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.

Biomedical Engineering Collaborators

Radiology Collaborators

Jennifer Son, M.D.
Jennifer Son

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

Advisors

Geoffrey Ling, M.D., Ph.D.
Geoffrey Ling
Sergeant Luke Sciulli
Sergeant Luke Sciulli
Stephanie Thacker, Ph.D.
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Administration

Geltrouda Demczuk
Geltrouda Demczuk

Kelley Leadingham, MS

Senior Research Program Supervisor
Kelley Kempski

Constantin Smit

Associate Staff Engineer
Constantin Smit
Julie Zeuch
Julie Zeuch

Postdoctoral Research Fellows

Surgical Resident Researchers

Karim Ahmed, M.D.
Karim Ahmed
Micah Belzberg, M.D.
Micah Belzberg
Andrew Hersh
Andrew Luksic, M.D.
Landon Hansen, M.D.

Medical Students

Carly Weber-Levine
Carly Weber-Levine
Vikas Vattipally
Patrick Kramer
Ritvik Jillala
Mustafa Najeed
Xihang Wang

Research Scientists

Siddharth Krishnan, MSE

Graduate Students

Max J. Kerensky

Ph.D. Candidate
Max Kerensky

Avisha Kumar

Ph.D. Candidate

Ruixing Liang

Ph.D. Candidate
Ruixing Liang

Denis Routkevitch

M.D.-Ph.D. Candidate
Denis Routkevitch

Angelica F. Lopez

Ph.D. Candidate

Undergraduate Students

Jayvik Joshi
Annie Pan
Maya Sharma
Maya Sharma
Johnny Theodore
Zoe Soulé
Emily Baca
Jennifer Tang Cabrera

High School Students

Ben Bykov

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab

Steven Babin, M.D., Ph.D.
Steven Babin
Jeffrey Corgan, M.S.
Jeffrey Corgan
David Gerke, M.S., M.B.A.
David Gerke
Nicholas Nowicki, M.S.
Nicholas Nowicki
Paul Schuster, Ph.D.
Paul Schuster

Sonic Concepts, Inc.

Theresa Forseth

Corporate Vice President
Theresa Jacoby

Alex Castro

Electrical Engineer
Alex Castro

Francisco Chavez

Engineering Manager
Francisco Chavez

Albertus Kariko, M.S.

Director of Operations
Albertus Kariko

Matt Veith

Project Engineer
Matt Veith

Shawn Wilton

Senior Mechanical Engineer
Shawn Wilton

Columbia University

Siddhesh Atul Gandhi
Siddhesh Atul Gandhi
Shiva Letchumanan, M.S.
Shiva Letchumanan

MCRA, LLC.

Tom McDougal
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Former Team Members

Kimberly B. Ashayeri, M.D.

Surgical Fellow Researcher

Kunal Kotkar

M.S. Candidate
Kunal Kotkar

Mihir Adhikari

M.S. Candidate
Mihir Adhikari
Leonard Steger
Leonard Steger
Tolulope Awosika
Tolulope Awosika
Ann Liu, M.D.
Ann Liu
Safwan Alomari, M.D.
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Haley Abramson, Ph.D.
Haley Abramson

Molly Acord, M.S.

Biomedical Engineer at Sonosa Medical
Molly Acord
Griffin Mess
Griffin Mess
Fariba Aghabaglou, Ph.D.
Fariba Aghabaglou

Jeffrey Ehresman, M.D.

Medical Residency at Barrow Neurological Institute
Jeffrey Ehresman

Jeong Hun (Jeff) Kim, M.S.

M.D./Ph.D. Student at the University of Illinois
Jeong Hun (Jeff) Kim
Cindy Haynes
Cindy Haynes

Tarana Parvez Kaovasia, M.S.

Ph.D. Student at the University of Michigan
Tarana Parvez Kaovasia

Smruti Mahapatra, M.S.

R&D Engineer at Blackrock Microsystems
Smruti Mahapatra
Ali Mohammadabadi, Ph.D.
Ali Mohammadabadi
Madison Norman
Madison Norman
Subhiksha Somanathan, M.S.
Subhiksha Somanathan
Siya Zhang, M.S.
Siya Zhang