Pedram Zanganeh Soroush, PhD BME, VCU Fall 2019-Spring 2023

Dissertation: Characterization and Decoding of Speech-related Activity from Intracranial Signals

In memoriam; previously a Senior Biomedical Engineer at Zoll Medical Inc.

Srdjan Lesaja, PhD BME, VCU Spring 2016-Fall 2022 

Dissertation: Universal Design for BCI: Deep Learning Approaches for Adaptive Speech Brain-Computer Interfaces

Currently an AI and Data Science Manager at UNOS LinkedIn

Christoph Tremmel, PhD BME, ODU Summer 2015-Spring 2019 

Dissertation: Estimating Cognitive Workload in an Interactive Virtual Reality Environment using Electrophysiological and Kinematic Activity

Postdoctoral Research: University of Essex

Currently a lecturer at the University of Southampton LinkedIn

Shreya Chakrabarti, PhD ECE, ODU Fall 2011- Summer 2015 

Dissertation: Characterization and Decoding of Speech Representations from the Electrocorticogram

Postdoctoral Research: Columbia University

Currently a Senior Manager in AI/ML at Amazon Prime LinkedIn

Yalda Shahriari, PhD BME, ODU Fall 2012-Spring 2015 

Dissertation: Multichannel Characterization of Brain Activity in Neurological Impairments

Postdoctoral Research: UC San Francisco

Currently a Tenured Associate Professor of BME at the University of Rhode Island LinkedIn

Nicholas Waytowich, PhD BME, ODU Fall 2010-Spring 2015 

Dissertation: Development of a Practical Visual Evoked Potential-Based Brain-Computer Interface

Postdoctoral Research: Columbia University/Army Research Laboratory

Currently a Member of the Technical Staff @ micro1 (AI) LinkedIn

Komalpreet Kaur, PhD ECE, ODU Fall  2011-Summer 2014 

Dissertation: Empirical Modeling of Asynchronous Scalp-recorded and Intracranial EEG Potentials

Currently a Tenured Professor of Computer Science at Salem State University, Salem, MA LinkedIn

Yufei Shen, PhD ECE, ODU Fall 2010-Spring 2012 

Dissertation: A Vision-based Automatic Safe Landing-site Detection System 

Currently a Principal Software Engineer at MathWorks, Natick, MA LinkedIn

Rachel Heo, MS BME, VCU Fall 2023-Fall 2025 LinkedIn

Jamie Bishop, MS BME, VCU Spring 2024-Fall 2024 LinkedIn

Connor Delaney, MS BME, VCU Fall 2022-Fall 2023 (BS: Spring 2019-Spring 2022) LinkedIn

Thesis: Computational Modeling of Temporal EEG Responses to Cyclic Binary Visual Stimulus Patterns

Meghan Kumar, MS BME, VCU Fall 2019-Summer 2021 LinkedIn

Thesis: Estimating Affective States in Virtual Reality Environments using the  Electroencephalogram

George Micros, BS/ME ECE, ODU Fall 2011-Fall 2020 LinkedIn

Hassan Baker, MS ECE, ODU Spring 2017-Fall 2018 LinkedIn

Thesis: Characterization of Language Cortex Activity During Speech Production and Perception

Zahra Battiwala, ME ECE, ODU Summer 2015-Summer 2016 LinkedIn

Nirmal Patel, MS ECE, ODU Fall 2013-Spring 2016 (co-advised with Michel Audette) LinkedIn

Thesis: Deformable Contour Models for Digitizing a Printed Brainstem Atlas

Afnan Alabdulwahab, ECE, ODU Spring 2016-Spring 2017 LinkedIn

Taylor Bobrow, ECE, ODU Spring 2016-Spring 2017 LinkedIn

Zachary Crane, Psychology, ODU Fall 2015-Summer 2016 LinkedIn

Dillon Forte, BME, VCU Spring 2019-Spring 2020 LinkedIn

Raymond Hang, BME, VCU Spring 2019-Spring 2021 LinkedIn

Laysa Hedjar, Biology, ODU Spring 2013 Google Scholar

Nicholas Jenkins, ECE, ODU Fall 2011-Spring 2015 LinkedIn

Samiya Majid, BME, VCU Fall 2019-Spring 2023 LinkedIn

Michael Micros, ECE, ODU Fall 2015-Fall 2017 LinkedIn

August Moses, Computer Science, VCU Spring 2024-Spring 2025 (in memoriam)

Nipa Patel, BME, VCU Spring 2020-Fall 2020 LinkedIn

Kavya Puthuveetil, BME, VCU Spring 2019-Spring 2022 LinkedIn

Hilary Sandberg, Communication Disorders, ODU Fall 2011-Fall 2016 LinkedIn

Dejah Singh, MAE, ODU Fall 2012-Spring 2014 LinkedIn

Alina Zaidi, BME, VCU Spring 2024-Fall 2025 LinkedIn

Brendan Allison, UCSD Visiting Scholar 2014 LinkedIn

Andy Chen, VCU Medical Intern Summer 2019

Long Chen, East China University of Science and Technology Visiting Scholar Spring 2017-Spring 2018

Sanjana Dhali, Cornell Visiting Scholar Fall 2017-Spring 2017

Monicka Fosnocht, Penn State Graduate Researcher Fall 2014-Spring 2015 LinkedIn

Matthew Gray, ODU Graduate Researcher Fall 2016-Spring 2018 LinkedIn

Garett Johnson, ODU PhD Candidate Fall 2010-Spring 2023

Virang Kumar, VCU Medical Intern Summer 2019

Sara Macdonald, ODU Graduate Researcher Fall 2013-Spring 2015 LinkedIn

Lynn Ray, Christopher Newport University Summer 2012

Gabriella Scalzo, Virginia Tech Summer 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016 Web

Mark Scimone, University of New Hampshire Summer 2012 LinkedIn

Harsh Shah, VCU Neurosurgery Resident, Spring 2023 - Summer 2025 LinkedIn

Fernando Sobreira, ODU PhD Candidate Fall 2014-Spring 2018 LinkedIn