• Dr. Robert Guldberg, Principal Investigator

    Dr. Guldberg is the Vice President and Leona DeArmond Executive Director of the Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact. Dr. Guldberg holds bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in mechanical engineering and a master’s degree in bioengineering from the University of Michigan. Prior to his role as director of the Knight Campus. Dr. Guldberg served as executive director of the Parker H. Petit Institute of Bioengineering and Bioscience and was a professor at the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and the School of Biomedical Engineering.

Research Staff and Post Doctoral Scholars

  • Kimberly Jones, PhD

    Lab Manager

  • Angela Lin, M.S.

    Senior Research Engineer

  • Kait Link, DVM

    Human Performance Alliance Veterinarian

  • Jessica Aldrich, PhD

    Post-Doctoral Scholar

  • Tyler Guyer, PhD

    Post-Doctoral Scholar

Graduate Students

  • Samuel Nightheart

    PhD Candidate

  • Lia Strait

    PhD Candidate

  • Nick Pancheri

    PhD Candidate

  • Phillip Hernandez

    PhD Candidate

  • Kelly Leguineche

    PhD Candidate

  • Anika Moorjani

    PhD Candidate

  • Samantha Watson

    PhD Candidate

  • Josh Kupfer

    PhD Student

Undergraduate Students

  • Maggie Trail

  • Al Wong

  • Lucy Rose

  • Cameron Azizi

  • Jackson Coelho

  • Cecelia Ong

  • Armaan Hajarizadeh

  • Calleigh Blaufus

  • Connor Hacker

Lab Alumni

  • Auveen Hajarizadeh

    Undergraduate Research Assistant 2023-2026

  • Sophie Biegel

    Undergraduate Research Assistant 2024-2026

  • Dr. Kenneth Weekes

    Post-Doctoral Scholar 2023-2026

  • Dr. Genevieve Romanowicz

    Post-Doctoral Scholar 2022-2026

  • Sruthi Ranganathan

    Graduate Researcher, M.S. Graduate 2021-2026

  • Dr. Adam Rauff

    Post-Doctoral Scholar 2023-2025

  • Ella Leeson

    Undergraduate Research Assistant 2022-2025

  • Charlotte Lippa

    Undergraduate Research Assistant 2024-2025

  • Violet Goodman

    Undergraduate Research Assistant 2024-2025

  • Josh Miller

    Undergraduate Research Assistant 2023-2025

  • Izzy Harker

    Undergraduate Research Assistant 2023-2025

  • Ethan Dinh

    Research Assistant 2024-2025

    Undergraduate Research Assistant 2022-2024

  • Dylan Gill

    Research Assistant 2024-2025

    Undergraduate Research Assistant 2022-2024

  • Kylie Williams

    Graduate Researcher, PhD Graduate 2020-2024

  • Anna Burger

    Undergraduate Research Assistant 2022-2024

  • Molly Ann Hastings

    Undergraduate Research Assistant 2021-2024

  • Dayne Dewan

    Post-Baccalaureate Research Assistant 2023-2024

  • Jake Heinonen

    Undergraduate Research Assistant 2019-2023

  • Nisha Kyathsandra

    Undergraduate Research Assistant 2021-2023

  • Walker Rosenthal

    Undergraduate Research Assistant 2021-2023

  • Theo Seah

    Undergraduate Research Assistant 2021-2023

  • Alyssa Vongphachanh

    Undergraduate Research Assistant 2020-2022

  • Jasmine Garcia

    Research Assistant 2020-2022

  • Dr. Lina Mancipe Castro

    Post-Doctoral Scholar 2020-2022

  • Michelle Hernandez

    Research Assistant Sept-Dec 2021

    Undergraduate Research Assistant 2018-2021

  • Alden Davis

    Undergraduate Research Assistant 2020-2021

  • Dr. Sudhanshu Shekhar

    Post-Doctoral Scholar 2018-2020

Emotional Support Staff

  • Panda Guldberg

    Assistant to the Vice President

  • Loki Lin

    Executive Director of Pats

  • Henry Leguineche

    Security Detail

  • Harrison Strait

    Party Planning Committee, Chair

  • Leo & Venus Guyer

    Sniffing and Retrieving

  • Puddles

    Ground Correspondent

  • Theo Trail

    Mattress Tester

  • Louie Link

    Chief of Naps

  • Dusty & Lucky Watson

    Engineering Consultants

  • Audrey (Pupburn) Hepburn Coelho

    Work/Life Balance Coordinator

  • Lucile Ball Coelho

    Enirchment Coordinator

  • Rikki & Finn Blaufus

    Environmental Conditioning Co-Coordinators