Principal Investigator
Abhishek Prasad, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis
University of Miami
a.prasad@miami.edu
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PhD Students
Raja Mylavarapu, Phd Candidate, BME
r.mylavarapu@umiami.edu
Melissa Franklin, BME
mxf1074@miami.edu
Kevin Davis, MD/Phd Program
Kevin.davis@med.miami.edu
MS Students
Jorge Nicolas Kostallas Ballestrini
jnk45@miami.edu
Undergraduate Students
Jennifer Verdelus, BME (JANUS STEAM Scholar)
jxv549@miami.edu
Natalie Corrales, BME
ngc33@miami.edu
Lab Alumni and First Position
Cassie Bennett, Phd – Senior Quality Assurance Scientist, Organicell Regenerative Medicine
Anabel Alvarez, MS
Maelle Arboite, MS
Noeline Prins, Phd – Assistant Professor, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka
Alden Shoup, MS
Jasim Ahmad, MS
Sebastian Gallo, BS
Nelson Hidalgo – NIH Bridge Program Summer Scholar
Helene Mbonda – Visiting Summer Scholar from Virginia Tech
Shovan Bhatia – Visiting Summer Scholar from Georgia Tech
Michelle Nguyen, Phd
Farrah Mohammed, BS – Fulbright Scholar, Phd at Yale BME
Dongyang Zhu, BS – starting MS in Electrical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon
Shubham Debnath, PhD – Postdoctoral Research Associate at Feinstein Institute,NY
Ziqian Xie, PhD – Postdoctoral Research Associate at Baylor University, TX
Santiago Guerra, MS – Accenture
Brandon Parks, BS – Phd student at University of Florida BME
Lauren Zimmerman, BS – Phd student at University of Michigan BME
Bharti Sharma, PhD – Lecturer at Florida Atlantic University
Katie Gant, PhD – Director of Education at the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis
Anette Pico, MS
Noeline Prins, Phd – Postdoctoral Research Scientist, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Giovanni Calixte, BS – Phd student at Georgia Tech BME
Kathryn Aubrey, BS
Neural Interfaces Lab 