People

 

Nancy Amato

Nancy Amato

Co-Director
Outreach & Education Lead
Siebel School of Computing and Data Science
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Mattia Gazzola

Mattia Gazzola

Co-Director / PI
Emergence Lead
Mechanical Science & Engineering
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Taher Saif

Taher Saif

Co-Director
Biofabrication Lead
Mechanical Science & Engineering
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Hyun Joon Kong

Hyun Joon Kong

Wetware Lead
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Rashid Bashir

Rashid Bashir

Bioengineering
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

John Beggs

John Beggs

Biophysics
Indiana University Bloomington

Karin Dahmen

Karin Dahmen

Physics
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Nicole Martinez

Nicole Martinez

Ethics Lead
Biomedical Ethics
Stanford University

Lawrence Rauchwerger

Lawrence Rauchwerger

Programming Lead
Siebel School of Computing and Data Science
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

John Rogers

John Rogers

Material Science and Engineering
Northwestern University

Sepideh Sadaghiani

Sepideh Sadaghiani

Psychology
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Ivan Soltesz

Ivan Soltesz

Neuroscience
Stanford University

Josep Torrellas

Josep Torrellas

Architecture Lead
Siebel School of Computing and Data Science
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Lav Varshney

Lav Varshney

Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Mind in Vitro Affiliate Faculty

Howard Gritton, Comparative Biosciences, University of Illinois
Prashant Mehta, Mechanical Science & Engineering, University of Illinois
Noel Naughton, Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech
Sung Soo Shin, School of Art and Design, University of Illinois

Executive Advisory Board

Christos Papadimitriou, Columbia University
Tomaso Poggio, MIT McGovern Institute
Daniela Rus, MIT – CSAIL Director

Post-doc Researchers

Alexandra Chatzikalymniou, Neurosurgery, Stanford
Hyegi Min, Bioengineering, University of Illinois
Prannath Moolchand, Neurosciences, Stanford
Ivan Raikov, Neurosurgery, Stanford
Xiaotian Zhang, MechSE, University of Illinois

Graduate Research Assistants

Jakob Arend, Computer Science, University of Illinois
Andrew Dou, MechSE, University of Illinois
Austin Ellis-Mohr, NCSA pre-doc fellow, University of Illinois
Frithjof Gressman, Computer Science, University of Illinois
Katy Hagen, Physics, Indiana Univ
Danny Havert, Physics, Indiana Univ
Kai-Yu Huang, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois
Martin Irani, Psychology, University of Illinois
Sehong Kang, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois
Kimia Kazemi, MechSE, University of Illinois
Seung Kim, MechSE, University of Illinois
Yiming Liu, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Northwestern
Siddarth Mansingh, Physics, University of Illinois
Anay Pattanaik, Computer Science, University of Illinois
Saeedur Rahman, MechSE, University of Illinois
Greg Schwarz, Physics, MCB, University of Illinois
Zhantao Song, MechSE, University of Illinois
Gaurav Upadhyay, MechSE, University of Illinois
Yue Wang, Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern
Jiaojiao Wang, Bioengineering, University of Illinois
Qixian Wang, MechSE, University of Illinois
Ananya Yammanuru, Computer Science, University of Illinois
Hongbo Yuan, MechSE, University of Illinois

Undergraduate Researchers

Armaan Bhullar, Physics, University of Illinois
Reginald Chen, University of Illinois
Evan Coats, University of Illinois
Ben DeMarco, Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois
Sarah Dowden, Computer Science, University of Illinois
Mohammad Fattash, University of Illinois
Eben Lee, University of Illinois
Aja Phan, Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois

Industrial Design Team

Owen Harry, Industrial Design, University of Illinois
Rebecca Lee, Industrial Design, University of Illinois
Kyeong Won Min, Industrial Design, University of Illinois