People

Principal Investigator

Dr. Mahsa Ranji
PhD Electrical Engineering
Associate Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
777 Glades Road, EE 315
Boca Raton, FL 33431-0991
Phone: 561-297-0089
E-mail: mranji@fau.edu

Mahsa Ranji received a PhD degree in 2007 in Electrical Engineering from University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) for her studies on fluorescence spectroscopy and imaging of cardiovascular diseases. She then joined Sanford Burnham Institute for Medical Research/UCSD bioengineering as a postdoctoral associate in January 2008 where she has studied stem cell differentiation for cardiac repair. She was at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Department of Electrical Engineering from 2009 to 2020 before joining FAU CEECS/ISENSE in August 2020. Dr. Ranji closely collaborates with medical school scientists.

 Dr. Mahsa Ranji

 

Team

Parisa Nategh
Summer 2022-Present
PhD Candidate in Electrical Engineering

Parisa is a Ph.D. candidate in electrical engineering, specializing in advanced optical system design and biomedical imaging. Her research focuses on the development and implementation of integrated multimodal imaging systems, including Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) and fluorescence imaging. Her work utilizes these technologies alongside rigorous data and statistical analysis to characterize metabolic and structural changes in complex pathological states. Prior to her doctoral studies, Parisa earned her M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Tehran (2020) and her B.Sc. from K. N. Toosi University of Technology (2017). Her previous background includes the design of active microfluidic systems, AI-driven chemical detection using computer vision, and the development of 8-channel EEG instrumentation for brain-computer interface research.

Parisa Nategh

Mehrnoosh Neghabi
Summer 2022-Present
PhD Candidate in Electrical Engineering

Mehrnoosh received her B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Biomedical Engineering from University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran in 2015 and 2018. She was a researcher at Isfahan Neuro Technology Laboratory from 2015 to 2018. She also worked as a research expert at Isfahan University of Medical Sciences between 2018 and 2020. In her master thesis, she focused on feature extraction algorithms in SSVEP-based BCI systems. Her research interests include biological image processing, biological signal processing, brain-computer interfaces, pattern recognition, and biomedical instrumentation.

Mehrnoosh Neghabi

Corey Naar
Summer 2025-Present
MS in Biomedical Engineering

Corey received an associate’s degree in health science in 2018 and a bachelor’s degree in biology (magna cum laude) in 2020 and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in biomedical engineering with a minor in artificial intelligence. His academic interests lie at the intersection of biology, engineering, and data-driven methodologies, with a strong focus on advancing medicine and translational science. He has participated in oncopathological research at the FAU Davie campus.

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Alumni

Buse Nur Ceyhan
Spring 2022-Spring 2024
MS in Biomedical Engineering

Buse Nur Ceyhan

Shalaka Konjalwar
Spring 2022-Spring 2024
MS in Biomedical Engineering

Shalaka Konjalwar

Soudeh Mostaghimi
Jan 2019-May 2021
MS in Electrical Engineering

  Soudeh Mostaghimi
Shima Mehrvar, PhD
PhD in Electrical Engineering
Jan 2016-May 2020
Shima Mehrvar, PhD
Mette F La Cour, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar in Electrical Engineering
Fall 2015-2017
  Mette F La Cour, PhD
Parvathi Kadamati
MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Spring 2016-2017
  Parvathi Kadamati
Zahra Gahnian
PhD in Electrical Engineering
Fall 2011-January 2017
Current Position: Works at FDA, Washington DC
Email: zahra.gahnian@gmail.com
  Zahra Gahnian
Jeffrey Sugar
MS in Electrical Engineering
Fall 2013-Spring 2016
Current Position: Works at Philips, Waukesha, WI
Email: jjsugar19.9.8@gmail.com
  Jeffrey Sugar
Guanchu Chen
BS/MS Student in Electrical Engineering
Spring 2015-Summer 2016
Current Position: Student
  Guanchu Chen
Michael Shlomo Ish-Shalom
BS in Electrical Engineering
Spring 2015-Spring 2016
Current Position: Works at RF Technologies, Milwaukee, WI
  Michael Shlomo Ish-Shalom
Stephanie Leigh Bolin
MS in Biomedical Engineering
Spring 2015-Fall 2015
  Stephanie Leigh Bolin
Fahimeh Salehpour
MS in Electrical Engineering
Sept 2013-May 2015
Current Position: Principal Scientist at Medici Technologies
  Fahimeh Salehpour
Erfan Masoudi
MS in Electrical Engineering
Winter 2012-August 2014
Current Position: Design Engineer at ABL Technologies
  Erfan Masoudi
Whitney Linz
MS in Electrical Engineering
Winter 2013-August 2014
  Whitney Linz
Reyhaneh Sepehr
PhD in Electrical Engineering
September 2010-May 2014
  Reyhaneh Sepehr
Kevin Staniszewski
MS in Electrical Engineering
March 2010-April 2013
Current Position: Software Engineer, Prairie Technologies, Milwaukee, WI
  Kevin Staniszewski
Sepideh Maleki
MS in Electrical Engineering
May 2010-March 2013
Current Position: Test Engineer, Fenwal Inc., Lake Zurich, IL
  Sepideh Maleki
Gregory Michalak, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Electrical Engineering Department
2010-2013
Current Position: Collaboration Manager, Siemens, Minneapolis MN
  Gregory Michalak, PhD
 

 

Mark Jacobs
MS Student in Electrical Engineering
2012

 

 
 

 

Laura Michelle Bersie
BS in Mechanical Engineering
Electrical Engineering Department
2012

 

 
Matthew Hying
BS in Mechanical Engineering
Electrical Engineering Department 2010-2011
  Matthew Hying
Robert Williams
BS in Electrical Engineering
2010-2011
  Robert Williams