Rice University,
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Department of Bioengineering
Team Members
Lan Luan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of Bioengineering, Rice NeuroEngineering Initiative
Ph D. in Physics, Stanford University
Rongkang Yin, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Rice Neuroengineering Initiative
Ph. D in Integrated Life Sciences (Chemistry), with a focus on neuroengineering, Peking University
Hayagreev Keri, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph. D. in Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University
Xianglong Chen
Research Associate
Rice Neuroengineering Initiative
M.S. in Bioengineering, Rice University
Yingchu Sun
PhD Candidate
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
B.S. in Optical Engineering, Zhejiang University, China
Yifu Jin
PhD Candidate
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
B. S. in Bioengineering, UCSD
Xiaorong Zhang
PhD Candidate
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
B.S. in Biophysics, University of Science and Technology of China
Robin Kim
PhD Candidate
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University
Luis De La Palma Piedras
PhD Candidate
Department of Biochemistry
B.S. in Chemistry with an emphasis of biochemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz
Jia-ao Zhang
PhD Candidate
B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Tsinghua University
Albert Li
PhD Student
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida
Alumni
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW
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Dr. Fei He (Sep 2017 – June 2021). Current position: Professor, CAS Shanghai
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Dr. Mehran Ganji (Aug 2019 – April 2022), Current Position: IC design engineer, Keysight technology
GRADUATE STUDENTS
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Haad Rathore, Ph. D. (2020-2024, APP), next step: Apple Inc.
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Xinyu Li, MS (2021/09 – 2022/05, Department of Bioengineering), current Position: Ph. D. Student, Department of Biomedical Engineering, UIUC
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Brian Noble, MS (2019-2022, Applied Physics Program), next step: Ph. D. Student @ UT Health
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Nicole Sevilla, Department of Bioengineering
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Matthew Gibson, Department of Bioengineering
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
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Ms. Olivia Nail-Beatty, Neuroscience program, 2022/01 - 2022/05
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Ms. Heather Szczesniak, Department of Computer Science, 2021/06 - 2022/05
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Mr. Frank Cheng, Department of Computer Science, 2021 Summer
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Ms. Tanya Cruz, BUILD REU program, Department of Biomedical engineering, University of Texas, San Antonio, 2021 summer
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Ms. Elise Gibney, Department of ECE, 2019 – 2020
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Ms. Dara Okeremi, Department of Bioengineering, 2019 – present
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Mr. Alex Li, Department of Computer Science, 2020 summer research assistant.










