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
Faculty of Medicine 2024 Graduate Student Awardee
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
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
Incoming Masters student
BASc in Biomedical Engineering – Queen’s University
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
Anyaporn Wongreantong
Undergraduate Researcher
BS Student in Biomedical Engineering
anyaporn AT student.ubc.ca
Ethan Vercesi
Undergraduate Researcher
BS Student in Biomedical Engineering
vercesie AT student.ubc.ca
Lucas Peng
Undergraduate Researcher
BS Student in Biomedical Engineering
lucasp05 AT student.ubc.ca
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. |