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Wentai Liu, Ph.D.

Distinguished Professor
Department of Bioengineering
5121D Eng V
310-825-9129
http://www.bioeng.ucla.edu/wentai-liu-phd/
wentai@ucla.edu

Education:
BS, National Chiao-Tung University
MS, National Taiwan University
Ph.D, University of Michigan

Dr. Wentai Liu’s full list of publications

Dr Wentai Liu’s professional biography

Xu Han

Graduate Student Researcher, Ph.D Student

Research Interests:

Brain-computer Interface, EEG Signal Processing, Machine Learning

Education:

BS, Huazhong university of science and technology, 2012-2016

MS, Tsinghua university, 2016-2019

PhD, University of California, Los Angeles, 2019-Present

Yan-Peng Chen

Graduate Student Researcher, Ph.D Student

Research Interests:

Implant devices, Analog circuits, WPT system

Education:

BS, National Tsing Hua University, 2012-2016

MS, National Tsing Hua University , 2016-2019

PhD, University of California, Los Angeles, 2019-Present

Jonathan Brand

Graduate Student Researcher, Ph.D Student

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Ryan Kochis

Graduate Student Researcher, Master Student

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Hanyi Duan

Graduate Student Researcher, Master Student

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B.S. in Electrical Engineering; University of California, Davis, 2018-2022

Soulaimane Bentaleb

Undergraduate Student Researcher

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Education:

BS, Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles, 2023

Katharine Jacobs

Undergraduate Student Researcher

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Education:

B.S. Neuroscience UCLA 2024

Tyler Albarran

Graduate Student Researcher, Master Student

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Meghana Asha Krishnan

Graduate Student Researcher, Master Student

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Stanislav Culaclii

Graduate Student Researcher, Ph.D Student
http://www.stanislavculaclii.com/

Research Interest:
Artifact cancellation, bidirectional neural interfaces, neural signal processing, analog IC design

Education:
BS, University of California, Los Angeles, 2007
MS, University of California, Los Angeles, 2009
Ph.D candidate, University of California, Los Angeles

Po-Min Wang

Graduate Student Researcher, Ph.D Student
About Po-min

Education:
BS, National Tsing-Hua University, Taiwan, 2008

MS, National Tsing-Hua University, Taiwan, 2011

Ph.D candidate, University of California, Los Angeles

Yushan Wang

Graduate Student Researcher, Ph.D Student
About Yushan

Research Interest:
tDCS, stimulation optimization

Education:
BS, Tsinghua University, 2016
Ph. D, University of California, Los Angeles, 2016 – Present

Zhaohao Mai

Graduate Student Researcher, M.S. Student

Research Interests:

Applications of Computation , Analog Circuits, Digital circuits and signal processing

Education:

BS in Electrical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, 2017

MS in Electrical and Compute Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, 2020

William Yang

Graduate Student Researcher, M.S. Student

Research Interests:

Brain-Machine Interfaces, Embedded Programming, AI/Machine Learning

Education:

B.S., Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, 2017

M.S., Computer Science, University of California, Los Angeles, 2020

Smiti Narayanan

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Research Interests:

Neural implants, PCB Design, Signal Processing

Education:

BS, Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles, 2020

Brett Bailey

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Research Interests:

Brain-Computer Interfaces, Embedded Programming, Signal Processing

Education:

BS, Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles, 2020

Aaron Berdy

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Research Interests:

Applications of Artificial Intelligence techniques for Brain-Computer interfaces, Machine Learning

Education:

BS, University of California, Los Angeles, 2020

Zhaoyi Liu (Louis)

Undergraduate Student Researcher, Website Manager

Research Interests:

Spinal Cord/Brain Model Building, Embedded Systems

Education:
BS, Electrical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, 2021

Narek Edward Koucherian

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Research Interests:

Spinal Cord/Brain/Organ Model building,   Optical prosthetics

Education:

BS, Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles, 2020

Lejun Huang

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Research Interests:

Brain-Computer interfaces, Machine Learning

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Jacqueline Chai

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Research Interests:

Brain-Computer Interfaces, Neural Implants

Education:

BS, Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles, 2019

Jonathan Massachi

Undergraduate Student Researcher
About Jonathan

Education:
BS, University of California, Los Angeles

Andrew Perley

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Research Interests:

Biomedical signal processing, Mathematical/Physical modeling of Neural Dynamics, Machine Learning and Deep Learning applications,  Medical Imaging

Education:

BS, Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles, 2019

Johnny Huang

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Education:
BS, University of California, Los Angeles

Benjamin Wood

Graduate Student Researcher, M.S. Student

Research Interest:

Neural Implants, Brain-Machine Interfaces, Embedded Programming, Systems Engineering, Full-Stack Device Design

Education:

B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, 2016

M.S., Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, 2018

Li Ma

Graduate Visiting Scholar, Ph.D Student
About Li

Research Interest:
Anesthesia Depth Analysis, Biomedical Signal Processing, Network Design.

Education:
BS, Wuhan University of Technology, China, 2012
Ph.D, Wuhan University of Technology, China, 2018

Yan Long

Undergraduate Visiting Researcher

Research Interest:

Dynamic Stimulation, Neural Stimulation System, Embedded System

Education:
BS, Zhejiang University, China, 2019

Yi-Kai Lo, Ph.D.

About Yi-Kai

Research Interest:
Neural interface, bioelectronics, RF and analog IC design, implantable prosthetic devices.

Education:
BS, National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan, 2004
MS, National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan, 2006
Ph.D, University of California, Los Angeles, 2014

Ying Li, Ph.D

Recnt Alumna, Former Graduate Student Researcher, Ph.D
About Ying

Research Interest:
Seizure detection, seizure dynamics, brain dynamics, source localization

Education:
BS, Peking University, China, 2011
Ph.D  University of California, Los Angeles

Chihwei Chang, Ph.D

Recent Alumnus
Former BRL Postdoctoral Researcher
About Chiwei

Education:
Ph.D, National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan, 2011
MS, National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan, 2005
BS, National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan, 2003

Jia-Heng (Joseph) Chang

Former Graduate Visiting Scholar, Ph.D Student
About Jia-Heng

Research Interest:
High speed low power ADCs, analog and mixed-signal circuits and systems

Education:
BS, National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan, 2013
Ph.D, National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan, Present

Luyao Cheng

Graduate Visiting Scholar, Ph.D Student

Research Interest:
Bioheat transfer in TENS and tDCS,optimised electrical stimulation

Education:
BS, Huazhong Normal University, China, 2012
Ph.D, University of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, 2012-Present

Weikang Qiao

Graduate Student Researcher, Masters Student

Education:
BS, Zhejiang University, China, 2015
MS, University of California, Los Angeles, 2016

Brian Kim

Graduate Student Researcher, Master Thesis Student
About Brian

Education:
BS, University of California, Berkeley, 2009
MS, University of California, Los Angeles, 2016

Yi-Ying (Neilson) Cheng

Graduate Student Researcher, Master Student

Education:
BS, Tamkang University, Taiwan, 2010
MS, University of California, Los Angeles, 2017

Michael Chan

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Education:
BS, University of California, Los Angeles, 2016