Principal Investigator

Ki Chon, Ph.D.
Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor and Krenicki Chair Professor
Research Scientists
Post Doctoral Fellows


Ph.D. Students




Master Students

Jarod Zizza
Biomedical Engineering
jarod.zizza@uconn.edu

Alumni
Post-Doc Mentored
| Year | Name | Current Working Place | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Dong Han, Ph.D. | Phillips | Algorithm and Research Engineer |
| 2023 | Fahimeh Mohagheghian, Ph.D. | Emory University | Postdoctoral Fellow |
| 2022 | Shirin Hajeb, Ph.D. | Phillips | Algorithm and Research Engineer |
| 2019 | Jesús Lázaro, Ph.D. | University of Zaragoza | Associate Professor |
| 2019 | Natasa Reljin, Ph.D. | InveniAI | Principal Analyst |
| 2017 | Yeonsik Noh, Ph.D. | University of Massachusetts Amherst | Associate Professor |
| 2013 | Yun Young Nam, Ph.D. | Soonchunhyang University | Professor |
| 2015 | Jo Woon Chong, Ph.D. | Sungkyunkwan University | Associate Professor |
| 2013 | Reda Gharib, Ph.D. | ||
| 2012 | Nandakumar Selvaraj, Ph.D. | VitalConnect | |
| 2012 | Jinseok Lee, Ph.D. | Kyung Hee University | Professor |
| 2006 | Muhammad Salman, M.D. | ||
| 2005 | Sheng Lu, Ph.D. | Philips |
Ph.D. Students Mentored
| Year | Name | Current Working Place | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Jihye Moon, Ph.D. | Meta | Research Scientist |
| 2024 | Dong Han, Ph.D. | Phillips | Algorithm and Research Engineer |
| 2023 | Md Billal Hossain Ph.D. | Analog Devices | |
| 2021 | Syed Khairul Bashar, Ph.D. | Faculty Scientist at University of Vermont | |
| 2017 | Jeffrey Bolkhovsky, Ph.D. | Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory | |
| 2016 | Hugo Posada-Quintero, Ph.D. | University of Connecticut | |
| 2015 | Bersain Reyes, Ph.D. | Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Iztapalapa | |
| 2013 | Chris Scully, Ph.D. | FDA | |
| 2011 | Bufan Yang, Ph.D. | Universal Processing LLC | |
| 2011 | Yan Bai, Ph.D. | Bloomberg LP | |
| 2009 | Kin L. Siu, Ph.D. | Silver Lake Research Corporation | |
| 2008 | He Zhao, Ph.D. | JD.com AI platform and research center | |
| 2007 | Xinnian Chen, Ph.D. | University of Connecticut | |
| 2006 | Yuru Zhong, Ph.D. | Mediaocean | |
| 2005 | Lei Feng, Ph.D. | Morgan Stanley | |
| 2005 | Hengliang Wang, Ph.D. | Cavium Inc | |
| 2003 | Rui Zou, Ph.D. | NeuroSky | |
| 2002 | Sheng Lu, Ph.D. | Philips |
M.S. Studens Mentored
| Year | Name | Current Working Place |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Mahdi Pirayesh Shirazi Nejad, M.S. | UC Davis |
| 2020 | Caitlin Eaton-Robb, M.S. | Bloomy |
| 2017 | Ryan Rood, M.S. | ABM |
| 2015 | Duy Dao, M.S. | Integrated Defense & Security Solutions (IDSS) |
| 2015 | Justin Bales, M.S. | United States Department of the Army |
| 2011 | Jaimes Rafael, M.S. | Children's National Health System |
| 2005 | Ramakrishan Raghavan, M.S. | |
| 2005 | Gaurav Sharma, M.S. | Stryker |
| 2004 | Lihong Yin, M.S. | The Rockefeller University |
Undergraduate Studens Mentored
| Year | Name | Current Working Place |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Imra Asif | |
| 2025 | Yashvi Gupta | Cornell |
| 2017 | Xiang Ye | Master Students in University of Pennsylvania |
| 2017 | Craig Mills | |
| 2017 | Ian Mills | |
| 2003 | Evan Spiegel | |
| 2002 | Kin Siu | |
| 1999 | Balvinder Blah | |
| 1999 | Shauna Roache | |
| 1999 | Daniel Johnson | |
| 1998 | George Asare |
High School Studens Mentored
| Year | Name | Current Working Place |
|---|---|---|
| Seohyoung Park | Northern Highlands Regional High School, Allendale NJ, USA | |
| Matthew Silver | ||
| 2006 | Zack Waldman | |
| 2006 | Josh Kaufman | |
| 2004 | Samuel John |