Our People

Jian-Ping Wang

Jian-Ping Wang, Ph.D., is a distinguished McKnight University Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and a member of the graduate faculty in Physics, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Minnesota.  Learn More

Alexander Opitz

Alexander Opitz, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Minnesota. His lab focuses on improving non-invasive brain stimulation technologies based on electromagnetic fields.  Learn More

Tay Netoff

Tay Netoff, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Minnesota. His lab focuses on developing novel approaches for optimizing electrical stimulation to maximize outcomes for each patient.  Learn More

Hubert H. Lim

Hubert H. Lim, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Minnesota Medical School. His lab focuses on is pushing the development and translation of brain-machine interfaces from scientific concept into clinical application.  Learn More

Hye Yoon Park

Hye Yoon Park, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the College of Science and Engineering at the University of Minnesota. Her research is based on a multifaceted systems approach combining genetic engineering, RNA technology, in vivo imaging, and quantitative single-molecule analysis.  Learn More

Yahya Tousi

Yahya Tousi, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the College of Science and Engineering at the University of Minnesota. His research is focused on innovative integrated systems with applications ranging from high performance wireless communication and radar to low power and low cost sensing and imaging. Learn More 

Zhi Yang

Zhi Yang, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Minnesota. His lab focuses on studying emerging brain interface technologies and implantable neuroelectronics.  Learn More

Chris Kim

Chris Kim, Ph.D., is a Louis John Schnell Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Minnesota. His research focuses on designing energy-efficient, robust, and intelligent integrated circuits and systems.  Learn More

Walter C. Low

Walter Low, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Minnesota Medical School. He also serves as the Associate Head for Research is the Director of the Research Laboratories in the Department of Neurosurgery.  Learn More

Susan A. Keirstead

Susan A. Keirstead, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology at the University of Minnesota Medical School. Her research involves the use of calcium imaging and electrophysiological techniques to examine the functional characteristics of stem cells in vitro.  Learn More

John W. Osborn

John W. Osborn, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of Minnesota Medical School. His lab's work is directed towards gaining an integrative understanding of the role of the central nervous system in the long-term regulation of arterial pressure and the pathogenesis of hypertension.  Learn More

Lucy Vulchanova

Lucy Vilchanova, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Minnesota Medical School. Her lab's research is focused on mechanisms underlying persistent pain.  Learn More

Dezhi Liao

Dezhi Liao, Ph.D., M.D. is a Professor in the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Minnesota Medical School. His lab's research is focused on the molecular and cellular mechanism underlying opioid addiction, particularly opioid-induced changes in the morphology and function of dendritic spines.  Learn More

Ulya Karpuzcu

Ulya Karpuzcu, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Minnesota. Her research group focuses on how to improve the energy-efficiency of computing and how to sustain the illusion of performance scaling in the face of process-technology induced limitations.  Learn More

Sachin Sapatnekar

Sachin Sapatnekar, Ph.D., is a Distinguished McKnight University Professor and Robert and Marjorie Henle Chair in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Minnesota. His research is primarily in the area of computer-aided design of VLSI systems.  Learn More

Chris Kim

Chris Kim, Ph.D., is a Louis John Schnell Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Minnesota. His research focuses on designing energy-efficient, robust, and intelligent integrated circuits and systems.  Learn More

Dr. Kendall H. Lee

Kendall H. Lee, M.D., Ph.D., is a neurosurgeon specializing in stereotactic and functional neurosurgery. He is also the director of Neural Engineering Laboratories at Mayo Clinic.  Learn More

Yoonbae Oh

Yoonbae Oh, Ph.D., joined Dr. Lee's Neural Engineering Laboratory as a research fellow in 2017. He is developing a voltammetric technique capable of measuring basal neurotransmitter concentrations in the brain.  Learn More

Hojin Shin

Hojin Shin, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurology and Department of Biomedical Engineering at Mayo Clinic.  Learn More

Kai Wu

Kai Wu, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at Texas Tech University. He received his PhD from the University of Minnesota in 2017 and now focuses on work related to spintronics, magnetic biosensors, magnetic imaging, magnetic nanomaterials and nanodevices, magnetic neuromodulation and recording. Learn More