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REU Students

Providing Research Experiences for Undergraduates to foster the next generation of neurotechnology leaders.

Marco Santello is the Director of the BRAIN Center, the School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering, and the Neural Control of Movement Laboratory.

Dr. Santello is currently mentoring four undergraduate students funded through the NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Supplement. The students are working on non-invasive neuromodulation, robotic rehabilitation of sensorimotor function of the upper limb, and movement analysis combined with high-density electromyography and electroencephalography.

Portrait of Dalia Khaled

Dalia Khaled

REU Student

Portrait of Catherine Nunez

Catherine Nunez

REU Student

Portrait of Avinash Puppala

Avinash Puppala

REU Student

Portrait of Alexander Sedlack

Alexander Sedlack

REU Student

Portrait of Julien Leclerc

Julien Leclerc

ECE (UH) Mentor: Dr. Aaron Becker

Portrait of Rupali Mankar

Rupali Mankar

ECE (UH) Mentor: Dr. David Mayerich

Portrait of Ayman Alamir

Ayman Alamir

BME (UH) Mentor: Dr. Jose Contreras-Vidal

Portrait of Shantanu Sarkar

Shantanu Sarkar

ECE (UH) Mentor: Dr. Jose Contreras-Vidal

Portrait of Talukdar Raian Ferdous

Talukdar Raian Ferdous

BME (UH) Mentor: Dr. Luca Pollonini

Portrait of Lujayana Taha

Lujayana Taha

ECE (UH) Mentor: Dr. Jose Contreras-vidal

Portrait of Shahin Alipour

Shahin Alipour

BME (UH) Mentor: Dr. Jose Contreras-Vidal

Portrait of Carmen Ruano

Carmen Ruano

Sports Sci (UMH) Mentor: Francisco J Moreno Hernández

Portrait of Lianne Shanchez Rodriguez

Lianne Shanchez Rodriguez

ECE (UH) Mentor: Dr. Jose Contreras-Vidal

Portrait of Arturo Haces-Garcia

Arturo Haces-Garcia

BME (UH) Mentor: Prof. Weihang Zhu

Portrait of Kris Phataraphruk

Kris Phataraphruk

BME (ASU) Mentor: Dr. Christopher Buneo

Portrait of Luciano Branco

Luciano Branco

BME (UH)

Portrait of Carlos Garcia

Carlos Garcia

Sport Sci (UMH) Mentor: Francisco J Moreno Hernández

Portrait of Diego E. Arias

Diego E. Arias

BME (ASU) Mentor: Dr. Christopher Buneo

Portrait of Livia De Mesquita Teixeira

Livia De Mesquita Teixeira

BME (ASU) Mentor: Dr. Jit Muthuswamy

Portrait of Vlad Voziyanov

Vlad Voziyanov

BME (ASU) Mentor: Dr. Jit Muthuswamy

Portrait of Niccolò Meniconi

Niccolò Meniconi

ElecEng (ASU) Mentor: Dr. Pavan Turaga

Portrait of Seonghyujk Son

Seonghyujk Son

Architecture (ASU) Mentor: Prof. Dongwoo Jason Yeom

Portrait of Soubhagya Nayak

Soubhagya Nayak

Mech Eng (ASU) Mentor: Dr. Hyunglae Lee

Portrait of Mohammed Alrahyani

Mohammed Alrahyani

Architecture (ASU) Mentor: Prof. Dongwoo Jason Yeom

Portrait of Mahya Fani

Mahya Fani

Architecture (ASU) Mentor: Dr. Nina Sharp

Portrait of Seong Hyun Moon

Seong Hyun Moon

BME (ASU) Mentor: Dr. Thurmon Lockhart

Portrait of Joshua Lemis (VRS)

Joshua Lemis (VRS)

Biochemistry (UH) Mentor: Dr. Contreras-Vidal

Portrait of Milton Osiel Candela Leal

Milton Osiel Candela Leal

TEC

Portrait of Oscar Jones (VRS)

Oscar Jones (VRS)

Engineering (UH) Mentor: Dr. Contreras-Vidal

Portrait of Gladys Guadalupe Diaz Armas

Gladys Guadalupe Diaz Armas

BME (TEC)

Portrait of Juan Manuel Garcia Briones

Juan Manuel Garcia Briones

CS (TEC) Mentor: Dr. Mauricio Ramirez

Portrait of Diego Mauricio Botin Sanabria

Diego Mauricio Botin Sanabria

(TEC) Mentor: Dr. Jorge de Jesús Lozoya Santos

Portrait of Sofia Sampogna Montemayor

Sofia Sampogna Montemayor

BME (TEC)

Portrait of Rafael Abrego Ramos

Rafael Abrego Ramos

TEC

Portrait of Bernardo Garcia Zermeno

Bernardo Garcia Zermeno

TEC

Portrait of Vanessa Elizabeth Ortiz Padilla

Vanessa Elizabeth Ortiz Padilla

TEC

Portrait of Gustavo Olivas Martinez

Gustavo Olivas Martinez

ME (TEC) Mentor: Jorge de Jesús Lozoya Santos

Portrait of Karen Lizette Rodriquez Hernandez

Karen Lizette Rodriquez Hernandez

TEC

Portrait of Iqui Balam Heredia Marin

Iqui Balam Heredia Marin

TEC

Portrait of Jose Alfonso Cisneros Morales

Jose Alfonso Cisneros Morales

TEC

Portrait of Esther Aimee Delgado Jimenez

Esther Aimee Delgado Jimenez

TEC

Portrait of Luis Fernando Acosta Soto

Luis Fernando Acosta Soto

BME (TEC) Mentor: Mauricio Ramirez

Portrait of Gabriela Jazmin Alvarez Espinosa

Gabriela Jazmin Alvarez Espinosa

TEC

Portrait of Patricio Carrillo Tijerina, UG

Patricio Carrillo Tijerina, UG

BME (TEC)

Portrait of Akshay Ravindran, PhD (F'21)

Akshay Ravindran, PhD (F'21)

Now @ Altos Neuroscience (CA), ECE (UH) Mentor: Dr. Jose Contreras-Vidal

Portrait of Kevin Nathan, PhD (S'21)

Kevin Nathan, PhD (S'21)

ECE (UH) Mentor: Dr. Jose Contreras-Vidal

Portrait of Andrew Paek, PhD

Andrew Paek, PhD

ECE (UH)

Portrait of Jesus Garza, PhD (F'19)

Jesus Garza, PhD (F'19)

ECE (UH)

Portrait of Isaac John

Isaac John

UH

Portrait of Cameron White

Cameron White

UH

Portrait of Faheem Ershad

Faheem Ershad

(UH) Mentor: Prof. Cunjiang Yu

Portrait of Camille Artur

Camille Artur

UH

Portrait of Jiaming Gou

Jiaming Gou

UH

Portrait of Sho Nakagome

Sho Nakagome

UH

Portrait of Manuel Cestari

Manuel Cestari

UH

Portrait of Trieu Phat Luu

Trieu Phat Luu

UH

Portrait of Nishant Rao, PhD (S'22)

Nishant Rao, PhD (S'22)

HHP (UH) Mentor: Dr. Pranav Parikh

Portrait of Krishna Sarvani Desabhotla (S'22)

Krishna Sarvani Desabhotla (S'22)

BME (UH) Mentor: Dr. Jose Contreras-Vidal

Portrait of Ricardo Osorio Oliveros

Ricardo Osorio Oliveros

ME (TEC) Mentor: Dr. Jorge de Jesús Lozoya Santos

Portrait of Mauricio Ramirez

Mauricio Ramirez

ECE (UH) Mentor: Dr. Jose Contreras-Vidal

Portrait of Pavel Govyadinov

Pavel Govyadinov

ECE (UH) Mentor: Dr. David Mayerich

Portrait of Yitong Lu

Yitong Lu

ECE (UH) Mentor: Dr. Aaron Becker

Portrait of Alexander Steele

Alexander Steele

ECE (UH) Mentor: Dr. Jose Contreras-Vidal

Portrait of Samuel Montero

Samuel Montero

ET (UH) Mentor: Dr. Luca Pollonini

Portrait of Vishal Keshav Sridhar

Vishal Keshav Sridhar

ECE (UH) Mentor: Dr. Luca Pollonini

Portrait of Victoria Amadi

Victoria Amadi

ECE (UH) Mentor: Dr. Jose Contreras-Vidal

Portrait of Bikram Koirala

Bikram Koirala

ME (UH) Mentor: Prof. Weihang Zhu

Portrait of Tres Bodet

Tres Bodet

PSY (UH)

Portrait of Ruijiao Sun

Ruijiao Sun

ECE (UH) Mentor: Dr. David Mayerich

Portrait of Kyoseung Sim

Kyoseung Sim

UH

Portrait of Lovein Thomas

Lovein Thomas

ASU

Portrait of David Eguren (F'22)

David Eguren (F'22)

ECE (UH) Mentor: Dr. Jose Contreras-Vidal

Portrait of Adriana Lopez Cajigas

Adriana Lopez Cajigas

ECE (UH) Mentor: Dr. Jose Contreras-Vidal

Portrait of Alex Craik

Alex Craik

ECE (UH) Mentor: Dr. Jose Contreras-Vidal

Portrait of Vishal Talari

Vishal Talari

ME (UH) Mentor: Dr. Dong Liu

Portrait of Tian Tong

Tian Tong

ECE (UH) Mentor: Dr. Jiming Bao

Portrait of Mohammadjavad Mohebinia

Mohammadjavad Mohebinia

ME (UH) Mentor: Dr. Jiming Bao

Portrait of Subhalakshmi Chandrasekaran

Subhalakshmi Chandrasekaran

HHP (UH) Mentor: Dr. Charles Layne

Portrait of Dhaivat Solanki

Dhaivat Solanki

MSE (UH) Mentor: Dr. Francisco Robles

Portrait of Anirudht Arunkumar, F'18

Anirudht Arunkumar, F'18

Now @ Hyperfine, BME (UH)

Portrait of Juan Pablo Robayo

Juan Pablo Robayo

ASU

Portrait of Chris Malaya (S'22)

Chris Malaya (S'22)

HHP (UH) Mentor: Dr. Charles Layne

Portrait of Aime Judith Aguilar Herrera

Aime Judith Aguilar Herrera

BME (TEC) Mentor: Mauricio Ramírez Moreno

Portrait of Mansoor M. Mughal

Mansoor M. Mughal

ECE (UH) Mentor: Dr. Jose Contreras-Vidal

Portrait of Juan Angel Gonzalez Aguirre

Juan Angel Gonzalez Aguirre

TEC

Portrait of Jisoo Lee

Jisoo Lee

CS (ASU) Mentor: Dr. Pavan Turaga

Portrait of Aurora Tijerina Berzosa

Aurora Tijerina Berzosa

TEC

Portrait of Javier Lizarraga Iturralde

Javier Lizarraga Iturralde

TEC

Portrait of Nathaly Andrea Castaneda Quintero

Nathaly Andrea Castaneda Quintero

ME (UH) Mentor: Dr. Francisco Robles

Portrait of Eric Todd

Eric Todd

ECE (UH) Mentor: Dr. Jose Contreras-Vidal

Portrait of Rubiano Alejandro

Rubiano Alejandro

BME (UH) Mentor: Dr. Jose Contreras-Vidal

Portrait of Genevieve Johnson

Genevieve Johnson

ECE (UH) Mentor: Dr. Jose Contreras-Vidal

Portrait of Yang Hu

Yang Hu

ECE (UH) Mentor: Dr. Jose Contreras-Vidal

Portrait of William Noll

William Noll

BME (ASU) Mentor: Dr. Marco Santello

Portrait of Nicole Haikalis

Nicole Haikalis

BME (ASU) Mentor: Dr. Sydney Schaefer

Portrait of Derek Huber

Derek Huber

Biology (UH) Mentor: Dr. Contreras-Vidal

Portrait of Xingjian Gu

Xingjian Gu

BME (UH) Mentor: Dr. Mario Romero-Ortega

Portrait of Ethan Marschall

Ethan Marschall

BME (ASU) Mentor: Dr. Jit Muthuswamy

Portrait of Haoran Zhao

Haoran Zhao

ECE (UH) Mentor: Dr. Aaron Becker

Portrait of Bradford Day

Bradford Day

UH

Portrait of Ryan Thackston

Ryan Thackston

ECE (UH) Mentor: Dr. Jose Contreras-Vidal

Portrait of Zain Jamjoom

Zain Jamjoom

UH

Portrait of Archana Shashidhar Mysore

Archana Shashidhar Mysore

BME (ASU) Mentor: Dr. Marco Santello

Portrait of Abrar Ilyasbhai Paliwala

Abrar Ilyasbhai Paliwala

BME (ASU) Mentor: Dr. Christopher Buneo

Portrait of Ian Akamine

Ian Akamine

BME (ASU) Mentor: Dr. Jennifer Blain Christen

Portrait of Nabeeha Hasan

Nabeeha Hasan

HBS (UH) Mentor: Dr. Xinli Liu

Portrait of Sulagna Sahu

Sulagna Sahu

BME (ASU) Mentor: Dr. Rosalind Sadleir

Portrait of Mohammad Sultan

Mohammad Sultan

ECE (UH) Mentor: Dr. Aaron Becker

Portrait of Leila Saadatifard. PhD (S'19)

Leila Saadatifard. PhD (S'19)

Now @ GE Aviation, ECE (UH)

Portrait of Muhammad Hussain

Muhammad Hussain

ME (UH) Mentor: Prof. Weihang Zhu

Portrait of Michelle Patrick- Krueger

Michelle Patrick- Krueger

ECE (UH) Mentor: Dr. Jose Contreras-Vidal

Portrait of Jose Gonzalez-España

Jose Gonzalez-España

ECE (UH) Mentor: Dr. Jose Contreras-vidal

Portrait of Sujay Shaunak

Sujay Shaunak

ECE (UH) Mentor: Dr. Luca Pollonini

Portrait of Ankita Shukla

Ankita Shukla

ML AI (ASU) Mentor: Dr. Pavan Turaga

Portrait of Vivian Rose

Vivian Rose

HHP (UH) Mentor: Dr. Pranav Parikh

Portrait of Sara Wong

Sara Wong

Industrial Design (UH) Mentor: Dr. Contreras-Vidal

Portrait of Miad Yarali

Miad Yarali

MSE (UH) Mentor: Dr. Francisco Robles

Portrait of Javier Garcia

Javier Garcia

ECE (UH) Mentor: Dr. Aaron Becker

Portrait of Daniel Mesa

Daniel Mesa

UH