Principal Investigators

Ki Chon, Ph.D.

Krenicki Professor of Biomedical Engineering & Department Head

ki.chon@uconn.edu

Hugo F. Posada-Quintero, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Biomedical Engineering

h.posada@uconn.edu

Post Doctoral Fellows

Jesús Lázaro, Ph.D.

Biomedical Engineering

jesus.lazaro@uconn.edu

Shirin Hajeb, Ph.D.

Biomedical Engineering

shirin.hajeb@uconn.edu

Youngsun Kong

Biomedical Engineering

youngsun.kong@uconn.edu

Ph.D. Students

Dong Han

Biomedical Engineering

dong.han@uconn.edu

Jihye Moon

Biomedical Engineering

jihye.moon@uconn.edu

Kia Golzari

Biomedical Engineering

kia.golzari@uconn.edu

Farnoush Baghestani

Biomedical Engineering

farnoush.baghestani@uconn.edu

Luis Roberto Mercado Diaz

Biomedical Engineering

luis.mercado_diaz@uconn.edu

Master Students

Alumni

Post-Doc Mentored

Year Name Current Working Place Position
2019 Natasa Reljin, Ph.D. InveniAI Principal Analyst
2017 Yeonsik Noh, Ph.D. University of Massachusetts Amherst Assistant Professor
2013 Yun Young Nam, Ph.D. Soonchunhyang University Assistant Professor
2015 Jo Woon Chong, Ph.D. Texas Tech University Assistant Professor
2013 Reda Gharib, Ph.D.
2012 Nandakumar Selvaraj, Ph.D. VitalConnect
2012 Jinseok Lee, Ph.D. Wonkwang university
2006 Muhammad Salman, M.D.
2005 Sheng Lu, Ph.D. Philips

Ph.D. Studens Mentored

Year Name Current Working Place
2021 Syed Khairul Bashar, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow at Johns Hopkins University
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
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
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