Our Team
Together, our multi-disciplinary faculty, staff, students, and collaborators combine their knowledge from various forms of engineering and medicine to make breakthrough discoveries and develop novel solutions to one of society's most challenging problems.
Leadership

William S. Marras, PhD, CPE
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Executive Director - SRI, SRI-Ergo
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Scientific Director - SRI
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Professor - Integrated Systems Engineering
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Professor - Neurological Surgery
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Professor - Orthopaedics
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Professor - Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
614-292-6670
1971 Neil Ave, Baker Systems
Columbus, OH 43210

Tristan Weaver, MD
- Clinical Director - SRI
- Clinical Assistant Professor - Anesthesiology
- Physician - FGP Anesthesiology
410 W 10th Ave Room N411
Columbus, OH 43210

W. Gary Allread, PhD, CPE
- Program Director - SRI-Ergo
- Program Director - Integrated Systems Engineering
allread.1@osu.edu
1971 Neil Ave, Baker Systems Room 520F
Columbus, OH 43210

William Darling
- Executive Director-Assistive Technology of Ohio
614-292-7721
1314 Kinnear Rd Room 1704
Columbus, OH 43221

Safdar N. Khan, MD
- Orthopaedic Surgery Clinical Director - SRI
- Physician - FGP Orthopaedics
- Clinical Associate Professor - Orthopaedics
- Associate Professor of Practice - Integrated Systems Engineering
614-293-0706
456 W 10th Ave Room #4110
Columbus, OH 43210

Gregory G. Knapik, PhD
- Assistant Director - SRI
- Biodynamics Laboratory Research Coordinator - Integrated Systems Engineering
614-292-2016
1971 Neil Ave, Baker Systems Room 520C
Columbus, OH 43210

Devina Purmessur, PhD
- Assistant Professor - Biomedical Engineering
140 W 19th Ave
Columbus, OH 43210
Staff & Students

Dylan Aery
- MS Candidate - SRI
- Graduate Research Associate - Integrated Systems Engineering
aery.1@osu.edu
614-292-2016 Spine Research Institute
1971 Neil Ave, Baker Systems Room 520
Columbus, OH 43210

Alexander Aurand, MS
- Research Associate Engineer - SRI
614-292-2016
Spine Research Institute
1971 Neil Ave, Baker Systems Room 520
Columbus, OH 43210

Cole Buchanan
- Clinical Research Assistant
OSU Comprehensive Spine Center
543 Taylor Ave
Columbus, OH 43203

Jonathan S. Dufour, MS, MBA
- Senior Research Assoc-Engineer - SRI
614-292-2016
Spine Research Institute
1971 Neil Ave, Baker Systems Room 520
Columbus, OH 43210

Angela Emerson, MPH, CCRP
- Assistant Director for Research - HPC
emerson.120@osu.edu

Lindsay Hanes
- Clinical Research Manager
lindsay.hanes@osumc.edu
OSU Comprehensive Spine Center
543 Taylor Ave
Columbus, OH 43203

Hamed Hani
- PhD Candidate - SRI
- Graduate Research Associate - Integrated Systems Engineering
hani.4@osu.edu
614-292-2016 Spine Research Institute
1971 Neil Ave, Baker Systems Room 520
Columbus, OH 43210

Halle Harris
- MS Candidate
- Graduate Research Associate - Integrated Systems Engineering
harris.2687@osu.edu
614-292-2016 Spine Research Institute
1971 Neil Ave, Baker Systems Room 520
Columbus, OH 43210

Prasath Mageswaran, PhD
- Senior Research Assoc-Engineer - SRI
prasath.1@osu.edu
614-292-2016 Spine Research Institute
1971 Neil Ave, Baker Systems Room 520
Columbus, OH 43210

Candi McCain
- Fiscal Officer - Integrated Systems Engineering
614-688-8241
1971 Neil Ave, Baker Systems Room 220
Columbus, OH 43210

Johnny McKeown
- Clinical Research Assistant
mckeown.28@osu.edu
OSU Comprehensive Spine Center
543 Taylor Ave, Columbus, OH 43203

Reid Souchereau
- MS Candidate - SRI
- Graduate Research Associate - Integrated Systems Engineering
souchereau.1@osu.edu
614-292-2016 Spine Research Institute
1971 Neil Ave, Baker Systems Room 520
Columbus, OH 43210
Faculty Collaborators

Ahmet Ayan, PhD
- Associate Professor-Clinical, Radiation Oncology
614-366-1773
460 W 10th Ave Room 201G
Columbus, OH 43210

Robin Berner, MD
- Assistant Professor-Clinical, Family Medicine
- Physician, FGP-Family Medicine
The James CarePoint East
543 Taylor Rd., 2nd Floor
Columbus, OH 43203

Dukagjin Blakaj, MD, PhD
- Physician, FGP-Radiation Oncology
- Associate Professor-Clinical, Otolaryngology
- Associate Professor-Clinical, Radiation Oncology
460 W. 10th Ave Room D252N
Columbus, OH 43210

Eric Bourekas, MD
- Physician & Assoc Professor, FGP-Radiology
- Associate Professor-Clinical, Radiology
- Associate Professor, Neurology
- Associate Professor, Neurological Surgery
614-293-7627
395 W 12th Ave Room 468
Columbus, OH 43210

John Bridges, PhD
- Professor
Columbus, OH 43210

Guy Brock, PhD
- Research Associate Professor, Biomedical Informatics
614-366-8504
1800 Cannon Drive
320-N Lincoln Tower
Columbus, OH 43210

S. Michael Camp, PhD
- Director, Student Program, CDME
614-292-4085
1314 Kinnear Rd
Columbus, OH 43221

David Carbone, MD, PhD
- Physician, FGP-Medical Oncology
- Professor - Medical Oncology
614-685-4479
Starling Loving Hall
488 Biomedical Research Tower
Columbus, OH 43210

Andrew Grossbach, MD
- Physician, FGP-Neurological Surgery
- Assistant Professor-Clinical, Neurological Surgery
andrew.grossbach@osumc.edu
460 W. 10th Ave
Columbus, OH 43210

Nilendu Gupta, PhD
- Professor-Clinical, Radiation Oncology
- Professor-Clinical, HRS - Health & Rehab Sciences
614-293-4204
460 W. 10th Ave Room A201L
Columbus, OH 43210

Rebecca Jackson, MD
- Director, The Ohio State University Center for Clinical and Translational Science
- Professor, Internal Medicine/Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
- Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Associate Dean of Clinical Research, Ohio State College of Medicine
614-293-4041
376 W. 10th Ave., Suite 205
Columbus, OH 43210

Arunark Kolipaka, PhD
- Associate Professor, Radiology
614-366-0268
395 W 12th Ave, 4th Floor
Columbus, OH 43210

Steve Lavender, PhD
- Associate Professor, Integrated Systems Engineering
- Associate Professor, Orthopaedics
614-292-9980
1971 Neil Ave
292 Baker Systems
Columbus, OH 43210

Whitney Luke, MD
- Physician, FGP-Physical Medicine & Rehab
- Associate Professor-Clinical, Physical Medicine & Rehab
614-293-7604
480 Medical Center Dr
Columbus, OH 43210

Ehud Mendel, MD, FACS
- Professor - Neurological Surgery
- Physician - FGP Neurological Surgery
- Professor - Orthopaedics
- Professor - Internal Medicine
- Professor - Integrated Systems Engineering
614-293-5346
410 W 10th Ave Room N-1037
Columbus, OH 43210

Xia Ning, PhD
- Assistant Professor, Biomedical Informatics
- Co-Director, TDAI Community of Practice
614-366-2298
1800 Cannon Drive
310-C Lincoln Tower
Columbus, OH 43210

Soheil Soghrati, PhD
- Associate Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engr
- Associate Professor, Materials Science Engineering
201 W 19th Ave
Columbus, OH 43210

Carolyn Sommerich, PhD, CPE
- Associate Professor, HRS - Health & Rehab Sciences
- Associate Professor, Integrated Systems Engineering
614-292-9965
1971 Neil Ave
276 Baker Systems
Columbus, OH 43210

Sam Davanloo Tajbakhsh, PhD
- Assistant Professor, Integrated Systems Engineering
1971 Neil Ave
Columbus, OH 43210

Stephen Woods, MD
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehab
480 W. 9th Ave Room 1019
Columbus, OH 43210

Elizabeth M. Yu, MD
- Physician, FGP-Orthopaedics
- Associate Professor-Clinical, Orthopaedics
614-293-0706
376 W. 10th Ave Room 725
Columbus, OH 43210