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Viviana Macarelli
Postdoctoral Scholar, Bioengineering
BioViviana earned her PhD in Clinical Biochemistry from the University of Cambridge (UK) in 2024, where she focused on the role of primary cilia in metabolic sensing by the hypothalamus. She then joined the Lundberg lab as a postdoc for a project in collaboration with the Chan Zuckerberg Imaging Institute. She will focus on characterizing primary cilia in the adult brain using human induced pluripotent stem cells (hIPSC).
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Sasidhar Madugula
Postdoctoral Scholar, Neurosurgery
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMy research focuses on high-precision neural interfaces and the development of next-generation brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) for sensory and motor restoration. I am particularly interested in the biophysics of electrical stimulation, systems neuroscience, and the decoding of neural activity for high-fidelity communication and control. My work spans both fundamental and translational neuroscience.
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Laurin Maechtig
Graduate Visiting Researcher Student, Mechanical Engineering
BioLaurin Mächtig is a Visiting Student Researcher (VSR) at the Center for Turbulence Research (CTR).
At Stanford, he is investigating Aircraft Icing with high-fidelity simulations under supervision of postdoctoral fellow Federico Zabaleta and Professor Parviz Moin.
He holds a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Stuttgart, where he is currently enrolled as a Master's student in aerospace engineering in his final year. -
Nazanin Mahinparvar
Postdoctoral Scholar, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
BioNazanin Mahinparvar, MD, graduated from Isfahan University of Medical Sciences in Iran. Before joining Stanford, she spent three years as a Physician Director at a rehabilitation and long-term care center for older adults. Caring for patients with pain, mobility limitations, and loss of independence shaped her belief that medicine is not only about treating disease, but also about helping people preserve function, independence, and quality of life.
She later joined the Dr. David Yeomans Lab, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine as a postdoctoral scholar, where her research has focused on developing novel, non-opioid approaches for chronic pain. Having personally experienced chronic pain during adolescence, she understands how deeply persistent pain can affect movement, daily function, and quality of life. Studying pain at Stanford transformed that personal understanding into a professional mission: not simply to reduce pain, but to help people regain function and return to meaningful, active lives.
Art and movement have deeply influenced the way she sees medicine. Through playing the piano, painting, dancing, ice skating, swimming, and exercise, she has developed a strong appreciation for the connection between movement, coordination, precision, creativity, and human performance. To her, restoring function is about more than restoring movement—it is about helping people return to the activities, passions, and forms of expression that are meaningful to them.
Leadership, education, and mentorship are also central to her academic work. As a Faculty Educator and instructor for the Stanford Microsurgery Fall Internship through the Stanford Anesthesia Summer Institute (SASI), she brings together medicine, art, and education by incorporating art-inspired exercises into microsurgical training to develop fine motor control, hand-eye coordination, precision, and dexterity. She is passionate about creating engaging learning experiences and inspiring the next generation of learners in medicine.
Together, her experiences in rehabilitation, pain medicine, education, movement, and art ultimately led her to Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R), where these interests naturally come together. She is particularly interested in interventional pain, musculoskeletal and Sport medicine, and the intersection of rehabilitation with movement and human performance. Her goal is to build a clinical and academic career focused on restoring function, improving quality of life, and helping people return to what matters most to them. -
Alam Mahmud
Postdoctoral Scholar, Chemical Engineering
BioA curious individual, seeking truth and exploring wonders, as ever
