Post-Docs and Visiting Scholars

Shekher Kummari

B.Sc. Osmania University, Hyderabad, India 2011
M.Sc. Osmania University, Hyderabad, India 2013
Ph.D. National Institute of Technology Warangal, India 2021

Research Focus: Design and development of electrochemical biosensors
Shekher’s research focuses on developing nanomaterial-based electrochemical biosensors for point-of-care/point-of-use biomarker detection.

José M. R. Flauzino

B.Sc. Federal University of Uberlândia, Brazil / TU Dresden, Germany 2015
M.Sc. Federal University of Uberlândia, Brazil 2017
Ph.D. Federal University of Uberlândia, Brazil / Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), Spain 2021

Research Focus: Point-of-care biosensors, biomarker detection, and molecular diagnostics
José’s research focuses on translating biomolecular recognition strategies into practical diagnostic platforms. His background spans electrochemical biosensors, lateral flow assays, nanomaterials, and nucleic acid- and protein-based detection. Currently, he is developing GMR-based assays for the detection of clinically relevant biomarkers.

PhD Students

Mengze Wu

BSEE, Wuhan University of Technology, China 2021

Research Focus: Low-power mixed-signal circuit design for biomedical applications
Mengze’s research focuses on designing a low-power, mixed-signal, integrated biosensor interface for point-of-care applications. He is currently working on a VCO-based ADC for a magnetometry biosensing system.

Yansong Liang

BE, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China 2022

Research Focus: Biochemical and biomedical sensor circuit design
Yansong’s research focuses on designing low-power and compact circuits for biochemical and biomedical sensors. He is working on a column-level ADC that can be used in large arrays and monitors on-chip biochemical processes.

Weisong Liang

BE, Beijing University of Technology, China 2022

Research Focus: Low-power circuit design for lab-on-chip applications
Weisong’s research focuses on the design of a biomedical system with electrowetting-on-dielectric (EWOD), dielectrophoresis (DEP), and electrophoresis (EP).

Renhe Chen

MS, ShanghaiTech University, China 2024

Research Focus: Low-power mixed-signal circuitry for biomedical applications.
Renhe’s research focuses on designing energy-efficient analog front-ends and data converters for biosensors.

Kris Ngo

BS, UC San Diego (Electrical Engineering, 2024)

Research Focus: Low-power circuit design for biomedical applications
Kris’s research focuses on designing low-power circuits for novel therapeutic technologies such as neural stimulation. He is testing a high-channel-count ADC array for closed-loop stimulation systems.

Vishnu Narayanan

B.E, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani (Electrical Engineering 2021)

Research Focus: Low-power mixed-signal circuit design.
Vishnu is deeply interested in RF and mixed-signal circuit design and is currently focusing on oscillator design.

Nick Yan

B.S., National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan, 2021
M.S., National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan, 2024  

Research Focus: Biochemical Sensors.
Nick’s research focuses on designing analog front-ends for biosensors.

Masters Students

Kangxin Li

BS, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China 2025

Research Focus: Mixed-signal circuit design for biomedical applications
Kangxin’s research focuses on designing low-power and low-jitter oscillators for analog front-end applications.

Undergraduate Students

Hou Dren Yuen

Research Focus: Point-of-care devices for blood clotting analysis.
Hou Dren’s research focuses on end-to-end device design, spanning PCB layout, embedded firmware, and BLE integration with mobile devices.

Alumni

Tyler Hack (PhD, 2026) –
Josh Rosenberg (PhD, 2026) –
Asish Koruprolu (PhD, 2026) – Now at Coherence Neuro
Aneesh Sreekanth (MS, 2026) – Now at Solidgm
David Sung (MS, 2026) – Now at NVIDIA
Tao Tzu Wu (MS, 2026) –
Arnav Saxena (BS, 2026) – Now at Analog Devices
Risab Sankar MS, 2026) –
Josh Green (MS, 2025) – Now at Dexcom
Jiawen Yu (MS, 2025) – Now at Analog Devices
Riam Badr (MS, 2025) – Now at ClearPoint Neuro
Viha Ukani (MS, 2025) – Now at Evolve MedTech
Zack Anderson (BS, 2025) – Now at UCSD for a Master’s in Bioengineering
Kai Shi (MS, 2024) –
Aditi Jain (PhD, 2024) – Now at Marvell Technology
Riya Varma (BS, 2024) – Now at Stanford University for a Master’s in Electrical Engineering
Lidia Vazquez (BS, 2024) – Now at UCSD for a PhD in Materials Science
Suhas Chethan (MS, 2024) – Now at Analog Devices
Bharath Kumar (MS, 2024) – Now at Apple
Chengxiang Xue (UG, 2023) – Now at Qualcomm
Likhit Valavala (MS, 2023) – Now at Nvidia
Omid Ghadami (PhD, 2023) – Now at Avery Digital
Michael Sveiven (PhD, 2023) – Now at US Patent Office
Saeromi Chung (Postdoc, 2019-2023) – Now at Persperion Diagnostics
Zhaoyi (Louis) Liu (MS, 2023) – Now at UCSD PhD
Joel Bisarra (MS, 2023) – Now at Apple
Luke Lindenmuth (MS, 2023) – Now at Broadcom
Corentin Pochet (PhD, 2022) – Now at Apple
Abhishek Agarwal (MS, 2022) – Now at CirrusLogic
Charlie Anderson (BS, 2025) –
Naveen Singh (Post-Doc, 2020-2022) – Now faculty at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Da Ying (PhD, 2021) – Now at Apple
Mila Tan (MS, 2020) – Now at MaxLinear
Xiahan Zhou (PhD, 2020) – Now at University of South Florida
Matthew Chan (UG, 2020) – Now at Apple
Weifan Zhang (UG, Summer Research Internship Program, 2019-2020) – Now at Intel
Tony Wu (MS, Summer Research Internship Program, 2019-2020)
Gabrielle Kang (HS student, Sum 2018-Fall 2019)
Somok Mondal (PhD, 2020) – Now at Apple
Iric (Chih-Cheng) Huang (PhD, 2020) – Now a professor at National Tsing Hua University (NTHU)
Enhan Mai (MS, 2020) – Now at Samsung
Haowei Jiang (UG Exchange Student, Fall 13, PhD, 2019) – Now at Apple
Hsu (Bill) Yan-Cheng (International Summer Research Program, 19) – National Central University
Tai-Hsing Lee (Visiting Scholar) – Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)
Rajesh Seenivasan (Post-Doc 16-18) – Now at CARI Therapeutics
Alex Sun (PhD, 2018) – Now at iRhythym
Sandeep Adem (MS, 2018) – Now at Clover Therapeutics
Edwin (Chung Lun) Hsu (PhD, 2018) – Now at Apple
Sonal Jain (MS BioEngineering, 2017) – Now at Mammoth Biosciences, Inc.
Arsh Buch (UG) – Now at FalconX
Tom Phelps (UG) – Now at UCSD for a PhD
Michael Unanian (UG) – Now at Apple
Venkatesh Alagarswamy Govindaraj (PostDoc 14-16) – Now at Revvity
Saurabh Kulkarni (MS) – Now at Maxim
Kaushik Sridhar (MS) – Now at Stanford
Chengyang (Bryce) Yao (UG, Spr 14 – Spr 15) – Now at Magic LifeSciences
Travis Wambach (UG) – Now at MaXentric Technologies
Sammie Wang (UG) – Now at Northrop Grumman Corporation
Mengdi He (UG, Win-Spr 15) – Now at Synopsys
Jessica (Jingxue) Zhou (UG, Win-Spr 15) – Now at Bio-Rad
Youngdal Jeong (UG Exchange Student, Sum 14)
Julie Vaughn (HS Student, Sum 14) – Now at Geneial
Osvaldo Alcazar Pulido (HS Student, Sum 14) – Now at Optum
Wahab Alasfour (UG, Fall 13)
Adam Orendain (UG, Sum 13) – Now at Biosense Webster
Kevin (Chunghoon) Woo (UG, Spr 13 – Sum 13) – Now at Nvidia

Prospective Students

I actively seek highly motivated undergraduate and graduate students and post-docs for my group. If you are interested in any projects or have other related interests, please contact me to apply. Please be very specific in your email and do not include attachments that are not in PDF form.

Like many colleagues, I receive several inquiries from prospective students, postdocs, and visitors who wish to join my research group. Because of their sheer volume, I cannot respond to all of these requests. If you try to contact me in this regard, please do not be offended if I do not reply. The department handles the graduate students’ admission process, not individual faculty.