Members

Membership in our lab requires a commitment to excellence; to inspiring and leading change through science and technology; and to leveraging the power of partnership with our academic and industry partners. We primarily staff our projects with Ph.D. and undergraduate students, but we do occasionally accept exceptional M.S. students. All interested candidates should send a resume and at least two references for whom they have performed work.

Senior Scientists


Dr. Jason Heikenfeld

Professor, Serial Entrepreneur, Fellow IEEE, Fellow AIMBE, Fellow National Academy of Inventors,

Senior Member Society for Inforation Display, Life Member SPIE, Member ASEE, Member Sigma Xi

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Adjunct Research Faculty


Lillian Rees

B.S. Biology

Thomas More University, 2021

M.S. Public Health

Regis College

DR. Aleksandar Karajić

Principal Scientist Kilele Health
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY, PH.D.
UNIVERSITY OF BORDEAUX, 2015

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Dr. Madeleine DeBrosse

Kilele Health

DEGREE EARNED: PH.D.,Chemical Engineering 
DATE AWARDED: SPRING 2022 

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PhD Students


Joseph Moscatelli

MD/PhD Program

B.A. Physics

Middlebury College

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Michael Smith

MD/PhD Program

Biomedical Engineering

Northeastern State University
B.S. Chemistry

Srishty Dua

Biomedical Engineering

M.S. Nanoengineering

University of California San Diego

B.Tech. Electronics and Communcations Engineering

Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women

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Thomas Young

Biomedical Engineering

B.S.Chemistry

University of Cincinnati

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Adam McHenry

Biomedical Engineering

Trine University

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Research Co-op


Hridayesh Kumar

Computer Engineering

University of Cincinnati

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Research Alumni


Mark Friedel

DEGREE EARNED: PH.D., BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

DATE AWARDED: FALL 2022

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Sreelakshmy Suresh

DEGREE EARNED: M.S., ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

DATE AWARDED: FALL 2022

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Lydia Mason

DEGREE EARNED: M.S., BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

DATE AWARDED: FALL 2022

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Zach Watkins

MD/PhD Program

Degree Earned: Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering

Date Awarded: Spring 2024

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FEIJUN ZHAO

Visiting scholar

Guilin University of Electronic Technology

Johannes Eiler

VISTING SCHOLAR

Materials Engineering

Technical University of Denmark & Coloplast

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Dr. Mathias Bonmarin

Fulbright Visiting Scholar

Zurich University of Applied Sciences

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Matthew Skinner

Degree Earned: M.S., Electrical Engineering 
Date Awarded: 

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Dr. Rui Zhao

Visting Scholar 
Ph.D. Optoelectronic Engineering 
Nanjing Univ. of Science and Technology

zhaor@njupt.edu.cn
Dr. Linlin Hou

Post-Doc Scientist 
Ph.D. Electrical Engineering 
University of Cincinnati 

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Dr. Kaichang Zhou

Sr. Research Engineer 
Gamma Dynamics, Cincinnati, OH 
Ph.D. Electrical Engineering 
University of Cincinnati 

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Dr. Bo Sun

Alumni Post-Doc Scientist 
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering 
University of Cincinnati 

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Dr. Jilin Zhang

Alumni Post-Doc Scientist 
Ph.D. Polymer Physics and Chemistry 
Chinese Academy of Sciences, China 

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Dr. Wei-Yuan Cheng

Alumni Visiting Scientist 
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering 
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology 

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James Thacker

Degree Earned: M.S., Electrical Engineering 
Date Awarded: 2007 

Kailash Bhat

Degree Earned: M.S., Electrical Engineering 
Date Awarded: 2007

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Yanrong Lao

Degree Earned: M.S., Electrical Engineering 
Date Awarded: 2008 

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Dr. Neil Smith

Degree Earned: Ph.D., Electrical Engineering 
Date Awarded: 2009 

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Balaji Raj

Degree Earned: M.S., Electrical Engineering 
Date Awarded: 2009 

Dr. Murali Krishna Kilaru

Degree Earned: Ph.D., Electrical Engineering 
Date Awarded: 2010 

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Jia Yang

Degree Earned: M.S., Electrical Engineering 
Date Awarded: 2010 

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Dr. Manjeet Singh Dhindsa

Degree Earned: Ph.D, Electrical Engineering 
Date Awarded: 2011 

Dr. Shu Yang

Degree Earned: Ph.D, Electrical Engineering 
Date Awarded: 2012 

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Dr. Eric Kreit

Degree Earned: Ph.D, Electrical Engineering 
Date Awarded: 2012 

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Dr. Stephanie Chevalliot

Degree Earned: Ph.D, Materials Engineering 
Date Awarded: 2012 

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Dr. Matthew Hagedon

Degree Earned: Ph.D, Electrical Engineering 
Date Awarded: 2013 

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Dr. Phillip Schultz

Degree Earned: Ph.D, Electrical Engineering 
Date Awarded: 2013

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Dr. Brad Cumby

Degree Earned: Ph.D, Electrical Engineering 
Date Awarded: 2014 

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Dr. Ann Russell

Degree Earned: Ph.D, Electrical Engineering 
Date Awarded: 2014 

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Dr. Alex Schultz

Degree Earned: Ph.D, Electrical Engineering 
Date Awarded: 2014

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Wan-Lin Hsieh

Visiting Scholar
Applied Mechanics, Ph.D. (Expected April 2015) 
National Taiwan University 

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Dr. Julien Morand

Research Scientist 
Power Electronics, Ph.D. 
Ampere Laboratory 
Lyon University, France, 2014 

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Dr. Sayantika Mukherjee

Degree Earned: Ph.D, Electrical Engineering
Date Awarded: Summer 2015

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Aaron Diebold

Degree Earned: M.S., Physics
Date Awarded: Spring 2016

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Dr. Runling Peng

Visiting Scholar 
Optical Engineering, Ph.D. 
University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, 2009 

pengrunling@gmail.com
James Bostick

Honorary German NDL Ambassador Alumnus 
Date Awarded: July 2016

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Dr. Daniel Rose

Degree Earned: Ph.D., Electrical Engineering
Date Awarded: Fall 2016

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Dr. Sagaya Selva Kumar Lourdusamy

Post-doc Researcher 
Biotechnology, Ph.D. 
CSIR - Central Food Technological Research Institute 
Mysore University, India, 2013 

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Dr. Zachary Sonner

Degree Earned: Ph.D., Electrical Engineering
Date Awarded: Spring 2017

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Dr. Joshua Hagen

711th Human Performance Wing, Air Force Research Labs 
Ph.D. Material Engineering 
University of Cincinnati, 2006

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Alva Webster

Degree Earned: M.S., Electrical Engineering 
Date Awarded: Spring 2018 

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Nicholas Twine

Degree Earned: M.S., Electrical Engineering 
Date Awarded: Spring 2018 

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Dr. Phillip Simmers

Degree Earned: Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering 
Date Awarded: Summer 2018 

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Dr. Adam Hauke

Degree Earned: Ph.D., Electrical Engineering 
Date Awarded: Summer 2018 

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Sarah Mullins

M.S. Civil Engineering 
University of Cincinnati 

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Dr. Yuchan (Lotus) Yuan

DEGREE EARNED: PH.D., Electrical Engineering
DATE AWARDED: SPRING 2022 

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Dr. Amy Drexelius

DEGREE EARNED: PH.D., Biomedical Engineering 
DATE AWARDED: SPRING 2022 

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Dr. Sarah von Hoene

DEGREE EARNED: PH.D., Materials Science and Engineering
DATE AWARDED: SRPING 2019 

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Dr. Andrew Jajack

Post Doctoral Fellow
Biomedical Engineering, Ph.D.
University of Cincinnati, 2018

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Dr. Eliot Gomez

Research Associate 
Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 
University of Cincinnati, 2014 

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Co-op Alumni


Chris Emerine

Computer Engineering

University of Cincinnati

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Grant Jolly

Biomedical Engineering

University of Cincinnati

Jonathan Raj

Biomedical Engineering

University of Cincinnati

Hannah Truong

Biomedical Engineering

University of Cincinnati

Benjamin Werbovetz

BIOMEDICAL ENGNEERING

UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI

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Ahilya Bali

BIOMEDICAL ENGNEERING

UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI

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Raphael Hagen

Systemtechnik ST17a

Zurich University of Applied Sciences

Daniel Wyder

Systemtechnik ST17a

Zurich University of Applied Sciences

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Jordan Burge

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING 
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI

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Anna Hoellrich

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING 
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI

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Laura Stegner

Electrical Engineering 
University of Cincinnati 

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Zijia (Deborah) Shen

Electrical Engineering 
University of Cincinnati and Chongqing University 

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Ryan Norton

Electrical Engineering

University of Cincinnati

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Elizabeth Sheetz

Computer Science 
University of Cincinnati 

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Zhaoyang Xie

Electrical Engineering, 2017 
University of Cincinnati 

xiezg@mail.uc.edu
Christina Locasto

Biomedical Engineering 
University of Cincinnati 

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Charles Scholle

Computer Engineering 
University of Cincinnati 
 

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Daniel Griffin

Computer Engineering 
University of Cincinnati 

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Desiree Sanchez

Electrical Engineering (2017) 
University of Cincinnati 

sanchede@mail.uc.edu
Thinh Nguyen

University of Cincinnati 

Electrical Engineering, 2017
 

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Senal Kularatne

Electrical Engineering 
University of Cincinnati 

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Brad Cumby

Electrical Engineering 
University of Cincinnati 

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Larry Christy

Electrical Engineering 
University of Cincinnati 

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Mark Hageman

Physics 
Thomas More College

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William Gardiner

Electrical Engineering 
University of Cincinnati 

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Carrington Bates

Electrical Engineering 
University of Cincinnati 

batesic@email.uc.edu
Ashley Mattson

Electrical Engineering 
University of Cincinnati

mattsoak@mail.uc.edu
Hannah Patterson Smith

Biomedical Engineering 
University of Cincinnati 

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Jana Cody

Biomedical Engineering 
University of Cincinnati 

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Jessica Francis

Biomedical Engineering 
University of Cincinnati 

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Isaac Stamper

Biomedical Engineering 
University of Cincinnati 

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