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

Justin Garlepp

Major: Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

BS UC Berkeley, Bioengineering

Arvind Swamynathan

Major: Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

BS UC Berkeley, Bioengineering

Benjamin Cary

Co-advised in Prof. Grigory Tikhomirov’s Lab

Major: Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

MEng MIT, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
BS MIT, Electrical Science and Engineering

Post-Doctoral Fellows and Research Staff

Ruhani Sagar, PhD

Joint appointment with Prof. Phillip Messersmith’s Lab

PhD University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Chemistry

Yifeng Shi, PhD

Joint appointment with Prof. Grigory Tikhomirov’s Lab

PhD Georgia Institute of Technology, Chemical Engineering

Undergraduate Students

  • Divya Krishnaswamy
  • Olivia Guo
  • Sharini Rao
  • Cynthia Chio
  • Roy Yao

Alumni of BISL

Chinmoy Saayujya, PhD

PhD, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (’25)

Now at Apple Inc.

Ben Fellows, PhD

Postdoctoral Scholar

Now at Until

Quincy L. Huynh, PhD

PhD, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (’23)

Now at Empo Health

Prashant Chandrasekharan, PhD

Postdoctoral Scholar

PhD National University of Singapore

Caylin Colson, PhD

PhD, Bioengineering (’22)

Now at Genedata

K. L. Barry Fung, PhD

PhD, Bioengineering (’22)

Now at iota Biosciences

Irati Rodrigo-Arrizabalaga, PhD

Postdoctoral Scholar

Now at
La Universidad del Pasís Vasco (EHU)

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

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, PhD

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

Patrick Goodwill, PhD

PhD, Bioengineering (’10)

Pioneered MPI at BISL
Co-Founder, Magnetic Insight

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