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

Charmaine Wong

Charmaine Wong

Lab Coordinator

BS in Biochemistry and Forensic Sciences – University of British Columbia

cwong 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

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

Peter Jung

Peter Jung

Undergraduate Researcher

BS Student in Biomedical Engineering

jungp02 AT student.ubc.ca

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

Benjamin Rever

Benjamin Rever

Undergraduate Researcher

BS Student in Biomedical Engineering

benrever AT student.ubc.ca

Kimathra Reddy

Kimathra Reddy

Undergraduate Researcher

BS Student in Biomedical Engineering

kimathra AT student.ubc.ca


Alumni

Aiden Simard Undergraduate Researcher – April 2023 – May 2024. Joined UBC Medicine in September 2024.
Alexander Golab Undergraduate Researcher – March 2021 – August 2023; 2023 NSERC Undergraduate Student Research (USRA) awardee. Joined EPFL MS program in September 2024.
Kenneth Ong Medical Student Researcher – September 2021 – August 2023. Joined UBC Medicine in September 2021.
Walid Alchamaa BMEG Intern – 2022. Joined industry in British Columbia in January 2023.
Adan Moallemi Undergraduate Researcher – May 2021 – April 2022. Joined UBC/BioAug MSA program in September 2022.
Nadine Truter Undergraduate Researcher and Lab Coordinator – May 2021 – April 2022. Joined Provincial Health Services Authority in August 2023.