Principal Investigator
David B. Camarillo is an Associate Professor of Bioengineering, Mechanical Engineering and Neurosurgery (by courtesy) at Stanford University. Dr. Camarillo holds a B.S.E in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University, a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University and completed postdoctoral fellowships in Biophysics at the UCSF and Biodesign Innovation at Stanford.
Dr. Camarillo worked in the surgical robotics industry at Intuitive Surgical and Hansen Medical, before launching his laboratory at Stanford in 2012. His current research focuses on precision human measurement for multiple clinical and physiological areas including the brain, heart, lungs, and reproductive system. Dr. Camarillo has been awarded the Hellman Fellowship, the Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Program award, among other honors including multiple best paper awards in brain injury and robotic surgery. His research has been funded by the NIH, NSF, DoD, as well as corporations and private philanthropy. His lab’s research has been featured on NPR, the New York Times, The Washington Post, Science News, ESPN, and TED.com as well as other media outlets aimed at education of the public. Professional page
Awards:
- 2018 National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, Lexington,MA
- 2017 Best Paper Award, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (450 papers in volume)
- 2016 Editor’s Choice Award, Annals of Biomedical Engineering (300 papers in volume)
- 2016 Young Investigator Program award, Office of Naval Research
- 2015 Reviewer’s Top Choice 5% Award at BMES, San Antonio, TX
- 2015 Hellman Faculty Scholar
- 2015 Tashia and John Morgridge Endowed Faculty Scholarship in Pediatric Translational
- 2014 BMES Innovation and Career Development Award
- 2014 Best Paper Award at IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation workshop on continuum robotics, Hong Kong
- 2010 NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Training Fellow
Staff
Email: admin.camarillo@stanford.edu
Office address: 443 Via Ortega, Stanford, CA 94305-4124
Graduate Students
Jessica Towns | PhD Candidate, Bioengineering
Email: jtowns03@stanford.edu
Eduation: BS in Biomedical Engineering, Dusquesne University
Awards: NSF graduate Research Fellowship, Enhancing Diversty in Graduate Education (EDGE) Fellowship, Stanford Graduate Fellowship (SGF)
Xianghao Zhan | PhD Candidate, Bioengineering
Email: xzhan96@stanford.edu
Education: BE in Automation and BA in English Language and Literature, Zhejiang University, China
Awards: Bio-X Fellowship
Postdocs
Vahidullah Tac | Postdoctoral scholar, Bioengineering
Email: vtac@stanford.edu
Education: PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University
Website: https://www.tajtac.com/
Awards: Robert J. Melosh Medal, TRACER Award, Ward A. Lambert Graduate Fellowship, Ben M. Hillberry Scholarship
Alumni
Nicholas Cecchi | PhD Candidate, Bioengineering
Current Position: Chief Science and Product Officer at Savior Brain
Education: Ph.D in Bioengineering at Stanford
Awards: NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Enora Le Flao | Postdoctoral Fellow, Bioengineering
Current Position: Postdoctoral Scholar at Ohio State University
Education: Ph.D in Biomechanics at AUT Sports Performance Research Institute, New Zealand
Yuzhe Liu | Postdoctoral Fellow, Bioengineering
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Beihang University
Education: Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics at Tsinghua University
Awards: National Scholarship, 2018 (China)
Sam Raymond | Postdoctoral Fellow, Bioengineering
Current Position: Adjunct Assistant Professor at Dartmouth | Engineer/Data Scientist at Databricks
Education: Ph.D. in Computational Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Awards: Shoji Award for Innovation in IT (2018)
Website: http://www.samraymond.com
Zhou Zhou | Postdoctoral Fellow, Bioengineering
Current Position: Assistant Professor at KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Education: Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Biomechanics at KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Awards: Marie Curie Fellow
Hossein Vahid Alizadeh| Postdoctoral Fellow, Bioengineering
Current Position: Postdoctoral Scholar, Orthopedic Surgery
Education: PhD in Electrical Engineering, McGill University
Website: http://www.hvahid.com
August Domel| Postdoctoral Fellow, Bioengineering
Current Position: Principal at Boost VC
Education:Ph.D. in Materials Science and Mechanical Engineering, Harvard University
Awards: Dudley Fellow, Peirce Fellow, Winston Chen Fellow, Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate Advisory Board
Michael Fanton| PhD Candidate, Mechanical Engineering
Current Position: Senior Data Scientist at Alife Health
Education: MS in Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford
Awards:NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Seyed Abdolmajid Yousefsani | Postdoctoral Fellow, Bioengineering
Current Position: Assistant Professor at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
Education: Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology
Awards: IR National Elites Foundation, Djavad Mowafaghian Foundation (DMRCINT)
Jake Sganga | PhD Candidate, Bioengineering
Current Position: Cofounder & CTO at Remedy Robotics
Education: PhD in Bioengineering at Stanford University
Awards: Siebel Scholar, NIH Biotech Training Grant Fellow, Bio-X Bowes Fellow, James H. Clark Foundation Bioengineering Fellow
Lyndia Wu | PhD Candidate, Bioengineering
Current Position: Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia
Education: PhD in Bioengineering, Stanford University
Awards: NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship, Stanford Bio-X Graduate Fellow, Stanford Bioengineering Fellowship
Current Position: Professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Education: PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
Kaveh Laksari | Postdoctoral Fellow, Bioengineering
Current Position: Assistant Professor at the University of California Riverside
Education: PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Temple University
Awards: Child Research Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship
Michael Yip | PhD Candidate, Bioengineering
Current Position: Associate Professor with tenure at University of California at San Diego
Education: PhD in Bioengineering, Stanford University
Mehmet Kurt | Postdoctoral Fellow, Bioengineering
Current Position: Associate Professor with tenure at University of Washington
Education: PhD in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Awards: Thrasher Research Foundation Early Career Award, Child Research Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship
Livia Zarnescu Yanez | Postdoctoral Fellow, Bioengineering
Current Position: Senior Software Engineer at Aurora
Education: PhD in Bioengineering, Stanford University
Awards: NSF Graduate Research Fellow, Stanford Graduate Fellowship
Chiara Giordano | Postdoctoral Fellow, Bioengineering
Current position: Software Engineering Manager at Tobii AB
Education: PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Biomechanics at KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Calvin Kuo | PhD Candidate, Mechanical Engineering
Current Position: Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia
Education: PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
Lisa Su | MS Student, Mechanical Engineering
Current Position: Orthopedic Surgery Resident at UCLA
Education: BS in Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
Daniel Meyer | PhD Candidate, Mechanical Engineering
Current Position: Senior Data Scientist at Twin
Education:
PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Munich
Fidel Hernandez | PhD Candidate, Mechanical Engineering
Current Position: Director of Portfolio Operations at Elliot Investment Management
Education: PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
Awards:
NSF Graduate Fellow, Sloan Fellow, Bio-X Fellow
Choongsoo Shin | Associate Professor, Sogang University
Current position: Full Professor at Sogang University
Education: PhD in Biomechanical Engineering, Stanford University
Maria Malone | MS Student, Mechanical Engineering
Current Position: Mechanical Engineer at Rivian
Education: MS in Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
Vaibhav Nangia | MS Student, Mechanical Engineering
Current Position: Staff Systems Engineer and Technical Lead at Waymo
Education: MS in Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
Joe Schooler | Research Coordinator
Current Position: Chief Prodcut Officer at Vrtly, Inc.
Education: MS in Biomedical Imaging, University of California – San Francisco