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Research Team

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR 

                                 

                                 Nima Toosizadeh, PhD

                                 email: ntoosizadeh@arizona.edu

                                 Google Scholar

                                 Research Gate 

 

GRADUATE STUDENTS

 

                                 Martha Rocio Ruiz (Public Health)

                                 email: mruiz2@arizona.edu

                               

 

                               

                                 Mehran Asghari (Biomedical Engineering)

                                 email: masghari@arizona.edu

                                 Patricio Arrue (Biomedical Engineering)

                                 email: parrue@arizona.edu

 

                                 Karam Elali (Biomedical Engineering)

                                 email: kelali@arizona.edu

 

 

 

 

                                 Peggy Ackun (Biomedical Engineering)

                                 email: packun@arizona.edu

                                                                  

 

 

 

                                 Kelsi Petrillo (Biomedical Engineering)

                                 email: kelsipetrillo@arizona.edu

                                 

                                 Rylie Watson (Biomedical Engineering)

                                 email: ryliewatson@arizona.edu

 

 

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

 

   1- Paige Rudy (Biomedical Engineering)

   2- Alexis Sullivan (Biomedical Engineering)

   3- Isabelle O'Grady (Biomedical Engineering)

   4- Hector Flores (Biomedical Engineering)

   5- Isabellah Mayoral Ortega (Biomedical Engineering)

   6- Alex Moncada (Biomedical Engineering)

FORMER SCHOLARS AND PhD STUDENTS

                                 Hossein Ehsani, PhD

                                 Postdoctoral Scholar

                                 email: hehsani@arizona.edu

                                 Biomechanics, Motor Control, Robotics, Frailty, Cognitive Impairment

                                 

                                 Danya Pradeep Kumar, PhD (Electrical Engineering/Biomedical Engineering)

                                 email: danyapradeep93@arizona.edu

                                 Wearable Sensors, Signal Processing, Nonlinear Analysis

                                 

                                 Miguel Salvador Pena (Biomedical Engineering)

                                 email: mp323@arizona.edu

 

 

 

FORMER STUDENTS

 

   1- Caroline Sutherland Mills (Biomedical Engineering)

   2- Alexys Manring Manring (Biomedical Engineering)

   3- Sarah Fakhouri (Biomedical Engineering - Arizona State University)

   4- Daniel Gaytan-Jenkins (Biomedical Engineering) 

   5- Tzu-Chuan Yen (Physiology)

   6- Michelle Heusser (Biomedical Engineering - 1st place Undergraduate Health Science UA Showcase)

   7- Amy Muchna (Public Health - Graduate)

   8- Hannah Stocker (Public Health - Graduate)

   9- Marco Miramontes (Biomedical Engineering)

   10- Jaimeson Veldhuizen (Biomedical Engineering - Outstanding Undergraduate 2017)

   11- Reine Mager (Biomedical Engineering)

   12- Brian Hedden (Biomedical Engineering - Arizona State University)

   13- Suhil Hiermandi (Biomedical Engineering - Arizona State University)

   14- Genevieve Wahlert (Biomedical Engineering)

   15- Ziad Hindosh (Physiology)

   16- Faysal Stipho (Physiology) 

   17- Ghazal Moghaddami (Biomedical Engineering) 

   18- Coco Victoria G. Tirambulo (Public Health - Graduate) 

   19- Alexandra Phillips Sween (Physiology)

   20- Talia Sora Nagy Tax (high school) 

   21- Ben Carpenter (Biomedical Engineering)

   22- Audrey Cohen (Biomedical Engineering)

   23- Kayleigh Mylelle Ruberto (Biomedical Engineering)

   24- Mark Andrew Bosset (Biomedical Engineering)

   25- Thomas Zachariah Murickan (Biomedical Engineering)

   26- Emma Katelyn Mason (Biomedical Engineering)

   27- Julia Gailene McElwee (Biomedical Engineering) 

   28- Haley Renee Johnson (Biomedical Engineering)

   29- Miriam Yamileth Heras (Neuroscience and Cognitive Science and Management Information Systems) 

 

October 2022

February 2023 - Congratulations to the fNIRS team, Kelsi, Isabellah, and Hector, for winning both undergraduate and graduate first place award at the 2023 Research Expo

 

April 2023 - Congratulations to Mehran and Patricio for successfully finishing their PhD

 

June 2023 - Last day at the University of Arizona with the great Biomechanics Team 

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