Lab Location
Staff
Jose Carmena, PhD
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Neuroscience; Co-Director, Center for Neural Engineering & Prostheses
Curriculum Vitae
Li Ka Shing Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences
Mailing address:
286 Li Ka Shing Center, MC # 3370
Berkeley, CA 94720
Email: jcarmena@berkeley.edu
Phone: (510) 643 2430
Maki Kitano
Lab manager/ technician
Postdoctoral Researchers
Preeya Khanna
PhD (UC Berkeley)
Research interests: Dynamics of neural oscillations in motor control, BMI, movement disorders
Curriculum Vitae
Nuria Vendrell-Llopis
PhD (NERF, Belgium)
Research interests: Neuroprosthetic learning, neural coding, two-photon microscopy
Curriculum Vitae
Will Liberti
PhD (Boston University)
Research interests: Neural engineering, systems neurobiology, motor sequencing and learning, BMI
Curriculum Vitae
Emanuele Formento
PhD (EPFL, Switzerland)
Research interests: BMI, abstract skill learning, cognitive enhancement, neuroprosthetics, translational neural engineering
Curriculum Vitae
Graduate Students
Tanner Dixon
UCB/UCSF Graduate Program in Bioengineering
Research interests: Bimanual coordination, neural ensemble activity, BMI
David Piech
UCB/UCSF Graduate Program in Bioengineering
Research interests: BMI, minimally invasive high-channel count neural recording & stimulation technology, clinical translation
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Albert You
UCB/UCSF Graduate Program in Bioengineering
Research interests: BMI, motor learning, neuroprostheses
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Ellen Zippi
Berkeley Neuroscience PhD Program
Research interests: Neural adaptation, abstract skill learning, neuroprosthetics, action planning
Paul Botros
EECS PhD Program
Research interests: BMI, clinical translation of neuroprosthetics, neuroengineering
Undergraduate Researchers
Abhimanyu Singhal
Computer Science and Physics double major
Albert Qu
Computer Science and Cognitive Science double major
Gabby Shvartsman
Moelcular and Cell Biology major, Computer Science minor
Past Members
Samantha Santacruz (2014-2018). Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas, Austin.
Bing Liu (2018). Senior Scientist with Dr. Leslie Osborne, Duke University.
Tom Roseberry (2017-2018). Neuralink Inc. (San Francisco, CA).
Maryam Shanechi (2012-2014). Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University.
Ryan Canolty (2009-2013). Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Houston.
Simon Overduin (2010-2013). Cofounder and Owner, Neurecall Inc. (San Francisco, CA).
Karunesh Ganguly (2007-2011). Assistant Professor of Neurology, UCSF, and Staff Physician at SFVAMC.
Rodolphe Heliot (2008-2009). Scientist at Schneider Electric SA (France).
Ignasi Cos-Aguilera (2006-2007). ISIR, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie (France).
Vivek Athalye (PhD, 2012-2017). Postdoctoral fellow at Rui Costa’s lab, Columbia University.
Ryan Neely (PhD, 2012-2017). Iota Biosciences Inc. (Berkeley, CA).
Suraj Gowda (PhD, 2010-2015). Fitbit Inc. (San Francisco, CA).
Helene Moorman (PhD, 2009-2015). Exponent Inc. (Menlo Park, CA).
Siddharth Dangi (PhD, 2010-2015). Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA).
Helene Moorman (PhD, 2009-2015). Exponent Inc. (Menlo Park, CA).
Aaron Koralek (PhD, 2009-2014). Postdoctoral fellow at Rui Costa’s lab, Champalimaud Neuroscience Program (Lisbon, Portugal).
Amy Orsborn (PhD, 2007-2013). Postdoctoral fellow at Bijan Pesaran’s lab, New York University.
Kelvin So (PhD, 2009-2014). Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA).
Peter Ledochowitsch (PhD, 2009-2013, co-supervised with Prof. Michel Maharbiz). Scientist I at Allen Institute for Brain Science (Seattle, WA).
John Long (PhD, 2006-2011). Postdoctoral fellow at Gyorgy Buzsaki’s lab, New York University.
Jessica Jimenez (MS, 2009-2011). Engineer at Banks Integration Group (Vacaville, CA).
Subramaniam Venkatraman (PhD, 2006-2009). Research Scientist at Fitbit Inc. (San Francisco, CA).
Gireeja Ranade (MS, 2007-2009). Microsoft Research (Seattle, WA).
Aaron Kaluszca (MS, 2006-2007). Research Engineer at Lumos Labs (San Francisco, CA).
Lavi Secundo (PhD 2005-2007, then at Robert Knight’s Lab, UC Berkeley 2007-2010). Senior Researcher at Weizmann Institute of Science (Israel).
Ching Fang (EECS/MCB, UC Berkeley, 2017-2019)
Axel de Tonnac (Visiting student, EPFL, 2016-2017)
Carmen Fernandez-Fisac (Visiting student, University College London, 2015-2016)
Rahul Nadkarni (BioE, UC Berkeley, 2012-2014)
Derek Tat (EECS/ME, UC Berkeley, 2011-2012)
Deepak Talwar (ME, UC Berkeley, 2013-2014)
Meredith Moore (Drake University, summer 2013)
Pattana Lee (EECS/MCB, UC Berkeley, 2007-2009)
Sandra Truong (MCB, UC Berkeley, 2008-2009)
Numa Perez (EECS, UC Berkeley, 2008-2009)
Nicolai Heinze (University of Erlangen, Germany, 2008-2009)
Yimin Yao (EECS/MCB, UC Berkeley, 2006-2007)
Ken Elkabany (EECS, UC Berkeley, 2006-2007)
Darin Hoyer (Pierce College Los Angeles, summer 2008)
Maria Bustamante (Oregon State University, summer 2007)
Jeffrey Chou (EECS, UC Berkeley, 2006-2007)