People – Smith Laboratory

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

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PubMed

Twitter: @SmithLabNeuro

Adithya Narayan Chandrasekaran

PhD Student (joint with Aaron Batista)

Center for Neuroscience at the University of Pittsburgh (CNUP)

BS, National Institute Technology Calicut, 2019

Madison Grigg

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

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

Chris Ki

PhD Student (joint with Byron Yu)

Carnegie Mellon University

Program in Neural Computation

BA, UC Berkeley, 2018

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

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Emily Lopez

PhD Student (joint with Patrick Mayo)

Carnegie Mellon University

Program in Systems Neuroscience

BA, University of Pennsylvania, 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

Justin Patel

Postdoctoral Research Associate (joint with Jana Kainerstorfer)

Carnegie Mellon University

Department of Biomedical Engineering
PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, 2023
BS, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California Berkeley, 2016

Samantha Schmitt

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

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

Sabrina Yu

Master's Student in Biomedical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University

BS, Psychology, University of Washington Seattle (UW), 2022

Lab Alumni

Postdocs

Roma Konecky (Postdoc)
PhD, University of Pittsburgh
BS, University of Pittsburgh
Next Position(s): Editorial Quality Advisor, Research Square

Richard Johnston (Postdoc)
PhD, The University of Nottingham
MSc, The University of Nottingham
BSc, Queen's University Belfast
Next Position(s): Postdoctoral Associate, University of Pittsburgh, Rossi Lab

Emilio Salazar-Gatzimas (Postdoc, joint w/ Aaron Batista and Byron Yu)
PhD, Yale University
BS, Georgia Institute of Technology
Next Position(s): Senior Data Scientist / Software Engineer at THINKalpha

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

PhD Students

Shenghao Wu (2023 CMU PhD in Neural Computation and Machine Learning, joint w/ Byron Yu and Brent Doiron)
BS, City University of Hong Kong + BA, Columbia University, 2018
Next Position(s): ByteDance, Ltd

Deepshikha Acharya (2022 CMU PhD in Biomedical Engineering, joint w/ Jana Kainerstorfer)
MS, Carnegie Mellon University
BS, University of Delhi, India
Next Position(s): Postdoc, Gemma Bale, University of Cambridge

Patricia Stan (2022 Pitt PhD in Neuroscience)
BS, UCLA, 2014
Next Position(s): Postdoc, Smith Lab, Carnegie Mellon

Katerina Acar (2022 Pitt PhD in Neuroscience)
BS, University of Pittsburgh
Next Position(s): Postdoc, Smith Lab, Carnegie Mellon

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

Ryan Williamson (2020 CMU PhD in Neural Computation and Machine Learning, joint w/ Byron Yu)
BS, Brigham Young University
Next Position(s): Pitt-CMU MSTP program, UPMC Ophthalmology Residency

Ben Cowley (2018 CMU PhD in Machine Learning, joint w/ Byron Yu)
BS, Carnegie Mellon University
Next Position(s): Postdoc, Jonathan Pillow, Princeton University; Assistant Professor, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

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

Master's Students

Amulya Mather (2024 CMU MS in Artificial Intelligence Engineering)
BS, Bioengineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), 2023
Next Position(s): Data Scientist and AI Developer, Neumarker

Lucas Gil Nadolskis (2023 CMU MS in Biomedical Engineering)
BS, Computer Science (Minor in Neuroscience), University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, 2021
Next Position(s): PhD Candidate, University of California Santa Barbara

Kriti Kacker (2022 CMU MS in Biomedical Engineering)
BT, Vellore Institute of Technology
Next Position(s): PhD Candidate, CMU Mechanical Engineering

Alice Wu (2022 CMU MS in Biomedical Engineering)
BA, Colorado College
Next Position(s): Research Specialist, U Penn

Matt Hall (2021 CMU MS in Biomedical Engineering)
BS, UT Austin
Next Position(s): PhD Candidate, University of Houston

Undergraduate Students

Carnegie Mellon University (2019-present):

Mia Simpson (Washington and Jefferson College, BA, Psychology (expected 2025)

Sarah Scoles (CMU BS in Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering, expected 2024)

Sophia Shan (2023 CMU BS in Computational Neuroscience, Minor in Biomedical Engineering & Machine Learning)

Next Position(s): PhD Candidate, University of Washington

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)