Principal Investigator

Pranav J. Parikh, MBBS, PhD

pjparikh2@uh.edu

Associate Professor
Director, NIH R25 Research Education Program
Chair, Graduate Research Degrees (PhD program) committee
Director, Center for Neuromotor and Biomechanics Research
Department of Health and Human Performance
University of Houston

Faculty member
NSF IUCRC BRAIN University of Houston Site

Curriculum vitae (pdf)



PhD Students

Komal Kukkar, PT, MS

MS in Kinesiology (Biomechanics & Motor Control), University of Illinois, Chicago

MS in Data Science (online), Maryville University, St. Louis

Mahdis Dafdar, MS

MS in Sports Pathology and Corrective Exercises, Allameh Tabataba’I University, Tehran, Iran.

Kayode Ahmed, MD, MS

Visiting PhD student



Undergraduate Students (UH unless specified)

Tina Huynh (Biology)

Gaby Garcia (Biology)

Shalaka Dhavalikar (BME)

Adriel Perez (KIN)

Maham Qureshi

Omar Mendez (KIN)



Alumni

Robert 'Danny' Magruder, MS

Doctoral student in the department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah. (MS thesis advisor at Carnegie Mellon University - BME dept: Dr. Parikh)

Vivian Rose, CPO, MSPO, PhD

NASA, Houston, TX (PhD dissertation advisor at UH: Dr. Parikh)

Nishant Rao, BTech, PhD

Postdoctoral scholar at Yale University (PhD dissertation advisor at UH: Dr. Parikh)

Rahul Goel, BTech, MS, PhD

Postdoctoral scholar at Baylor College of Medicine, Neuroscience program (PhD dissertation advisor at UH: Dr. Parikh)

Sheel Shah, BS

Diana Huynh, BS

Mahek Majithia (Cornell University)

Hiba Rabieh, BS

Victoria Nacinovich, BS

Sampada Chaudhari, BS

Neha Mehta, BS

Jacob Epstein, BS

Pujan Patel, BS (Texas A&M)

Khaleeq Rahman (Klein Cain High School in the North Houston area)

John Kass, BS

John Tran, BS

Jeffson Atienza, BS

Kevin Nyugen, BS

Jonathan Brown, BS

Umair Siddiqi, BS

Eesha Kundra, BS

Michelle Constante, BS



NIH NSAP Students

Mark Martinez (University of Texas, Austin)

Kayode Ahmed (Johns Hopkins University)

Danny Magruder (Carnegie Mellon University)

Kennedy Leonard (Johns Hopkins University)

Amir Srour (Stevens Institute)



NSF REU Students

Sabrina Meziani (University of Illinios at Urbana-Champainge)

Kennedy Leonard (Johns Hopkins University)

Grace McClurg (Western Kentucy University)

Mira Mutnick (Georgia Tech)

Landon Skinner (Villanova University)

Regan Ramirez (Trinity University)

Alyssa Holloway (Austin College)



NSF REM Students

Micah Hoopes (Clear Lake)



Visiting Students

Ahmed Kayode Michael, MD

University of Lagos, Idi-Araba, Lagos Nigeria

Patrick Hing, BS

M.S. in Orthotics and Prosthetics, Baylor College of Medicine

Roshini Thiagarajan

Seven Lakes High School, Katy, TX

Deandra Wright

BioMolecular Science program, NYU Tandon School of Engineering

Advaith Nair

William P Clements High School, Sugar Land, TX