People

Smith Lab, Fall 2024

Matt Smith

Matthew A. Smith, PhD

Professor
Carnegie Mellon University
Department of Biomedical Engineering and Neuroscience Institute
PhD, New York University, 2003
BS, Canisius College, 1997

Adithya Narayan Chandrasekaran

Adithya Narayan Chandrasekaran

PhD Student (joint with Aaron Batista)
Center for Neuroscience at the University of Pittsburgh (CNUP)
BS, National Institute Technology Calicut, 2019

Ani Gribbin

Ani Gribbin

PhD Student (Joint with Patrick Mayo)
Carnegie Mellon University
Program in Systems Neuroscience
BA, Macalester College, 2024

Madison Grigg

Madison Grigg

PhD Student in Biomedical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
BS, Biomedical Engineering, West Virginia University, 2022

Deepa Issar

Deepa Issar

PhD Student in Biomedical Engineering (joint with Jana Kainerstorfer)
Carnegie Mellon University
Pitt-CMU Medical Scientist Training Program
BS, University of Pittsburgh, 2018

Debasmita Kanungo

Debasmita Kanungo

Master's Student in Biomedical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
Btech. Biomedical Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology (Manipal, India), 2024

Chris Ki

Chris Ki

PhD Student (joint with Byron Yu)
Carnegie Mellon University
Program in Neural Computation
BA, UC Berkeley, 2018

Noga Larry

Noga Larry

Postdoctoral Research Associate (joint with Byron Yu, Steve Chase, and Aaron Batista)
Carnegie Mellon University
Neuroscience Institute
PhD, The Hebrew University, 2024
MSC, The Hebrew University, 2021
BA, Ben Gurion University, 2017

Emily Lopez

Emily Lopez

PhD Student (joint with Patrick Mayo)
Carnegie Mellon University
Program in Systems Neuroscience
BA, University of Pennsylvania, 2018

Megan McDonnell

Megan McDonnell

PhD Student (joint with Byron Yu)
Carnegie Mellon University
Program in Neural Computation
BS, Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020

Yuki Minai

Yuki Minai

PhD Student (joint with Byron Yu)
Carnegie Mellon University
Program in Neural Computation
BS, Mathematics, Nara Women's University, Japan, 2013
MA, Psychology, New York University, 2021

Samantha Schmitt

Samantha Schmitt

Research Lab Manager
Carnegie Mellon University
Department of Biomedical Engineering
BS, Genetics & Cell Biology, Washington State University

Emily Skog

Emily Skog

PhD Student in Biomedical Engineering (joint with Jana Kainerstorfer)
Carnegie Mellon University
BS, Biological Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Joana Soldado Magraner

Joana Soldado Magraner, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Associate (joint with Byron Yu)
Carnegie Mellon University
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Neuroscience Institute
PhD, The Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit, UCL, 2018
MSc, The Institute of Neuroinformatics, ETH/UZH, 2013
BSc+MSc, The University of Valencia, 2011

Jack Waters

Jack Waters

PhD Student in Systems Neuroscience (joint with Shushruth)
Carnegie Mellon University
Pitt-CMU Medical Scientist Training Program
BS, Brown University, 2021

Sabrina Yu

Sabrina Yu

Master's Student in Biomedical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
BS, Psychology, University of Washington Seattle (UW), 2022

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