Ryan Slabaugh is a junior in the College of Science majoring in Biology. He joined the NPR Lab team in January 2011. He is interested in researching the rat model of Parkinson’s disease. Ryan hopes to gain entry into IU Medical School and become a general surgeon.
Alan Truong completed his B.S. in Bioengineering at the University of Utah in 2010. Currently he is pursuing a PhD in Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University. He joined the Neuroprostheses Research Laboratory in the fall of 2010 and is currently involved in Parkinson’s disease research.
Ryan Verner completed his B.S. in Biomedical Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis in December of 2012. During his undergraduate studies, he worked in the Electrical and Optical Neuroimaging Lab under Dr. Linda Larson-Prior and in Dr. Daniel Moran’s Brain-Computer Interfacing Lab. A majority of his research focused on ECoG data analysis in humans and primates. In January 2013, Ryan began working toward his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University, immediately joining the Neuroprostheses Research Laboratory. While his research aims have yet to be solidified, Ryan is interested in the characterization and mitigation of the reactive tissue response for chronically implanted electrodes.
Education:
Publications:
Zempel, J., Politte, D., Kelsey, M., Verner, R., Nolan, T., Babajani-Feremi, A., Prior, F., Larson-Prior, L.J. Characterization of scale-free properties of human electrocorticography in awake and slow wave sleep states. Frontiers in Sleep and Chronobiology, 2012; 3:76. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2012.00076
Kelsey, M., Politte, D., Verner, R., Zempel, J.M., Nolan, T., Babajani-Feremi, A., Prior, F., Larson-Prior, L.J. Determination of neural state classification metrics from the power spectrum of human ECoG. IEEE/EMBS Conf. 2012. IEEE Xplore in press.
Max Youngs is studying biomedical engineering as an undergraduate student. His research contributions focus in optimal parameters for neural microstimulation. He joined the NPR lab in the fall of 2012. He received College of Engineering Dean’s Choice Award at 2013 Purdue University Undergraduate Poster Competition (primary author: M Youngs)
Johnny Zhang is a senior in the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering. He joined the NPR Lab in the summer of 2012 as part of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Undergraduate Research Experience. He was accepted into the BS/MS program and will continue researching in the lab for his Master’s Degree in Biomedical Engineering.
Dr. Kevin J. Otto
Professor and Dane A. Miller Head of Biomedical Engineering
kotto@purdue.edu
LinkedIn, Twitter (@OttoKev)
ORCID iD
Neural engineering, device-tissue interfaces and neurostimulation