Current Members
Principal Investigator
Jonathan Viventi
Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
j.viventi@duke.edu
Dr. Viventi’s research uses flexible electronics to create new technology for interfacing with the brain at high resolution over large areas. These new tools can help diagnose and treat neurological disorders such as epilepsy, and help improve the performance of brain machine interfaces.
PhD Students
Katrina Barth
Ph.D. Student
My interest in the field of neural electronics began as an undergraduate at Wake Forest University researching organic materials for use in thin-film transistors. This work introduced me to the many applications of flexible electronics, and I became especially fascinated by their use in neural [...]
Suseendrakumar Duraivel
PhD Student
Being trained in electrical engineering, I got interested in neuroscience when I had an opportunity to attend deep brain stimulation surgeries at the University of Michigan. Further, examining neural signals in Parkinson patients for DBS targeting has motivated me to pursue my Ph.D [...]
Mackenna Hill
Ph.D. Student
I have always been interested in how the brain functions. I became involved with the brain in a research setting at the University of Michigan Depression and Anxiety clinic where I worked to develop a computer training to help treat Social Anxiety Disorder and PTSD. Although I have yet to find [...]
Iakov Rachinskiy
Ph.D. Student
Having both great interest in the human nervous system and in designing solutions within the medical field, I found neural engineering as a great opportunity to combine my passions. I am currently working on developing high-density, chronically implantable devices with wireless communication [...]
Gabriella Shull
PhD Student
gabriella.shull@duke.edu
I am currently exploring creating high bandwidth, novel neural interfaces in the Viventi lab. I started my career as an undergraduate researcher in an organ-in-a-chips lab modeling the small intestine to characterize drug toxicity. During my undergraduate studies I also worked in an inorganic [...]
Ashley Williams
Ph.D. Candidate
ashley.j.williams@duke.edu
My work focuses on designing novel electrode geometries and increasing the spatial density of electrode contacts of our flexible µECoG electrodes to obtain higher spatial resolution of brain activity. I am also exploring the use of materials such as Liquid Crystal Polymer and [...]
Undergraduates
Winnie Lu
Undergraduate Research Assistant
I am a junior studying Biomedical Engineering and Neuroscience, and am interested in understanding how neural devices work as well as their potential applications in treating neurological diseases. In the Viventi lab, I am working on optimizing LCP-based flexible microelectrode fabrication [...]