Draelos Lab @

University of Michigan

Anne Draelos, PhD

Principal Investigator

Dr. Anne Draelos first studied physics and computer science as an undergraduate at North Carolina State University. She completed a masters in electrical & computer engineering and a PhD in physics at Duke University, focused on the interplay between various quantum phenomena in networked systems. She then cross-trained as a postdoctoral fellow in neuroscience to study arguably the most complex network around: the brain. Now at U-M BME as faculty, her lab is focused on machine learning and statistical techniques to facilitate real-time analysis of high-dimensional neural and behavioral data. Dr. Draelos currently holds a Career Award at the Scientific Interface from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund.

Secret skill: Picking locks

Current Members

Anjali Shankar, MS (she/her)

Research Scientist

B.S.E: Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University
M.S.: Biomedical Engineering (Conc. in Bioelectric and Neural Engineering), University of Michigan

Project(s): Bayesian optimization for visual stimuli

Secret skill: The ability to trip while standing

Sachin Salim, MSE (he/him)

Research Scientist

BTech (B.S.): Computer Science & Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
M.S.E.: Electrical & Computer Engineering (Conc. in Data Science & Machine Learning), University of Michigan

Project(s): Real-time BCI with neural stimulations

Secret skill: Fluent in four languages

Jake Joseph (he/him)

PhD Student

B.A.: Neuroscience, Washington University

Project(s): Real-time BCI with neural stimulations

Secret skill: Can bake bread without a recipe

Jonathan Gould (he/him)

PhD Student

B.S.: Neuroscience & Computer Science, New York University

Project(s): Real-time BCI with neural stimulations, Latent neural/behavioral modeling, Bayesian optimization for visual stimuli

Secret skill: Can identify the flag of (almost) any country in the UN

Rio Parsons (he/him)

PhD Student

B.S.: Biomedical Engineering & Computer Science, Valparaiso University

Project(s): Real-time BCI with neural stimulations

Secret skill: Identifying different types of mushrooms

Junfeng Yang (he/him)

MS Student

B.S: Statistics, Southern University of Science and Technology

Project(s): Bayesian optimization for visual stimuli

Secret skill: Can identify (almost) every country's capital

Wenzhuo Lin (he/him)

MS Student

B.S.: Statistics, Sun Yat-sen University

Project(s): Latent neural/behavioral modeling

Secret skill: Really good at walking

Ying Zhou (he/him)

MS Student

B.S.: Bioinformatics, Chinese University of Hongkong-Shenzhen

Project(s): Bayesian optimization for visual stimuli

Secret skill: Playing the game "Go"

(Tony) Haonan Luo (he/him)

Undergraduate

Major: Computer Engineering, University of Michigan

Project(s): Real-time BCI with neural stimulations

Secret skill: Really good at whistling

Chang Li (she/her)

Undergraduate

Major: Biomedical Engineering

Project(s): Real-time BCI with neural stimulations

Secret skill: Cooking & photography