Esdras Camacho

Esdras Camacho
Chemical Engineering
esdrascamacho@ulf.edu@ulf.edu

Esdras graduated with a BS in chemical engineering student at the University of Florida. He has collaborated on the MARTEENI project to develop an understanding of the applications and interactions of PEDOT:PSS on microelectrodes by assisting in implanting these devices in vivo into Lewis Rats. 

Pedro Gracias

Pedro Gracias
Biomedical Engineering
pgracias@ulf.edu
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Pedro is a senior biomedical engineering student at the University of Florida. He is collaborating on the MARTEENI project in which he will be understanding the applications and interactions of PEDOT:PSS on MARTEENI by implanting these devices in Lewis Rats. 

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Carson A Boogaart

Carson Boogaart 
Biomedical Engineering
cboogaart@ufl.edu
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Carson is a fourth-year biomedical engineering student. He will be collaborating on MARTEENI in which he will help accomplish goals of understanding the applications and interactions of PEDOT: PSS on MARTEENI. He will be performing lab tasks such as cryo-sectioning, aiding in the surgeries of the implantation of this device into Lewis Rats, and chronic collection of data of animals implanted.

Erynne San Antonio

Erynne San Antonio
Biomedical Engineering
esanantonio@ulf.edu

Erynne is a third year biomedical engineering student at the University of Florida. She is researching the electrical and electrochemical changes between the different counter-ion molecular weights of the polymer PEDOT:PSS.

Kathleen Yang

Kathleen Yang
Electrical Engineering
kathleen.yang@ufl.edu

Kathleen is a second year electrical engineering student at the University of Florida. She is currently studying voltage-induced structural changes of PEDOT:PSS, with neural electrode applications.

Renae Burke

Renae Burke
Biomedical Engineering

Renae Burke is a fourth year double major in biomedical engineering and violin performance. She is currently working on intracortical magnetic stimulation and is interested in researching bidirectional brain-machine interfaces.

Ramya Saldanha

Ramya Saldanha
Biomedical Engineering
rsaldanha@ufl.edu

Ramya is a third year biomedical engineering student at the University of Florida. She is researching the effects of electrode site placement on intracortical microstimulation and is interested in attending med school after graduation.

Alyssa Massais

Alyssa Massais
Biomedical Engineering
amassais@ufl.edu

Alyssa is a first year biomedical engineering student at the University of Florida. She plans to pursue her interest in neuroscience and is very excited to start working in the lab.

Nicole Veit

Nicole Veit
Biomedical Engineering
nveit@ufl.edu

Nicole is a third year biomedical engineering student with a minor in computer science. She is currently researching the role of electrode-site size on intracortical implantable devices. She is planning on pursuing a PhD and is interested in developing neural technologies for degenerative disorders.

Brandon Badamtchian

Brandon Badamtchian
Biomedical Engineering
bbadamtchian@ufl.edu

Brandon is a third-year biomedical engineering student specializing in neural engineering. He is researching the electrical properties of shape-memory polymer nerve cuff electrodes for use as neural implants. After graduating, Brandon plans to pursue an MD/PhD program.

Aaron Czeiszperger

Aaron Czeiszperger
Biomedical Engineering

Aaron is a fifth year Biomedical Engineering student in the Combined Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree at the University of Florida and is seeking a minor in Electrical Engineering. His work is concentrated about the foreign body response to neural implants in the peripheral nervous system.