
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)

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

Yueting Shi, PhD
Visiting PhD (’17), Beijing Institute of Technology
Now at Beijing Institute of Technology

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
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











