Lab Members

The Harvard Biodesign Lab brings together a highly multidisciplinary group of researchers and staff from the engineering, industrial design, apparel and medical communities to develop technologies that augment and restore human performance. In addition to traditional academic research, the lab is also highly translation-focused and has a track record of securing and delivering on large government funded projects (e.g. DARPA Warrior Web) that partially or fully support dedicated staff engineers who are part of the Wyss Institute’s translation team and work directly alongside the academic researchers.

Biodesign Lab 2014 Summer Trip to Purity Springs Biodesign Lab 2017 Lab Retreat at Friendly Crossways
Biodesign Lab 2021 Boston Triathlon 2021 Pumpkin Carving Contest
Biodesign Lab 2021 Boston Triathlon Biodesign Lab 2021 Pumpkin Carving Contest
Biodesign Lab 2019 Bionic 5K Biodesign Lab 2022 Bionic 5K
Biodesign Lab 2019 Bionic 5K Biodesign Lab 2022 Bionic 5K
Biodesign Lab 2022 Harvard SEAS Commencement Biodesign Lab 2022 Harvard SEAS Commencement
Biodesign Lab 2022 Harvard SEAS Commencement

 

 

Professor Conor Walsh (PI)

Conor is the Paul A. Maeder Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences at the John A. Paulson Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and an Associate Faculty Member at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering.

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Lab Administrator

Frey Tesfaye

 

Postdoctoral Researchers and Research Associates
Dr. Adam Quirk
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Prabhat Pathak Dr. Prabhat Pathak
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Nicholas Bira Dr. Nicholas Bira
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
David Pont Dr. David Pont
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Christina Dr. Christina Lee
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Santiago Canete Riaza Dr. Santiago Canete Riaza
Postdoctoral Research Fellow

 

Graduate Students
Umut Civici

Umut Serdar Civici (G1)

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Kavassalis

Fivos Kavassalis (G1)

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Sarah Cavanagh

Sarah Cavanagh (G2)

Claire Traweek

Claire Traweek (G2)

Elizabeth Suitor

Elizabeth Suitor (G3)

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Harrison Young

Harrison Young (G3)

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James Arnold

James Arnold (G3)

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Philipp Arens Philipp Arens (G4)
David David Farrell (G4)
Lauren Baker Lauren Baker (G5)
Myles Cooper Myles Cooper (G5)
dc Dabin Choe (G6)
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Connor McCann (G6)

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Jonathan Alvarez Jonathan Alvarez (G6)
Krithika Swaminathan (G7)
Yichu Jin (G7)
Yu Meng (Kate) Zhou (G7)
Christopher Siviy (G8)

 

Research Staff and Wyss Staff Collaborators
Jesse Jesse Grupper
Research Fellow
Jason Cherin
Research Fellow
John Paul Bonadonna

Dr. John Paul Bonadonna

Research Occupational Therapist

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Mark Etzelmueller

Mark Etzelmueller

Biomedical Engineer

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Emilia Mann

Emilia Mann

Functional Apparel Research Fellow

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Marija Bakoc

Marija Bakoc

Research Fellow

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Visiting Graduate Students
Flore Barde Flore Barde
(EPFL)
Pierre Gaultier Pierre Gaultier
(ETH Zürich)
Farasoa Deborah Rajaona Farasoa Deborah Rajaona
(EPFL)

 

Undergraduate Students
Shekinah Newson Shekinah Newson
Sarah Erickson Sarah Erickson
Harini Kannan

 

Lab Alumni