Haynes
![Cindy Haynes](/-/media/neurology-neurosurgery/images/hepius/hepius-team/cindy-haynes.jpg?h=640&iar=0&w=512&hash=959887B18887834D2875291B3D4586B3)
Tarana Parvez Kaovasia, M.S.
Ph.D. Student at the University of Michigan
![Tarana Parvez Kaovasia](/-/media/neurology-neurosurgery/images/hepius/hepius-team/tarana-parvez-kaovasia.jpg?h=301&iar=0&w=241&hash=B6C20DB8C623CC4DD849A5250C32D7B6)
Smruti Mahapatra, M.S.
R&D Engineer at Blackrock Microsystems
![Smruti Mahapatra](/-/media/neurology-neurosurgery/images/hepius/hepius-team/smruti-mahapatra.jpg?h=530&iar=0&w=424&hash=830AEDBD5575D047B1B70BAB02028DD2)
Ali Mohammadabadi, Ph.D.
![Ali Mohammadabadi](/-/media/neurology-neurosurgery/images/hepius/hepius-team/ali-mohammadabadi.jpg?h=625&iar=0&w=500&hash=09303D06EED1A3E09C4CBD3278F4478A)
Madison Norman
![Madison Norman](/-/media/neurology-neurosurgery/images/hepius/hepius-team/madison-norman.jpg?h=625&iar=0&w=500&hash=8D292EBF151BE5EA0ADFC3EFFCEC9D91)
Subhiksha Somanathan, M.S.
![Subhiksha Somanathan](/-/media/neurology-neurosurgery/images/hepius/hepius-team/subhiksha-somanathan.jpg?h=813&iar=0&w=650&hash=3B91D0258E95C4FC7499D914FE7C27E7)
Siya Zhang, M.S.
![Siya Zhang](/-/media/neurology-neurosurgery/images/hepius/hepius-team/siya-zhang.jpg?h=625&iar=0&w=500&hash=DB8783BE28ED830E0A222A38E823C556)