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Perla Garcia Miranda
Assistant Director, Scholar Funding, Knight-Hennessy Scholars
BioPerla Miranda García, Assistant Director of Scholar Funding for Knight-Hennessy Scholars (KHS)
Perla received her BA in Politics and Latin American and Latino Studies from the University of California, Santa Cruz and her MA in Latin American Studies from the University of Texas at Austin. In May 2023, she obtained a Master of Public Administration from San José State University. Perla has over 10 years of cumulative experience in student services from positions at the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS), the University of Texas at Austin, the University of California at Santa Cruz, and Stanford University. In all these roles, she has used her own experience as a first-generation college graduate to help students navigate academic systems and advise a diverse student population. Currently she works with a passionate and dedicated team to provide a seamless funding experience for KH Scholars. In this role she aspires to empower scholars to optimize Stanford and external resources to enrich their academic experience and contribute to their professional growth. In her free time, Perla enjoys watching movies, going to film and music festivals, hiking to lakes and waterfalls, and playing Rummikub. -
Pardis Miri
Basic Life Research Scientist, Genetics
BioPardis Miri, PhD, is a Research Scientist and former Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University, where she develops technology aimed at improving mental well-being. She holds a PhD in Computer Science and has extensive training in affective science under Professor James J. Gross. Pardis leads a multidisciplinary team (http://wehab.stanford.edu
) conducting clinical and real-world studies to assess how wearable technologies can reduce stress and enhance glymphatic flow in early-stage Alzheimer’s patients.
During her postdoctoral work, Pardis served as the principal investigator of FAR, a multi-disciplinary project to design, build, and evaluate an end-to-end wearable system for children with emotion dysregulation, including those diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. FAR aims to support more adaptive emotion-regulation strategies through a combination of systems design and behavioral research.
Pardis is advised by Professors Michael Snyder, Keith Marzullo, and James J. Gross, and collaborates with Professor Antonio Hardan of the Stanford School of Medicine on research involving children with autism spectrum disorder. -
Gabriel Mistelbauer
Senior Research Engineer, Rad/Cardiovascular Imaging
BioGabriel Mistelbauer is a senior research engineer in the Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA, since 2022. Previously, he was a research associate at the Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany (2016-2022) and a postdoctoral researcher at TU Wien, Austria (2013-2016). He received a PhD in Computer Science, in the field of Medical Visualization, in 2013 at TU Wien, Austria, and the habilitation (venia legendi) in Computer Visualization (Computervisualistik) in 2024 at Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany. His research focuses on visual computing and image processing in medicine, in particular on the analysis of vascular structures.
