Principal Investigator (PI)
Dr. Lirong Yan – P.I.
Faculty Profile
lirong.yan@northwestern.edu
Research Assistant Professor
Dr. Zhitao Li
Research Assistant Professor
zhitaoli@northwestern.edu
Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr. Sang Hun Chung
Clinical Research Associate
sanghun.chung@northwestern.edu
Ph.D Students
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Tianrui Zhao PhD Student Biomedical Engineering tianruizhao2027@u.northwestern.edu |
Jianing Tang PhD Student Biomedical Engineering jianingtang2026@u.northwestern.edu |
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Yining He PhD Student Biomedical Engineering heyining@northwestern.edu |
Ziyi Huang PhD Student Biomedical Engineering ziyihuang2030@u.northwestern.edu |
Master's Students
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Zihan Wang Master’s Student Electrical and Computer Engineering zihanwang2025@u.northwestern.edu |
Gen Li Master’s Student Electrical and Computer Engineering GenLi2025@u.northwestern.edu |

Shibiao Wang
Master’s Student
Electrical and Computer Engineering
ShibiaoWang2025@u.northwestern.edu
Research Staff
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Alumni
2021-2022 | Zhifeng Chen, PhD | Postdoc fellow, USC Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute |
2018-2021 | Soroush Heidari Pahlavian, PhD | Postdoc fellow, USC Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute |
2020-2021 | Zhiyuan Zhang | USC BME master student |
2019 2019 2018-2019 |
Ruyi Zhang Gele Qin Zhiwei Zhao |
USC EE master student USC EE master student USC EE master student |
2018 | Oren Geri, PhD | Visiting scholar, USC Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute |
2017-2018 | Qi Huang | USC BME master student |