People – Smith Laboratory

Smith Lab, Fall 2021

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

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PubMed

Twitter: @SmithLabNeuro

Katerina Acar

PhD Student
Center for Neuroscience at the University of Pittsburgh (CNUP)
BS, Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh

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

Emily Crane

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

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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Kriti Kacker

Master's Student in Biomedical Engineering

Carnegie Mellon University

BS, Electronics and Communication Engineering, VIT Vellore, 2020

Chris Ki

PhD Student (joint with Byron Yu)

Carnegie Mellon University

Program in Neural Computation

BA, UC Berkeley, 2018

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

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

Master's Student in Biomedical Engineering

Carnegie Mellon University

BS, Computer Science (Minor in Neuroscience), University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, 2021

Emilio Salazar-Gatzimas

Emilio Salazar-Gatzimas, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Associate (joint with Aaron Batista and Byron Yu)
University of Pittsburgh
PhD, Yale University
BS, Georgia Institute of Technology
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Sarah Scoles

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

Samantha Schmitt

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

Sophia Shan

Undergraduate Student in Mellon College of Science, Carnegie Mellon University

Major in Computational Neuroscience

Minor in Biomedical Engineering & Machine Learning

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

PhD Student

Center for Neuroscience at the University of Pittsburgh (CNUP)

BS, UCLA, 2014

Alice Wu

Master's Student in Biomedical Engineering

Carnegie Mellon University

BS, Neuroscience, Colorado College, 2020

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

Postdocs

Adam Snyder (Postdoc, joint w/ Byron Yu)
Next Position(s): Assistant Professor, University of Rochester

Roma Konecky (Postdoc)
Next Position(s): Editorial Quality Advisor, Research Square

PhD Students

Akash Umakantha (2021 CMU PhD in Neural Computation and Machine Learning, joint w/ Byron Yu)
Next Position(s): Aurora Innovation, Inc

Ryan Williamson (2020 CMU PhD in Neural Computation and Machine Learning, joint w/ Byron Yu)
Next Position(s): Pitt-CMU MSTP program

Ben Cowley (2018 CMU PhD in Machine Learning, joint w/ Byron Yu)
Next Position(s): Postdoc, Jonathan Pillow, Princeton University

Sanjeev Khanna (2018 Pitt PhD in Bioengineering)
Next Position(s): Data Scientist, Gyant

Master's Students

Matt Hall (2021 CMU MS in Biomedical Engineering)

Undergraduate Students

Carnegie Mellon University (2019-present):

MeeDm Bossard (2021 CMU BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Biomedical Engineering)

University of Pittsburgh (2011-2019):

Sean Bittner, CMU Electrical and Computer Engineering (joint with Byron Yu, 2015–2016)
MeeDm Bossard, CMU Biomedical Engineering (joint with Jana Kainerstorfer, 2021)
Kathleen Callahan, Neural Computation summer undergraduate from UT Dallas (2017)
Stephanie Cortes, Pitt Bioengineering (2012–2014)
Ben Cowley, CMU Electrical and Computer Engineering (joint with Byron Yu, 2011–2012)
Amie DiTomasso, Pitt Psychology (2009–2011)
Deepa Issar, Pitt Bioengineering (2015–2018)
Cindy Jiao, Pitt Bioinformatics (2014–2015)
Christina Mangiaracina, Pitt Neuroscience (2014–2015)
Michael Morais, Pitt Bioengineering (2012–2015)
Rudina Morina, CMU Electrical and Computer Engineering (joint with Byron Yu, 2016–2017)
Lucine Oganesian, Neural Computation summer undergraduate from UC Berkeley (2014)
Sebastian Rolotti, Neural Computation summer undergraduate from Penn State (2013)
Rachel Schibler, Neural Computation summer undergraduate from Harvey Mudd (2018)
Jonathan Scott, Pitt Bioengineering (2016–2018)
Jack Toth, Pitt Neuroscience and Computer Science (2017–2019)
Shruti Vempati, Pitt Bioengineering (2016–2017)