Pim is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Edwards Lifesciences Foundation Cardiovascular Innovation & Research Center (CIRC). He loves exploring the outdoors, riding bikes, and playing music.

Clara is a PhD student in biomedical engineering. Her interests include patient-specific cardiovascular modeling, cardiovascular health disparities, device design, and machine learning. She loves hiking, camping, gardening, film photography, and listening to music.

Adhithi is a BME PhD student. Before coming to UCI she worked on cell-based meat (salmon) at Wildtype. Her current interests include using computational modeling to address sex differences and obesity in cardiovascular diseases. She loves being out in nature, crocheting, hanging out with her cat, going on impromptu roadtrips, and meditating.

Christian Andrade Herrera is a Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. student in the BEAT LAB. They obtained their A.S. and B.S. in chemistry from Albany State University. In their free time, they like to bake, be outside in nature, and play animal crossing.

Felix is a visiting PhD student from Lund University. His research focuses on the effect of the autonomic nervous system on the initiation and maintenance of atrial fibrillation. He loves exploring the US national parks, either by foot, bike, or canoe.

Brandon is a master’s student in biomedical engineering in the beat lab. He obtained their B.S in biomedical and electrical engineering at the university of Nevada, Reno. His interest is in modeling cardiac pathologies in rats. He enjoys hiking and stargazing in his free time.

Zarif is an undergraduate student studying Computer Science and Engineering while minoring in BioInformatics. His research interests focus on automation for cardiac modeling, along with creating web applications. His hobbies include working out, playing video games, and watching/playing sport

Neha is a Biomedical Engineering on the Premedical track. She aspires to go to medical school after her undergraduate studies to pursue an M.D. In her free time she likes to try new foods, get boba, and go on long hikes.

Lyna is a Biomedical Engineering undergraduate student. . She is currently interested in coding and aspires to go to medical school in the future. In her free time, she likes to play video games, swim, and find new food spots.

Minnie is an undergraduate student majoring in biomedical and software engineering. She is curious about the cardiovascular system and interested in working in the industry. She enjoys playing video games, collecting figurines, and cooking.

Katelyn is an undergraduate student majoring in Biomedical Engineering. After her undergraduate degree, she hopes to attend medical school. Some of her hobbies include hiking, going to concerts, and cafe hopping.

Sam is an undergraduate student majoring Biomedical Engineering Premed. He aspires to go to medical school and become a pediatric cardiologist. In his free time, he likes to pickleball, play piano/bass, and watch YouTube.

Seoyeon is a Data Science major. She is currently interested in coding and is considering pursuing graduate school in the future. In her free time, she likes to play video games, go to karaoke, and eat hotpot.

Judith is a Biomedical Engineering PhD student rotating with the lab. She obtained her B.Sc. in Engineering from Swarthmore College. Her research interests include computational modelling and imaging. Her goal is to use these tools to better understand health disparities in different genders and races.

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Hawk is a cat who forgets that he is one; loves watching humans cook, and tries very very hard to be the sous-chef. When not sleeping in the most random spots you can catch him climbing blinds, opening doors, and playing fetch. 

Pookie is a German Shepard- husky-lab mix and at 8 weeks old is adorable but time will tell on who he becomes!