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Sajjad AbdollahRamezani
Postdoctoral Scholar, Ophthalmology
BioSajjad Abdollahramezani is a postdoctoral scholar in Professor Charles DeBoer’s lab in the Department of Ophthalmology at Stanford University. His research focuses on developing next-generation bioanalytical tools and implantable medical devices that integrate advanced optics, imaging, and AI to make healthcare more sustainable, precise, and accessible.
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Shahira Abousamra
Postdoctoral Scholar, Biomedical Data Sciences
BioShahira Abousamra is a Postdoctoral scholar in the department of Biomedical Data Science at Stanford University, working with Dr. Sylvia Plevritis at the Plevritis Lab. She earned her PhD in Computer Science from Stony Brook University in 2024 under the supervision of Dr. Chao Chen and Dr. Dimitris Samaras.
In her research, she integrates mathematical modeling with computer vision to create more robust solutions, particularly in the context of advancing cancer research and enhancing our understanding of the tumor microenvironment. She leverages computational topology and spatial statistics to provide spatial semantic grounding to complement machine learning models. She publishes in top computer vision, artificial intelligence, and medical image analysis conferences including CVPR, ECCV, ICCV, AAAI, and MICCAI. -
Ibrahim Oluwajoba Adisa
Postdoctoral Scholar, Education
BioIbrahim ('Joba) Adisa is a Human-Centered AI (HAI) Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford's Graduate School of Education, collaborating with Dr. Victor Lee on advancing research to promote AI literacy in K-12 education. His research lies at the intersection of learning sciences, computing education, data science, and AI literacy. He focuses on developing tools and curricula resources that enhance data literacy and promote creativity, computational thinking, and collaborative problem-solving with AI in K-12 education. His research is often conducted through co-designs and partnerships in formal and informal learning environments. He uses qualitative and statistical machine learning methods to model learners' interactions in these environments.
'Joba completed his undergraduate studies at the Federal University of Technology Minna with an emphasis on cognitive science, physics, and mathematics. He earned a master's in educational technology from the University of Ibadan and obtained his doctorate in Learning Sciences from Clemson University, where he supported several NSF-funded projects in STEM, data science, and AI education. Before graduate school, he worked as a Digital Learning Specialist at Tek Experts, a global digital tech talent corporation. His diverse academic background underpins his innovative approach to educational research and instructional design. 'Joba has received numerous awards and honors throughout his academic career, including the Outstanding Graduate Researcher Award and fellowships from MTN Foundation, Caroline Odunola Foundation, Clemson University, and Stanford PRISM Baker. His publications span various high-impact journals and conferences, contributing to the fields of AI literacy, data science and computing education. -
Salaar Ahmed
Postdoctoral Scholar, Neurosurgery
BioSalaar Ahmed, MD, is a Postdoctoral Research Scholar in the Ramayya Lab within the Department of Neurological Surgery at Stanford University School of Medicine. His research focuses on the mechanisms and novel treatments of chronic and cancer-related pain, neuromodulation, disorders of consciousness, and global neurosurgery.
Dr. Ahmed earned his MD from Aga Khan University in January 2026, graduating summa cum laude, with a record 18 university awards and 15 honors. His early research focused on Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG), pediatric neuro-oncology, and global neurosurgical outcomes under the mentorship of Dr. Ather Enam and Dr. Naureen Mushtaq. He also collaborated on research projects with investigators from the University of Minnesota, the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and Mayo Clinic Rochester.
Beyond his academic work, Dr. Ahmed served as President of the student wing of Child Protection Services (CPS) at Aga Khan University Hospital. As a high school student, he founded Masoom Jaan, a community initiative that positively impacted the lives of more than 1,000 children in Rahim Yar Khan, his hometown in Pakistan. He later co-founded the Student Neurosurgery and Oncology Research Consortium (SNORC), an international mentorship and research initiative that has connected medical students with neurosurgical faculty mentors and expanded access to research opportunities across multiple countries. In addition, Salaar has worked extensively on HIV stigma and public health research, focusing on the MSM and transgender communities, and continues to collaborate with investigators at Aga Khan University.
Dr. Ahmed has presented his work at numerous international scientific meetings, including the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), the Society for Neuro-Oncology (SNO), and the International AIDS Conference. -
Tazbir Ahmed
Postdoctoral Scholar, Ophthalmology
BioDr. Tazbir Ahmed is a clinician-scientist with a focus on neuro-ophthalmology and vision science, bringing expertise in translational research, clinical trials, and medical education. He obtained his medical degree and licensure through the Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council and achieved board certification in Ophthalmology from the Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Motivated by a deep interest in ocular neurodegeneration, inflammation, and metabolic eye disorders, Dr. Ahmed pursued a PhD in Ophthalmology at the University of Tokyo School of Medicine. His doctoral research explored the use of biologics, ocular devices, and experimental models of inflammation to investigate retinal and optic nerve changes in glaucoma, optic neuropathies, and age-related visual decline.
Dr. Ahmed’s multidisciplinary research integrates preclinical disease models, neuroimaging, ocular histochemistry, omics technologies, and electrophysiological methods to elucidate mechanisms of visual pathway dysfunction. He also leverages data science tools to address key issues in ocular public health. -
Geun Ho Ahn
Postdoctoral Scholar, Electrical Engineering
BioI am a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford University, specializing in integrated photonics, material sciences, and computational optimization to develop innovative photonic-electronic systems for optical interconnects, metrology, and quantum science.
I earned my Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, where I worked with Professor Jelena Vuckovic as a SGF fellow and FMA fellow on integrated photonics system through heterogeneous integration and photonic inverse design. -
Changzhi Ai
Postdoctoral Scholar, Photon Science, SLAC
BioChangzhi Ai is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis at Stanford University and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. He specializes in developing machine learning models for surface and interfacial chemistry, with broader expertise in atomistic modeling for materials science and chemistry. His research also explores agentic AI for scientific discovery, automation of active learning workflows, global optimization algorithms, and high-throughput materials screening. He obtained his PhD from the Technical University of Denmark.
His current research focuses on the development of scalable, physically informed machine learning potentials, particularly equivariant neural network architectures, for accurately modeling complex chemical environments. His work spans heterogeneous catalysis, multi-metallic alloy design, reaction kinetics, and surface and interfacial chemistry, with an emphasis on uncovering structure–property relationships at the atomic scale.
In addition, he has extensive experience integrating machine learning models into simulation pipelines and deploying them in large-scale computational environments. His technical expertise includes deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch, distributed training (DDP and multi-node GPU systems), and scientific computing tools including LAMMPS, ASE, and TorchScript/LibTorch for production-level deployment. He also develops end-to-end automated workflows for data generation, model training, and adaptive sampling in materials discovery.
Keywords:
Machine Learning Potentials (Equivariant GNNs), Atomistic Simulations, Molecular Dynamics, Active Learning & Workflow Automation, High-Throughput Screening, Global Optimization Algorithms, Scientific Machine Learning, Distributed GPU Computing, PyTorch & TorchScript, LAMMPS Integration, ASE, HPC Systems, Data-Driven Materials Discovery
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Agnideep “Agni” Aich, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar, Emergency Medicine
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsAgni's research develops interpretable statistical machine learning methods for clinical, biomedical, and population health data, with interests spanning dependence-aware learning and copula-based methods, extreme-event modeling, predictive modeling, supervised feature selection, and AI in healthcare. At the HEAL Lab, he analyzes clinical workflows and AI implementation to advance understanding of the human experience in healthcare, emphasizing practical, interpretable, human-centered outcomes.
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Meghali Aich
Postdoctoral Scholar, Neonatal and Developmental Medicine
BioMy research interest lies in understanding how environmental factors contribute to neurodevelopmental disorders and translating those insights into therapies. Aligned with this, my current research in Dr. Anca Pasca’s lab at Stanford focuses on how reductive stress associated with maternal metabolic syndrome affects fetal brain development.
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Ali Akbarisehat
Postdoctoral Scholar, Radiology
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsBiosensing, electrochemical sensing
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Franz Ake
Postdoctoral Scholar, Pathology
BioDr. Ake is a computational biologist specializing in single-cell transcriptomics, alternative polyadenylation, and isoform regulation. His research focuses on developing computational methods and bioinformatic pipelines to characterize post-transcriptional regulation and differential isoform usage at single-cell resolution. During his PhD under the mentorship of Dr. Mireya Plass at the University of Barcelona and the IDIBELL Research Institute in Barcelona, Spain, he developed approaches for isoform quantification and the analysis of differential isoform usage in single-cell datasets.
Currently, his research at Stanford University focuses on multi-omics data integration, with a particular emphasis on spatial transcriptomics and cancer genomics to study tumor biology, tissue heterogeneity, and disease-associated molecular programs from high-dimensional sequencing data. -
Soud Al Kharusi
Postdoctoral Scholar, Physics
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsExperimental/astrophysical probes of neutrinos, fundamental symmetries, and cosmological models.
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Haider Ali
Postdoctoral Scholar, Ophthalmology
BioHaider Ali, M.B., B.S. is a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of Ophthalmology at Stanford University School of Medicine. With over six years of experience in translational research, his work focuses on advancing innovations in retinal imaging, artificial intelligence, and digital health. He is particularly interested in developing technologies that bridge clinical innovation and real-world impact to improve vision care globally.
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Youssef Allouah
Postdoctoral Scholar, Computer Science
BioYoussef Allouah is a postdoctoral scholar at Stanford University. He is working with Prof. Sanmi Koyejo at the Computer Science department. His research interests are broadly in the principles of trustworthy machine learning, specifically the theory and practice of privacy, robustness, and unlearning.
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Daniel Altman
Postdoctoral Scholar, Mathematics
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsCombinatorics, Number Theory; in particular additive combinatorics, higher-order Fourier analysis.
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Shivesh Anand
Postdoctoral Scholar, Cardiothoracic Surgery
BioDr. Shivesh Anand is an NWO Rubicon Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Stanford University, specializing in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. He completed his PhD at the MERLN Institute (Maastricht, Netherlands), where he applied biomaterials, biofabrication, and biomodulation strategies to develop nano-engineered scaffolds for tympanic membrane regeneration. His global research trajectory is deeply interdisciplinary, including research appointments at Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology (United States), A*STAR (Singapore), IBEC Barcelona (Spain), and Aarhus University (Denmark). Currently focused on active regenerative engineering, he investigates how multimodal biophysical cues modulate cell fate and tissue regeneration.
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Shreya Anand
Postdoctoral Scholar, Physics
BioLSST-DA Catalyst and KIPAC Rubin Fellow
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T. Bertie Ansell
Postdoctoral Scholar, Biology
BioBertie is a post-doc within the labs of Dr. Peter Dahlberg (SLAC) and Prof. Kabir Peay (Stanford). They are a current Schmidt Science Fellow researching the mechanisms of plant-microbial symbiosis within soil.
Bertie completed their PhD at the University of Oxford (UK) under the supervision of Prof. Mark Sansom and Prof. Christian Siebold. -
Yann Aouidef
Postdoctoral Scholar, Management Science and Engineering
BioYann Aouidef is a PhD candidate at the Paris Center of Law and Economics, in applied Mathematics in Economics : Game Theory, Social Choice Theory, Law and Economics.
He's currently a VSR at Stanford with interests in Computational Contracts applied to Smartcontracts. -
Nur Arafeh Dalmau
Postdoctoral Scholar, Oceans
BioI am currently a postdoc at UCLA and Stanford and an Honorary Fellow at The University of Queensland. I am a marine community ecologist and marine spatial planner. My research focuses on understanding the impacts of marine heatwaves on kelp forest ecosystems. I also research the role of marine protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures for providing climate resilience and designing networks of climate-smart marine protected areas. I support conservation initiatives with NGOs, parks, and fishers, and teach decision tools such as Marxan. My heart remains in my beautiful Costa Brava, Spain (Catalonia), where I do my best to support conservation. I am a naive dreamer, and I know future generations will dive into healthy kelp forests and thriving marine ecosystems.
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Mateus Aragao Esmeraldo
Postdoctoral Scholar, Radiology
BioMateus A. Esmeraldo is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Radiology at Stanford University, currently working under the mentorship of Dr. Bruno P. Soares. His current research focuses on pediatric neuroradiology and the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) tools to enhance diagnostic and healthcare delivery in neuropediatric populations, with a particular emphasis on magnetic resonance imaging.
Originally from Brazil, Mateus earned his medical degree Magna cum Laude from the University of Ceará - Sobral. He completed his residency in Radiology at the University of São Paulo, where he was awarded the Guerbet-InRad Best Resident Award and received the CBR/ESOR Europe Scholarship for complementary training in Neuroradiology at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, University of Cambridge, during his final year.
Following his residency, Mateus served as a Radiologist in the Ultrasound Section of the Institute of Radiology (InRad) at the University of São Paulo. In this role, he was engaged in clinical and research activities involving Doppler ultrasound and transcranial ultrasound in adult patients. His work was closely aligned with innovation-driven projects in neuroimaging and artificial intelligence, and he also participated in academic and teaching initiatives for medical students and residents. -
Christopher Maximilian Arends
Postdoctoral Scholar, Pathology
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsUsing genetic models of large-scale biobanks in combination with experimental models to study hallmarks of hematopoietic stem cell ageing, such as age-related myeloid-bias and clonal hematopoieisis.
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Andres Arriagada Romero
Postdoctoral Scholar, Mechanical Engineering
BioPorous media, Heterogeneous combustion, Packed-bed reactors.
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BRIGHT ASARE-BEDIAKO
Postdoctoral Scholar, Ophthalmology
BioDr. Asare-Bediako is a Ghanaian-trained Optometrist who started his career as a Teaching/Research Assistant at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. He obtained a doctorate degree in Vision Science from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, US, where he worked on animal models of diabetic retinopathy and hematopoiesis in Prof. Maria Grant’s lab. Currently, he is a postdoctoral scholar in Prof. Mary Elizabeth Hartnett’s lab studying retinopathy of prematurity. His current interests lie in understanding mechanisms of angiogenesis in retinopathy of prematurity and diabetic retinopathy.
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Amirsaman Ashtari
Postdoctoral Scholar, Radiation Biology
BioI am a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford University, jointly supervised by Ash Alizadeh MD/PhD and Mohammad Shahrokh Esfahani PhD. I developed several AI solutions for the Computer Vision and Computer Graphic domains during my PhD studies at KAIST and ETH Zurich. My PhD research outcome was recognized by winning the Young Researcher Award, and I was eager to apply all those AI techniques to biological data for cancer therapy. In the Alizadeh and Esfahani labs, I will develop AI solutions and computational tools to better understand the tumor microenvironment. Outside of my research, I enjoy loving my family, playing the piano, and listening to music.
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Muhammad Asim
Postdoctoral Scholar, Psychiatry
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsI am interested in investigating the cell type-specific and neural circuit mechanisms underlying emotional disorders. In particular, I strive to explore the neural mechanisms associated with psychedelic drugs, focusing on how these substances improve mood and exhibit antidepressant-like effects.
#Psychedelics #5HT2AR #striatum #amygdala #Depression&Anxiety -
Aya Awad
Postdoctoral Scholar, Stanford Cancer Institute
BioI am a postdoctoral fellow at the Stanford Cancer Institute in the laboratory of Steven Artandi, where my research focuses on telomere biology and telomerase regulation in cancer. My work integrates molecular genetics, biochemistry, and cell-based approaches to understand how dysregulation of telomere maintenance promotes genome instability and tumorigenesis.
I received my PhD in Genetics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where my doctoral research examined the molecular mechanisms by which telomerase activity and telomere structure are regulated at chromosome ends. Through mechanistic studies combining patient-derived cells and molecular analyses, I contributed to defining how telomere elongation and overhang dynamics are controlled.
At Stanford, my research centers on identifying regulatory pathways that control telomerase RNA maturation and activity, with a particular interest in discovering and characterizing small-molecule inhibitors targeting the telomerase pathway as potential cancer therapeutics. More broadly, I aim to translate fundamental insights in telomere biology into strategies for selectively targeting telomere maintenance mechanisms in cancer. -
Jeremy Axelrod
Postdoctoral Scholar, Molecular and Cellular Physiology
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMicroscopy and instrumentation development for bioscience and biomedicine. Cellular ultrastructure and molecular motors. Laser and electron optics.
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Ugur Aygun
Postdoctoral Scholar, Radiology
BioUgur Aygun is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellow working as a postdoctoral researcher at Canary Center for Early Cancer Detection, Stanford University. He received his PhD in electrical engineering, specializing in optical biosensors, optical microscopy, computational imaging, and spectroscopy. His research focusing on the development of novel optical imaging techniques for biomedical applications.
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Gastón A. Ayubi
Postdoctoral Scholar, Ophthalmology
BioGastón A. Ayubi completed his undergraduate studies in physics and electrical engineering, followed by PhD studies in physics at the University of the Republic of Uruguay. As an undergraduate student, in 2008 he started collaborating at the Department of Physics, where he developed a strong interest in phase imaging techniques. In 2022 he joined Stanford University as a postdoc. His role is to develop and test phase contrast imaging methods for both microscopy and retinal imaging.
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Mohan Babu Budikote Venkatappa
Basic Life Research Scientist, Genetics
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsLongitudinal deep omics profiling to understand health and disease trajectories
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Florian Bach
Postdoctoral Scholar, Infectious Diseases
BioI'm a molecular infection biologist by training, but shifted my focus from pathogens to hosts for my graduate research. During my PhD with Phil Spence in Edinburgh I studied both falciparum and vivax malaria using controlled human (re)infection models, collaborating closely with the groups of Simon Draper and Angela Minassian in Oxford. As a hybrid bioinformatician and experimentalist, I love systems immunology for answering complex questions about human health. For my postdoc, I study in how the human immune response to malaria evolves in infants as they become reinfected and age. I'm also interested in how such early-life immunological events, malaria and beyond, may affect vaccine responses and immune development later in life. I address this question by making use of a longitudinal study cohort of infants receiving monthly chemoprevention in Eastern Uganda, together with our collaborators at UC San Francisco and IDRC Uganda. I am a Global Health Postdoctoral Affiliate with the Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health.
