OIRL Team Members

Graduate students

Undergraduate students

Joseph Clivens

Undergraduate of Electrical Engineering  

Expected Graduation - Spring 2024

Connor Kramer

Undergraduate of Electrical Engineering

Expected Graduation - Spring 2024

Visiting Students

Sofía Obando-Vásquez (Spring 2021)

Undergraduate of Engineering Physics, University EAFIT, Medellin Colombia (Feb - Jun 2021). Her main research interest is the combination of digital holographic microscopy and polarization-sensitivity capability. 

Former Postdoctoral researchers

Dr. Rohan Isaac.

P2P Fellow, University of Memphis 

Former graduates students

Brian Bogue Jimenez

Brian received his BSc degree in Spring 2020. In Fall 2018, he worked in a junior project under the supervision of Dr. Ana Doblas (The University of Memphis). Brian defended his Master dissertation in Fall 2021. From Spring 2019 to Fall 2023, he was a member of the Optical Imaging Research Laboratory. His main research interests are Optics and Opto-Electronics.

Kamana Dahal

Kamana was  a Ph.D. canditate in Engineering within the concentration of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Memphis. She received her MSc degree from U of M in Spring 2022. Her main research interests lie in smart wearable devices. 

Bin Feng

Bin was an M.Sc. graduate student of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Memphis. He received his BSc and Msc. degrees in Spring 2020 and Fall 2021, respectively. His main research interests is the synergetic of three-dimensional motion imaging systems with machine learning. His Master dissertation is found here.

Charity Hayes-Rounds

Charity received her BSc degree in Engineering Technology and Technology Management from Mississippi Valley State University in 2012 and her MSc degree in Architecture from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University in 2015. In Spring 2019, she joined the Optical Imaging Research Laboratory under the supervision of Dr. Doblas (The University of Memphis), where she finished her Master dissertation (Spring 2022) in implementing a dual-mode common-path DHM system using a Fresnel biprism. 

Raul Castañeda

Raul received his B.Scs. and and MSc. degrees in Physics Engineering from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, in 2014 and 2017, respectively. He defended his Ph.D. Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Memphis on Nov. 3, 2023. His research interests include Digital Holography and Digital Holographic Microscopy, focusing on the reduction of speckle noise and improvement of the capability of imaging resolution. His PhD dissertation can be accessible here


Shashwat Patra

Shashwat defended his M. Sc. Dissertation on Computer Engineering at the University of Memphis by Jan. 12, 2023. He received his BSc in Computer Engineering from U of M in Spring 2020. His main research interests lie in computational imaging and deep learning applications. 

Former undergraduates students

Chris Butler

Graduated in Fall 2020

Jarret Joyner

Graduated in Fall 2020

Mamadou Ba

Graduated in Fall 2020

Naif Alhwsawi

Graduated in Fall 2020

Othman Alkandri

Graduated in Fall 2020

Samuel Horne

Graduated in Fall 2020

Shashwat Ranjan

Graduated in Spring 2020

Timothy Banks

Graduated in Fall 2021

Zachary Pendley

Graduated in Fall 2021

Madison Tylor Higgins

Undergraduate of Biomedical Engineering 

Luke Hamilton

Graduated in Fall 2022

Elijah Durkee

Graduated in Fall 2022

Destinie Cortes

Graduated in Fall 2022

Christopher McBride

Graduated in Fall 2022

Ethan Costello

Graduated in Spring 2023

Joshua Brown

Graduated in Spring 2023

Kameshwaran Balachandran

Graduated in Spring 2023

Allan Abraham

Graduated in Fall 2023

Other lab frequent users

Ryon Ghodoussi

High-school student from Laussane Collegiate School 

Expected Graduation - Spring 2024