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
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
TECHNICAL STAFF
Ye Tian (IPA: jε) 
Jennifer Dill
MRI Technologist
jdill@chla.usc.edu
PhD STUDENTS (PRE-QUALS)
Namgyun Lee (IPA: næm) 
Prakash Kumar
PhD student
Electrical and Computer Engineering Aug 2020 —
prakashk@usc.edu
Bilal Tasdelen
PhD student
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Jan 2021 —
tasdelen@usc.edu
Ecrin Yagiz
PhD student
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Aug 2020 —
yagiz@usc.edu
Felix Muñoz
PhD student
Biomedical Engineering
Aug 2020 —
jdfelix@usc.edu
PhD STUDENTS (PRE-SCREENING)
Bahadir Barlas
PhD student
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Aug 2022 —
bbarlas@usc.edu
Sarina Kapai
PhD student
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Aug 2022 —
sarinaka@usc.edu
Nejat Can
PhD student
Biomedical Engineering
Aug 2022 —
ncan@usc.edu
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
Pooja Kowshik
Computer Engineering,
Computer Science
Sep 2021
pkowshike@usc.edu
Ana Sanson Leon
Computational Neuroscience,
Electrical and Computer Engineering
May 2022 —
asanson@usc.edu
Antonina Mintcheva
Biomedical Engineering
May 2022 —
mintchev@usc.edu
Baran Cinbis
Electrical Engineering
Jan 2023
cinbis@usc.edu