Meet the Team
Dr. Maral Mousavi
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
University of Southern California
Graduate Students
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Farbod Amirghasemi
joined 2020
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Sina Khazaee Nejad
joined 2022
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Ali Soleimani
joined 2022
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Abdulrahman Al-Shami
joined 2022
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Melissa Banks
joined 2023
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Haozheng Ma
joined 2023
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Emily Herbert
joined 2024
Postdoctoral Scholars and Staff
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Narges Asefifeyzabadi, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
joined 2024 -
Kara Ushijima
Clinical Research Coordinator
joined 2022 -
Victor Ong, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
joined 2019 -
Mona Abdelmonem, PhD
Senior Research Associate
joined 2022
Masters Students
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Daniel Vargas Ramos
joined 2024
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Alanah Penn
joined 2025
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Lokesh Velu
joined 2024
Undergraduate Students
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Michael Lee
joined 2021
2022 CURVE Fellow
Mentor: Victor Ong -
Ava Tran
joined 2022
2023, 2024 CURVE Fellow
Mentor: Farbod Amirghasemi -
Catherine Hartman
joined 2024
Mentor: Melissa Banks -
Callie Luong
joined 2024
2024 CURVE Fellow
Mentor: Haozheng Ma -
Tsion Aredo
joined 2024
CURVE Fellow
Mentor: Sina Khazaee Nejad -
Sara Wittig
joined 2024
CURVE Fellow
Mentor: Melissa Banks -
Clare Sanchez
joined 2024
CURVE Fellow
Mentor: Ali Soleimani -
Luca Lizaranzu
joined 2024
CURVE Fellow
Mentor: Farbod Amirghasemi -
Kylie Hiedal
joined 2024
CURVE Fellow
Mentor: Farbod Amirghasemi -
Katlynn Thai
joined 2023
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Mya Cohen
joined 2023
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Caitlyn Nguyen
joined 2024
Mentor: Daniel Ramos
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Amelie Tangtam
joined 2025
Mentor: Emily Herbert
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Yiting Christina Wang Lu
joined 2025
2025 BUGS Fellow
Mentor: Victor Ong -
Geonwoo Kim
joined 2025
Mentor: Victor Ong
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Aaron Yang
joined 2025
Mentor: Victor Ong