Faculty Ali Bilgin Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, and Medical Imaging; BIO5 Institute Faculty Research: MRI, image processing, signal processing, image compression, and machine learning for medical imaging. Maria Altbach Professor of Radiology and Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering; Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs; Director of MRI Innovation Research: MRI technique development, abdominal imaging, radial MRI acquisition and reconstruction, and quantitative parametric imaging. Research Staff Kevin Johnson Director, MRI Systems & Design Role: MRI systems and design. Students Brian Toner Postdoctoral Researcher Research: Quantiative MRI, image reconstruction, uncertainty quantification, T2 mapping Eze Ahanonu Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering Research: Quantitative MRI, deep learning, image reconstruction, and medical imaging methods. Deniz Karakay PhD Student Research: Deep learning for medical imaging, MRI reconstruction, quantitative T1/T2 mapping, and WMH segmentation/analysis. Debottama Das PhD Student Research: Diffusion MRI–based quantitative analysis Briana Curley Undergraduate Student Research: MRI pulse sequence development, diffusion weighted MRI, machine learning for image analysis Alumni Tahsin Rahman Ph.D., ECE, 2025 Current Position: ORISE Research Fellow, U.S. Food and Drug Administration Philip Martin Ph.D., ECE, 2024 Current Position: Senior Clinical Support Staff Scientist, MRI Department, Barrow Neurological Institute Lavanya Umapathy Ph.D., ECE, 2023 Current Position: Team Lead, Prediction Model, Medical Intelligence Lab at Function Health Zhiyang Fu Ph.D., ECE, 2021 Current Position: Senior Scientist, CT, United Imaging - North America Zhitao Li Ph.D., Computer Engineering, 2019 Current Position: Research Assistant Professor, Northwestern University Department of Radiology Mahesh Bharath Keerthivasan Ph.D., ECE, 2018 Current Position: Staff Scientist, Siemens Healthineers Sagar Mandava Ph.D., ECE, 2018 Current Position: Imaging Scientist, GE HealthCare Robert Crandall Ph.D., Applied Mathematics, 2017 Current Position: Senior Applied Scientist, Amazon Ring AI Hsin-Chang Feng Ph.D., ECE, 2016 Benjamin P. Berman Ph.D., Applied Mathematics, 2015 Current Position: Computational Imaging Lead, MITRE Feng Liu Ph.D., ECE, 2015 Current Position: Lecturer, Nankai University Miguel Hernández-Cabronero Ph.D., Computer Science, 2015 University of Arizona:Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2017–2018 Current Position: Associate Professor, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Yookyung Kim Ph.D., ECE, 2012 Current Position: Research Assistant, University of Arizona Anantha Raman Krishnan Ph.D., ECE, 2011 Current Position: Principal Engineer, WiFi Systems Engineering, Broadcom Inc. Han Oh Ph.D., ECE, 2011 Current Position: Principal Researcher, Korea Aerospace Research Institute Hariharan Lalgudi Ph.D., ECE, 2008 Current Position: Staff Engineer/Manager, Qualcomm Lingling Pu Ph.D., ECE, 2007 Current Position: Director of Software Engineering, ASML Alexis Boone M.S., ECE, 2023 Current Position: Sandia National Laboratories Rajagopalan Sundaresan M.S., ECE, 2011 Current Position: Ph.D. Student, University of Sheffield; Staff Software Engineer, GE HealthCare Tony Leung M.S., ECE
Faculty Ali Bilgin Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, and Medical Imaging; BIO5 Institute Faculty Research: MRI, image processing, signal processing, image compression, and machine learning for medical imaging. Maria Altbach Professor of Radiology and Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering; Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs; Director of MRI Innovation Research: MRI technique development, abdominal imaging, radial MRI acquisition and reconstruction, and quantitative parametric imaging. Research Staff Kevin Johnson Director, MRI Systems & Design Role: MRI systems and design. Students Brian Toner Postdoctoral Researcher Research: Quantiative MRI, image reconstruction, uncertainty quantification, T2 mapping Eze Ahanonu Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering Research: Quantitative MRI, deep learning, image reconstruction, and medical imaging methods. Deniz Karakay PhD Student Research: Deep learning for medical imaging, MRI reconstruction, quantitative T1/T2 mapping, and WMH segmentation/analysis. Debottama Das PhD Student Research: Diffusion MRI–based quantitative analysis Briana Curley Undergraduate Student Research: MRI pulse sequence development, diffusion weighted MRI, machine learning for image analysis Alumni Tahsin Rahman Ph.D., ECE, 2025 Current Position: ORISE Research Fellow, U.S. Food and Drug Administration Philip Martin Ph.D., ECE, 2024 Current Position: Senior Clinical Support Staff Scientist, MRI Department, Barrow Neurological Institute Lavanya Umapathy Ph.D., ECE, 2023 Current Position: Team Lead, Prediction Model, Medical Intelligence Lab at Function Health Zhiyang Fu Ph.D., ECE, 2021 Current Position: Senior Scientist, CT, United Imaging - North America Zhitao Li Ph.D., Computer Engineering, 2019 Current Position: Research Assistant Professor, Northwestern University Department of Radiology Mahesh Bharath Keerthivasan Ph.D., ECE, 2018 Current Position: Staff Scientist, Siemens Healthineers Sagar Mandava Ph.D., ECE, 2018 Current Position: Imaging Scientist, GE HealthCare Robert Crandall Ph.D., Applied Mathematics, 2017 Current Position: Senior Applied Scientist, Amazon Ring AI Hsin-Chang Feng Ph.D., ECE, 2016 Benjamin P. Berman Ph.D., Applied Mathematics, 2015 Current Position: Computational Imaging Lead, MITRE Feng Liu Ph.D., ECE, 2015 Current Position: Lecturer, Nankai University Miguel Hernández-Cabronero Ph.D., Computer Science, 2015 University of Arizona:Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2017–2018 Current Position: Associate Professor, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Yookyung Kim Ph.D., ECE, 2012 Current Position: Research Assistant, University of Arizona Anantha Raman Krishnan Ph.D., ECE, 2011 Current Position: Principal Engineer, WiFi Systems Engineering, Broadcom Inc. Han Oh Ph.D., ECE, 2011 Current Position: Principal Researcher, Korea Aerospace Research Institute Hariharan Lalgudi Ph.D., ECE, 2008 Current Position: Staff Engineer/Manager, Qualcomm Lingling Pu Ph.D., ECE, 2007 Current Position: Director of Software Engineering, ASML Alexis Boone M.S., ECE, 2023 Current Position: Sandia National Laboratories Rajagopalan Sundaresan M.S., ECE, 2011 Current Position: Ph.D. Student, University of Sheffield; Staff Software Engineer, GE HealthCare Tony Leung M.S., ECE
