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​Yama Akbari, MD, PhD
Principle Investigator
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Masih Rafi, MD

Clinical Research Manager
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Sepehr Khatami, MD
Lab Manager
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​Kantapon Suayngam, BS
In Vitro Manager

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Shirin Mansooridara, MD
Clinical Research Team
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​Pedram Bohrani, MD
In Vivo Team / Surgeon
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Sangwoo Han, PhD
MD/PhD Candidate
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In-Collaboration

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​Robert Wilson, PhD
Assistant Professor In Residence
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​Christian Crouzet, PhD
Post Doctoral Scholar, Choi Lab
​​Professor Bernard Choi, PhD - Department of Biomedical Engineering and Surgery
Professor Oswald Steward, PhD - Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology
 
Assistant Professor Beth Lopour, PhD - Department of Biomedical Engineering
Professor Kalpna Gupta, PhD - 
Department of Medicine
​Associate Professor Kim Green, PhD - Department of Neurobiology and Behavior
Professor ​Bruce Tromberg, PhD - NIBIB, National Institutes of Health
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Professor Zoran Nenadic, PhD - Department of Biomedical Engineering
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John Weiss, MD, PhD - Department of Neurology / Anatomy & Neurobiology​​Assistant Professor Andrew Browne, MD, PhD - Department of Biomedical Engineering / Ophthalmology
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Professor Andre Obenaus, PhD - Department of Pediatrics

Undergraduate s and Volunteer Research Personnel

In-Vivo Members

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Najwa Walid Ellahib
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Miranda Nicole Cepkinian
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Dylan Than Tan Ngo
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Dan Vo
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Vicki (Tori) Yeh
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Adelaide Hong
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Catherine Vu
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Anshiqbal Singh
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Elizabeth Ann Luu
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Isabelle Li
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Mariam Ariana Hagh
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Raul Tabares
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Yussef Bassiouni
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Judy S. Ghobrial
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Elijah Seong Jin Lee
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Justin Hanoul Chung
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Kevin Ma
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Nishanth Chamarthi
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Ryan Hatfield
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Katelyn Q. Mai
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Tin Duc Nguyen
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Anita Rashidi
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Abdul M. Mohtasebzada
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Ritvik Suraparaju
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Niyousha Houshyar
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In-Vitro Members

Christian Nguyen
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Brian Chung
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Felice Zheng
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Heman Wahi
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Caitlyn Uchida
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Janice Zhang
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Sam Berduo
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Gavin Nguyen
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Yasmeen El Jack
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Diane Kallah
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Antara Singh
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Vaishnavi Puppali
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Clinical   Members

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Rhaviel Rivera
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Marissa St. Marseillle
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Audrey Zhang
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Samantha Phan
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Shreen Abdel-Hadi
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Michael Robbles
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Amber Huynh
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Sophia Hason
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Jessica Le
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Yeayoung Vac
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Doyi Moon
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Henah Durrani
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Siddharth Karthikeya
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Anushka Singhal
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Sarina Rai
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Tatiana To
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Data Signal Processing Members

Renee Lotfy
DSP Supervisor
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Samuel Tincher
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Mayra Contreras
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Eli Weiss-Hung
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Songyang Wang
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Trevor Hughes
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Prathik Sasikumar (HS Student)
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Ryan Farazmand (HS Student)
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Nick Fish
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Saad Malik
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Kian Miremadi
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Alumni

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Afsheen Bazrafkan, BS
Former Lab Manager
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It is with heartfelt gratitude that we bid farewell to Afsheen Bazrafkan, who has been an invaluable part of The Akbari Lab for over a decade. Afsheen’s dedication and expertise played a crucial role in establishing and advancing our lab’s work. His enthusiasm, collaborative spirit, and deep commitment to our research have left an indelible mark on our team and on the projects we’ve undertaken together. As he moves on to pursue new opportunities, we wish him all the success he so richly deserves and thank him for his years of unwavering support and friendship.
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​Donald Lee
Alexander Liu
Tin Dinh
Danny Siu
Justin Pham
Lauren Lee
Kajal Bains
Francisco Aguirre
Diane (Zijia) Huang
Dishant Donga
Tameena Wais
Mohammed Zaher
Maryam Farahabadi
Hamid Reza Abbassi
Babak Jamasian
Jasmine Chen
​​Ashwin Nath
Juan Alcocer
​​Ieeshiah Otarola
​Maziar Moslehyazdi
​Songyang Wang
Zihan Xu
Michael Vu
Haein Yun
Kieran McCluskey
​Emily Sarceno
​Kaitlyn Castillo

Ganesh Ramachandran
​Visha Bajaria
Jennifer Nguyen
​Brian Pham
Meg Avakian
Serena Bhaskerrao
​​Hina Patel
Kara Seiki
Shinjini Das
Drew Ngo
Karen Hur
David Contreras
Jazmine Cruz
Kara Orevillo
Kayana Nikjoo​
John Jung
Samantha Jeavons
Nishtha Mistry
​Emy Armanus
​​Ava Noorzai (High School Student)
Ayushi Patel
Monica Desai
​Ramin Badiyan
​Matine Azadian
​Tiffany Nguyen
​Angeli Bernardo

​Ansley Unterberger
Brittany Shamaoun
Ayushi Patel
​Jeannine Wang

Stephanie Kim
Yinleng Vang
Patrick Donegan
Diana Fang
Medhavi Sikaria
Leanne Young
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​Anne Chioma Osuji
​Rachel Goodman
​​Ani Orujyan
Anais Panossian
Rounak Baghbaninogourani
Alyssa Avilez
​Pamela Nguyen
Setareh Zandihaghighi
​Stuti Agrawal
​Andy Lee
Mayra Contreras
​Burhaan Syed
Supriya Dadi
​Elyse Wong
​Emma Kuok
​​Paige Petersen

Farnaz Nabavi
​Swena Patel
Vidhi Amin
Sheila Abdolmanafi
Ariana Aini
​Aryan Chaychian​
Kim Pham
Polly Ha
Ruoxi Feng
​Juan Perez
​David Peivandi

​Kirtana Ummethala
​Justin Yi
​Keenan Harb
​Alexander Chopra
Cate Le (High School Student)​
​Saivishnu Tulugu
​Anokhi Patel
​JeWan Youn
​David Joseph Gobran​
Alex Rabizadeh
Joanne Yoo
​Jessica Martin
​Michele Kim
​Farnoush Nasouri
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