
Garrett B. Stanley, PhD
Professor, Biomedical Engineering
PhD in Mechanical Engineering from UC Berkeley
Postdoctoral Training in Neuroscience from UC Berkeley
Control of neural circuitry, sensory signaling, thalamocortical circuit, tactile and visual sensing
Postdoctoral Fellows

Christian Waiblinger, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD in Neuroscience from University of Tubingen, Germany
Perception, learning, functional imaging, electrophysiology

Simone Russo, PhD
Visiting Scholar
PhD in Neuroscience from University of Milan, Italy
Neurophysiology, TMS, EEG signal processing
Doctoral Students

Elaida Dimwamwa
PhD Candidate, GT/Emory Biomedical Engineering
BSE in Bioengineering & MSE in Robotics from University of Pennsylvania
NSF Graduate Research Fellow Program Awardee
HHMI Gilliam Fellowship Awardee
Functions of corticothalamic feedback in sensory processing

Adriano Borsa
PhD Student, GT Bioengineering & Electrical and Computer Engineering
BS in Engineering Sciences from Harvard University
GT/Emory Computational Neural-Engineering Program Scholar
Closed-loop optogenetic control, thalamocortical states

David Weiss
PhD Student, GT Bioengineering & GT/Emory Biomedical Engineering
BS in Physics from Tufts University
MSE in Bioengineering from University of Pennsylvania
GT/Emory Computational Neural-Engineering Program Fellow
Closed-loop optogenetic control, latent space representations

Savannah Linen
PhD Student, GT Bioinformatics
BS in Neuroscience from Georgia Tech
Parkinson’s Disease, neurobiology of pain and somatosensation
Master Students

Sai Kate
Master Student, GT Biomedical Engineering
Bachelor of Technology in Instrumentation and Control Engineering from MKSSSās Cummins College of Engineering for Women, India
Closed-loop optogenetic control, cortical circuitry

Nayanika Biswas
Master Student, GT Robotics
Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Delhi Technological University (DTU), India
Brain imaging analysis, learning and memory
Research Assistants

Pooja Manekar
Research Assistant
BS in Neuroscience from Georgia Tech
Sensory processing
Lab Manager

Nelson Chang
Lab Manager/Research Assistant
BS in Neuroscience & Behavioral Biology; BA in Computer Science from Emory University
Learning and decision-making, computational modeling