Laksari 
Open Positions
Principal Investigator
Kaveh Laksari, PhD eMail
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering (BME),
Aerospace and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (AME), Neuroscience GIDP
Dr. Laksari graduated from University of Tehran with a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering. He received his PhD from Temple University also in Mechanical Engineering, with a focus in injury biomechanics. He then went to Stanford University as a postdoctoral scholar.
Postdoctoral Scholars
Mohammad "Sohrab" Sarabian, PhD eMail
Sohrab received his PhD from Ohio University and an MS from Shiraz University both in Mechanical Engineering. He joined the brain hemodynamics and stroke project in 2020.
Postdoctoral Scholars
Aditi Deshpande, PhD eMail
Aditi received her PhD from University of Arizona in 2022 and continued her work at the Laksari Lab on vascular segmentation and stroke assessment.
PhD Students
Carissa L. Grijalva eMail
Carissa graduated from the University of Arizona with a bachelor’s in Biomedical Engineering in 2017. She is working on effects of head impacts on brain physiology and function.
PhD Students
Danya Pradeep Kumar, PhD eMail
Danya received her Master's from Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering, India and joined our lab in 2018.
PhD Students
Ali Kamali eMail
Ali graduated with a BS from Shiraz University and an MS from Sharif University both in Mechanical Engineering in Iran. He started his PhD at the UA in 2019 and is working on brain biomechanics.
PhD Students
Patricio Arrue eMail
Patricio graduated from Universidad de Chile with a Master's in Engineering. He started his PhD at the UA in 2019 as a Fulbright scholar. He is working on brain biomechanics.
Masters Students
Callie Frantz eMail
Callie earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering from New Mexico State University in 2017. She worked as a flight test and design engineer before starting her masters studying head impacts and brain injury.
Masters Students
Jordan McKenzie eMail
Jordan earned a BS in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Arizona in 2021 and subsequently joined our lab as a Master's student working on the Alzheimer's disease project.
Undergraduate Students
Lab Alumna
Collaborators
University of Arizona
University of British Columbia
Stevens Institute of Technology
University of Pittsburgh
Stanford University
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Stanford University
Amirkabir University of Technology
