Principal Investigator:

Darren Roblyer Darren Roblyer, Ph.D. 
Professor
Associate Chair for Graduate Studies
Biomedical Engineering
Electrical and Computer Engineering (affiliate)
email: roblyer(at)bu.edu
Ph.D. Bioengineering, Rice University
B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University


Graduate Students:

Aarohi Mehendale Aarohi Mehendale
Ph.D. Student, BME
Spatial Frequency Domain Imaging (SFDI) for Scleroderma
Aarohi Mehendale Ana Perez
Ph.D. Student, BME
Speckle Contrast Optical Spectroscopy (SCOS) for Cuffless Blood Pressure Monitoring
Aarohi Mehendale Sarah Sheng
Ph.D. Student, BME
Spatial Frequency Domain Imaging (SFDI) for Scleroderma


Postdocs and Researchers:

Kavon Karrobi Kavon Karrobi
Lecturer and Researcher
Ph.D. Boston University (Roblyer Lab)
SFDI, Multiphoton Fluorescent Lifetime Imaging
Ariane Garrett Ariane Garrett
Postdoc, BME
Ph.D. Boston University (Roblyer Lab)
Speckle Contrast Optical Spectroscopy (SCOS) for Cuffless Blood Pressure Monitoring; NSF GRFP Fellow


Technical Staff:

Lina Lin Wei Lina Lin Wei
B.S. Boston University
Instrumentation and Electronics Development
Kyle Bohl Kyle Bohl
M.S. Boston University (Roblyer Lab)
Speckle Contrast Optical Spectroscopy (SCOS) for Monitoring Cerebral Blood Flow during Hemodialysis


Lab Mascot:

Kes Kes
DOGtoral candidate


Lab Alumni (current position indicated):

  • Jessica Wang, M.S. (M.S. 2025) — Mechanical Engineer, Alogus Innovation and Design, Somerville, MA
  • Daniel Lounsbery, M.S. (M.S. 2025)
  • Adhithi Ramasubramanian, M.S. (M.S. 2025) — Ph.D. student, University of Rochester
  • Diana Suciu, Ph.D. (Ph.D. 2025) — Oura Inc., Oulu, Finland Thesis
  • Thao Pham, Ph.D. (Postdoc 2021–2025) — Research Scientist, AstraDx, Inc., Beverly, MA
  • Rodrigo Tuestra, M.S. (M.S., projected 2025)
  • Carlos Gomez, Ph.D. (Ph.D. 2024) — Electro-Optical Engineer, E Ink, Billerica, MA Thesis
  • Anahita Pilvar, Ph.D. (Ph.D. 2023) — Senior Scientist, Allotex, Boston, MA Thesis
  • Sam Spink, Ph.D. (Ph.D. 2023) — Internal Consultant, Ab Initio Software, Lexington, MA Thesis
  • Anup Tank, Ph.D. (Ph.D. 2022) — Biophotonics Scientist, Apple, Cupertino, CA Thesis
  • Raeef Istfan, Ph.D. (Ph.D. 2021) — Imaging Engineer, Neurologica Inc., Danvers, MA Thesis
  • Matthew Applegate, Ph.D. (Postdoc 2016–2021) — Senior Data Scientist, Biofourmis, Boston, MA
  • Jacopo Ferruzzi, Ph.D. (Postdoc 2019–2020) — Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas
  • Syeda Tabassum, Ph.D. (Ph.D. 2019) — Postdoc, Kainerstorfer Lab, Carnegie Mellon University Thesis
  • Kavon Karrobi, Ph.D. (Ph.D. 2019) — Instructor (BU BME) and Researcher, Roblyer Lab Thesis
  • Hannah Peterson, Ph.D. (Ph.D. 2018) — Co-Founder, Stealth Life Sciences, Boston, MA Thesis
  • Kshama Doshi, Ph.D. (Postdoc 2017–2019) — Senior Scientist, Sutro Biopharma Inc., Cambridge, MA
  • Yanyu Zhao, Ph.D. (Ph.D. 2018) — Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Beihang University Thesis
  • Fei Teng, Ph.D. (Ph.D. 2018) — Senior Engineer, Harman International Thesis
  • Vivian Pera, Ph.D. (Postdoc 2016–2018) — Scientific Advisor, CranioSense, Bedford, MA
  • Alyssa Torjesen, M.S. (M.S. 2016) — Research Engineer, Philips R&D, Cambridge, MA Thesis


Undergraduate Researchers (current and past):

  • Riya Patel — BME ’26
  • Shripreetika Guruprasad — BME ’25
  • Evan Biller — University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Physics ’25
  • Vanshika Chadda — BME ’26
  • Noa Margolin — BME ’25
  • Jivesh Jain — BME ’25
  • Jacob Chin — BME ’25
  • Christopher Wu — BME ’25
  • Sharayu Shrinivas — University of Missouri–Columbia, BME ’24
  • Bernadelle Boateng — BME ’24
  • Xiaolei (Linda) Song — BME ’25
  • Saif Ragab — BME ’23
  • Danielle Nadira — BME ’23
  • Kylee Anders — BME ’22
  • Jodee Frias — BME ’22
  • Minha Lee — BME ’20
  • Brannon Cox — BME ’20
  • Fay Wang — BME ’19
  • Rachita Chaudhury — BME ’18
  • Steven LaRochelle — BME ’18
  • Michelle Rose — BME ’17
  • Shaheer Piracha — BME ’17
  • Sanjana Pannem — BME ’16
  • Jordan Sweer — BME ’16
  • Julia Shi — BME ’16
  • Phuong Diep — BME ’15
  • Gaby Arguelles — BME ’14
  • Jason Porter — BME ’14
  • Justin Jung — Univ. of Waterloo, EE ’14