Valentina Gascue
Valentina is a first-year PhD student in Neurobiology at the Biology Department at BU. She earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the Universidad de la República (Uruguay) in Biological Sciences and Neuroscience, respectively. During her PhD, she’s interested in researching sensory systems and the interplay between sensory information and behavioral displays.
John Giblin
John Giblin (Boas Lab) is a PhD candidate in Biomedical Engineering. He received his BS in Biomedical Engineering from Georgia Tech in May 2017 with a minor in computer science. In undergraduate, he worked with Dr. Hang Lu studying spatial and temporal encoding of mechanosensation in C.elegans. Jack will be utilizing the optical imaging tools developed […]
Jaimie Girnis
Jaimie Girnis is a PhD candidate in Rehabilitation Sciences. Originally from Binghamton, New York, Jaimie received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from Binghamton University and her Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York. Jaimie also completed the one-year Neurologic Physical Therapy Residency Program at Boston University. […]
Alex Gray
Alex Gray is a PhD student in the Biomedical Optics Laboratory (BMO) (https://www.bu.edu/bmo/) at Boston University. He received his B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Rhode Island in 2019 before joining Boston University, where he developed techniques for rapid imaging of oral cancer margin assessment using elastic scattering spectroscopy. In January 2021, he earned his M.S. in […]
Courtney Guida
Courtney Guida is a Ph.D. student in Clinical Psychology at Boston University, where she also earned her M.A. in Psychology. She holds B.S. degrees in Neuroscience and Psychology, with a minor in Cognitive Science, from the University of Delaware. Her research focuses on the intersection of motor and cognitive function in persons with Parkinson’s disease […]
Alexander Howard
Alexander is a PhD student in Biomedical Engineering. He received his BS in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2023. During his undergraduate study, Alex worked with Dr. Yu Chen and Dr. Martin Hunter on developing a clinical device for optical noninvasive blood flow monitoring in human teeth. He is co-advised by […]
Guorong Hu
Guorong Hu is currently a fourth-year Ph.D. student in the ECE department, where he is part of the Computational Imaging Systems Lab led by Prof. Lei Tian. He received a B.Eng. from Jilin University and an M.S. from the University of Michigan. His research interests broadly lie in combining novel optics and algorithms to overcome the limitations of traditional […]
Mackenzie Hyman
Mack graduated in 2015 with a BS in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Rochester. He then worked on aerospace and biomedical research projects at Draper Laboratory as a member of the technical staff. Seeking a career in biomedical research, he joined the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging in 2019 before matriculating into […]
Akemi Ito
Akemi is a third-year in the Graduate for Neuroscience program, co-mentored by Dr. Steve Ramirez and Dr. John White. She graduated from the University of San Diego in 2022 with a B.A. in Behavioral Neuroscience and a minor in Biomedical Ethics. Akemi’s research focuses on imaging and manipulating hippocampal circuitry to understand the dynamics of memory formation, storage, and […]
Kenny Kim
Kenny Kim is a M.D./Ph.D. candidate in Biomedical Engineering. During his undergraduate studies at Washington University, Kenny developed novel brain-computer interface algorithms to extract spatial attention information from cerebral electrophysiological recordings. He came to Boston University to continue his interest in developing new methods of measuring brain function. With Dr. David Boas and Xiaojun Cheng, Kenny is […]