People

Smith Lab, Fall 2022

Matt Smith

Matthew A. Smith, PhD

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

Katerina Acar

Katerina Acar

Postdoctoral Research Associate
Carnegie Mellon University
Department of Biomedical Engineering and Neuroscience Institute
PhD, Center for Neuroscience at the University of Pittsburgh (CNUP)
BS, Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh

Deepshikha Acharya

Deepshikha Acharya

PhD Student in Biomedical Engineering (joint with Jana Kainerstorfer)
Carnegie Mellon University
BS, Instrumentation and Control Engineering, University of Delhi, India
MS, Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University

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

Emily Crane

Emily Crane

PhD Student in Biomedical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
BS, Biomedical Engineering, George Washington University
MS, Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University

Madison Grigg

Madison Grigg

Master's 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

Richard Johnston

Richard Johnston, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Associate
Carnegie Mellon University
Department of Biomedical Engineering and Neuroscience Institute
PhD, The University of Nottingham, 2017
MSc, The University of Nottingham, 2014
BSc, Queen's University Belfast, 2013
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Chris Ki

Chris Ki

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

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

Lucas Gil Nadolskis

Lucas Gil Nadolskis

Master's Student in Biomedical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
BS, Computer Science (Minor in Neuroscience), University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, 2021

Sarah Scoles

Sarah Scoles

Undergraduate Student in College of Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
Dual Major in Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering

Samantha Schmitt

Samantha Schmitt

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

Sophia Shan

Sophia Shan

Undergraduate Student in Mellon College of Science, Carnegie Mellon University
Major in Computational Neuroscience
Minor in Biomedical Engineering & Machine Learning

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

Pati Stan

Patricia L. Stan

Postdoctoral Research Associate
Carnegie Mellon University
Department of Biomedical Engineering and Neuroscience Institute
PhD, Center for Neuroscience at the University of Pittsburgh (CNUP)
BS, UCLA, 2014

Shenghao Wu

Shenghao Wu

PhD Student (joint with Byron Yu and Brent Doiron)
Carnegie Mellon University
Joint Program in Neural Computation and Machine Learning
B.S., City University of Hong Kong + B.A., Columbia University, 2018

Lab Alumni