{"id":12,"date":"2018-06-12T20:33:36","date_gmt":"2018-06-12T20:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.cs.umbc.edu\/choalab\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2025-09-20T15:05:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T19:05:12","slug":"team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cs.umbc.edu\/choalab\/team\/","title":{"rendered":"Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th colspan=\"2\">Graduate Students<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>\n          <figure>\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-197\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cs.umbc.edu\/choalab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/06\/qinglei-768x977-236x300.jpg\" alt=\"Qinglei Meng\" width=\"236\" height=\"300\" style=\"object-fit: cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.cs.umbc.edu\/choalab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/06\/qinglei-768x977-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/blogs.cs.umbc.edu\/choalab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/06\/qinglei-768x977.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/>\n          <\/figure>\n        <\/td><td>\n          <strong>Qinglei Meng<\/strong><br><br>\n          Ph.D. candidate in Computer Engineering, UMBC<br>\n          M.S. Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 2015<br>\n          B.S. Microelectronics and Solid State Electronics, Tianjin University, 2011<br><br>\n          <strong>Research Interests:<\/strong> Targeted transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) for humans and animals; EEG data processing; sensors for induced electric field and transient magnetic field measurement\n        <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n          <figure>\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-196\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cs.umbc.edu\/choalab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/06\/Deepa-768x977-236x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Deepa Gupta\" width=\"236\" height=\"300\" style=\"object-fit: cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.cs.umbc.edu\/choalab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/06\/Deepa-768x977-236x300.jpeg 236w, https:\/\/blogs.cs.umbc.edu\/choalab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/06\/Deepa-768x977.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/>\n          <\/figure>\n        <\/td><td>\n          <strong>Deepa Gupta<\/strong><br><br>\n          Ph.D. student in Computer Engineering, UMBC<br>\n          M.S. Computer Engineering, University of Florida, 2010<br>\n          B.S. Computer Science and Engineering, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, 2009<br><br>\n          <strong>Research Interests:<\/strong> EEG data gathering; signal processing; machine learning; computational analysis of neuroimaging data\n        <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n          <figure>\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-423\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cs.umbc.edu\/choalab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/08\/jawad_image.jpg\" alt=\"Sadi M Jawad Ahsan\" width=\"249\" height=\"300\" style=\"object-fit: cover\">\n          <\/figure>\n        <\/td><td>\n          <strong>Sadi M Jawad Ahsan<\/strong><br><br>\n          M.S. student in Computer Engineering, UMBC, 2025<br>\n          B.Sc. Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Islamic University of Technology, 2014<br><br>\n          <strong>Research Interests:<\/strong> Photonic IC design; nanofabrication of metasurfaces<br><br>\n          <strong>Current Projects:<\/strong> Mach-Zehnder Interferometer-based splitter tree design for wavelength-specific applications; nanohole-based metasurface design and optimization; nanofabrication of high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs)\n        <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n          <figure>\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-437\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cs.umbc.edu\/choalab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/09\/PXL_20250918_040813197-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Josh Li\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" style=\"object-fit: cover\">\n          <\/figure>\n        <\/td><td>\n          <strong>Josh Li<\/strong><br><br>\n          Ph.D. student in Computer Science, UMBC, 2023\u2013present<br>\n          B.Sc. in Computer Engineering, San Francisco State University, 2022<br><br>\n          <strong>Research Interests:<\/strong> 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<br><br>\n          <strong>Current Projects:<\/strong> 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\n        <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n          <figure>\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-439\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cs.umbc.edu\/choalab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/09\/sciphoto-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Placeholder\" width=\"176\" height=\"300\" style=\"object-fit: cover\">\n          <\/figure>\n        <\/td><td><strong>Florence Lucey<\/strong><br>Ph.D. student in Electrical Engineering at UMBC (present)<br>M.S. Physics, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)<br>B.S. Physics, University of California, Merced<br>Research interests: Atomic, Molecular, and Optical (AMO) Physics; Quantum Technologies; Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Technologies; Semiconductor Device Engineering<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Director<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-185 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cs.umbc.edu\/choalab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/06\/fow-sen-choa-edited-219x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\"><\/figure><\/td><td><strong>Dr. Fow-Sen Choa<\/strong><br>\nProfessor \u2013 Computer Science and Electrical Engineering<br>\nUniversity of Maryland Baltimore CountyResearch Areas:<br>\nDr. Choa&#8217;s current research focuses on&nbsp;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.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research Associates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\">\n  <table class=\"has-fixed-layout\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%;max-width: 800px;margin: 0 auto;font-family: Arial, sans-serif\">\n    <tbody>\n      <tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd\">\n        <td style=\"padding: 15px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top;width: 30%\">\n          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" class=\"wp-image-447\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cs.umbc.edu\/choalab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/09\/unnamed.jpg\" alt=\"Suhas Poturaju\" style=\"width: 150px;height: auto;object-fit: cover;border-radius: 5px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.cs.umbc.edu\/choalab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/09\/unnamed.jpg 360w, https:\/\/blogs.cs.umbc.edu\/choalab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/09\/unnamed-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.cs.umbc.edu\/choalab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/09\/unnamed-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/>\n        <\/td>\n        <td style=\"padding: 15px;vertical-align: top;font-size: 1em\">\n          <strong style=\"font-size: 1.1em\">Suhas Poturaju<\/strong>\n        <\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n      <tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd\">\n        <td style=\"padding: 15px;text-align: center;vertical-align: top;width: 30%\">\n          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"546\" height=\"628\" class=\"wp-image-448\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cs.umbc.edu\/choalab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-20-150005.png\" alt=\"Oseiwe Zion Ohonsi\" style=\"width: 150px;height: auto;object-fit: cover;border-radius: 5px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.cs.umbc.edu\/choalab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-20-150005.png 546w, https:\/\/blogs.cs.umbc.edu\/choalab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-20-150005-261x300.png 261w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px\" \/>\n        <\/td>\n        <td style=\"padding: 15px;vertical-align: top;font-size: 1em\">\n          <strong style=\"font-size: 1.1em\">Oseiwe Zion Ohonsi<\/strong>\n        <\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n  <\/table>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lab Alumni<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th colspan=\"2\">Graduate<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td>Mohammd Islam<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td>Xing Chen<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td>Dingkai&nbsp;Guo<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td>Edward&nbsp;Luzhansky<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td>Mohit&nbsp;Godbole<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.cs.umbc.edu\/choalab\/team\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Team<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cs.umbc.edu\/choalab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cs.umbc.edu\/choalab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cs.umbc.edu\/choalab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cs.umbc.edu\/choalab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cs.umbc.edu\/choalab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":37,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cs.umbc.edu\/choalab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":451,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cs.umbc.edu\/choalab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions\/451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cs.umbc.edu\/choalab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}