We translate the next generation neuromodulation therapies to hijack the nervous system to treat circuit dysfunction and deliver biomolecules to target areas with unprecedented precision.
What We're Up To
- Acute and longitudinal benchtop characterization of new minimally invasive neural interfaces based on proven experience supporting FDA regulatory submissions
- The application of cutting-edge optical tools in rodents to better understand and design clinical neuromodulation interfaces
- Comprehensively instrumented swine model to refine new neuromodulation strategies at human anatomical scale in order to assess effects and side effects
- Detailed functional and post-mortem anatomical evaluation across animal and human experimental models to reduce the time to translation of new concepts
Members
Rex Chin-Hao Chen
Position title: PhD Student
Email:
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Phone: (414)949-7390
Rex is currently focusing on using photoacoustic imaging to visualize the peripheral nerve cross-section. His drive to solve any puzzle set before him has led him to look for all possible ways that we can…
Kevin Cheng
Position title: Scientist
Email:
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Phone: (608)262-9411
Kevin completed his undergraduate degree at Purdue University and his MS and PhD in Biomedical Engineering at UW Madison. Kevin designs, implements and runs experiments and new methods across the lab. Kevin looks forward to…
Brandon Coventry
Credentials: PhD
Position title: Post Doctoral Fellow
Email:
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Brandon received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Saint Louis University and a M.S.E.C.E and PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Purdue University. He is interested in using optical tools and artificial intelligence in thalamocortical circuits…
Ashlesha Deshmukh
Position title: PhD Student
Email:
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Phone: (469) 343-9882
Ashlesha is interested in studying neural communication in regards to other bodily systems like immune response and digestion. She hopes to work on innovations which can be translated into the clinic with industrial partnerships. She…
Aaron Gholston
Position title: PhD Candidate
Email:
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Aaron received his BS in Biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2020. He is currently acting as WITNe’s Chemical Safety Officer and as an electrochemist; however, he is interested in all things neuroengineering. He…
Bruce Knudsen
Position title: Researcher
Email:
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Bruce began his research career as a Veterinary Technologist at the University of Utah. Then he moved to Rochester, MN where he spent over 20 years as a Sr. Research Technologist at the Mayo Clinic…
Maria LaLuzerne
Position title: Research Specialist
Email:
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Phone: (608)890-1918
Maria has been with the lab since 2018. She is a townie, born and raised about 5 miles away from the UW campus. She completed her B.S. at the UW and previously worked for the…
Ricardo Sanchez
Credentials: PhD
Position title: Advanced Opportunity Fellow Research Assistant
Email:
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Ricardo studied Mechanical Engineering in the University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez. His research interests are improving benchtop tests on electrodes to better model their in vivo behaviors and using photoacoustic imaging to create a minimally…
Megan Settell
Credentials: PhD
Position title: Research Associate
Email:
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Megan received her B.S. in Cellular and Molecular Biology and completed her Ph.D. in Clinical and Translational Science. She is interested in understanding the relationship between vagus nerve fascicular organization and off-target effects via functional…
James Trevathan
Credentials: PhD
Position title: Scientist
Email:
jtrevathan
James’ favorite things in the lab are using flurorescent microscopy, electrophysiology, and electrochemistry techniques to understand how novel neuromodulations strategies and electrode designs interact with the biointerface to effect downstream neural activity and burrito Mondays.
Hollie Wierschke
Position title: Undergraduate Researcher
Email:
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Phone: (920) 819-7564
Hollie is an undergraduate student pursuing a degree in Neurobiology with a certificate in Data Science. She joined the lab in January 2023 and is involved in work on the anti-inflammatory pathway. Outside of the…
Richard Yang
Position title: Undergraduate Researcher
Email:
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Richard is an undergraduate student pursuing Biomedical Engineering and Computer Science. He joined the lab in early 2022, he is excited to participate in all aspects of research. In his free time, you can find…