
Principal Investigator

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
Lab Coordinator
BS in Biomedical Engineering – University of British Columbia
truter AT icord.org

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
shahriar.shalileh AT ubc.ca

Elham Mohseni Vadeghani
PhD Candidate
MS in Biomedical Engineering, Biomaterials – Amirkabir University of Technology
BS in Biomedical Engineering – Amirkabir University of Technology
elham.mohseni AT ubc.ca

Adan Moallemi
Masters Student
CIHR Canada Graduate Scholarship – Master’s (CGS-M) awardee – 2023
BS in Biology – With Distinction – University of British Columbia
adan.moallemi AT ubc.ca

Milad Yazdani
PhD Student
BS in Electrical Engineering – Sharif University of Technology
BS in Computer Science – Sharif University of Technology
milad.yazdani AT ece.ubc.ca

Samuel Tretjakov
Research Assistant
BS in Biology – With Distinction – University of British Columbia
tretjakov AT icord.org

Peter Jung
Undergraduate Researcher
BS Student in Biomedical Engineering
jungp02 AT student.ubc.ca

Brianna Tsuyuki
Undergraduate Researcher
BS Student in Biomedical Engineering
btsuyuki AT student.ubc.ca

Jordan Thompson
Undergraduate Researcher
BS Student in Biomedical Engineering
jjt978 AT student.ubc.ca

Teela Moore
Undergraduate Researcher
BS Student in Biomedical Engineering
teelar AT student.ubc.ca

Benjamin Rever
Undergraduate Researcher
BS Student in Biomedical Engineering
benrever AT student.ubc.ca

Kimathra Reddy
Undergraduate Researcher
BS Student in Biomedical Engineering
kimathra AT student.ubc.ca
Alumni
Charmaine Wong | Lab Coordinator – May 2022 – Dec 2024. Currently Research Coordinator at British Columbia Centre for Disease Control. |
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. |
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. Re-joined BioAug lab as lab coordinator in Dec 2024. |