People

The Yantasee Group consists of Ph.D. students, postdoctoral researchers, research associates, research assistants, and interns. Past members of the Yantasee Group are listed in the lab alumni section below.

We welcome inquiries from those interested in working with the Yantasse Group. Please visit the Opportunities page for more details. For more information about graduate degree programs in the department, please visit the Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program.

Pramod Kumar

Pramod Kumar, Ph.D. 
Postdoctoral Researcher

Ruijie Wang

Ruijie Wang
Ph.D. Student

The people of Yantasee Lab, standing outside, smiling in front of trees while attending an informal gathering.
Yantasee Lab is passionate about research. But our members also have fun, and have been known to get together outside the lab.
Three photos of members of Yantasee Lab. From left to right: 1. A group photo of seven people eating dinner together. 2. Two researchers smiling while working in the lab. 3. A different image of two researchers smiling while working in the lab.
A group photo of eight Yantasee Lab researchers smiling in the lab.
Biomedical engineering lab on the 13th floor of Center for Health and Healing.

Lab alumni

Former Yantasee Lab members

Fatma Abdi

Fatma Abdi
Visiting M.S. Student

Brandon Beckman

Brandon Beckman
Research Assistant

David Castro, Ph.D.

David Castro, Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate

Cade Fox

Cade Fox
Research Assistant

Virendra Gajbhiye

Virendra Gajbhiye, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher

Shaun Goodyear, Ph.D.

Shaun Goodyear, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher

Shenda Gu

Shenda Gu
Ph.D. Student

Richard Lee

Richard Lee
Research Assistant

Xinran Li, Ph.D.

Xinran Li, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher

Li-Jung Lin, Ph.D.

Li-Jung Lin, Ph.D.
Volunteer Researcher

Sam Mihelic

Sam Mihelic
Research Assistant

Swati Mishra, Ph.D.

Swati Mishra, Ph.D.
Volunteer Researcher

Jingga Morry

Jingga Morry
Ph.D. Student

Worapol Ngamcherdtrakul, Ph.D.

Worapol Ngamcherdtrakul, Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate

Moataz Reda

Moataz Reda
Ph.D. Student

Beth Rick

Beth Rick
Senior Research Assistant

Thanapon Sangvanich

Thanapon Sangvanich
Ph.D. Student

Natnaree Siriwon, Ph.D.

Natnaree Siriwon, Ph.D. 
Postdoctoral Researcher

Josephrajan Thainashmuthu, Ph.D

Josephrajan Thainashmuthu, Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate

Anuradha Tyagi, Ph.D.

Anuradha Tyagi, Ph.D.
Volunteer Researcher

Former student interns

Brenna Baker

Brenna Baker

Jessica Blank

Jessica Blank

Elizabeth Darmohray

Elizabeth Darmohray

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Yocelin Maldonado-Diaz

Aparna Govindan

Aparna Govindan

Kenneth Huang

Kenneth Huang

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Trenton Joiner

Christine Kang

Christine Kang

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Cole Meyers

Raji Nagalla

Raji Nagalla

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Blair Pearson

Josh Pelz

Josh Pelz

Brett Rodgers

Brett Rodgers

Amy Roluffs

Amy Roluffs