Dr. Parag Katira

Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department
Graduate Advisor, Mechanical Engineering and Bioengineering Programs
Associate Director, Computational Sciences Research Center
San Diego State University

Current Lab Members

Dr. Bhanjan Debnath​

Post-Doctoral Researcher in 
Bioengineering
​Ph.D. Chemical Engineering,2022
M.S. Chemical Engineering
​

​Esra Tiftik Karabay

​Doctoral Candidate in Bioengineering
M.S. Chemical Engineering,2018
B.S. Chemical Engineering
​

Jamey O'Neill

Doctoral Candidate in Bioengineering
M.S. Bioinformatics,2019
B.S. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
A.A. English Literature

Chris Gunter

Research Assistant
​​M.S. Bioengineering,2023
B.S. Mechanical Engineering

Hunter Atchley

Graduate Student 
in  Bioengineering
B.S. Mechanical Engineering (Bioengineering)

Darby Dodge

Undergraduate Student
​in Biology

Katherine Simms

Undergraduate Student
​in Mechanical Engineering
​(Bioengineering)

Damaris Menendez

Undergraduate Student
​in Mechanical Engineering
​(Bioengineering)​

Lab Alumni

Dr. Esteban Vazquez-Hidalgo

Ph.D. Computational Science 
​B.S. in Biology, 2012

Dr. Benjamin Yeoman
​

PhD. Bioengineering
M.S. in Bioengineering, 
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering 

Ashrith Reddy

​B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering, 2016

Nadia Beydoun

B.B.A Business Administration, 2014
M.S. in Bioengineering

James Julian

​​M.S. in Bioengineering
B.S. in Bioengineering, 2018

Quan Koo

Graduate Student
​B.S. in Biomedical Engineering
M.S. in Bioengineering
​(in progress)

Amanda Coale

Graduate Student
B.S. in Bioengineering, 2018
M.S. in Bioengineering
(in progress)

Jeremiah Kanagaraj

Graduate Student
B.S. in Bioengineering, 2013
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering
(in progress)

Jhovanna Garcia

Undergraduate Student
​B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
​(in progress)​
B.A. in Dance
(in progress)

Christian Mercado

Undergraduate Student
B.S. in Bio-Mechanical Engineering
(in progress)

Tyler Collins

Graduate Student
B.S. in Bioengineering, 2014
M.S. in Bioengineering, 2019

Eddie Zepeda

Graduate Student
B.S. in Bioengineering, 2015
​M.S. in Bioengineering, 2019

Zibah Mirzakhel 

Graduate Student
B.S. in Biological Sciences, 2011
M.S. in Bioengineering, 2017

Kasia Siedlecki

Undergraduate Student
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering with Bioengineering Emphasis, 2017

Carly Farris

Graduate Student
​B.S in Physiology, 2013
M.S. in Bioengineering, 2017

Jeffrey Canlobo

Graduate Student
B.S. in Bioengineering, 2013
 M.S. in Bioengineering, 2016
​

Brianna Roseberry

Undergraduate Student
B.S. in Biology

Aaron Aguiar

Undergraduate Student 
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering with Bioengineering Emphasis, 

Savannah ter Veer

Undergraduate Student
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering

Peter Dahl

Undergraduate Student
​B.S. in Mechanical Engineering

Brianna Manns

Undergraduate Student
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering

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Contributing Members

​Juan Gurrola
Cate Martin