Graduate Students
	Qinglei Meng Ph.D. candidate in Computer Engineering, UMBC M.S. Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 2015 B.S. Microelectronics and Solid State Electronics, Tianjin University, 2011 Research Interests: Targeted transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) for humans and animals; EEG data processing; sensors for induced electric field and transient magnetic field measurement
	Deepa Gupta Ph.D. student in Computer Engineering, UMBC M.S. Computer Engineering, University of Florida, 2010 B.S. Computer Science and Engineering, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, 2009 Research Interests: EEG data gathering; signal processing; machine learning; computational analysis of neuroimaging data
	Sadi M Jawad Ahsan M.S. student in Computer Engineering, UMBC, 2025 B.Sc. Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Islamic University of Technology, 2014 Research Interests: Photonic IC design; nanofabrication of metasurfaces Current Projects: Mach-Zehnder Interferometer-based splitter tree design for wavelength-specific applications; nanohole-based metasurface design and optimization; nanofabrication of high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs)
	Josh Li Ph.D. student in Computer Science, UMBC, 2023–present B.Sc. in Computer Engineering, San Francisco State University, 2022 Research Interests: Neuroscience-inspired scalable machine learning architectures; adaptive AI in dynamic environments; resource-constrained applications; model modularization and compression; Hebbian learning frameworks for brain-inspired AI Current Projects: Multilayer supervised Hebbian learning framework for multisite brain stimulation; modularization of deep learning models for radio frequency and neuroscience datasets; transfer learning for adaptable model design; memristor-based echo state networks for signal recognition; autonomous navigation with multi-sensor fusion
	Florence Lucey Ph.D. student in Electrical Engineering at UMBC (present) M.S. Physics, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) B.S. Physics, University of California, Merced Research interests: Atomic, Molecular, and Optical (AMO) Physics; Quantum Technologies; Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Technologies; Semiconductor Device Engineering

Director

Dr. Fow-Sen Choa Professor – Computer Science and Electrical Engineering University of Maryland Baltimore CountyResearch Areas: Dr. Choa’s current research focuses on building critical tools that can non-invasively activate or block any part of the brain along studying their individual roles in functional networks. His past research work was related to optoelectronic devices, optical network, and optical materials.

Research Associates

Lab Alumni

Graduate
	Mohammd Islam
	Xing Chen
	Dingkai Guo
	Edward Luzhansky
	Mohit Godbole