Team - BioAugmentative Interfaces Laboratory

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

Publications

shahriar.shalileh AT ubc.ca

Soft, wireless neuromodulatory devices for the spinal cord

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

A sensor-actuator Implant for user-controlled bladder management

Milad Yazdani

PhD Candidate

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

Publications

milad.yazdani AT ece.ubc.ca

Machine learning for kirigami-inspired complexes

Samuel Tretjakov

Research Assistant

BS in Biology – With Distinction – University of British Columbia

tretjakov AT icord.org

Biomaterials and drug delivery for axonal growth and scar inhibition after spinal cord injury.

Mengyuan (Melody) Li

PhD student

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

mylili AT student.ubc.ca

Device development for overactive bladder management

Zoe Glover

Masters student

BASc in Biomedical Engineering – Queen’s University
zglover AT student.ubc.ca

Exoglove development