Lab Alumni

Staff

 

 A woman with brown hair and a white jacket is smiling outdoors in front of foliage Supraja Anand (Postdoctoral Fellow, 2014) is now an Assistant Professor at the University of South Florida.
Sarah Baker (Research Assistant, 2021)
A man with black hair, glasses, and a black coat is smiling in front of a snowy mountain Justin Tyler Baxter (Recruitment Specialist, 2015-2017) attends graduate school at the University of New Hampshire in the Clinical Nurse Leader program.
A woman with brown hair, a black dress, and sunglasses is smiling on the beach Emma Billard (Lab Manager, 2012-2013) is currently working at Albany Medical Center.
Katherine Brown (Lab Manager, 2017-2020) is currently working at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.
Dante Cilento (Research Fellow, 2019-2020)
Anton Dolling (Research Coordinator, 2020-2022)
A woman with blond hair, sunglasses, a red vest, and a white jacket is looking to her left outdoors Laura Enflo (Postdoctoral Fellow, 2014-2015) is a Patent Engineer at Metrology Swedish Patent and Registration Office.
A man with brown hair, a beard, and a black shirt is looking into the camera Sylvain Favrot (Research Engineer, 2012-2013) is an engineer at Dekimo Experts Gent and at Cochlear.
Surbhi Hablani (Research Fellow, 2018-2019) is pursing a career in biomedical signal processing.
A woman with brown hair and a black sweater smiles in front of a blue background Rosemary Lester-Smith (Postdoctoral Fellow, 2015-2016) is an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Austin.
A man with black hair, a beard, sunglasses, and a green button up shirt smiles in front of an outdoor swimming pool Andrés F. Llico (Research Engineer, 2015-2016) is pursuing his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University.
A woman with brown hair, glasses, and a silver necklace is smiling in front of a white background Ashling Lupiani (Research Fellow, 2017-2018, Research Assistant, B.A. Neuroscience, Engineering Science Minor, 2017) is a doctoral student in the UNC Chapel Hill & NC State Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering program.
A woman with red hair and a gray sweater smiles in front of a window Jessica Malloy (Lab Manager, 2013-2014) is a Software Development Engineer at OpenMarket in Seattle.
A woman with brown hair and a black shirt smiles in front of a tan wall Talia Mittelman (M.Eng Biomedical Engineering, 2018) is an engineer on the healthcare facilities design and planning team at HDR.
Monique Tardif (Research Fellow, 2018-2020) is pursuing her Ph.D. in Communication Sciences and Disorders with Dr. Bohland at the University of Pittsburgh.
 A man with dark blond hair and a blue shirt smiles in front of a black and white background Evan Usler (Postdoctoral Fellow, 2017-2019) is an Assistant Professor at the University of Delaware.
A man with black hair, facial hair, and a blue striped shirt smiles in front of a tan wall Lenny Varghese (Postdoctoral Fellow, 2013-2015) is a Post-Doctoral Associate at the Center for Computational Neuroscience and Neural Technology at Boston University.

Doctoral Research Assistants

 

Defne Abur (Ph.D. Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, 2022) is an assistant professor at the University of Groningen.
Gabriel Cler (Ph.D. Computational Neuroscience, 2018) is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Speech & Brain Research Group and Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging at the University of Oxford and will join the Department of Speech and Hearing of the University of Washington as an assistant professor in Fall 2021.
Matti Groll(Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, 2021) works as an engineer for MathWorks.
A woman with long brown hair and a gray blazer is smiling in front of the camera Elizabeth Heller Murray (Ph.D. Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, 2019) is an assistant professor at Temple University.
 a woman with black hair, sunglasses, and a yellow shirt smiles outdoors Stephanie Lien (Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, 2015) is currently a Software Engineer at Nest in Palo Alto, CA.
Tory Victoria McKenna, (Ph.D. Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, 2018) is an assistant professor at the University of Cincinnati.
Yeonggwang Park (Ph.D. Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, 2020) is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of South Florida, working with David Eddins.
A man with brown hair and a green shirt is smiling in front of a gray background Dante Smith (Ph.D. Computational Neuroscience, 2019) worked collaboratively with BU’s Guenther Lab (primary) and the Stepp Lab. He is currently a Data Consultant at Linus Health.
Jenny Vojtech (Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, 2020) is a Research Scientist at Delsys Inc. and Altec Inc. See Jenny’s LinkedIn and ResearchGate profiles.

M.S. Research Assistants

A woman with brown hair and a blue shirt smiles outdoors in front of a garden Carolyn Calabrese (M.S. Speech-Language Pathology, 2015) is completing her Clinical Fellowship at a private practice in Raleigh, North Carolina, working with adults and children who have a variety of speech, language, and feeding disorders.

 

A woman with brown hair and a dark blue shirt smiles in front of a blue background Margaux Canevari (M.S. Applied Anatomy and Physiology, 2012) received her D.O. from the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine while on the Army’s Health Professional Scholarship. She is currently a Staff Pathologist at the Fort Carson Community Hospital (Colorado Springs, CO) and is a Captain in the US Army Medical Corps.
A woman with brown hair and a black shirt smiles in front of a white wall Kerri (Downing) Byron (M.S. Speech-Language Pathology, 2015) is a speech-language pathologist at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center.
Felicia Francois (M.S. Speech-Language Pathology, 2021) is entering the Adult Voice Fellowship at the University of Wisconsin Madison Hospital.
A woman with blond hair, glasses, a plaid shirt, and a silver pearl necklace smiles outdoors under a tree Caitlin Gattuccio (M.S. Speech-Language Pathology, 2013) is currently working as a speech-language pathologist at the Redondo Beach Unified School District in California.
Kristen Ho (M.S. Speech-Language Pathology, 2022)
A woman with brown hair, a brown shirt, and a pearl necklace smiles in front of a gray background Jennifer Hylkema (M.S. Speech-Language Pathology, 2018) received her M.S. in speech-language pathology from Boston University.
Denise London (M.S. Speech-Language Pathology, 2021)
A woman with blond hair and a purple shirt is smiling in front of a brick wall Lauren MacLellan (M.S. Speech-Language Pathology, 2018) is currently a speech-language pathologist at Rhode Island Hospital.
 A woman with brown hair and a blue shirt smiles outdoors in front of a tree Alexandra Martinson (M.S. Speech-Language Pathology, 2015) is working as a speech-language pathologist at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC in Pittsburgh, PA.
Roxanne Segina (M.S. Speech-Language Pathology, 2021) is completing her SLP clinical fellowship at the VA Medical Center in Seattle, WA.

Undergraduate Research Assistants

A woman with brown hair smiles outdoors in front of houses and a set of train tracks Emily Bonazelli (B.S. Biomedical Engineering, 2013) received her M.S. in biomedical engineering from the University of Connecticut in 2015 and is currently working at the Baystate Medical Center.
Katie Carone (B.S. Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, 2020)
Allie Casey (B.S. Biomedical Engineering, 2020)
A woman with black hair and a black and white striped shirt smiles in front of a black background Nisha Dhawlikar (B.A. Biology, 2013) graduated with her MD/MPH from the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in 2018. She is currently a medical resident in Ophthalmology at Tufts Medical Center.
Lidiya Dubrova (B.S. Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, 2020)
Halle Duggan (B.S. Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, and Linguistics, 2020)
 A woman with brown hair and a black top smiles in front of a tan background Nicole Enos (B.S. Biomedical Engineering and Computer Engineering, 2019) is a software developer at Epic Systems Corporation in Madison, Wisconsin.

 

A woman with brown hair, a white shirt, and a black sweater smiles indoors in a restaurant Kate Girouard (B.S. Biomedical Engineering, 2017) is working in Inpatient Technical Services at Epic Systems Corporation in Wisconsin.

 

A woman with brown hair, a black and white print shirt, and a green sweater smiles in front of a white wall Gabby Hands (B.S. Neuroscience, 2014) is pursuing an MPH in Health Policy and Management & working as a Graduate Student Intern at the Institute for Human Caring at Providence St. Joseph Health in Gardena, CA.

 

 A man with brown hair, a white shirt, and a green sweater smiles in front of a white wall Jake Herrmann (B.S. Biomedical Engineering, 2012) earned his M.S. in biomedical engineering in 2015 and is now a PhD. student in biomedical engineering at the University of Iowa.
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Kat Kolin  (B.S. Neuroscience and Computer Science, 2018) is working in Boston with a startup company.
 A man with short black hair in a paisley shirt looks at the camera Pandu Laksono (B.S. Biomedical Engineering, 2019).
A woman with brown hair and a black shirt smiles in front of a patterned tapestry Sophie Letcher is a Research Technician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

 

Austin Luong (he/him) is a first year medical student at Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California.
A man with black hair and a blue shirt smiles in a café Joseph Mendoza (B.S. Biomedical Engineering, 2015) is a Technology Consultant at Accenture in Boston.

 

A woman with brown hair and a plaid shirt smiles outdoors Lynne Messina (B.S. Biomedical Engineering, 2013) is a senior systems engineer at Raytheon. She is also working on her Master’s degree in Engineering Management at Tufts University.

 

A woman with brown hair and a gray and blue striped scarf smiles indoors Carolyn Michener (B.S. Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, 2016) is a speech-language pathologist at Plainfield Public Schools.

 

A man with brown hair, facial hair, glasses, and a black shirt smiles in front of a tan wall Zach Morgan  (B.S. Biomedical Engineering, 2018) received his masters of engineering in Biomedical Engineering at BU in 2019.

 

A man with brown hair and a gray shirt smiles in front of a tan wall Jake Noordzij (B.S. Biomedical Engineering, 2018) is an Electrophysiologist Technologist at Boston Medical Center in Boston.
A woman with brown hair and a white shirt smiles in a restaurant Felicia Patel (B.S. Biomedical Engineering, 2014) is currently pursuing her DPT at Boston University.
Abigail Payne (B.S. Biomedical Engineering, 2020)
Tamara Polyakova (B.S. Biomedical Engineering, 2020)
Samantha Shank (B.S. Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, 2020)
A woman with blond hair wearing a yellow shirt smiles indoors, holding a butterfly Christina Stevens (B.S. Biomedical Engineering, 2014) is working as a medical assistant for Dermatology Associates of Concord and is pursuing a career in nursing.
Austeja Subaciute (B.S.Biomedical Engineering, 2020)
A man with brown hair and a blue button up shirt smiles in front of a white wall Howard Terry (B.A. Biology, 2012) is a patient care technician for the cardiac telemetry unit of St. Peter’s Hospital. He is pursuing a career as a physician assistant.

 

A man with a baseball hat and a red shirt smiles outdoors Elias Thorp (B.S. Biomedical Engineering, 2012) is a consultant at Bain & Company in Chicago, Illinois.

 

A woman with brown hair, a striped shirt, and a blazer smiles outdoors Juliana Valentin (B.S. Biomedical Engineering, 2014) is working as a systems integration and technology analyst for Accenture in Boston, MA.

 

 A man with brown hair and a gray shirt smiles in front of a yellow wall Boris Virnik (B.S. Biomedical Engineering, 2012) is a product manager at Virtual Health in New York, NY.
Tiffany Voon (B.S. Biology, 2021) attends Downstate College of Medicine in New York City, NY.
Feng Wang (B.S. Biomedical Engineering, 2020)

Clinical Recruitment Assistants

A woman with brown hair in a white and black shirt smiles in front of a tree Molly Balseiro (B.S. Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, 2017) is a Master’s candidate in the Communication Sciences and Disorders Department at Syracuse University. She is expected to graduate with her M.S. in Speech and Language Pathology in May 2019. 
Michelle Bernard (2021-2022)
A woman with brown hair smiles outdoors Isabella Bierezowiec (B.S. Speech, Language, and Hearing Science, 2018) is currently at San Jose State University in the Communicative Disorders and Sciences Master’s Program.
A woman with brown hair, a green shirt, and a black coat smiles outdoors Julia Donovan (B.S. Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences; Minor in Linguistics,  2017) is working as a Graduate Clinician at the George Washington University Speech and Hearing Clinic.

Gracelyn (Hannabach) Oesterle (she/her) is currently at Physician Assistant Student at Northeastern University.

Madihah Haque (B.S. Biomedical Engineering, 2020)
A woman with black hair and glasses smiles standing in front of a blue sky Anarghya Murthy is an undergraduate student at Boston University studying biomedical engineering on the pre-med track.
A woman with brown hair smiles outdoors Vaishalie Ramsumair (B.S. Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, 2017) is second year graduate student at St. John’s University. She is pursuing a masters degree in Communicative Sciences and Disorders. 
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India Wilkerson is currently at Boston University studying Dietetics in the Sargent College Master’s program. 

High School Research Assistants

A man with brown hair and a gray and black printed shirt smiles in front of a black background Will Cunningham graduated from the Boston University Academy in 2015.

 

A man with brown hair and a blue polo shirt smiles outdoors Max Hardcastle graduated from the Boston University Academy in 2016.