OUR TEAM

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Ruiguo Yang, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Institute for Quantitative Health Sciences and Engineering
Michigan State University

​Postdoctoral Fellow, 2014-2016
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Northwestern University
PhD in Electrical Engineering, 2014
Michigan State University

CURRENT MEMBERS

Graduate Student

Sawyer Lorenzen

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, 2019
Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering,
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Graduate Student

Timothy Goldsmith

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, 2024
Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering,
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Graduate Student

Zachary Kezhaya

B.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
Minor: Pharmacology and Toxicology 2026,
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Michigan State University
Graduate Student

Brandyn Zahs

B.S. in Chemical Engineering
Concentration in Biomedical Engineering, 2026
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Michigan State University
Graduate Student

Ishika Doshi

B. Tech Mechanical Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Manipal Institute of Technology
Research Technician

Matt Barr

B.S. Biochemistry and Biotechnology
Department of Biochemistry,
Michigan State University
B.S. Genomics and Molecular Biology
Department of Microbiology,
Michigan State University

Alumni

Haiwei Zhai, PhD degree, 2025, Currently Westlake University

Bahareh Tajvidi Safa, PhD degree, 2024, Currently Bruker

Grayson Minnick, PhD degree, 2024,

Amir Ostadi Moghaddam, Postdoc fellow, 2024, Currently Creare

Jordan Rosenbohm, PhD degree, 2024, Currently University of Nebraska-Omaha

Justin Brooks, PhD degree, 2023, Currently Lam Research

Xiaowei Jin, PhD degree, 2023, Currently NeoGenomics Laboratories

Tyler Heiman, MS degree, 2023, Currently Honeybee Robotics

Arian Jaberi, MS degree, 2021, Currently Penn State University

Amir Monemian Esfahani, PhD degree, 2021, Currently Cellens

Karla Perez-Toralla, Postdoc fellow, 2021, Currently Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission