Mentees

Derek Nguyen
Bioengineering

Research: Variable radius Pulley for a passive counterbalance system for small animal experiments
Research Interest: Wearable sensors and systems with application in rehabilitation
Career Goals: Long term career goals are to become a senior researcher in medical device field, and then eventually becoming a professor.
Hobbies: I enjoy powerlifting, doing Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and cooking.
Fun fact: I can make a pretty good pizza from scratch

Jairo Chavez
Cognitive Science

Research: Neural Oscillations of Premotor Regions during Bird Song
Research Interest: Finding the neural mechanisms of how music affects the human brain and how to use it to assist with learning, memory, anxiety, and Alzheimer's.
Career Goals: I've had several mentors in my life who have contributed to my success, and this is why I strive to find a balance between personal development and assisting my community by also being a mentor for the underrepresented.
Hobbies: To name a few, I enjoy riding my bike, hiking, playing board games, mentoring, and teaching.
Fun fact: I was a student mentor/ambassador for over 250 prospective students across California.

Adam Kadwory
Bioengineering

Research: Automatic labeling and Audio Segmentation for birdsong
Research Interest: My research interests are designing and developing bionic systems, Neurobionics and Brain Machine Interface.
Career Goals: Ultimately I want to build a team for designing and developing medical devices that can make a positive impact in human health.
Hobbies: I like surfing
Fun fact: I've been drawing since I was 6 years old

Xavier Perez
Electrical Engineering

Research: Automatic Birdsong Recognition
Research Interest: My research interests are developing medical devices, wireless communications, and prosthetics what we do in our lab.
Career Goals: My long term career goals are to be a professor, researcher or to work at NASA
Hobbies: I enjoy playing soccer and mentoring others
Fun fact: I played for the U-14 Chivas USA MLS Soccer team