Team

Updated Team Photo

Principal Investigator

Dena Shahriari

Dena Shahriari, PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Orthopaedics
School of Biomedical Engineering (SBME)
International Collaborations on Repair Discoveries (ICORD)
Institute for Computing, Information and Cognitive Systems (ICICS)

dena.shahriari AT ubc.ca

Education and Training

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Post Doctoral Fellow at Bioelectronics Laboratory with Prof. Polina Anikeeva.
Research Laboratory of Electronics; McGovern Brain Institute

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
PhD in Macromolecular Science and Engineering

University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
BS in Bioengineering


Team Members

Nadine Truter

Nadine Truter

Lab Coordinator

BS in Biomedical Engineering – University of British Columbia

truter AT icord.org

Shahriar Shalileh

Shahriar Shalileh

PhD Candidate

UBC Four Year Fellowship Awardee – 2021

MS in Electrical Engineering, Microelectronics – University of Tehran
BS in Electrical Engineering – University of Tehran

Publications

shahriar.shalileh AT ubc.ca

Elham Mohseni Vadeghani

Elham Mohseni Vadeghani

PhD Candidate

Faculty of Medicine 2024 Graduate Student Awardee

MS in Biomedical Engineering, Biomaterials – Amirkabir University of Technology
BS in Biomedical Engineering – Amirkabir University of Technology

Publications

elham.mohseni AT ubc.ca

Adan Moallemi

Adan Moallemi

Masters Student

CIHR Canada Graduate Scholarship – Master’s (CGS-M) awardee – 2023

BS in Biology – With Distinction – University of British Columbia

Publications

adan.moallemi AT ubc.ca

Milad Yazdani

Milad Yazdani

PhD Student

BS in Electrical Engineering – Sharif University of Technology
BS in Computer Science – Sharif University of Technology

Publications

milad.yazdani AT ece.ubc.ca

Samuel Tretjakov

Samuel Tretjakov

Research Assistant

BS in Biology – With Distinction – University of British Columbia

tretjakov AT icord.org

Mengyuan Li

Mengyuan (Melody) Li

Incoming PhD student

MASc in Biomedical Engineering – University of Toronto
BASc in Engineering Science, Biomedical Systems Engineering Major – University of Toronto
Publications

Zoe Glover

Zoe Glover

Incoming Masters student

BASc in Biomedical Engineering – Queen’s University

Brianna Tsuyuki

Brianna Tsuyuki

Undergraduate Researcher

BS Student in Biomedical Engineering

btsuyuki AT student.ubc.ca

Jordan Thompson

Jordan Thompson

Undergraduate Researcher

BS Student in Biomedical Engineering

jjt978 AT student.ubc.ca

Teela Moore

Teela Moore

Undergraduate Researcher

BS Student in Biomedical Engineering

teelar AT student.ubc.ca

Anyaporn Wongreantong

Anyaporn Wongreantong

Undergraduate Researcher

BS Student in Biomedical Engineering

anyaporn AT student.ubc.ca

Ethan Vercesi

Ethan Vercesi

Undergraduate Researcher

BS Student in Biomedical Engineering

vercesie AT student.ubc.ca

Lucas Peng

Lucas Peng

Undergraduate Researcher

BS Student in Biomedical Engineering

lucasp05 AT student.ubc.ca

Vincent Lee

Vincent Lee

Medical Student

BS in Molecular Environmental Biology – With Distinction – University of California, Berkeley


Alumni

Peter Jung Undergraduate Researcher – Jan 2023 – Apr 2025. Joined industry in May 2025.
Benjamin Rever Undergraduate Researcher – Dec 2023 – Apr 2025.
Charmaine Wong Lab Coordinator – May 2022 – Dec 2024. Currently Research Coordinator at British Columbia Centre for Disease Control.
Aiden Simard Undergraduate Researcher – Apr 2023 – May 2024. Joined UBC Medicine in September 2024.
Alexander Golab Undergraduate Researcher – Mar 2021 – Aug 2023; 2023 NSERC Undergraduate Student Research (USRA) awardee. Joined EPFL MS program in September 2024.
Kenneth Ong Medical Student Researcher – Sep 2021 – Aug 2023. Joined UBC Medicine in September 2021.
Adan Moallemi Undergraduate Researcher – May 2021 – Apr 2022. Joined UBC/BioAug MSA program in September 2022.
Nadine Truter Undergraduate Researcher and Lab Coordinator – May 2021 – Apr 2022. Joined Provincial Health Services Authority in August 2023. Re-joined BioAug lab as lab coordinator in Dec 2024.