Meet Our Lab Members

Konstantinos Arfanakis, Ph.D. Director

Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Director, MRI Research
Medical Imaging Research Center
Illinois Institute of Technology

Core Leader, Biomarker/Neuroimaging Core
Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center
Rush University Medical Center

Graduate Students

Ana Tomash, B.S. Ph.D. Candidate, Biomedical Engineering
Rasheed Abid, B.S. Ph.D. Candidate, Biomedical Engineering
Grant Nikseresht, B.S. Ph.D. Candidate, Computer Science
Tahmid Yasar, B.S. Ph.D. Candidate, Biomedical Engineering
Khalid Saifullah, B.S. Ph.D. Candidate, Biomedical Engineering
Mahir Tazwar, B.S. Ph.D. Candidate, Biomedical Engineering
Mohammad Rakeen Niaz, Ph.D. Graduated August 2022 2022: Illinois Institute of Technology, Postdoctoral Fellow at MRIIT
Yingjuan Wu, Ph.D. Graduated August 2022 2022: Illinois Institute of Technology, Postdoctoral Fellow at MRIIT
Rashadul Badhon, M.S. Graduated May 2022 2022: Islamic University of Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Lecturer
Raquib Ridwan, Ph.D. Graduated September 2021 2021: Rush University Medical Center, Research Engineer
Nazanin Makkinejad, Ph.D. Graduated June 2021 2021: Massachusetts General Hospital, Postdoctoral Fellow
Carles Javierre Petit, Ph.D. Graduated December 2020 2021: Amazon, Applied Scientist
Xiaoxiao Qi, Ph.D. Graduated December 2020 2021: Epsilon, Decision Data Scientist
Arnold M. Evia, Ph.D. Graduated December 2017 2018: Rush University Medical Center, Research Engineer
Shen Guo, M.S. Graduated December 2017 2018: Zifo RnD Solutions, Business System Analyst
Chantal Sopacua, M.S. Graduated August 2016 2016: Ecare, Product Specialist
Anna Varentsova, Ph.D. Graduated December 2015 2015: Northwestern University, Postdoctoral Fellow
Aikaterini Kotrotsou, Ph.D. Graduated May 2014 2014: MD Anderson Cancer Center, Postdoctoral Fellow
Shengwei Zhang, Ph.D. Graduated May 2013 2013: Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Research Engineer
Robert J. Dawe, Ph.D. Graduated May 2011 2012: Rush University Medical Center, Assistant Professor
Ashish A. Tamhane, Ph.D. Graduated December 2009 2011: Alltech Medical Systems America, Associate Imaging Scientist
Huiling Peng, Ph.D. Graduated May 2009 2010: University of Missouri-Columbia, MR Physicist
Minzhi Gui, Ph.D. Graduated December 2007 2010: Saint Agnes Hospital Cancer Institute, Medical Physicist

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Undergraduate Students

Nabil Alqam, B.S. Graduated May 2017 2017: Abbott Laboratories, Test Engineer
Arman Kulkarni, B.S. Graduated May 2017 2017: University of Wisconsin-Madison, Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. program
Julio Di Polito Neto, B.S. Brazilian Scientific Mobility Program Summer 2016
Junxiao Yu, B.S. Graduated May 2016 2016: UC-Irvine, Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. program
Lucas Fagundes Lopes, B.S. Brazilian Scientific Mobility Program Summer 2015
Luis Filipe Campos Cardoso, B.S. Brazilian Scientific Mobility Program Summer 2015
Diego Vieira, B.S. Brazilian Scientific Mobility Program Summer 2015
Chris Barth, B.S. Graduated December 2014 2015: Microsoft, Software Development Engineer
Katelyn Flint, B.S. REU Summer 2013 2015: Duke University, Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. program NSF Graduate Research Fellow
Giorgia Grisot, B.S. Graduated May 2013 2013: Harvard-MIT: Medical Engineering and Medical Physics Ph.D. program
Tom Golak, B.S. Graduated May 2013 2013: Baxter, Product Surveillance Quality Associate
Diana Otero, B.S. Graduated December 2012 2013: Purdue University, Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. program
Adam Eshein, B.S. REU Summer 2012 2013: Northwestern University, Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. program
Arnold M. Evia, B.S. Graduated May 2012 2012: Illinois Institute of Technology, Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. program
Olesya Motovylyak, B.S. REU Summer 2011 Marquette University, Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. program
Anton Orlichenko, B.S. Graduated May 2010 (no post-graduation information)
Anil Vasireddi, B.S. Graduated May 2011 2012: University of Pittsburgh, M.D.-Ph.D. program
Stephanie A. Harmon, B.S. Graduated May 2011 2011: University of Wisconsin-Madison, Medical Physics Ph.D. program
Kathleen Brownson, B.S. REU Summer 2010 2014: Baxter, Engineer II
Zach M. Rosengarten, B.S. Summer 2010 2011: Chicago Medical School, M.D. program
Ryan Roemmich, B.S. REU Summer 2008 2009: University of Florida, Biobehavioral Science Ph.D. program
Sunil Vasireddi, B.S. Graduated May 2008 2008: Chicago Medical School, M.D. program
Neil Mashruwala, B.S. Graduated May 2007 2007: Wayne State University, M.D. program

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