Principal Investigator
Pranav J. Parikh, MBBS, PhD
Associate Professor
Director, NIH R25 Research Education Program
Director, Parikh Lab
Department of Health and Human Performance
University of Houston
Faculty member
NSF IUCRC BRAIN University of Houston Site
Current PhD Students
Matheus Valenca, BS
PhD student
BS, University of Sao Paulo
Mehak, DPT
PhD student
DPT, United College of Physical Therapy affiliated with University of Karachi, Pakistan
Christian Doxakis, BS, CPT
PhD student
BS, University of Houston
Erik Albarran, PT, DPT
PhD student, co-advised with Dr. Charles Layne at UH
BS, Bluefield University
DPT, Texas Woman's University
Undergraduate Students (UH unless specified)
Dan Pham (UH KIN)
Hriday Vemula (UH BIO)
Ihssan Chibani (UH BME)
Shakeeb Alam (UH BIO)
Luis Taquillo (Arizona State University, BME)
Vardhan Handa (Texas A&M, BME)
Alumni
PhD Students
5. Komal Kukkar, MS, PhD (Primary advisor: Dr. Parikh)
Graduation month/year: October 2026
Position after PhD completion: Postdoctoral Scholar
4. Kayode Ahmed, MD, MS, PhD (PhD dissertation co-advisor: Dr. Parikh)
Graduation month/year: April 2026
Position after PhD completion: Program Manager (Research) at UT MD Anderson
3. Vivian Rose, CPO, MSPO, PhD (Primary advisor: Dr. Parikh)
Graduation month/year: July 2024
Position after PhD completion: Human Factors Design Engineer, NASA, Houston, TX
2. Nishant Rao, BTech, PhD (Primary advisor: Dr. Parikh)
Graduation month/year: March 2022
Position after PhD completion: Postdoctoral scholar at Yale University
1. Rahul Goel, BTech, MS, PhD (Primary advisor: Dr. Parikh)
Graduation month/year: Dec 2017
Position after PhD completion: Postdoctoral scholar at Baylor College of Medicine, Neuroscience program
MS Students
Robert 'Danny' Magruder, MS (MS thesis advisor at Carnegie Mellon University - BME dept: Dr. Parikh)
Graduation month/year: May 2024
Position after PhD completion: Doctoral student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah.