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Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator
Elena Kokkoni
Elena Kokkoni
Dr. Elena Kokkoni joined the Department of Bioengineering at UC Riverside in 2018 as research faculty and transitioned to a tenure-track position in 2020. Previously, she was at the University of Delaware where she received her postdoctoral training in human-robot interaction under the mentoring of Prof. Herbert Tanner and completed her doctorate degree in Biomechanics and Movement Science under the advisement of Prof. Cole Galloway. During those years, she worked on the development and evaluation of novel interventions and technologies to advance the motor function of pediatric populations with physical challenges. She has also received a master's degree from the University of Nebraska, Omaha and conducted research on human movement variability at the Nebraska Biomechanics Core Facility under the advisement of Prof. Nicholas Stergiou. At UC Riverside, she aims to create and assess novel pediatric learning environments that combine various types of assistive technology and early motor training, and to apply those in real world settings for high-dosage neurorehabilitation.
Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Researchers
Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Researchers
Ipsita Sahin
Ipsita Sahin
Postdoctoral Researcher | Bioengineering (2026 - Present)
Co-advised with Dr. Vasileios Christopoulos
Previous Education
Previous Education
BS | Electrical Engineering, BUET, Bangladesh
MS | Bioengineering, UC Riverside, CA, USA
PhD | Bioengineering, UC Riverside, CA, USA
Tristan McCarty
Tristan McCarty
PhD Candidate | Bioengineering (2021 - Present)
Previous Education
Previous Education
BS | Biomedical Engineering, Univ. of Florida, FL, USA
MS | Biomedical Engineering, Univ. of Florida, FL, USA
Georgia Kouvoutsakis
Georgia Kouvoutsakis
PhD Candidate | Electrical and Computer Engineering (2021 - Present)
Co-advised with Dr. Konstantinos Karydis
Previous Education
Previous Education
BS | Mathematics, Univ. of Patras, Greece
MS | Advanced Informatics and Computing Systems, Univ. of Piraeus, Greece
Argishti Stepanian
Argishti Stepanian
MS student | Neuroscience (2023 - Present)
Co-advised with Dr. Vasileios Christopoulos
Previous Education
Previous Education
BS | Physiology and Neuroscience, UC San Diego, CA, USA
MS | Biology, CSU Los Angeles, CA, USA
Melanie Barahona
Melanie Barahona
MS student | Bioengineering (2025 - Present)
Previous Education
Previous Education
BS | Bioengineering, UC Riverside, CA, USA
Savannah Horton
Savannah Horton
MS student | Bioengineering (2026 - Present)
Previous Education
Previous Education
BS | Neuroscience, UC Riverside, CA, USA
Elijah Johnson-Henderson
Elijah Johnson-Henderson
MD student | Medicine (2025 - Present)
Previous Education
Previous Education
BS | Chemistry, Xavier Univ. of Louisiana, LA, USA
MS | Biomedical Sciences, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, PA, USA
Undergraduate Student Researchers
Undergraduate Student Researchers
Olivia O'Tool | Mechanical Engineering
Christian MacAluso | Bioengineering
Alumni
Alumni
Name
Name
Ipsita Sahin
Dana Fellhauer
Jared Dube
Linh Vu
Vikarn Bhakri
Vasiliki Tasouli-Drakou
Amanda J. Arnold
Joshua L. Haworth
Position in the PRT Lab
Position in the PRT Lab
PhD student | Bioengineering (2020 - 2026)
MS student | Bioengineering (2023 - 2024)
MS student | Bioengineering (2021 - 2022)
MS student | Bioengineering (2021 - 2022)
MS student (co-advised) | Electrical & Computer Engineering (2019 - 2021)
MS student | Bioengineering (2019 - 2020)
Postdoctoral Researcher (2019 - 2020)
Visiting Researcher (2018 - 2019)
Last known position
Last known position
Postdoctoral Researcher | UC Riverside
Junior Bioengineering Specialist | UC Riverside
Doctoral student | UC Riverside
Engineering Technologist | Edwards Lifesciences
Data Scientist | Cedars-Sinai
Medical student | Touro University Nevada
Lecturer | University of Michigan
Assistant Professor | Oakland University
The PRT lab is looking for students on a rolling basis.
The PRT lab is looking for students on a rolling basis.
If interested, please send a brief statement of interest, your resume, and an unofficial transcript of your degree to Dr. Kokkoni at elena.kokkoni@ucr.edu. Current UCR Undergraduate and Master's students seeking research opportunities in the PRT lab should be in a good academic standing with an overall GPA>3.7.
If interested, please send a brief statement of interest, your resume, and an unofficial transcript of your degree to Dr. Kokkoni at elena.kokkoni@ucr.edu. Current UCR Undergraduate and Master's students seeking research opportunities in the PRT lab should be in a good academic standing with an overall GPA>3.7.
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