Research Team
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Nima Toosizadeh, PhD
email: ntoosizadeh@arizona.edu
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
