Trainees

Trainees

Training the next generation of Biophotonics Innovators! As an NIH-funded P41, NCIBT is committed to training the next generation of scientists, engineers, clinicians, and technology developers. Through hands-on research experiences, workshops, mentorship, and collaborative projects, our trainees gain access to leading-edge biophotonic technologies and expertise that they bring back to their institutions and research communities. 

Current Trainees

Junior scientists

NamePositionLabTechnology
Lisanne Kraft, MsCLab ManagerMarcuLabTRD1
Mohamed Hassan, PhDProject ScientistMarcuLabTRD1
Xiangnan Zhou, PhDPostDocMarcuLabTRD1
Alexandra Adams, PhDPostDocMarcuLabTRD1
Xiangping OuyangGrad StudentMarcuLabTRD1
Clara KristenGrad StudentMarcuLabTRD1
Nhan Nguyen, PhDGrad StudentALBA LabTRD1
Hemang Singh, PhDGrad StudentALBA LabTRD1
Sayan Palui, PhDPostDocALBA LabTRD1
Brayan Hernandez Perez, PhDGrad StudentALBA LabTRD1
Ahasan Ahamed, PhDGrad StudentIslam LabTRD1
Rifat Bin SultanGrad StudentIslam LabTRD1
Lisa McphillipsGrad StudentIslam LabTRD1
Cheng-Yu Lee, PhDGrad StudentLi Lab (Johns Hopkins)TRD1
Andrew Thrapp, PhDEngineering DirectorNCIBTTRD2
Santosh Aparanji, PhDPostDocSrinivasan Lab (NYU Langone)TRD2
Mingjun Zhao, PhDResearch ScientistSrinivasan Lab (NYU Langone)TRD2
Rabisankar Samanta, PhDPostDocSrinivasan Lab (NYU Langone)TRD2
Joe MajeskiResearch AssociateUPennTRD2
Rodrigo MenezesResearch AssociateUPennTRD2
Bryan ChongResidentUPennTRD2
Paloma Costa, PhDPostDocOzcan Lab (UCLA)TRD3

Masters Students

NamePositionLabTechnology
Shing-Jiuan LiuGrad StudentYang LabTRD2
Rishad JoarderGrad StudentGhiasi LabTRD2
Weitai QianGrad StudentGhiasi LabTRD2
Mahya SaffarpourGrad StudentGhiasi LabTRD2
Zixiao ZhangGrad StudentYang LabTRD2
Ao FuGrad StudentYang LabTRD2
Kenneth AbramsonGrad StudentUPennTRD2
Nithin RamachandranGrad StudentUPennTRD2
Mike YangGrad StudentOzcan Lab (UCLA)TRD3
Stefan BroeckerGrad StudentStrohmer LabTRD3
Yuan NiGrad StudentStrohmer LabTRD3
Xiwei XuanGrad StudentMa LabTRD3
Zili WangGrad StudentMa LabTRD3
Lei ZhouGrad StudentQi LabTRD3
Ritesh PatroGrad StudentMa LabTRD3

Undergraduate Students

NamePositionLabTechnology
Emma PhamUndergraduateMarcuLabTRD1
Dora D'AccardoUndergraduateMarcuLabTRD1
Cyrus OrdoubadianUndergraduateMarcuLabTRD1
Chassie KuangUndergraduateMarcuLabTRD1
Xinyi LiUndergraduateMarcuLabTRD1
Elizabeth MertenUndergraduateMarcuLabTRD1
Charles WongUndergraduateMarcuLabTRD1

Past Trainees

Junior scientists

NamePositionLabTechnology
Alba Alfonso-Garcia, PhD *Project ScientistMarcuLabTRD1
Muhammed Adeel Azam, PhDPostDocMarcuLabTRD1
Xuhui Liu, PhDPostDocMarcuLabTRD1
Katjana Ehrlich, PhDPostDocMarcuLabTRD1
Kelsey T HadfieldGrad StudentMarcuLabTRD1
Silvia Noble AnbunesanGrad StudentMarcuLabTRD1
Haleh MohammadianGrad StudentIslam LabTRD1
Amita RawatPostDocIslam LabTRD1

*Transitioned to new faculty member

Masters Students

NamePositionLabTechnology
Alexander TaffeGrad StudentMarcuLabTRD1
Pu SunGrad StudentMarcuLabTRD1
Clara Kristen **Grad StudentMarcuLabTRD1
Girish KumarGrad StudentStrohmer LabTRD3
Xue FengGrad StudentStrohmer LabTRD3
Divyanshu MalikGrad StudentMa LabTRD3

** Transitioned to Junior Scientist trainee

Undergraduate Students

NamePositionLabTechnology
Tarun TiwariUndergradMarcuLabTRD1
Sourin ChakrabartiUndergradMarcuLabTRD1
Shreya GunduUndergradMarcuLabTRD1
Vikram KarmarkarUndergradMarcuLabTRD1
Ruhi AggarwalUndergradMarcuLabTRD1
Suparn SathyaUndergradMarcuLabTRD1
Aaryan ViraUndergradMarcuLabTRD1
Alex CondonUndergradMarcuLabTRD1
Aparna ChatterjeeUndergradMarcuLabTRD1
Kanksha KotiUndergradMarcuLabTRD1
Miles HuangUndergradMarcuLabTRD1
Arjun AshokUndergradMarcuLabTRD1
Ayush TripathiUndergradMarcuLabTRD1
Sanjana GummaUndergradMarcuLabTRD1
Christine ArakkalUndergradMarcuLabTRD1
Fatima HanifUndergradMarcuLabTRD1
Zack ZhangUndergradMarcuLabTRD1
Yash TipirneniUndergradMarcuLabTRD1

Interventional Biophotonics Week Trainees

 

Year AttendedNameRoleAffiliation
2026Ao FuStudentUniversity of California, Davis
2026Brendan BarlowGraduate Student ResearcherUniversity of California, Davis
2026Zahraa OddaJunior SpecialistUniversity of California, Davis
2026Aalap Herur-RamanResident Physician in General SurgeryVirginia Commonwealth University
2026Anika KulkarniGraduate Student ResearcherUniversity of California, Davis
2026Clare CookPostdoctoral fellowJohns Hopkins University
2026Annegret UmannResearch Associate, PhD StudentUniversity of Applied Sciences Jena
2026Alexander GuembelResearch Associate Biomedical EngineeringUniversity of Applied Sciences Jena
2026Christian KruegerResearch Associate Biomedical EngineeringUniversity of Applied Sciences Jena
2026Calvin BullResearch assistantErnst Abbe University of Applied Sciences Jena
2026Ritesh PatroGraduate Student ResearcherUniversity of California, Davis
2026Alba Alfonso GarciaAssistant ProfessorUniversity of California, Davis
2026Adrien DupanloupAssistant professorUC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
2026Abid QureshiMDGolden state Orthopaedics and Spine
2026Charles WongResearch AssistantUniversity of California, Davis
2026Yuheng WanPhD studentUniversity of California, Davis
2026Henry SansomPostdocTechnical University of Denmark
2026Sudhanshu ShrivastavaPhD StudentUniversity of California, Davis
2026Clara KristenPhD StudentUniversity of California, Davis
2026Brayan PerezGraduate Student ResearcherUniversity of California, Davis
2026Xiangping OuyangGraduate StudentUniversity of California, Davis
2026Eliana StilsonResearch AssistantUniversity of Arizona
2026Noelle DaiglePhD candidateUniversity of Arizona
2025Alex AdamsPost DocUniversity of California, Davis
2025FNU AnkurPostdoctoral ScholarUniversity of California, Davis
2025Kabir BediUndergraduate ResearcherUniversity of California, Davis
2025Yao CaiPostdocUniversity of California, Davis
2025Cassandra CookResearch Biomedical EngineerEmory University
2025Piergiorgio DanielePhD StudentPolitecnico di Milano
2025Maneesh DaveProfessorUniversity of California, Davis
2025Pujan DesaiGraduate student researcherUniversity of California, Davis
2025Eugenie DuloutResearch AI EngineerEmory University
2025Marie-Luise EnghardtPhD studentLeibniz-IPHT
2025Gennaro FrattaPhD StudentPolitecnico di Milano
2025Vimalatharmaiyah GnanarubanResearch Biomedical Engineer (Lead)Emory University
2025Stella GreinerPhD studentLeibniz IPHT
2025Yifei GuGraduate StudentUniversity of California, Davis
2025Piotr KasprzyckiPost-docInternational Center for Translational Eye Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
2025Clara KristenVisiting scholarUniversity of California, Davis
2025Chassie KuangUndergraduate studentUniversity of California, Davis
2025Xuhui LiuPostdoctoral EmployeeUniversity of California, Davis
2025Anas MasillatiGraduate PhD StudentOregon Health & Science University
2025Ben MattisonPhD studentUniversity of California, Davis
2025Rebecca MayerStudentUniversity of California, Davis
2025RATHEESH KUMAR MELEPPATASSISTANT PROJECT SCIENTISTUniversity of California, Davis
2025Arish NaimGraduate Research StudentUniversity of California, Davis
2025Nhan NguyenGraduate StudentUniversity of California, Davis
2025Hannah O'TooleGraduate StudentUniversity of California, Davis
2025Xiangping OuyangGraduate StudentUniversity of California, Davis
2025Regina RajbanshiUndergraduate Student/ResearcherUniversity of California at Davis
2025Ivan RechAssociate professorPolitecnico di Milano
2025Ruben RenteriaSoftware EngineerEmory University
2025Sarah RezapourdamanabPostdocEmory School of Medicine
2025Aran SandhuUndergraduate ResearcherUC Santa Barbara
2025Rifat Bin SultanGraduate student researcherUniversity of California, Davis
2025Logan SwartzSenior Staff Systems Engineer Singular Genomics
2025Anastasia TrushchankovaUndergraduate StudentUniversity of California, Davis
2025Shiro UrayamaPIUniversity of California, Davis
2025Alperen YilginPhD StudentUniversity of California, Davis
2025Zixiao ZhangGraduate studentUniversity of California, Davis
2025Anqi ZhangGraduate Student ResearcherUniversity of California, Davis
2025Lei ZhouStudentUniversity of California, Davis
2024Alex AdamsPostdoctoral ResearcherUniversity of California, Davis
2024Paloma Casteleiro CostaPostdoctoral ResearcherUCLA
2024Kwan Lun "Victor" ChiuGraduate StudentUniversity of California, Davis
2024Katjana EhrlichPostdoctoral ResearcherUniversity of California, Davis
2024Yifei GuGraduate StudentUniversity of California, Davis
2024Elizabeth HaleGraduate StudentUniversity of California, Davis
2024Qing HePostdoctoral ResearcherUniversity of California, Davis
2024Tan HuaAssistant SpecialistUC Davis Health Department of Otolaryngology
2024Jocelyn JensenJunior SpecialistUC Davis Health
2024Willy JuStaff Research Associate UC Davis Health 
2024Lisanne KraftLab ManagerUniversity of California, Davis
2024Yucheng "Steven" LiGraduate Student University of California, Davis
2024Xuhui "Michael" LiuPostdoctoral EmployeeUniversity of California, Davis
2024Divyanshu MalikGraduate Student University of California, Davis
2024Ben MattisonGraduate StudentUniversity of California, Davis
2024Rebecca MayerGraduate StudentUniversity of California, Davis
2024RATHEESH KUMAR MELEPPATASSISTANT PROJECT SCIENTISTUniversity of California, Davis
2024Carl MesserschmidtGraduate StudentLeibniz IPHT, Germany
2024Abraham MoralesUndergraduate StudentUniversity of California, Davis
2024Silvia Noble AnbunesanGraduate studentUniversity of California, Davis
2024Hannah O'TooleGraduate StudentUniversity of California, Davis
2024Xiangping OuyangGraduate StudentUniversity of California, Davis
2024Sricharan PusarlaHigh School student (11th grade)Folsom High School
2024Iris RivasJunior Specialist University of California, Davis
2024Pegah SafaviGraduate StudentUniversity of Kentucky
2024Rabisankar SamantaPostdoctoral ResearcherNYU Langone Health
2024Dena SayrafiJunior SpecialistUC Davis Health
2024Constanze SchultzGraduate StudentLeibniz Institute of Photonic Technology
2024Hidenori TanakaVisiting Assistant ProfessorVanderbilt University
2024Andrew ThrappResearcherMass Gen Hos / Harvard Med
2024Nimu YuanPostdoctoral ResearcherUniversity of California, Davis
2024Mingjun ZhaoResearch ScientistNYU Langone Health
2024Xiangnan ZhouPostdoctoral ResearcherUniversity of California, Davis
2024Lei ZhouGraduate studentUniversity of California, Davis
2023Matteo  CalvareseGraduate StudentLeibniz Institute for Photonic Technologies
2023Jiabin ChenGraduate StudentUniversity of Arizona
2023Elena  CorbettaGraduate StudentFriedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
2023Josephy  MajeskiPostdoctoral ScholarUniversity of Pennsylvania
2023Ashtyn  McAdooGraduate StudentVanderbilt University
2023David  ParkClinical instructor (faculty)Stanford University
2023Marko  RodewaldScientistLeibniz Institute of Photonic Technology
2023Ryan  SchoopGraduate StudentNetherlands Cancer Institute
2023Paula  VillarrealGraduate StudentUniversity of Texas medical Branch Galveston
2023Diana  JeongPostdoctoral ScholarStanford University
2023Dibbyan  MazumderPostdoctoral ScholarNYU Langone Health
2023Liu  DongyuPostdoctoral Scholar,  as of 7/13/23 he is an Assistant Professor at UC DavisMassachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
2023Mingjun  Zhao, PhDResearch ScientistNYU Langone Health
2023Alba  Alfonso Garcia, PhDProject ScientistUniversity of California, Davis
2023Xiangnan  Zhou, PhDPostdoctoral ScholarUniversity of California, Davis
2023Katjana  Ehrlich, PhDPostdoctoral ScholarUniversity of California, Davis
2023Mohamed  Hassan, PhDPostdoctoral ScholarUniversity of California, Davis
2023Xuhui  Liu, PhDPostdoctoral ScholarUniversity of California, Davis
2023Kelsey  HadfieldGraduate StudentUniversity of California, Davis
2023Silvia  Noble AnbunesanGraduate StudentUniversity of California, Davis
2023Ankit  SinghGraduate StudentUniversity of California, Davis
2023Lisanne  Kraft, M.Sc.Lab Manager (Assistant Specialist)University of California, Davis
2023Julien  Bec, PhDEngineering and Operations DirectorUniversity of California, Davis