Lab Members

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Behzad Najafian, M.D. (Principal Investigator)

Professor of DLMP, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology

Adjunct Professor, Department of Medicine

Director of UWMC Electron Microscopy Laboratory

Director of Renal Pathology Fellowship Program

 

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Frank Dastvan (Research Scientist)

Study molecular mechanisms of Fabry Kidney Nephropathy and podocyte cellular injury

va@uw.edu

 

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David Dmitrivich Smerkous (PhD Student, Computer Science, Oregon State University)

Applying deep learning and automating EM image segmentation & morphometry

smerkd@uw.edu

 

 

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Alireza Ayoubi, M.D. , Postdoctoral Fellow

Urine flow cytometry

ayoubi@uw.edu

 

Dana Straus, M.S., (EM Research Scientist)

Electron Microscope Specialist, Imaging

danastra@uw.edu 

 

Reza Hosseini, MD, Deep learning/AI

Mehrdad Noruzinia, MD, Geneticist, Visiting Scholar 

Tanja Fetter, MD, Dermatology resident, Deep learning/AI

Nikki Hassibi, BSc, Research coordinator, DL, AI

Alex Ali Amedson BSc, DL & EM segmentation

Zian (Andy) Wang, Unergraduate, DL & EM Segmentation

Arman Monavar, BSc, Deep learning/AI

Anne Wu, HS, DL/AI

Kimia Tork, BSc, DL/AI

Alexei Smerkous, Undergraduate, DL/AI

Anahita Najafian, HS, DL/AI

Anouk Balog, HS, DL/AI

Ben Katznelson, Undergraduate, DL/AI

Ethan Beckett, Undergraduate, DL/AI

Samantha Michelle Goorin, Undergraduate, DL/AI

Ahmet Yazlyyev, Undergraduate, DL/AI

Neeka Elahi, Undergraduate, DL/AI

(DL=Deep Learning)

 

Alumni:

Lexeigh Kolakowski, Undergraduate

Claire De Boer, HS

Eduarda Foresto, Undergraduate

Stella Prophater, Undergraduate

Vanessa Delombaerde, Undergraduate

Zefan Lu, Undergraduate, Applied Mathematics & Informatics

Scott Allen, Bsc, Research Scientist

Mahin Hajiaghapour Asr, M.D., Postdoctoral fellow

Anumita Basani, Undergraduate, Informatics

Ritika Bhat, M.D, M.S, Research Scientist

Taara Elahi, Undergraduate

Derek Zhu, Undergraduate

Aurelio Silvestroni, PhD., Research Scientist

Tina Masoum, Undergrad, Nursing

Andre Ye, Undergraduate

Paolo Armando Bifulco, Graduate Student

Benjamin Blue, Graduate Student

Irene Forati, Undergraduate

Yu Fang, Undergrad

Nikki June Jafarinejad, Undergraduate

Forough Sargolzaeiaval, M.D., Postdoctoral fellow

Payam Khastkhodaei, M.S., Research Scientist

Lui Lui, M.D., Ph.D., Visiting Scholar

Alexey Sokolskiy, Ph.D., Research Scientist

Fu-Pang Chang, M.D., Research fellow

Jin Dai, Ph.D., Postdoctoral fellow

Maryam Asif, M.D., Research fellow

Debasmita Das, M.D., Research fellow

Cindy M. Tower, B.Sc, Research Scientist

Brent Fal, BSc, Research Scientist

Roni Farkas, Undergraduate Researcher, Biochemistry

Sahar Attar, M.S., Research Scientist

Alice Dong, MS4, Medical Student, WSU

Mulan Zhu, Undergraduate, Engineering

Jolie Shen, MS3, Medical Student, UW

Homa Moosavi, Graduate Student, Information Management

Tian Qiu (Sky), Graduate Student, Applied Comp Math Sci - Data Sci and Stats

Fumika Sano, Undergraduate, Biochemistry