{"id":22,"date":"2024-06-03T17:04:43","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T21:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/barkana-signals-lab\/?page_id=22"},"modified":"2026-03-19T15:44:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T19:44:20","slug":"about-our-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/barkana-signals-lab\/about-our-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Principal Investigator<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Dr. Buket D. Barkana<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Margaret F. Donovan Chair for Women in Engineering<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Associate Professor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Department of Biomedical Engineering
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ASEC 373B | Akron, OH 44325-0302<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phone: 330-972-4320
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Graduate Students <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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PhD Candidate<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Bayan Ahmad<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Field: Biomedical Engineering\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lab Member Since: 2023 – Present<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email: ba82@uakron.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PhD Candidate<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Maria Leyba Mesa<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Field: Biomedical Engineering<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lab Member Since: 2024 – Present<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email: mvl16@uakron.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Graduate Student <\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Rachael Amira Brimm<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Field: Biomedical Engineering <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lab Member Since: 2024-Present<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email: rab218@uakron.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Undergraduate Student Researchers <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Student Researcher <\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Elijah Ray<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Field: Biomedical Engineering <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lab Member Since: 2024 – present<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email: emr115@uakron.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Student Researcher <\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Quintin Kelley<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Field: Mechanical Engineering <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lab Member Since: 2025 – present<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email: qxk1@uakron.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Student Researcher <\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Connor Allen<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Field: Biomedical Engineering <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lab Member Since: 2025 – present<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email: cba25@uakron.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Student Researcher <\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Jen Hatalla<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Field: Biomedical Engineering <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lab Member Since: 2025 – present<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email: jmh510@uakron.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Signals Research Club Members<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Highschool Researchers <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Alumni<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Erin Keller<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Electrical Engineering Undergraduate Student (2023 – 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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