We are looking for new Postdocs to join the team (see openings) !
Edward P. Marram Chair and Chief, Pediatric Cardiac Bioengineering, Boston Children’s Hospital, Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Contact: Pierre.Dupont@childrens.harvard.edu
Interests:
Medical Robotics, Surgical Robotics, Soft Robotic Sensing and Actuation
Contact: Max.McCandless@childrens.harvard.edu
Bio: Max received his Ph.D. in 2023 from Boston University. His research involves the design, modeling, and control of soft robots for minimally invasive surgery. He is working toward developing new robots for cardiac interventions.
Interests:
Biomedical engineering, medical devices, intraoperative imaging, endoscopy
Contact: Abhijit.Mondal@childrens.harvard.edu
Bio: Abhijit received his PhD in Bioengineering in 2017 from University of Utah (Salt Lake City, UT, USA). His research involves the development of airway stent systems for treating tracheobronchomalacia.
Interests:
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Robot Modeling, Medical Device Algorithms
Contact: Yuan.Wang3@childrens.harvard.edu
Bio: Yuan earned her M.S. degree from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Her current research focuses on the development of learning-based methods for kinematic modeling of medical robots.
Interests:
Surgical Robotics, Haptics, Modeling and Simulation, Continuum Robots, Controls
Contact: Neel.Shihora@childrens.harvard.edu
Bio: Neel received his Ph.D. in 2024 from Vanderbilt University, where his research focused on task-based design, modeling, and telemanipulation assistance of dexterous robotics for surgical confined spaces and remote intervention. His current research involves investigating modeling and control techniques for tendon-driven telescoping catheters used in cardiac interventions.
Interests:
Surgical robotics, Soft robotics
Contact: Bryan.Lee@childrens.harvard.edu
Bio: Bryan received his Ph.D. in 2025 from Boston University, where his research focused on design, manufacturing and control of soft-rigid hybrid robots. His current research involves developing transcatheter robotic devices for minimally invasive cardiac procedures.
Interests:
Medical and Surgical Devices, Design, Biomedical Engineering
Contact: Maria.Doikova@childrens.harvard.edu
Bio: Maria completed her BSc in Health Sciences and Technology (HST) at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zürich. She is now pursuing her Master’s degree in HST at the same institution, with a specialisation in Medical Technology. Maria is currently working on her Master’s thesis at the Dupont Laboratory. Her research focuses on the development and evaluation of a robotic catheter for minimally invasive cardiac procedures.
Interests:
Medical & Surgery Robotics, Soft Robotics, Design & Development
Contact: Stefania.Bottoni@childrens.harvard.edu
Bio: Stefania completed her BSc in Mechanical Engineering at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zürich. She is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering at ETH, specialising in Medical Robotics and Rehabilitation. Her work spans soft robotics, teleoperated surgical systems, and human–machine interaction. At the Dupont Laboratory, she is conducting her Master’s thesis on a transcatheter system for minimally invasive intracardiac procedures, with an emphasis on design, fabrication, and system integration.
Jonathan Hamid, B.S., M.Sc. ETH Zurich Alumni, Switzerland
Lea Pistorius, B.S., M.Sc. ETH Zurich Alumni, Switzerland
Namrata U. Naya, Ph.D., System Analyst, Robotic Alroithms and Control, Intuitive
Phillip Tran, Ph.D., Senior Robotics Engineer, Takeda
Xiaowei Lin, B.S., M.Sc. ETH Zurich Alumni, Switzerland
Giovanni Pittiglio, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA
Margherita Mencattelli, Ph.D., Sr. R&D Engineer, Medtronic, Boston, MA
Silvan Otto, B.S., M.Sc. ETH Zurich Alumni, Switzerland
Abdulhamit Donder, Senior Robotics/Controls Engineer, Medtronic, Boston, MA
Yash Chitalia, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Director HeaRT, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
Fabio Leuenberger, M.Sc. ETH Zurich Alumni, Switzerland
Thibaud Bertrand, M.Sc., Biomedical Engineer, ETH Zurich Alumni, Switzerland
Joe Peine, M.Sc., Mechanical Engineer, Vicarious Surgical, Boston, MA
Karl Price, M.Sc., Mechanical Engineer, Boston Dynamics, Waltham, MA
Junhyoung Ha, Ph.D., Senior Researcher at Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Korea
Georgios Fagogenis, Ph.D., Software Engineer - Motion Planning and Decision Making at Argo AI, Munich, Germany
Jiaole Wang, Ph.D., Associate Professor at School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, China
Martina Finocchiaro, B.Sc, Marie Curie PhD student, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Gustavo Arnal, Product Development Engineer at Sage Product Development, Inc., Forborough, MA
Zurab Machaidze, M.D., Medical Director, Clinical Development at Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Waltham, MA
Benoit Rosa, Ph.D., Research Scientist, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of Strasbourg, France
Sunil Manjila, M.D., Staff Neurosurgeon, Department of Neurosurgery, Insight Institute of Neurosurgery & Neuroscience, Insight Research Institute, Flint, MI
Chunwoo Kim, Ph.D., Senior Researcher, Health Care Robot Group, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Korea
Ali Ataollahi, Ph.D., Entrepreneur
Aaron Becker, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Houston
Dana Damian, Ph.D., Lecturer, Automatic Control and System Engineering Department, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
Alina Eqtami, Ph.D., Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, CentraleSupélec, Laboratoire des Signaux et Systèmes
Ouajdi Felfoul, Ph.D., MR lead system designer, GE Healthcare
Seokchang Ryu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University
Ignacio Berra, M.D., Staff Surgeon, Cardiovascular Surgery and Transplant, Hospital de Pediatria J.P. Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Patrick Codd, M.D., Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Gioia Lucarini, Ph.D., Postdoc, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in Pisa, Italy
Andrew Gosline, Ph.D., Senior Systems Engineer, Simplexity Product Development, Inc., Seattle, WA
Christos Bergeles, Ph.D., Associate Professor (Reader) at King’s College London, London, England, United Kingdom
Slava Arabagi, Ph.D., Helbling Precision Engineering
Panagiotis Vartholomeos, Ph.D., Assistant Professor at the University of Thessaly, Greece
Hongliang Ren, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Jesse Lock, Ph.D., M.D., Chief Medical Officer, Etiometry, Inc. / Pediatrician
Mohsen Mahvash, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist at KLA-Tencor, San Jose, California
Gianni Campion, Ph.D., Systems Software Specialist, CAE Healthcare, Montreal, Quebec
Wenyuan Chen, Ph.D., Director of Product Engineering, JLC Group LLC
Prakash Kasturi, Ph.D., Principal Firmware Engineer, Newport Corp.
Thomas Debus, Ph.D., Alliance Spacesystems, Inc.
Jeff Stoll, Ph.D., Ultrasound Innovations Group, Siemens Medical Solutions
Evan Butler, M.Sc., President, Etiometry, Inc.
Genevieve Laing, M.Sc., Product Engineer, Medtronic, Inc.
Sudeep Deshpande, M.Sc., Boston Consulting Group
Pat Sears, M.Sc., Alliance Spacesystems, Inc.
Matt Heverly, M.Sc., Technical Staff, Jet Propulsion Lab.
Shaun Selha, M.Sc., Project Manager, SourceOne, Inc.
Brandon Itkowitz, M.Sc., Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
Ben Wolf, M.Sc., NMT Medical, Inc.