Steven Conolly
Montford G. Cook Endowed Chair
Professor, Department of Bioengineering, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, UC Berkeley
Research: Medical imaging with an emphasis on magnetics, including Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), and magnetic susceptibility matching for improved MRI.
PhD Stanford University, Electrical Engineering, with Professor Albert Macovski
MS Stanford University, Electrical Engineering
BS Boston University, Electrical Engineering
Current Graduate Students and Visiting Scholars
K. L. Barry Fung
BASc University of Toronto, Engineering Science (Physics)
Caylin Colson
BS Louisiana Tech University, Electrical Engineering
BS Louisiana Tech University, Physics
Quincy L. Huynh
MS UC Berkeley, Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences
BS UC Berkeley, Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences
Chinmoy Saayujya
BS UC Berkeley, Bioengineering
Post-Doctoral Fellows and Research Staff
Prashant Chandrasekharan, PhD
PhD National University of Singapore
Postdoctoral Researcher, SBIC, A*STAR
Ben Fellows, PhD
PhD Clemson University, Materials Sciences
Irati Rodrigo-Arrizabalaga, PhD
PhD Universidad del Pais Vasco Euskal Herrikio Unibertsitatea, Electricity & Electronics
Undergraduate Students
- Jacob Bryan
- Renesmee Kuo
- Emma Wawryznek
Alumni of BISL
Patrick Goodwill, PhD
PhD, Bioengineering (’10)
Pioneered MPI at BISL
Co-Founder, Magnetic Insight
Bo Zheng, PhD
PhD, Bioengineering (’15)
Lead Hardware Researcher at BISL
Now at Philips Healthcare
Yao Lu, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar (’20)
Now Postdoc at UCSF Ophthalmology
Xinyi Y. Zhou
PhD, Bioengineering (’19)
Now at Triple Ring Technologies
Unai Ayucar Carbajo
Visiting Scholar (’19)
Now at Tecnun Universidad de Navarra, Spain
Zhi Wei Tay, PhD
PhD, BioEngineering (’18)
Now at SBIC A*STAR,Singapore
Elaine Yu, PhD
PhD, BioEngineering (’17)
Now at iRhythm Technologies
Daniel Hensley, PhD
PhD, BioEngineering (’17)
Now at Edge Analytics
Ryan Orendorff, PhD
PhD, BioEngineering (’17)
Now at Facebook
Yueting Shi
Visiting PhD (’17), Beijing Institute of Technology
Now at Beijing Institute of Technology
Paul Keselman, PhD
PhD, Bioengineering (’16)
Now at University of Kansas Medical Center
Kuan Lu, PhD
PhD, BioEngineering (’15)
Now at Novo Nordisk
Nicole Hinterburger
Masters of Engineering (’15), Technical University of Munich
Friso Heslinga
Masters of Engineering (’15), University of Twente
Now PhD Candidate at Eindhoven University of Technology
Justin Konkle, PhD
PhD, BioEngineering (’14)
Now at Magnetic Insight
Emine Saritas, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Now at Assistant Professor at Bilken University
Laura Rose Croft, PhD
PhD, Bioengineering (’13)
Now at Booz Allen Hamilton
Gary Lee, PhD
PhD, Bioengineering (’12)
Now at Carl Zeiss Meditec
Weiwen Cui – Undergraduate (’21), now at Johns Hopkins
Leyla Kabuli – Undergraduate (’21), now at UC Berkeley EECS
David Mai – Undergraduate (’19), now at UPenn
Dilveen Goraya – Undergraduate (’18), now at iRhythm
Kenneth Jeffris – Undergraduate (’18), now at ProteinSimple
Andrew Hild – Undergraduate (’17), now at Illumina
Aiswarya Akumalla – Undergraduate (’17), now at UCSD EE
Jason Luke – Undergraduate (’17), now at UCB MechE
Laura Taylor – Undergraduate (’17), now at HJ Science & Technology, inc.
Beliz Gunel – Undergraduate (’17), now at Stanford EE
Mindy Bishop – Undergraduate (’16), now at Harvard-MIT HST
Nitish Padmanaban – Undergraduate (’15), now at Stanford EE
Patricia Yen – Undergraduate (’14), now at MIT Material Science
Neerav Dixit – Undergraduate (’14), now at Stanford EE
Di Xiao – Undergraduate (’14), MS UMTC EE, now at Intel
Ada Li – Undergraduate (’14), now at MIT Sloan School of Management
Arkosnato Neogy – M.S. Electrical Engineering (’13), now at Booking.com
Daniel Price – Undergraduate (’13), MS BME/MBA Oxford, now CEO of Breadware
Wisely Yang – Undergraduate (’13), MS EE UCLA, now at Apple
Jeff McCormick – Undergraduate (’12), now at UCLA Biochemistry
Pamela Tiet, PhD – Undergraduate (’12), PhD City of Hope, now at UNC Pharmacy
George Zhang – Undergraduate (’12)
Kevin Phuong – Undergraduate (’11), MS EE Stanford, now at Google
Rohit Pidaparthi – Undergraduate (’10), MS EE Stanford, now at Google
Carlos Ruiz – Undergraduate (’10), MS BME UC Irvine, now at Intel
Ethan Johnson, PhD – Undergraduate (’09), PhD EE Stanford, now at Northwestern
Chen Lu, PhD – Undergraduate (’09), PhD EECS MIT, now at Waymo
Arbi Tamrazian – Undergraduate (’09), MS EE Stanford, now at DexYP