Lab Alumni

Staff

A woman with brown hair and a white jacket is smiling outdoors in front of foliageSupraja Anand (She/Her) (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 mountainJustin 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 beachEmma Billard (Lab Manager, 2012-2013) is currently working at Baystate Medical Center – CVICU RN.

Katherine Brown (Lab Manager, 2017-2020) is currently working at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.

Dante Cilento (Research Fellow, 2019-2020)

Sarah Cocroft (Research Fellow, 2022-2023)

Megan Cushman (Research Coordinator, 2022-2023)

Anton Dolling (He/They) (Research Coordinator, 2020-2022) is working as a UX content designer at Ally Financial.

A woman with blond hair, sunglasses, a red vest, and a white jacket is looking to her left outdoorsLaura 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 cameraSylvain Favrot (Research Engineer, 2012-2013) is an engineer at Dekimo Experts Gent and at Cochlear.

Saul Frankford (Postdoctoral Fellow, 2022-2024) is an Assistant Professor in the Speech, Language, and Hearing Department at the University of Texas at Dallas.

Surbhi Hablani (Research Fellow, 2018-2019) is pursing a career in biomedical signal processing.

Nichole Houle (Postdoctoral Fellow, 2021-2024) is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Speech-Language Pathology at Binghamton University.

A woman with brown hair and a black sweater smiles in front of a blue backgroundRosemary 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 poolAndrés 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 backgroundAshling Lupiani (She/They) (Research Fellow, 2017-2018, Research Assistant, B.A. Neuroscience, Engineering Science Minor, 2017) is a Cognitive Solutions Developer at City of Hope.

A woman with red hair and a gray sweater smiles in front of a windowJessica Malloy (Lab Manager, 2013-2014) is a Software Development Engineer at OpenMarket in Seattle.

Katherine Marks (Postdoctoral Fellow, 2021-2024) is an Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology at Emory University School of Medicine.

Talia Mittelman (She/her) (M.Eng Biomedical Engineering, 2018) is a Senior Human Factors Engineer in the Medical Technology division at Cambridge Consultants.

Zoe Perkins (Research Assistant, M.S. Mechanical Engineering, 2024)

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 wallLenny 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 cameraElizabeth Heller Murray(Ph.D. Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, 2019) is an assistant professor at Temple University.

 Mara Kapsner-Smith (she/her) (Ph.D. Speech and Hearing Sciences, 2024)

a woman with black hair, sunglasses, and a yellow shirt smiles outdoorsStephanie Lien (Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, 2015) is currently a Software Engineer at Nest in Palo Alto, CA.

ToryVictoria McKenna, (Ph.D. Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, 2018) is an assistant professor at the University of Cincinnati.

Yeonggwang Park (He/Him) (Ph.D. Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, 2020) is a Research Assistant Professor at the University of South Florida.

Dante Smith (He/Him) (Ph.D. Computational Neuroscience, 2019) worked collaboratively with BU’s Guenther Lab (primary) and the Stepp Lab. He is currently a Data Scientist at NIH NCATS/NCI.

Jenny Vojtech (Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, 2020) is currently the Associate Director of the Stepp Lab. See Jenny’s LinkedIn and ResearchGate profiles.

Hasini Weerathunge (Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, 2023) is currently a postdoctoral fellow in the Speech Neurophysiology Lab at the University of Michigan.

M.S. Research Assistants

Carly Benson (she/her) is completing a master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology at Boston University.

A woman with brown hair and a blue shirt smiles outdoors in front of a gardenCarolyn Calabrese (M.S. Speech-Language Pathology, 2015) iscompleting herClinical 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 backgroundMargaux 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 aStaff Pathologist at the Fort Carson Community Hospital (Colorado Springs, CO) and is a Captain in the US Army Medical Corps.

Miracle Cariaga (she/her) (M.S. Speech-Language Pathology, 2024)

Marlene Chávez Corona (she/they) is currently completing a master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology at Boston University.

Kerri (Downing) Byron (She/Her) (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 treeCaitlin 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)

Claire Howerton (M.S. Speech-Language Pathology, 2024)

A woman with brown hair, a brown shirt, and a pearl necklace smiles in front of a gray backgroundJennifer 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)

Michael Madoule (M.S. Speech-Language Pathology, 2024)

A woman with blond hair and a purple shirt is smiling in front of a brick wallLauren 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 treeAli Mallela (She/Her) (M.S. Speech-Language Pathology, 2015) is working as a speech-language pathologist at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC in Pittsburgh, PA.

Amna Mira (M.S. Speech-Language Pathology, 2020) is a PhD student in Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Cincinnati and an affiliated faculty at King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences in Jeddah (SA).

Rachel Norotsky(she/her) (M.S. Speech-Language Pathology, 2023) is a clinical fellow at Emory Voice Center.

Roxanne Segina (She/Her) (M.S. Speech-Language Pathology, 2021) is an SLP at VA Puget Sound.

Dilys Tan (M.S. Speech-Language Pathology, 2023)

Julia Toto (M.S. Speech-Language Pathology, 2024)

Jen Weston (She/Her) (M.S. Speech-Language Pathology, 2023) is currently completing her clinical fellowship at the Boston VA Hospital.

Undergraduate Research Assistants

Emily Bonazelli (She/Her) (B.S. Biomedical Engineering, 2013) received her M.S. in biomedical engineering from the University of Connecticut in 2015 and is currently working as a Clinical Engineer at the Baystate Medical Center.

Katie Carone(B.S. Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, 2020)

Allie Casey (She/Her) (B.S. Biomedical Engineering, 2020) is currently a PhD Student at the University of Pittsburgh.

Lauren Cooper (B.S. Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, 2021) is currently a medical student at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine.

A woman with black hair and a black and white striped shirt smiles in front of a black backgroundNisha 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 backgroundNicole Enos (B.S. Biomedical Engineering and Computer Engineering, 2019) is a software developer at Epic Systems Corporation in Madison, Wisconsin.

Jayden Font (He/Him) (B.A. Neuroscience, 2022) works as a Software Engineer at Amazon as a part of the Alexa Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) Algorithms Team.

Christine George (She/Her) is currently a Speech Language Pathologist.

A woman with brown hair, a white shirt, and a black sweater smiles indoors in a restaurantKate Girouard(B.S. Biomedical Engineering, 2017)is working in Inpatient TechnicalServices 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 wallGabby 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.

Jake Herrmann (He/Him/They/Them) (B.S. Biomedical Engineering, 2012) is currently an Assistant Professor in the Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Iowa.

An individual with brown hair and a green top smiles in front of a brick wallKat 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 cameraPandu Laksono (B.S. Biomedical Engineering, 2019).

Bonnie Little is currently pursuing her undergraduate degree in Neuroscience at Boston University.

Samantha Lonergan (B.S. Health Sciences, 2024)

A woman with brown hair and a black shirt smiles in front of a patterned tapestry (She/Her) is a PhD Candidate in the Kaplan Lab at Tufts University of Biomedical Engineering researching cellular agriculture.

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 caféJoseph Mendoza (B.S. Biomedical Engineering, 2015) is a Technology Consultant at Accenture in Boston.

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

Carolyn Michener (She/Her) (B.S. Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, 2016) is a speech-language pathologist in the School District of Lancaster.

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

Amanda Mount (She/Her) (B.S. Human Physiology, 2022) is a Medical Assistant at Wellesley Dermatology Care.

 Aaron Moy (B.S. Human Physiology, 2024)

A man with brown hair and a gray shirt smiles in front of a tan wallJake Noordzij (B.S. Biomedical Engineering, 2018) is an Electrophysiologist Technologist at Boston Medical Center in Boston.

Alex Pan(they/he) is currently pursuing a master’s degree in the Speech-Language Pathology program at the MGH Institute of Health Professions.

A woman with brown hair and a white shirt smiles in a restaurantFelicia 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)

Laura Raiff (She/They) (B.S. Biomedical Engineering, 2023) is working as a R&D Engineer at Delsys, Inc.

 Namita Rajasubramanian (B.S. Neuroscience, 2024)

Giavanna Siracusano (she/her) is completing an undergraduate degree in Neuroscience at Boston University.

Smantha Shank (B.S. Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, 2020)

A woman with blond hair wearing a yellow shirt smiles indoors, holding a butterflyChristina Stevens (B.S. Biomedical Engineering, 2014)is working as a medical assistant for Dermatology Associates of Concord and ispursuingacareer in nursing.

Austeja Subaciute (She/Her) (B.S.Biomedical Engineering, 2020) is a medical student at University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine.

A man with brown hair and a blue button up shirt smiles in front of a white wallHoward Terry (B.A. Biology, 2012) is apatient 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 outdoorsElias Thorp (B.S. Biomedical Engineering, 2012) is a consultant at Bain & Company in Chicago, Illinois.

Dea Turashvili (B.S. Biomedical Engineering, 2023)

Juliana Valentin (She/Her) (B.S. Biomedical Engineering, 2014) graduated from Boston University’s DPT program and is now a physical therapist. She is specializing in neurologic PT by completing a residency program at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab in Chicago, IL.

A man with brown hair and a gray shirt smiles in front of a yellow wallBoris Virnik (B.S. Biomedical Engineering, 2012) isa product manager at Virtual Health in New York, NY.

Kalei Volk (she/her) is currently pursuing her undergraduate degree in Human Physiology with a minor in Public Health from Boston University.

Tiffany Voon (She/Her) (B.S. Biology, 2021) is a MS3 at SUNY Downstate College of Medicine.

Feng Wang (B.S. Biomedical Engineering, 2020)

Alyssa Williams (B.A. Psychology and Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, 2023) is a Master’s candidate in the Speech-Language Pathology program at New York University.

Callum Wilson(B.S. Human Physiology, 2023)

Clinical Recruitment Assistants

Victoria Amisial is currently pursuing her undergraduate degree in Human Physiology with a minor in Public Health from Boston University.

A woman with brown hair in a white and black shirt smiles in front of a treeMolly 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)

Isabella Bierezowiec (She/Her) (B.S. Speech, Language, and Hearing Science, 2018) is currently a Pediatric SLP at Greenwich Hospital- Yale New Haven Health. Services

A woman with brown hair, a green shirt, and a black coat smiles outdoorsJulia 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 brown curly hair smiles in front of a white backgroundKatherine Krowl (B.S. Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, 2023)

Ji Eun Kwak (B.S. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2023)

 Keerthi Maddukuri (MPH Epidemiology & Biostatistics, 2024)

A woman with black hair and glasses smiles standing in front of a blue skyAnarghya Murthy is an undergraduate student at Boston University studying biomedical engineering on the pre-med track.

Vaishalie Shah (She/Her) (B.S. Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, 2017) is a Pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist within District 75 of New York City’s Department of Education.

Marjories Vasquez is currently pursuing her undergraduate degree in Biology with a minor in Public Health from Boston University.

A woman with brown hair and a gray striped sweater smiles in front of a tan wallIndia Wilkerson (She/Her) (M.S. Dietetics, 2022) is a Registered Dietitian at Sargent Choice Nutrition Center at Boston University. See India’s LinkedIn.

High School Research Assistants

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

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