Principal Investigator
Pranav J. Parikh, MBBS, PhD
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
Current PhD Students
Komal Kukkar, PT, MS
PhD candidate in HHP department
MS in Kinesiology (Biomechanics & Motor Control), University of Illinois, Chicago
MS in Data Science (online), Maryville University, St. Louis
Mahdis Dafdar, MS
PhD student in HHP department
MS in Sports Pathology and Corrective Exercises, Allameh Tabataba’I University, Tehran, Iran.
Kayode Ahmed, MD, MS
PhD student in Clinical Research, University of Jamestown (Doctoral research with Dr. Parikh at UH)
PGCert in Clinical Research, Harvard Medical School
MS in Genomics and Health, Johns Hopkins University
Undergraduate Students (UH unless specified)
Tina Huynh (Biology)
Shalaka Dhavalikar (BME)
Adriel Perez (KIN)
Maham Qureshi
Alizah Zaheer (University of Texas, Austin)
Omar Mendez (KIN)
Humza Mirza
Hiba Uddin
Alumni
Robert 'Danny' Magruder, MS
Position after PhD completion: 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
Position after PhD completion: Human Factors Design Engineer, NASA, Houston, TX
Nishant Rao, BTech, PhD
Position after PhD completion:Postdoctoral scholar at Yale University
Rahul Goel, BTech, MS, PhD
Position after PhD completion: Postdoctoral scholar at Baylor College of Medicine, Neuroscience program
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
Regina Thomas (BME, Virginia Commonwealth University)
Alizah Zaheer (University of Texas, Austin)
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
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