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PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS

Ye Chen-Izu, MS PhD FAHA

Professor (CV)
Dept. Of Pharmacology
Dept. Of Biomedical Engineering
Dept. Internal Medicine/Cardiology
University Of California, Davis
Email: ychenizu@ucdavis.edu

Leighton T. Izu, PhD

Professor (CV)
Dept. Of Pharmacology
University Of California, Davis
Email: ltizu@ucdavis.edu

RESEARCH FELLOWS

Zhong Jian, PhD

Specialist 
Email: zjian@ucdavis.edu

Aditya Ballal, PhD

Post-Doctoral Fellow 
Email: aballal@ucdavis.edu

Magyar Zsuzsanna Édua, PhD

Post-Doctoral Fellow 

Dienes Csaba Bálint, PhD

Post-Doctoral Fellow 
Samveda Pagay

Samveda Pagay, BS

Ph.D. student
Email: mgabriel@ucdavis.edu

Marina Gabriel, BS MS

PhD Candidate
(2019 – Current)
Email: mgabriel@ucdavis.edu

Esha Datta, BA

PhD Candidate 
(2019 – Current) 
Email: mgabriel@ucdavis.edu

Tamás Bányász, MD PhD

U. Debrecen, Hungary
Physiology
Visiting Professor
(2014–2015)

Asuka Hatano

Asuka Hatano, PhD

Visiting Associate Professor

John Shaw, PhD

University Of Michigan
Aerospace Engineering
Visiting Professor
(2012)

Ming Huang, PhD

NAIST, Japan
Aerospace Engineering
Visiting Professor
(2017)

FORMER (PERMANENT) MEMBERS

Mohammad Kazemi, PhD

Post-doctoral fellow (2020-2021)

Bence Hegyi, MD PhD

Post-Doctoral Fellow
Electrophysiology
(2015-2018)

Rafael Shimkunas, MS PhD

Biomedical Engineering
Post-Doctoral Fellow (2018)
PhD Student (2012–2018)

Zana Coulibaly, PhD

Post-Doctoral Fellow
Mathematical Modeling
(2015-2019)

Samir Awasthi, MD PhD

MD/PhD Student
(2015-2018)
Bio-Photonics

Balázs Horváth, MD PhD

Post-Doctoral Fellow
Electrophysiology
(2009-2012)

Huilan Han, PhD

Post-Doctoral Fellow
Biomedical Engineering
(2010 – 2012)

STUDENT RESEARCHERS (2022)

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STUDENT RESEARCHERS (2021)

VISITING FACULTY