Ramakrishna Mukkamala
rmukkamala[at]pitt[dot]edu

Dr. Mukkamala is a Professor in the Department of Bioengineering and Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. He received graduate and post-doctoral training in Bioelectrical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has been a dedicated cardiovascular researcher throughout his career. He received an NSF CAREER Award and an AHA Scientist Development Grant for his early research on blood pressure waveform analysis and helped Retia Medical translate this research to hospital use. He received an IEEE EMBS Most Impactful Paper Award and the Michigan State University All-University Innovation of the Year Award in 2019 for his recent research on cuffless blood pressure measurement. He is also a devoted educator with two teaching awards from MSU and now teaches Biological Signals and Systems at Pitt. In addition, Dr. Mukkamala currently serves as an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering and the Chair of the IEEE EMBS Technical Committee on Cardiopulmonary Systems and Physiology-Based Engineering.

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Cederick Landry
cel104[at]pitt[dot]edu

Cederick got his Ph.D. from the University of Waterloo in Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering. His research is focused on developing physiology-based data-driven solutions to the human cardiovascular system to better monitor vital signs, to predict the need of an intervention, and for optimizing cardiovascular related devices.

Md. Abdul Momin
mdm201[at]pitt[dot]edu

Momin finished his bachelor’s in Physics at National University in Bangladesh, and his master’s degree in Physics at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. Momin has a PhD degree in the department of optoelectronic and nanostructure science at Shizuoka University in Japan. In addition, he was a postdoctoral researcher in the department of mechanical system engineering at School of Engineering, Tohoku University in Japan.

Mark Freithaler
PhD Student | maf308[at]pitt[dot]edu

With an MS in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Binghamton, Mark comes from working in the telecom industry. His interests include non-invasive smartphone-based blood pressure measurement and sensors.

Vishaal Dhamotharan
PhD Student | vid26[at]pitt[dot]edu

Vishaal has an MS in biomedical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, building upon his engineering design undergraduate program (IIT Madras). His primary interests include cardiovascular device design and development. He is currently working on smart hemodynamic monitoring devices.

Shipeng Wang
PhD Student | shw190[at]pitt[dot]edu

Shipeng finished his master's degree at Johns Hopkins University in Biomedical Engineering and bachelor's degree at the Ohio State University also in Biomedical Engineering.

Mahdi Jazini
PhD Student | moj20[at]pitt[dot]edu

Mahdi is a 3rd PhD student at the University of Pittsburgh specializing in Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering with a focus on Bio Digital Signal Processing for cardiovascular systems. He holds a master’s degree in Integrated Circuits from the University of Tehran and a bachelor’s degree in Electronics from Amirkabir University of Technology. Mahdi has earned awards, including the Best Paper Award at the Conference on Signal Processing and Intelligent Systems 2019, and has extensive teaching experience. Previously, he worked as a digital electronics engineer, handling PCB design, software programming, and RF IC configuration. His research includes publications on frequency detection methods in wireless sensor systems.

Divyesh Narayanan
PhD Student | din18[at]pitt[dot]edu

Divyesh finished his bachelor's degree in Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India.