People
Principal Investigator
Nicolas C. Pégard, Ph.D.
Assistant professor in Applied Physical Sciences,
Affiliated Faculty, department of Biomedical Engineering
Primary Faculty, Carolina Stress Initiative, UNC Neuroscience Center
Beckman Young Investigator, Sloan Research Fellow in Neurosciences
2014-2018 Postdoc at U.C. Berkeley
2009-2014 Ph.D. Electrical Engineering from Princeton University
2006-2009 B.S. from Ecole Polytechnique
Key Collaborator
Jose Rodríguez-Romaguera, Ph.D.
Assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry,
Affiliated Faculty, department of Applied Physical Sciences
Primary Faculty, Carolina Stress Initiative, UNC Neuroscience Center, Carolina Institute for Developmental Disorders
Brain & Behavior Research Foundation NARSAD Young Investigator
Postdoc at UNC Chapel Hill
PhD in Psychology (Behavioral Neuroscience) from the University of Puerto Rico in Rio Piedras
Postdoctoral Scholars
Geronimo Velazquez-Hernandez, PhD
Email: leon_velazquez@med.unc.edu
2021-Present Postdoc in Neuroscience at the University of North Carolina, USA
2016-2021 Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico
Graduate Students
Maria Magdalena Ortiz
Email: mariamag@unc.edu
2020-Present Ph.D. Neuroscience at University of North Carolina, USA
2013-2018 B.S. Biology (physiology concentration), San Francisco State University, USA
Vincent Curtis
Email: vrcurtis291@unc.edu
2020-Present Ph.D. Applied Physical Sciences at the University of North Carolina, USA
2017-2020 B.S. in Biomedical Engineering at the University of North Carolina, USA
Changjia Cai
Email: changjia at live.unc.edu
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/changjia
2020-Present Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering at UNC Chapel Hill and NC State University, USA
2017-2019 M.S. in Statistics and Operations Research at UNC Chapel Hill, USA
2013-2017 B.S. in Physics at Fudan University, China
Research Technicians
Ellora (Ellie) McTaggart
Email: ellora@live.unc.edu
2019-2023 B.S. in Biomedical and Health Sciences Engineering (Neuroscience minor) at UNC-Chapel Hill and NC State University, USA
Undergraduate Students
Hannah Baker
Email: hmbaker@unc.edu
2020-Present B.S. Biomedical and Health Sciences Engineering at UNC-Chapel Hill and NC State University, USA
Micah Baldonado
Email: micahbaldonado@unc.edu
2020-Present B.S. Biomedical and Health Sciences Engineering at UNC-Chapel Hill and NC State University, USA
Lab Alumni
M. Hossein (Hoss) Eybposh, Ph.D.
Current position: Software engineer at Science, Inc. Alameda, CA.
2018-2023 Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering at the University of North Carolina, USA
Thesis title: "Deep Learning Methods in Computer Generated Holography"
2015-2018 M.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering at Sharif University of Technology, Iran
2009-2014 B.S. in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Isfahan, Iran
Nicholas (Nick) Caira, Ph.D.
Email: Caira@unc.edu
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Applied Physical Sciences
2014-2019 Ph.D. Electrical & Computer Engineering Duke University
2010-2014 B.S. Physics from Boston College
Jiayi Xu
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Class of 2022
B.S. Computer Science | B.S. Psychology | Neuroscience Minor
Aram Moossavi
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Class of 2022
B.A. Mathematics
B.S. Statistics and Analytics
Computer Science Minor
Mathew Atisa
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Class of 2023
B.S. Computer Science
Andrew Knudsen
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Class of 2021
B.S. Biomedical Engineering | B.A. in Mathematics | Spanish for the Health Professions Minor
Ross Rucho
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Class of 2020
B.S. Biomedical Engineering | B.S. Computer Science
Praneeth Chakravarthula
CS Ph.D. Student
Continued with a Postdoc at Princeton with Prof. Felix Heide
Asha Sata
East Chapel Hill High School,
Continued with undergraduate studies at UNC Chapel Hill
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