Smith Lab, Fall 2022


Matt Smith
Matthew A. Smith, PhD

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

Emily Crane
Emily Crane
Carnegie Mellon University
BS, Biomedical Engineering, George Washington University
MS, Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University

Madison Grigg
Madison Grigg
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
Google Scholar

Chris Ki
Chris Ki

Emily Lopez
Emily Lopez

Megan McDonnell
Megan McDonnell

Yuki Minai
Yuki Minai
MA, Psychology, New York University, 2021

Lucas Gil Nadolskis
Lucas Gil Nadolskis

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

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

Shenghao Wu
Shenghao Wu
B.S., City University of Hong Kong + B.A., Columbia University, 2018
Lab Alumni
Roma Konecky (Postdoc)
Next Position(s): Editorial Quality Advisor, Research Square
Emilio Salazar-Gatzimas (Postdoc, joint w/ Aaron Batista and Byron Yu)
Next Position(s): Senior Data Scientist / Software Engineer at THINKalpha
Adam Snyder (Postdoc, joint w/ Byron Yu)
Next Position(s): Assistant Professor, University of Rochester
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; Assistant Professor, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Sanjeev Khanna (2018 Pitt PhD in Bioengineering)
Next Position(s): Data Scientist, Gyant
Matt Hall (2021 CMU MS in Biomedical Engineering)
Kriti Kacker (CMU Biomedical Engineering)
Alice Wu (CMU Biomedical Engineering)
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)