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Available Positions

We are always looking for motivated individuals. Please send email to James Tunnell if interested (jtunnell@mail.utexas.edu).

Principal Investigator

James W. Tunnell, PhD
Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Office: BME 5.202B
512.232.2110
[Email]

Lab Members

Mengkun Chen

PhD Candidate, Biomedical Engineering (2020-Present)

Office: BME 1.314

Email: mengkun.chen@utexas.edu

Logan Parker

PhD Candidate, Biomedical Engineering (2021-Present)

(co-advised w/Dr. Andrew Dunn)

Office: BME 1.310

Email: logan.parker@utexas.edu

Sanidhya Tripathi

PhD Candidate, Biomedical Engineering (2022-Present)

Office: BME 1.314

Email: sani@utexas.edu

Fadeel Khan

PhD Candidate, Biomedical Engineering (2023-Present)

(co-advised w/Dr. Mia Markey)

Office: BME 5.216

Email: fadeelkhan@utexas.edu 

Brian K. Lee

PhD Candidate, Biomedical Engineering (2023-Present)

Office: BME 1.314

Email: brian.lee@utexas.edu

Andrew Ferrer

PhD Student, Biomedical Engineering (2023-Present)

Office: BME 1.314

Email: af37893@my.utexas.edu

Alexander Whitman

Research Engineer

Office: BME 1.314

Email: alexander.whitman@utexas.edu

Alumni

Susana (Susy) Torres-Hurtado, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Associate

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Jason King, PhD

PhD Student, Biomedical Engineering

Current Position: Postdoc, Thomas Milner lab, UC Irvine

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Hieu Nguyen, PhD
PhD Student, Biomedical Engineering
BEng, Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
[Email]

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Andrew Stier, PhD

PhD Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Current Position: Data Scientist, Microsoft

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Yao Zhang, PhD
PhD Student, Biomedical Engineering
(co-advised w/Dr. Mia Markey)
BS, Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Current Position: Applied Scientist, Amazon

[Email]

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Austin Moy, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2014-2017)
PhD, Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine
MS, Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine
MEng, Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University
BS, Engineering Physics, Cornell University

ManuManu Sharma, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2011-2013)
PhD, Aerospace Engineering, University of Illinois
MS, Aerospace Engineering, University of Illinois
BS, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Sydney
Current Position: Research Scientist, AB Sciex, CA

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Xu Feng, PhD
PhD, Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 2019
MS, Optical Engineering, Tsinghua University
BS, Optical Information Science & Technology, Wuhan University
Current Position: Postdoc, Andy Yun Lab, Harvard

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Will Goth, PhD
PhD, Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 2018
NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Fellow
(co-advised w/ Dr. Michael Sacks)
BS, Mechanical Engineering, Northeastern University
Current Position: NinePoint Medical

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BinBin Yang, PhD
PhD, Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 2015
MS, Optics, University of Rochester
BS, Photonics, Jiangsu University
BS, Optics Wilfrid Laurier University
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Dequesne University

RickyRichard “Ricky” Hennessy, PhD
PhD, Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 2015
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Fellow (co-advised w/ Dr. Mia Markey)
MS, Biomedical Engineering, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
BS, Biomedical Engineering, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Current Position: Senior Data Scientist, frog, Austin, TX

VarunVarun Pattani, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2014)
PhD, Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 2014
MS, Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
BS, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University

Current Position: Biomedical Engineer, US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD

Sam

Sam Lim, PhD
PhD, Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 2014
BS, Electrical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
Current position: Fluidigm, Toronto, Canada

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Sheldon

Sheldon Bish, PhD
PhD, Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 2013
BS, Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut
Current position: Research Scientist, L’Oreal, NJ

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Priyaveena Puvanakrishnan, PhD
PhD, Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 2011Current Position: Instructor, Biomedical Engineering, University of Arkansas

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Jaesook Park, PhD
PhD, Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 2010

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Narasimhan Rajaram, PhD
PhD, Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 2010
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, University of Arkansas
http://comp.uark.edu/~nrajaram/

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Tim Erickson, MS BME ’10
Raiyan Zaman, MS, ECE ’06

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Contact

James Tunnell, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Dept of Biomedical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
512.232.2110
jtunnell[at]mail.utexas.edu

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