Ziwei and Zhibo PhD Defense Happy Hour, December 2024 
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
STAFF
Gloria Halfacre
Administrative Coordinator
gloriah@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
Marlon Hernandez
MRI Technologist
marlonhe@usc.edu
PhD STUDENTS (POST-QUALS)
Namgyun Lee (IPA: næm) PhD STUDENTS (PRE-QUALS)
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
Duc Le
PhD student
Electrical Engineering
Aug 2023 —
duchle@usc.edu
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)
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Ana Sanson Leon
Computational Neuroscience,
Electrical and Computer Engineering
May 2022 —
asanson@usc.edu