Current Members
Principal Investigator
Siavash Ahrar (he\him\his)
Assistant Professor
Biomedical Engineering, CSU Long Beach
Email: Siavash.ahrar [at] csulb.edu
BlueSky: @Siavasha
Education
SEEF fellow, Bioengineering, Stanford
Postdoctoral Researcher, UC Irvine
PhD, Biomedical Engineering, UC Irvine
Wesley Chen
Biomechanics of Sand dollar larvae
Expected graduation
Spring 2025
Marcus Mallabo
Pneumatic digital logic
Expected graduation
Spring 2025
Maro Aziz
Hydrodynamics of Hydra
Expected graduation
Spring 2026
Roquel Roman
Hydrodynamics of Hydra
Expected graduation
Spring 2026
Kenji Yoshida
Hydrodynamics of Hydra
Expected graduation
Spring 2026
Ena Arroyo
Hydrodynamics of marine larvae
Expected graduation
Fall 2025
Jaimie De Guzman
Hydrodynamics of marine larvae
Expected graduation
Spring 2026
Anh Nguyen
Hydrodynamics of Hydra
Expected graduation
Spring 2027
Looking for research opportunities?
Current CSULB students (all majors - no prior research experience is required)
are welcome to apply.
Our lab is always looking for folks who are excited to deeply engage with research.
Please reach out to Siavash directly via email.
Former team members
1. Chung Thai (Graduated Spring 2022) MS student at UCI Biomedical Engineering
2. Brenda Ametepe (Graduated Spring 2023) PhD student at UCSF-UCB Bioengineering
3. Clare Kim (Graduated Spring 2023) Engineer at Glidewell Dental
4. Brian Le (Graduated Spring 2023) MS student at UCI Biomedical Engineering
5. Erika Gomez (Graduated Spring 2023) Engineer I at Applied Medical
6. Moses Villeda (Graduated Spring 2023) Research scientist at Recursion
7. Lucas Kim (Graduated Fall 2023) MS student UCSD
8. Natalia Margaris (Graduated Fall 2023) Engineer at Applied Medical
9. Michael Richardson (Graduated Fall 2023) PhD student at UCR Bioengineering
10. Bryant Lopez (Graduated Spring 2024) MS student at UCI Biomedical Engineering
11. Harithi Nandasena (Graduated Spring 2024) MS student at BU Biomedical Engineering
12. Haley Obenshain (Graduated Spring 2024) PhD student at UCSB Bioengineering
13. Emily Chrasta (Graduated Fall 2024)
14. Emma Varela
15. Val Gillcrist
16. Ogochukwu Ozonevo
17. Sandra Trajkovski
Our values and approach towards research and training
We seek to enable all team members to achieve their education, research, and career goals.
We strive to work collaboratively and support each other.
Together, we wish to create an inclusive, equitable, and welcoming environment.
We keep in mind that research is challenging.
Therefore, we actively aim to grow, learn, and improve as researchers.
Exciting research happens in a collaborative and supportive environment in partnership with others.
We strive to build and maintain such an environment.
Support and mentorship (both from Siavash and the team) are essential for our individual and collective success.
We define mentorship as setting individualized goals, creating progress plans, training, formative feedback, and reflection.
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Finally, we hope to have fun in a joyful environment while working on projects that could lead to discoveries or valuable technologies.
