• Recorded electrophysiological data from human patients in Barrow Neurological Institute OR• Analyzed functional connectivity between discrete brain regions in human electrophysiological data• Predicted and classified spoken words by decoding neural signals recorded from human epilepsy patients• Recorded and analyzed electrophysiological data in nonhuman primates and felines• Performed surgeries for microelectrode cortical implant and explant in felines• Trained nonhuman… Show more • Recorded electrophysiological data from human patients in Barrow Neurological Institute OR• Analyzed functional connectivity between discrete brain regions in human electrophysiological data• Predicted and classified spoken words by decoding neural signals recorded from human epilepsy patients• Recorded and analyzed electrophysiological data in nonhuman primates and felines• Performed surgeries for microelectrode cortical implant and explant in felines• Trained nonhuman primates on behavioral tasks• Performed testing and validation for novel flexible arrays in vitro and in vivo• Constructed experimental setups, pedestal design, experimental design, and hardware validation• Programmed motion capture and virtual reality system for peripheral nerve experiments with amputees• Developed novel methods for detection of action potential activity in neural recordings• Mentored and instructed undergraduate students in signal processing and electrophysiology techniques Show less

• Advised undergraduate and graduate Bioengineering students during office hours• Prepared and delivered multiple class lectures • Designed homework assignments for graduate level neural engineering course

• Provided personal instructions to local students from high school to college level• Conducted weekly sessions for students on STEM topics and standardized tests

• Led weekly laboratory sessions and graded homework assignments for Biosystems Analysis class• Presented additional review sessions for midterms and final, improved class average test score