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
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
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
milad.yazdani AT ece.ubc.ca
Machine learning for kirigami-inspired complexes
Samuel Tretjakov
Masters Student
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.
Zoe Glover
Masters student
BASc in Biomedical Engineering – Queen’s University
zglover AT student.ubc.ca
Exoglove development
Thomas Fyfe
Research Assistant/Incoming PhD Student
MRes Biomedical Sciences and Translational Medicine – With Distinction – University of Liverpool
BSc Biomedical Sciences – Cardiff University
fyfe AT icord.org
River Zhang
Research Assistant
BSc in Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology – University of Toronto
river.zhang AT ubc.ca
Lucas Peng
Undergraduate Researcher
BS Student in Biomedical Engineering – University of British Columbia
lucasp05 AT student.ubc.ca
Arthur Ellis
Undergraduate Researcher
BS Student in Biomedical Engineering – University of British Columbia
aellis03 AT student.ubc.ca
Rohan Kamineni
Undergraduate Researcher
BS Student in Electrical Engineering – University of British Columbia
Kai Earl-Thomas
Undergraduate Researcher
BS Student in Biomedical Engineering – University of British Columbia
kearltho AT student.ubc.ca
Angie Chen
Undergraduate Researcher
BS Student in Neuroscience – University of British Columbia
achen202 AT student.ubc.ca
Alumni
| Adan Moallemi | Masters Student – Sep 2022 – Apr 2025. Joined medical school in September 2025. |
| Peter Jung | Undergraduate Researcher – Jan 2023 – Apr 2025. Joined industry in May 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. |
| Jordan Thompson | Undergraduate Researcher – Jan 2023 – Dec 2024. |
| Ethan Vercesi | Undergraduate Researcher – May 2025 – Aug 2025. |
| Brianna Tsuyuki | Undergraduate Researcher. |
| Teela Moore | Undergraduate Researcher. |
| Benjamin Rever | Undergraduate Researcher. |
| Anyaporn Wongreantong | Undergraduate Researcher. |
| Vincent Lee | Medical Student. |