Yi Zhang
Associate Professor and Collins Professor in Engineering InnovationDr. Yi Zhang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Collins Professor in Engineering Innovation at the University of Connecticut (UConn), Storrs.
Caroline Ferguson
PostdocCaroline received her Ph.D. in Bioengineering from Lehigh University. She joined our lab in Spring 2024 and currently works at the intersection of cell biology, microfluidics, and sensing technologies.
Xiaoting Xue
PhD StudentXiaoting received her MS in Mechanical Engineering from Taiyuan University of Technology. She joined our lab in Fall 2023 and is working on smart-materials-based bioelectronics.
Yuan-Jen Kuo
Undergraduate ResearcherYuna is an undergradaute researcher working on integrating bioelectronics with brain organoids.
Lucy Homer
Undergraduate ResearcherLucy is working on brain implants
Jaewook Jung
PhD StudentJaewook received his MS in Communication Engineering from Pukyong National University and joined our lab as a PhD student in Fall 2023. He is working on brain microsampling devices.
Yuxuan Zhang
PhD StudentYuxuan received his MS in Bioengineering from Northeastern University before joining our lab in Fall 2021. He is currently working on brain microsampling devices.
Ryan Ortiz
Undergraduate ResearcherRyan is working on circuit development of brain implants
Fiona Brennan
Undergraduate ResearcherFiona is working on encapsulation materials for brain implants
Yingqi Qiang
PhD StudentYingqi received his MS in Nanoengineering from the University of Pennsylvania before joining our lab in Fall 2021. He is currently working on neurochemical sensors.
Shen Wan
Honors University ScholarShen is working on encapsulation materials for brain implants
Zhengyan Weng
PhD StudentZhengyan received his MS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and joined our lab as a PhD student in Fall 2019. His research focuses on neurochemical sensors.
Kaiyue Wei
PhD StudentKaiyue received her MS in aptamer-based biosensors from Ocean University of China and joined our lab as a PhD student in Fall 2025. She is working on aptamer-based neurochemical sensors.
James McNicol
Undergraduate ResearcherJames is working on brain implants
Yiran Chu
PhD StudentYiran received her MS in Chemistry from Shandong University and joined our lab as a PhD student in Fall 2025. She is working on surface coatings for brain implants.
Gilberto Martins Filho
PhD StudentGilberto received his MS in Neuroengineering from the Edmond and Lily Safra International Institute of Neuroscience and joined our lab as a PhD student in Fall 2023. He is working on neurochemical sensors.
Victoria Sturm
Undergraduate ResearcherVictoria is working on wearable electrolyte sensors
Xincheng Zhang
PhD StudentXincheng received his BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh and joined our lab as a PhD student in Fall 2021. He is working on multimodal neural probes.
Alumni
Dr. Huijie Li (2019-2025, Ph.D. student and Postdoc; Current position: Postdoc at Caltech)
Dr. He Sun (2019-2023, Ph.D. student; Current position: Postdoc in the joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at UNC & NC State)
Dr. Zan Gao (2020-2021; Postdoc; Current position: Advanced R&D Engineer/Scientist at Honeywell)
Dr. Yang Song (2021-2024; Postdoc; Current position: Research Scientist at Thermo Fisher)
Dr. Md. Azizur Rahman Khan (2023-2024; Postdoc; Current position: Assistant Professor of Chemistry in Jashore University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh)
Dr. Manikandan Muthu (Postdoc; 2022-2023; Current Position: CTO and Co-Founder of MG Health Tech LLC)
Dr. Ji Hyun Yang (2023-2025; Postdoc)
Mr. Ian Heck (Master student, 2019-2021, Current Position: Engineer at Johnson & Johnson)
Mr. Yizhou Liu (Master in BME; 2023-2025 Current position: Master in Computer Control and Automation at NTU)
Ms. Yue Cao (Master in BME, 2021-2023)
Mr. Vagif Abdulla (Master in BME, 2021-2024, Current position: PhD student in Microelectronics at TU Delft)
Ms. Hailey Parsons (Master in BME, Spring 2023-May 2023; Current Position: Test Technician in Siemens Healthineers)
Mr. Shuhong Yang (Master in Bioengineering, 2019-2021, Current Position: Ph.D. student at the University of Missouri)
Ms. Feiyang Li (Undergraduate researcher; Current Position: PhD student in BME at Purdue University)
Mr. Weiyi Zhang (Undergraduate researcher; Current Position: PhD student in BME at Purdue University)
Mr. Yousuf El-Jayyousi (Undergraduate researcher; Current Position: Ph.D. student in Neuroscience at Princeton University)
Ms. Alexi Switz (Undergraduate researcher; Current Position: Ph.D. student in BME at FIU)
Ms. Michelle Huang (Undergraduate researcher)
Ms. Claudia Huang (Undergraduate researcher)
Ms. Megan Richmond (Undergraduate researcher; Current Position: Remediation Engineer at Cook Medical)
Ms. Amanda Wilt (Undergraduate researcher; 2021 Outstanding Senior Biomedical Engineer; Current Position: Clinical Associate Representative at Zimmer Biomet)
Mr. Jacob Heath (Undergraduate researcher; Current Position: Field Engineer at Abbott)
Mr. Silas Decker (Undergraduate researcher; Current Position: Associate Research Engineer at AtlasXomics Inc.)
Ms. Abigail Potorski (Undergraduate researcher; Current Position: Staff Engineer I at Giner, Inc.)
Ms. Nivrritii Mahesh (High school researcher, Current Position: Miss Porter’s School)