{"id":7,"date":"2013-01-09T16:33:42","date_gmt":"2013-01-09T16:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/stormlab\/current-courses\/"},"modified":"2022-06-15T14:48:21","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T19:48:21","slug":"lab-members","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/stormlab\/lab-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Lab Members"},"content":{"rendered":"

STORM Lab UK Director – Pietro Valdastri<\/h2>\n

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Full Professor, Chair of Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Faculty of Engineering, University of Leeds<\/p>\n

Adjoint Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University School of Engineering, Vanderbilt University<\/p>\n

PhD in Bioengineering from Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy<\/p>\n

p.valdastri [at] vanderbilt.edu<\/p>\n

STORM Lab USA Director – Keith L. Obstein<\/h2>\n

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\nAssociate Professor of Medicine Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition<\/p>\n

Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering<\/p>\n

Vanderbilt University Medical Center<\/p>\n

keith.l.obstein [at] vanderbilt.edu<\/p>\n

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Post-Doc<\/h2>\n

\"\"<\/a>Ekawahyu Susilo<\/strong><\/h3>\n

ekawahyu.susilo [at] vanderbilt.edu<\/p>\n

Research: Design Environment for Capsule Robots<\/a>, Soft Colonoscopy Robotic Platform<\/a><\/p>\n

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Graduate Students<\/h2>\n

\"\"<\/a>Addisu Z. Taddese<\/strong><\/h3>\n

addisu.z.taddese [at] vanderbilt.edu<\/p>\n

Research:\u00a0Soft Colonoscopy Robotic Platform<\/a>,\u00a0Design Environment for Capsule Robots<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Piotr R. Slawinski <\/strong><\/h3>\n

piotr.r.slawinski [at] vanderbilt.edu<\/p>\n

Research: Soft Colonoscopy Robotic Platform<\/a><\/p>\n

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Nicol\u00f2 Garbin<\/strong><\/h3>\n

nicolo.garbin.1 [at] vanderbilt.edu<\/p>\n

Research: Local Magnetic Actuation<\/a><\/p>\n

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Federico Campisano<\/strong><\/h3>\n

federico.campisano [at] vanderbilt.edu<\/p>\n

Research: Wireless Tissue Palpation<\/a><\/p>\n

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Undergraduate Students<\/h2>\n

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Dennis Sohn<\/strong><\/h3>\n

dennis.sohn [at] vanderbilt.edu<\/p>\n

Research: Local Magnetic Actuation<\/a><\/p>\n

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Nikolaos Gkotsis<\/strong><\/h3>\n

nikolaos.gkotsis [at] vanderbilt.edu<\/p>\n

Research: Medical Capsule Robots<\/a><\/p>\n

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High-School Students<\/h2>\n

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Yasmin Alvarado-Rayo<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Yasmin.Alvarado-Rayo [at] vanderbilt.edu<\/p>\n

Research: Medical Capsule Robots<\/a><\/p>\n

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High-School Teachers<\/h2>\n

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Mark Gonyea<\/strong><\/h3>\n

gonyeam [at] rcschools.net<\/p>\n

Research: Educational toolkit for capsule robots<\/a><\/p>\n

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Justin Montenegro<\/strong><\/h3>\n

justin.montenegro [at] mnps.org<\/p>\n

Research: Educational toolkit for capsule robots<\/a><\/p>\n

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Alumni and Former Collaborators<\/h2>\n

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Dr. Marco Beccani
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Research: Wireless Tissue Palpation<\/a>, Design Environment for Capsule Robots<\/a><\/p>\n

Current Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow at University of Pennsylvania, mLab<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Dr. Christian Di Natali<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Research: Magnetic Localization<\/a>, Local Magnetic Actuation<\/a><\/p>\n

Current Position: Ask Christian<\/a><\/p>\n

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Byron Smith<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Research: CO2 Insufflator for Minimally Invasive Procedures<\/p>\n

Current Position: Founder of EndoInSight, Inc.
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Francesco Gramuglia<\/strong><\/h3>\n

francesco.gramuglia [at] vanderbilt.edu<\/p>\n

Research: Local Magnetic Actuation<\/a><\/p>\n

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Kyle Musto<\/strong><\/h3>\n

kyle.b.musto [at] vanderbilt.edu<\/p>\n

Research: Medical Capsule Robots<\/a><\/p>\n

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Chris Lyne<\/strong><\/h3>\n

christopher.t.lyne [at] vanderbilt.edu<\/p>\n

Research: Medical Capsule Robots<\/a><\/p>\n

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Alex Vartanian<\/strong><\/h3>\n

alexander.v.vartanian [at] vanderbilt.edu<\/p>\n

Research: Medical Capsule Robots<\/a><\/p>\n

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Ashley Peck<\/strong><\/h3>\n

ashley.m.peck [at] vanderbilt.edu<\/p>\n

Research: Educational toolkit for capsule robots<\/a><\/p>\n

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Tina Karraz<\/strong><\/h3>\n

christina.karraz [at] vanderbilt.edu<\/p>\n

Research: Local Magnetic Actuation<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Jianing Liu<\/strong><\/h3>\n

jianing.liu [at] vanderbilt.edu<\/p>\n

Research: Educational toolkit for capsule robots<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Zeke Tan<\/strong><\/h3>\n

zeke.tan [at] vanderbilt.edu<\/p>\n

Research: Educational toolkit for capsule robots<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Sarah Thorson<\/strong><\/h3>\n

sarah.e.thorson [at] vanderbilt.edu<\/p>\n

Research: Medical Capsule Robots<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Gabriel Scozzarro<\/strong><\/h3>\n

gscozzarro [at] gmail.com
\nVisiting student from Universit\u00e0 Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy<\/p>\n

Research: Medical Capsule Robots<\/a><\/p>\n

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Charreau S. Bell
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Research: Soft Colonoscopy Robotic Platform<\/a>, Vision-Based Localization<\/a><\/p>\n

Current Position: Graduate student at Vanderbilt University<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Robert J. Caprara<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Research: Medical Capsule Robots<\/a><\/p>\n

Current Position: Ask Robert<\/a><\/p>\n

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Claire E. Benjamin<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Research: Wireless Tissue Palpation<\/a><\/p>\n

Current Position: Graduate student at University of Colorado — Boulder<\/p>\n

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Nathan E. Hall<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Research: Magnetic Localization<\/a><\/p>\n

Current Position: U.S. Army<\/p>\n

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Victoria R. Mitchell<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Research: Wireless Insufflation<\/a><\/p>\n

Current Position: Vanderbilt Alumn<\/p>\n

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Mohd Fateh Mohd Lani<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Research: Local Magnetic Actuation<\/a><\/p>\n

Current Position: Graduate student in Japan<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Vanessa N. Valentine<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Research: Medical Capsule Robots<\/a><\/p>\n

Current Position: Undergraduate student at Vanderbilt<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Jevaugn D. Shabbazz<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Research: Medical Capsule Robots<\/a><\/p>\n

Current Position: Undergraduate student at Vanderbilt<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Gregorio Aiello<\/strong><\/p>\n

Research: Medical Capsule Robots<\/a><\/p>\n

Current Position: Research Assistant at Politecnico di Milano, Italy<\/p>\n

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Jacopo Buzzi<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Research: Local Magnetic Actuation<\/a><\/p>\n

Current Position: PhD student at Politecnico di Milano, Italy<\/p>\n

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Brennan Steele<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Research: Tablet Technologies to Improve Colonoscopy<\/p>\n

Current Position: Undergraduate student at Duke<\/p>\n

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Nhung Hoang<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Research: Tablet Technologies to Improve Colonoscopy<\/p>\n

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Brian Fang<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Research: Wireless Insufflation<\/a><\/p>\n

Current Position: Undergraduate student at Vanderbilt University<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>In\u00e8s Ouali<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Research: Medical Capsule Robots<\/a><\/p>\n

Current Position: Undergraduate student at Polytech Marseille, France<\/p>\n

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Erdem Erdemir<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Research: Design Environment for Capsule Robots<\/a><\/p>\n

Current Position: Assistant Professor at Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN<\/p>\n

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David J.Cunningham<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Research: Local Magnetic Actuation<\/a><\/p>\n

Current Position: Systems Engineer, Northrop Grumman,\u00a0Huntsville, AL<\/p>\n

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Massimiliano\u00a0Simi<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Research: Trans-Abdominal Active Magnetic Link<\/p>\n

Current Position:\u00a0Mechanical Design Engineer,\u00a0MEDra s.r.l.,Pisa, Italy<\/p>\n

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Sissi Battaglia<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Research: Tetherless insufflation of human colon<\/p>\n

Current Position: Research Assistant,\u00a0Ospedale Ortopedico Rizzoli,\u00a0Bologna, Italy<\/p>\n

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Lorenza Angelini<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Research:\u00a0Smart Mechanisms to Avoid Bowel Preparation in Colonoscopy<\/p>\n

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Giulia Bassani<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Research: Real-Time Localization of Magnetic Capsule Robots<\/p>\n

Current Position: PhD student at Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

STORM Lab UK Director – Pietro Valdastri                     Full Professor, Chair of Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Faculty of Engineering, University of Leeds Adjoint Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University School of Engineering, Vanderbilt University PhD in Bioengineering from Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy p.valdastri [at] vanderbilt.edu…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1398,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/stormlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/stormlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/stormlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/stormlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1398"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/stormlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":141,"href":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/stormlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1828,"href":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/stormlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions\/1828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/stormlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/stormlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}