Graduate Students
Ph.D. Students
Kumar Abhishek
Incoming year: Fall 2019
Advisor: Dr. Chandra Mohan/Dr. Sergey Shevkoplyas
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India and Masters in Industrial and Production Engineering from Jabalpur Engineering College, India
Azka Ahmed
Incoming Year: Spring 2021
Advisor: Dr. Elebeoba May
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Biomedical Engineering from Rutgers Univeristy
Daniel Ajuzie
Incoming Year: Fall 2018
Advisor: Dr. Elebeoba May
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Electrical/Electronic Engineering from University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Ayman Alamir
Incoming Year: Spring 2021
Advisor: Dr. Jose Contreras-Vidal
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Electrical Engineering from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia and Masters in Biomedical Engineering from Northwestern University
Yogeshwari Ambekar
Incoming Year: Fall 2018
Advisor: Dr. Kirill Larin
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from Government College of Engineering in Amravati, India and Masters in Biomedical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology in Hyderabad, India
Diego Andrade
Incoming Year: Fall 2019
Advisor: Dr. Mini Das
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Mathematics from Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador and Masters in Industrial Engineering from Kumoh National University of Technology, South Korea
Mohammad Badri-Ahmadi
Incoming year: Fall 2016
Advisor: Dr. Joseph Francis
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Chemical Engineering from Sharif University of Technology, Iran
Abraham Bautista
Incoming Year: Spring 2020
Faculty: Dr. Ioannis Kakadiaris
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Electronic Engineering and Computing from University of Guadalajara, Mexico and Masters in Biomedical Engineering from University of Guadalajara, Mexico
Luciano Branco
Incoming Year: Fall 2021
Advisor: Dr. Nuri Ince
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Systems Engineering from the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil and Masters in Electrical Engineering from the University of Houston
Kristen Brosamer
Incoming Year: Fall 2017
Advisor: Dr. Richard Willson
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Biomolecular Engineering from the University of California in Santa Cruz
Andres Bryan
Incoming year: Summer 2021
Advisor: Dr. Kirill Larin
Previous Degree: Bachelors in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Houston
Jared Cammon
Incoming Year: Fall 2021
Advisor: Dr. Yingchun Zhang
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from Clemson University and Masters in Bioengineering from Clemson University
Maede Chabi Bahmanshiri
Incoming Year: Fall 2019
Advisor: Dr. Jacinta Conrad/Dr. Richard Willson
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Chemical Engineering from Sharif University of Technology, Iran
Srinandhini Chandran
Incoming year: Fall 2019
Advisor: Dr. Chandra Mohan
Previous Degree: Bachelors in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Houston
Harshdeep Chawla
Incoming Year: Fall 2018
Advisor: Dr. Kirill Larin
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya, India and Masters in Computer Engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology
Pietro Cicalese
Incoming year: Fall 2019
Advisor: Dr. Chandra Mohan/Dr. Hien Nguyen
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Houston
Ryan Crane
Incoming Year: Fall 2017
Advisor: Dr. Muna Naash
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Cell, Molecular, and Physical Biology from Christopher Newport University; Bachelors in Chemistry from Christopher Newport University
Eric Cunningham
Incoming Year: Spring 2022
Advisor: Dr. Metin Akay
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Radiologic Sciences from Upstate Medical University
Mai Dinh
Incoming Year: Summer 2020
Advisor: Dr. Sergey Shevkoplyas
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors of Science in Chemical Engineering from Texas Tech University, Masters of Science in Chemical Engineering from Texas Tech University, and Masters in Business Administration in Healthcare Management from North American University
Anthony Donaldson
Incoming year: Fall 2021
Advisor: Dr. Mini Das
Previous degree(s): Bachelors in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma
Faheem Ershad
Incoming Year: Fall 2018
Advisor: Dr. Cunjiang Yu
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Houston
Feng Fang
Incoming Year: Fall 2017
Advisor: Dr. Yingchun Zhang
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Biomedical Engineering from Chonqing University, China
Behrang Fazli
Incoming Year: Fall 2019
Advisor: Dr. Nuri Ince
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Electrical Engineering from Iran Univeristy of Science and Technology, Iran and Masters in Biomedical Engineering from University of Tehran, Iran
Talukdar Raian Ferdous
Incoming Year: Fall 2021
Advisor: Dr. Luca Pollonini
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Biomedical Engineering from Khulna University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh
Jefferson Friguglietti
Incoming Year: Fall 2018
Advisor Dr. Fatima Merchant
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Biotechnology from University of Houston and Masters in Engineering Technology from the University of Houston
Austin Ganaway
Incoming Year: Summer 2021
Advisor: Dr. Metin Akay/Dr. Yasemin Akay
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Houston
Xingjian Gu
Incoming year: Fall 2019
Advisor: Dr. Mario Romero-Ortega
Previous degree(s): Bachelors in Bioengineering from Southeast University, China and Masters in Biomedical Engineering from University of Texas-Arlington
Chen Guo
Incoming Year: Spring 2022
Advisor: Dr. Yingchun Zhang
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Electronic Information Engineering from Hangzhou Dianzi University, China and Masters in Information and Communication Engineering from Zheijian Gongshang University
Jessica Gutierrez
Incoming Year: Spring 2020
Advisor: Dr. Kirill Larin
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Biomedical Sciences from the University of Texas-El Paso
Cameron Hanan
Incoming Term: Summer 2020
Advisor: Dr. Luca Pollonini
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma
Yoon No Hong
Incoming year: Fall 2019
Advisor: Dr. Jinsook Roh
Previous degree(s): Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from Sogang University, South Korea, Masters in Mechanical Engineering from Sogang University, South Korea and Masters in Mechanical Engineering from Colorado School of Mines
Hemen Hosseinzadeh
Incoming Year: Spring 2022
Advisor: Drs. Venkatesh Balan/Richard Willson
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors from Payame Noor University, Iran and Masters in Biotechnology from the University of Houston
Kareem Hussein
Incoming Year: Fall 2021
Advisor: Dr. Joseph Francis/Dr. Mario Romero-Ortega
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Biomedical Engineering from Purdue University and Masters in Biomedical Engineering from Brown University
Larissa Ikelle
Incoming Year: Fall 2019
Advisor: Dr. Muayyad Al-Ubaidi
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Biochemistry from Rice University
Mubasher Iqbal
Incoming Year: Fall 2020
Advisor: Dr. Sergey Shevkoplyas
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from New York University Abu Dhabi
Manisha Jha
Incoming Year: Fall 2021
Advisor: Dr. Renita Horton
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Oils, Surfactants and Oleochemicals from the Institute of Chemical Technology, India and Masters in Marketing from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, India
MD Mobarak Karim
Incoming Year: Spring 2021
Advisor: Dr. Kirill Larin
Previous Degree(s):Masters in Biomedical Science and Engineering from Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea
Amareswararao Kavuri
Incoming Year: Fall 2016
Advisor: Dr. Mini Das
Previous Degrees: Bachelors in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Acharya Nagarjuna University and Masters in Visual Information and Embedded Systems from the India Institute of Technology
Corey Knutson-Huddleston
Incoming Year: Summer 2020
Previous degree(s): Bachelors in Chemical Engineering from the University of Houston and Masters in Chemical Engineering from the University of Houston
Chung-Fan Kuo
Incoming Year: Fall 2017
Advisor: Dr. Sheereen Majd
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Chemistry from Soochow Univeristy, Taiwan, Masters in Biomedical Engineering from National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan and Masters in Bioengineering from Pennsylvania St. University
Rongwei Lei
Incoming Year: Fall 2018
Advisor: Dr. Chandra Mohan
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Biotechnology, Marine Pharmaceutics from Shanghai Ocean University, China and Masters of Biotechnology from Pennsylvania State University
Yang Liu, Ph.D.
Incoming Year: Spring 2018
Advisor: Dr. Yichung Zhang
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Industrial Automation from Liaoning Univeristy of Technology, China, Masters in Control Theory and Control Engineering from Liaoning Univeristy of Technology, China and Doctorate in Control Theory and Control Engineering from Zhejiang Univeristy, China
David Lloyd
Incoming year: Summer 2020
Advisor: Dr. Mario Romero-Ortega
Previous degree(s): Bachelors in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Texas at Dallas and Masters in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Texas at Dallas
Oman Magaña-Tellez
Incoming year: Fall 2015
Advisor: Dr. Joseph Francis
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Biomedical Engineering from University of Guadalajara, Mexico
Gulsah Malgir
Incoming Year: Fall 2017
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Bioengineering from Ege Univeristy, Turkey and Masters in Nanotechnology from Gediz University, Turkey
Megan Mendieta
Incoming Year: Spring 2021
Advisor: Dr. Metin Akay/Dr. Yasemin Akay
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Biomedical Engineering from the Arizona State University
Fereshteh Mirab
Incoming Year: Fall 2018
Advisor: Dr. Sheereen Majd
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Materials Engineering from Sharif University of Technology, Iran and Masters in Materials Engineering from Sharif University of Technology, Iran
Muhammad Mansoor Mughal
Incoming Year: Fall 2021
Advisor: Dr. Jose Contreras-Vidal
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Biomedical Engineering from NED University of Engineering and Technology, Pakistan and Masters in Mechatronics from NED University of Engineering and Technology, Pakistan
Achuth Nair
Incoming Year: Fall 2016
Advisor: Dr. Kirill Larin
Previous Degree: Bachelors in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Houston
Alexis Palomarez
Incoming Year: Fall 2021
Advisor: Dr. Renita Horton
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from Texas Tech University
Matthew Perry
Incoming Year: Fall 2016
Advisor: Dr. Jospeh Francis
Previous Degree: Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from Texas Tech University
Manuel Portilla Jimenez
Incoming Year: Fall 2020
Advisor: Dr. Jinsook Roh
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Mechatronics from Universidad Tecnologica Equinoccial, Ecuador and Masters in Bioengineering from Temple University
Farial Rahman
Incoming Year: Summer 2020
Advisor: Dr. Mario Romero-Ortega
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Biochemistry from the University of Texas at Dallas
Kevin Romero
Incoming Year: Summer 2020
Advisor: Dr. Mario Romero-Ortega/ Dr. Metin Akay
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Neuroscience from the University of Texas at Dallas
Christian Rutan Woods
Incoming Year: Fall 2017
Advisor: Dr. Muayyad Al-Ubaidi
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology from Univeristy of Tennessee
Sajedeh Saeidi Fard
Incoming Year: Fall 2021
Advisor: Dr. Kirill Larin
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Optic and Laser Engineering from Shahid Bahonar University, Iran and Masters in Photonics from Shahid Beheshti University, Iran
Mohammad Salemizadeh Parizi
Incoming Year: Spring 2022
Advisor: Dr. Irina Larina
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Electrical Engineering from Golestan University, Iran and Masters in Micro and Nano-electronic Devices from the University of Tehran, Iran
Cristina Sanchez Cereceda
Incoming Year: Summer 2020
Advisor: Dr. Muna Naash and Dr. Muayyad Al-Ubaidi
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors of Science in Biomedical Engineering from Florida International University
Bret See
Incoming Year: Fall 2020
Advisor: Dr. Mario Romero-Ortega/Dr. Joseph Francis
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Electrical Engineering from University of Texas at Austin
Gang Seo
Incoming year: Fall 2019
Advisor: Dr. Jinsook Roh
Previous degree(s): Bachelors in Biomedical Engineering from Purdue University and Masters in Biomedical Engineering from Purdue University
Kimia Seyedmadani
Incoming Year: Spring 2021
Advisor: Dr. Metin Akay
Previous degrees: Bachelors in Bioengineering from Arizona State University, Masters in Biomedical Engineering from Arizona State University, and Masters in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Colorado-Boulder
Ruchi Singh
Incoming Year: Spring 2022
Advisor: Dr. Jared Wosik
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Chemical Engineering from Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, India and Masters in Energy Science-Nanotechnology from Sung Kyun Kwan University, South Korea
Tanya Singh
Incoming year: Fall 2022
Advisor: Dr. Naash/Dr. Al-Ubaidi
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Zoology from the University of Delhi, India and Masters in Biotechnology from Jamai Hamdard University, India
Chandra Prakash Swamy
Incoming Year: Fall 2021
Advisor: Dr. Nuri Ince
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Biomedical Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, India and Masters in Biomedical Engineering from Vellore Institute of Technology, India
Chenling Tang
Incoming Year: Spring 2020
Advisor: Dr. Tianfu Wu
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Biological Engineering from Jimei Univeristy, China and Masters in Biology from Illionis Institute of Technology
Israt Tasnim
Incoming Year: Fall 2021
Advisor: Dr. Nuri Ince
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh
Arjun Vasan
Incoming Year: Summer 2020
Advisor: Dr. Sheereen Majd
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Houston
Esperanza Vazquez
Incoming Year: Spring 2022
Advisor: Dr. Metin Akay
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Houston
Yifei Wang
Incoming Year: Fall 2017
Advisor: Dr. Sheereen Majd
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Pharmacy from Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, China
Bowen Yang
Incoming Year: Fall 2019
Advisor: Dr. Tianfu Wu
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Chemical and Biomedical Engineering from Vanderbilt University
Zuha Yousuf
Incoming year: Spring 2021
Advisor: Dr. Mario Romero-Ortega
Previous degree(s): Bachelors in Biomedical Engineering from NED University of Engineering and Technology, Pakistan
Christian Zevallos Delgado
Incoming Year: Spring 2021
Advisor: Dr. Kirill Larin
Previous Degree(s): Masters in Bioinformatics and Molecular Biochemistry from George Washington University
Shu Zhang
Incoming Year: Fall 2019
Advisor: Dr. Tianfu Wu
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Polymer Materials and Engineering from Sichuan University, China
Xue Zhao
Incoming Year: Fall 2019
Advisor: Dr. Muayyad Al-Ubaidi
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Environmental Engineering from Bohai University, China
Master's Students
Syed Sheahan Ahmed
Incoming Year: Spring 2021
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Biomedical Engineering from NED University of Engineering and Technology, Pakistan
Joe Alanis
Incoming Year: Spring 2022
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Houston
Jessica Castillo
Incoming Year: Spring 2021
Advisor: Dr. Chandra Mohan
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Houston
Ekta Chaudhari
Incoming Year: Fall 2021
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Biotechnology from D. Y. Patil University, India
Jill DeVries
Incoming year: Spring 2021
Previous degree(s): Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from Grand Valley State University
Logan Dickey
Incoming Year: Fall 2021
Advisor: Dr. Joseph Francis
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Biomedical Science from Newman University
Chienyem Ezike
Incoming Year: Fall 2021
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Biomedical Engineering from Ajman University, United Arab Emirates
Isaiah Farayola
Incoming Year: Summer 2021
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Nigeria and Masters in Telecommunications Engineering from Middlesex University, Great Britian
Mason Garza
Incoming Year: Fall 2020
Advisor: Dr. Mario Romero-Ortega
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Texas-Pan American
Gabriel Gelabert
Incoming Year: Spring 2022
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Houston
Jessica Ha
Incoming Year: Spring 2022
Advisor: Dr. Sergey Shevkoplyas
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Houston
Hana Hamed
Incoming Year: Fall 2021
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Chemistry from the University of Houston
Kristen Jackson
Incoming Year: Spring 2022
Advisor: Dr. Mario Romero-Ortega
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Biology from the University of Colorado-Denver
Ahish Chandra Kallare Harish
Incoming Year: Fall 2021
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Biomedical Engineering from the Ramaiah Institute Of Technology, India
Melysenda Lopez
Incoming Year: Fall 2021
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Biomedical Science from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Javier Magana
Incoming Year: Summer 2021
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Mathematical Biology from the University of Houston, and Bachelors in Molecular Genetics from the University of Texas-M.D.Anderson Cancer Center
Shaian Mohammadian
Incoming Year: Fall 2021
Bachelors in Biological Sciences from Rice University
Anjan Nagesh Ballekere
Incoming Year: Fall 2020
Advisor: Dr. Jinsook Roh
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Houston
Nhi Nguyen
Incoming Year: Spring 2022
Advisor: Dr. Yingchun Zhang
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Houston
Murtaza Oklu
Incoming Year: Spring 2021
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Computer Science from the University of Houston-Downtown
Neda Ostadnejad
Incoming Year: Spring 2021
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Chemical Engineering from Islamic Azad University, Iran
Katherine Pham
Incoming Year: Fall 2021
Advisor: Dr. Jinsook Roh
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Houston
Consuelo Pujaico Ramos
Incoming Year: Spring 2021
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Electronics Engineering from Universidad Nacional del Callao, Peru
Alejandro Rubiano
Incoming Year: Fall 2021
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Electrical Engineering from Lousiana State University and A&M College
Sara Samarasekara
Incoming Year: Fall 2021
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Biology from the University of Houston
Apryl Sanchez
Incoming Year: Spring 2022
Advisor: Dr. Renita Horton
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Biomedical Engineering from Texas A&M University
Sreeja Sarva
Incoming Year: Fall 2021
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Biotechnology from Sreenidhi Institute of Science and Technology, India
Samara Sharpe
Incoming Year: Fall 2021
Advisor: Dr. Mini Das
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Physics from the University of Houston
Alexus Smith
Incoming Year: Fall 2021
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Applied Engineering from Kent State University
Henry Staten
Incoming Year: Fall 2021
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Bioengineering from North Carolina A&T State University
Eduardo Velez
Incoming Year: Fall 2022
Previous Degree(s): Bachelors in Biomedical Engineering from Trinity College