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
Postdoctoral Fellows
Sam Raymond | Postdoctoral Fellow, Bioengineering
Email: sjray@stanford.edu
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
Email: zhouz@stanford.edu
Education:
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Biomechanics at KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Awards: Marie Curie Fellow
Yuzhe Liu | Postdoctoral Fellow, Bioengineering
Email: yuzheliu@stanford.edu
Education:
Ph. D. in Engineering Mechanics at Tsinghua University
Awards: National Scholarship, 2018 (China)
Graduate Students
Xianghao Zhan | MS Student, Bioengineering
Email: xzhan96@stanford.edu
Education:
BE in Automation and BA in English Language and Literature, Zhejiang University, China
Awards: Chinese Instrument and Control Society Fellow, Cambridge Trust International Scholarship, Chinese National Scholarship
Nicholas Cecchi | MS Student, Bioengineering
Email: ncecchi@stanford.edu
Education:
BS in Mechanical Engineering, UC Irvine, Stanford
Awards: Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research, Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) Fellow, Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education (EDGE) Fellow
Alumni
Hossein Vahid Alizadeh| Postdoctoral Fellow, Bioengineering
Current Position:
Education: PhD in Electrical Engineering, McGill University
Website: http://www.hvahid.com
August Domel| Postdoctoral Fellow, Bioengineering
Current Position: Director of Product & Chief Scientist, Force Impact Technologies, Inc.
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: Postdoctoral Researcher, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
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, Surgical Robotics Startup
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
Pete Shull | Postdoctoral Fellow, Bioengineering Current Position: Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering 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 Arizona
Education:
PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Temple University
Awards: Child Research Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship
Michael Yip | PhD Candidate, Bioengineering
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of California at San Diego
Education:
PhD in Bioengineering, Stanford University
Mehmet Kurt | Postdoctoral Fellow, Bioengineering
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Stevens Institute of Technology
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: Data scientist at Uber
Education:
PhD in Bioengineering, Stanford University
Awards: NSF Graduate Research Fellow, Stanford Graduate Fellowship
Chiara Giordano | Postdoctoral Fellow, Bioengineering
Current position: Algorithm Developer 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: Medical Student at UCLA
Education:
BS in Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
Daniel Heribert Meyer | PhD Candidate, Mechanical Engineering
Current Position: Data Scientist at Proteus Digital Health, Inc
Education:
PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Munich
Fidel Hernandez | PhD Candidate, Mechanical Engineering (2012-2016)
Current Position: Associate, McKinsey & Company
Education:
PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
Awards:
NSF Graduate Fellow, Sloan Fellow, Bio-X Fellow
Choongsoo Shin | Associate Professor, Sogang University
Current position: Professor at Sogang University
Education: PhD in Biomechanical Engineering, Stanford University
Maria Malone | MS Student, Mechanical Engineering
Current Position: Mechanical Design Engineer at Plenty
Education:
MS in Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
Vaibhav Nangia | MS Student, Mechanical Engineering
Current Position: Hardware Engineer at Waymo
Education:
MS in Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
Joe Schooler | Research Coordinator
Current Position: Working at Ancestry.com
Education:
MS in Biomedical Imaging, University of California – San Francisco