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MREL 20th Anniversary Retreat, Catalina, August 2023
July 2023
April 2022
Yongwan Lim’s Farewell, January 2022
December 2021
MREL Picnic, November 2021
ISMRM Reunion, Montreal, May 2019
Xin send-off, Los Angeles, Dec 2018
ISMRM Reunion, Paris, June 2018
ISMRM Reunion, Singapore, May 2017
Brian won W.S. Moore YIA award, Singapore May 2017

FACULTY

Krishna S. Nayak (IPA: kɹ’ɪʃnə)
Professor of Electrical Engineering
(and jointly: Biomedical Engineering, Medicine, and Radiology)

http://sipi.usc.edu/~knayak
knayak@usc.edu
EEB Room 400C
213-740-3494
213-740-4651 FAX

Ye Tian (IPA: jε)
Research Assistant Professor: Electrical and Computer Engineering and
0.55T MRI Physicist,

ytian607@usc.edu
EEB Room 428
213-479-5015

STAFF

Gloria Halfacre
Administrative Coordinator

gloria@sipi.usc.edu
EEB Room 404
213-740-4145
213-740-4651 FAX

Mary Yung
Research Coordinator

maryyung@usc.edu
EEB Room 400
213-764-4991

Esther Yang
Adminstrative Coordinator

esthery@usc.edu
EEB Room 400A
323-865-0831

TECHNICAL STAFF

Sophia Cui
Siemens MRI Physicist

sophia.cui@siemens-healthineers.com

Jennifer Dill
MRI Technologist

jdill@chla.usc.edu

PhD STUDENTS (POST-QUALS)

Namgyun Lee (IPA: næm)
PhD student
Biomedical Engineering
Aug 2018 —

namgyunl@usc.edu
EEB Room 414

Zhibo Zhu (IPA: ɻboʊ)
PhD student
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Aug 2018 —

zhibozhu@usc.edu
EEB Room 412

Ziwei Zhao (IPA: ziweɪ)
PhD student,
Electrical and Computer Engineering Aug 2019 —

ziweiz@usc.edu
EEB Room 416

PhD STUDENTS (PRE-QUALS)

Bochao Li (IPA: boaʊʃaʊ)
PhD student
Biomedical Engineering
Aug 2019 —

bochaoli@usc.edu
EEB Room 416

Prakash Kumar
PhD student
Electrical and Computer Engineering Aug 2020 —

prakashk@usc.edu

Felix Muñoz
PhD student
Biomedical Engineering
Aug 2020 —

jdfelix@usc.edu

Bahadir Barlas
PhD student
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Aug 2022 —

bbarlas@usc.edu

Nejat Can
PhD student
Biomedical Engineering
Aug 2022 —

ncan@usc.edu

Kübra Keskin (IPA: kybra)
PhD student
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Aug 2019 —

keskin@usc.edu
EEB Room 412

Ecrin Yagiz
PhD student
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Aug 2020 —

yagiz@usc.edu

Bilal Tasdelen
PhD student
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Jan 2021 —

tasdelen@usc.edu

Sarina Kapai
PhD student
Electrical and Computer Engineering

Aug 2022 —

sarinaka@usc.edu

PhD STUDENTS (PRE-SCREENING)

Kevin Lee
PhD student
Electrical and Computer Engineering

Aug 2022 —

kylee@usc.edu

Duc Le
PhD student
Electrical Engineering

Aug 2023 —

duchle@usc.edu

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

Ana Sanson Leon
Computational Neuroscience,
Electrical and Computer Engineering
May 2022 —

asanson@usc.edu