Jan Christoph is an Assistant Professor at the University of California, San Francisco, and head of the Cardiac Vision Lab. He is a faculty member of the Cardiovascular Research Institute, with appointments in the Division of Cardiology, School of Medicine, and the Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences. His research interests include cardiac electrophysiology and biomechanics, cardiac arrhythmia mechanisms, the physics of complex biological systems, artificial intelligence, numerical modeling and imaging. Previously, he worked as a researcher in Germany, where he developed novel optical and ultrasound-based imaging techniques for the visualization of life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias. Read more ...

Jan Lebert is a Postdoc and Computational Researcher at the Cardiac Vision Lab. Jan is interested in the physics of complex systems, computing, artificial intelligence and medical imaging. He obtained a PhD in biophysics and specializes in the prediction of cardiac dynamics using deep learning. Jan was a graduate student at the University of Göttingen in Germany and pursued his PhD over the past 2 years remotely at UCSF. He graduated recently with 'Summa Cum Laude'.

Shrey Chowdhary is a Computational Research Specialist at the Cardiac Vision Lab. Shrey obtained a BSc in Computer Science and Physics at the University of Illinois and he is generally interested in computational physics, high-performance and distributed computing and computer graphics. In our lab he is involved in numerical method development and performing computer simulations of the heart. Before joining our lab, he worked as a software engineer in San Francisco.

Tanish Baranwal is an Undergraduate Research Assistant at the Cardiac Vision Lab. Tanish is a second-year undergraduate student at UC Berkeley studying Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and his research interests include deep learning, computer vision, computational biology, and neuroscience. Previously, he worked as a student researcher at the Louis Lab, University of California, Santa Barbara in evolutionary neuroscience and is now excited to study 3D spiral waves and implementing deep learning models to push state of the art capabilities.

Sarah Wasinger is a first-year Bioengineering PhD student interested in exploring computational methods for understanding complex biological systems as it relates to collective cell behavior. Previously, she attended the University of Chicago where she studied molecular engineering and conducted research in protein engineering.

Karson Chrispens is a first-year Biophysics PhD student interested in applying computational tools to uncover new biological principles. He previously worked on protein engineering and design.

Divya Krishnan is an Undergraduate Research Assistant at the Cardiac Vision Lab. She is currently a third-year student studying Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at UC Berkeley. Divya's interests include medical imaging and digital IC design.

Niranjan Bhatia is an Undergraduate Research Assistant at the Cardiac Vision Lab and undergraduate student at UC Berkeley majoring in Computer Science and Physics. He is particularly interested in the intersection of those areas including but not limited to computer vision, machine learning, and scientific modelling.

Farzan Shiju is an Undergraduate Research Assistant at the Cardiac Vision Lab. Farzan is currently studying Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at UC Berkeley. He is interested in PCB design, analog electronics, and hardware programming.

Varsha Raju is an Undergraduate Research Assistant at the Cardiac Vision Lab and a first-year undergraduate student at UC Berkeley studying Molecular and Cell Biology. Her research interests lie in cardiovascular biology, imaging, data analytics, and biophysics.

Leah Kong is an Undergraduate Research Assistant at the Cardiac Vision Lab. Leah is a senior at UC Berkeley studying Physics and she is interested in biophysics, machine learning, and physical modeling. She hopes to go to graduate school for applied physics or biophysics.

Oliver Chen is an Undergraduate Research Assistant at the Cardiac Vision Lab. He studies Applied Math and Computer Science at UC Berkeley and is interested in computer vision and machine learning. 

Ali Momennasab is an Undergraduate Research Assistant at the Cardiac Vision Lab. Ali studies Computer Science at the California State Polytechnic University in Pomona and is interested in machine learning and medical imaging.