Cara Ravasio
Cara is a Biomedical Engineering PhD Candidate in Dr. Xue Han’s Lab. She began her PhD in 2020, and is a 2020 NSF graduate Research Fellow. Cara received her BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame in 2020 and her MS in Biomedical Engineering from Boston University in 2023. Her research utilizes cutting edge single-cell […]
Erynne San Antonio
Erynne San Antonio is a PhD candidate in Biomedical Engineering at Boston University. She earned her B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Florida, where she conducted research on PEDOT:PSS microwires to optimize electrochemical properties for neural electrodes under Dr. Kevin Otto and Dr. Scott Thourson. Currently, she investigates the mechanisms of noninvasive ultrasonic neuromodulation in […]
Dana Shaw
Dana Shaw is a Ph.D. candidate in the Graduate Program for Neuroscience on the Computational track. She received her B.S. in Neuroscience at The Ohio State University in 2020. She joined BU as a graduate student immediately following her undergraduate degree where she is currently co-advised by Dr. Xue Han and Dr. Mark Kramer. Her research interests […]
Sharayu Shrinivas
Matthew Simkulet
Regina Sloutsky
Dr. Regina Sloutsky is a research physical therapist and second year Rehabilitation Sciences PhD student at Boston University in the Neuromotor Recovery Laboratory, under the mentorship of Dr. Louis Awad (expected graduation 2024). She received her B.S. in Health Studies in 2008 and Doctorate in Physical Therapy (DPT) in 2011 from Boston University. After several […]
Leo Steiner
I became involved in neurophotonics through rotating with neural engineering faculty, and landed in the Han Lab, where we use optogenetics to study the brain. I received my bachelors in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. My thesis will focus on novel methods for improving the effects of DBS for treating Parkinson’s Disease. I expect to […]
Xiwen Su
Xiwen Su is a Ph.D. student in Rehabilitation Sciences. She received her BS in Biological Sciences from Beijing Normal University and her MS in Kinesiology with a Public Health minor from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. She is now working in the Development, Experience, & Motor Recovery Lab in Sargent College and is advised by […]
Atiyeh Taheri
Atiyeh Taheri is a PhD candidate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Boston University, where her research focuses on Optical Coherence Elastography (OCE) and inverse finite element methods for high-resolution characterization of arterial tissue mechanics. Her current work integrates elastography imaging, wave propagation analysis, computational modeling, and optimization to reconstruct spatial distributions of tissue […]
Rockwell Tang
Rockwell Tang is a PhD student in Biomedical Engineering. He completed his BS in Biomedical Engineering in 2022 also at BU, during which he worked in Prof. Xue Han’s lab on imaging and computational modeling of ultrasound neuromodulation. He is now advised by Prof. David Boas on investigating potential treatments and mechanisms of recovery from […]