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:
Transcatheter Interventions, Medical Robots and Devices, Soft Robotics
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 robots for minimally invasive medical procedures. He is working toward developing new tools for transcatheter cardiac interventions.
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.
Clovis Schmitt, M.S., ETH Zurich Alumni, Switzerland
Stefania Bottoni, M.S., ETH Zurich Alumni, Switzerland
Maria Doikova, M.S., R&D Engineering, Acrostak
Yuan Wang, M.S., Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Abhijit Mondal, Ph.D., Scientist, Boston Children’s Hospitaly
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, M.Sc., Control System Design Engineer, Varian
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.