Faculty

Barani Raman
Professor
- Email: barani@nospam.wustl.edu
Department of Biomedical Engineering
2007, Brauer Hall
Washington University
One Brookings Drive
Campus Box 1097
St. Louis, MO
Phone: 1-314-935-8538
Fax: 1-314-935-7448
Email: barani@wustl.edu
Curriculum Vitae
I welcome inquiries from motivated postdoctoral researchers, graduate and undergraduate
students to join my lab.
Lab members

Liza Bessanova
PhD Student
- Email: b.liza@wustl.edu
Project: Serotonergic modulation of olfactory physiology and behavior


Quentin Coquerel
Postdoctoral Fellow
- Email: quentincoquerel@wustl.edu
Projects: Single-objective 2-Photon Lightsheet Microscopy, Calcium Imaging, Nano-Neuro Modulation



Lab alumni
Mike Traner
PhD student
2018 – 2023
Next Position: TBD
Doris Ling
PhD student
2017 – 2023
Next Position: TBD
James Li
Research Technician
2020- 2022
Next Position: MD/PhD Student at the University of Oklahoma
Lijun Zhang
PhD student
2016 – 2022
Next Position: Machine Learning Engineer, Tiposi
Rishabh Chandak
PhD student
2017 – 2022
Next Position: Decision Analytics Associate Consultant, ZS associates
Haoyang Rong
PhD student
2012 – 2020
Next Position: Postdoc, UCSF
Srinath Nizampatnam
PhD student
2014 – 2020
Next Position: Apple Research
Deb Saha
Postdoctoral Fellow
2011 – 2019
Next Position: Assistant Professor, Michigan State University
Ray Lo
Undergraduate Researcher
2016 – 2018
Next Position: Programmer at Microsoft
Alex Chen
Undergraduate Researcher
2015 – 2018
Next Position: PhD student, Harvard
Zhengdao Chen
Undergraduate Researcher
2015 – 2017
Next Position: PhD student, NYU
Nalin Katta
PhD Student
2010 – 2017
Next Position: Research Scientist, Sigma Aldrich
Adalee Lube
Undergraduate Researcher
2013 – 2015
Next Position: PhD student, DBBS, Wash. U.
Matthew O’Neill
MS Student
2013 – 2015
Next Position: Biomedical Engineer, Epic Systems
Chao Li
PhD student
2011 – 2015
Next Position: Data Scientist, Bank Rate
William Padovano
Undergraduate Researcher
2013 – 2015
Next Position: MD student, Washington University
Prith Das
Postdoctoral fellow
2012 – 2014
Next Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Ray Lab, UC Riverside
Steve Peterson
Undergraduate Researcher
2012 – 2014
Next Position: PhD student, University of Michigan
David Yang
Undergraduate Researcher
2012 – 2013
Next Position: Lab Technician at Littleton Lab, MIT
Kevin Leong
MS student
2011 – 2013
Next Position: Lattice Engines
Jerry Jin
Post Doctoral Fellow
2011 – 2012
Next Position: Research Scientist, Actavis
Greg Siegel
Lab Technician
2010 – 2011
Next Position: M.D. student at UConn.