People
Meet current members, investigative collaborators, undergraduate researchers, and alumni of the Neural Engineering, Interfacing, Modulation and Optimization Laboratory at the Marquette University and Medical College of Wisconsin Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering.
Current Members
Led by Founding Director and Principal Investigator Dr. Jordan J. Williams, the team at the Neural Engineering, Interfacing, Modulation and Optimization Laboratory specializes in neurophysiology, muscle physiology, optical and electrical stimulation, virus handling/injection, imaging, histology, and fabrication techniques that support various investigations into neural prosthetic and viral gene therapy research.
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Jordan Williams, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering; Neurosurgery
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Edward Harwick
Medical Student
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Lee Hermann
Engineer I
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Emma Moravec
Graduate Student
Collaborative Investigators
Dr. Williams and the team at the NEIMO Lab work closely with collaborative investigators at the Medical College of Wisconsin, the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and the University of Pittsburgh specializing in Biomedical Engineering, Neurosurgery, Neurobiology, and Ophthalmology.
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Matthew D. Budde, PhD
Associate Professor
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Leah Byrne, PhD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
University of Pittsburgh - McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine
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Kip Ludwig, PhD
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
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Andrew Schwartz, PhD
Professor of Neurobiology
University of Pittsburgh - McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows
Alumni
Alumni of the Neural Engineering, Interfacing, Modulation and Optimization Laboratory have made lasting and invaluable contributions to our research, contributions that remain embedded in new discoveries and novel contributions to the study of peripheral motor optogenetics and brain-computer interfaces.
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Brandon Kloehn
Undergraduate Research Assistant
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