Team Members

Ali Bashashati


Director of AI Research at BC Ovarian Cancer Program (OVCARE), Assistant Professor in Biomedical Engineering & Pathology
  • PhD in Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia, Canada
  • MSc in Biomedical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran
  • BSc in Electrical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Iran

Hossein Farahani


Lead Machine Learning Scientist
  • PhD in Computer Science, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
  • MSc in Space Science & Technology, The Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg, Germany
  • MSc in Robotics & Automation Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea
  • BSc in Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Iran

Maryam Asadi


Post-doctoral Fellow
  • PhD in Computer Engineering (Artificial Intelligence), Sharif University of Technology, Iran
  • MSc in Software Engineering, IUST, Iran
  • BSc in Software Engineering, IUST, Iran

Kelly YP Liu


Post-doctoral Fellow
  • PhD in Oral Biological and Medical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Canada
  • MSc in Oral Biological and Medical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Canada
  • BSc in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser Univserity, Canada

Pouya Ahmadvand


Machine Learning Engineer
  • MASc in Bioinformatics, University of British Columbia, Canada
  • MASc in Computer Engineering (Software), Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Iran
  • BSc in Computer Engineering (Software), Isfahan University, Iran

Ramin Nakhli


PhD Student
  • PhD student in Biomedical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Canada
  • MASc in Computer Engineering (Artificial Intelligence), University of Tehran, Iran
  • BSc in Electrical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Iran

Katherine Rich


PhD Student
  • PhD student in Bioinformatics, University of British Columbia, Canada
  • BSc in Electrical Engineering (minor in Biomedical Engineering), University of Toronto, Canada

Puria Azadi


PhD Student
  • PhD student in Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia, Canada
  • MSc in Computer Science, Simon Fraser University, Canada
  • BSc in Electrical Engineering and minor in Computer Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran

Ali Khajegili Mirabadi


PhD Student
  • PhD student in Bioinformatics, University of British Columbia, Canada
  • BSc in Electrical Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Iran
  • BSc in Mathematics, Isfahan University of Technology, Iran

Nikolay Alabi


MD/PhD Student
  • MD/PhD Student (Bioinformatics), University of British Columbia, Canada
  • BSc in Life Sciences, Queens University, Canada

Mayur Mallya


PhD Student
  • PhD student in Bioinformatics, University of British Columbia, Canada
  • MSc in Computer Science, Simon Fraser University, Canada
  • BSc in Electronics and Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NIT-K), India

Benham Maneshgar


PhD Student
  • PhD Student in Bioinformatics, University of Brithish Columbia, Canada
  • MSc in Computer Science, Concordia University, Canada
  • BEng in Software Engineering, Isfahan University, Iran

Cindy Shi


MASc Student
  • MASc student in Bioinformatics, University of British Columbia, Canada
  • Combined BSc (Hon) in Biology and Computer Science, University of British Columbia, Canada

Elahe Ranjbari


MSc Student
  • MSc student in Bioinformatics, University of British Columbia, Canada
  • BSc in Computer Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran

Michael Diaz-Stewart


MASc Student
  • MASc student in Biomedical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Canada
  • Hons. BSc in Biology (Biomedical Science), York Univeristy, Canada

Maedeh Mirzazadeh


MSc Student
  • MSc student in Bioinformatics, University of British Columbia, Canada
  • BSc in Computer Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran

Haoran Liu


Visiting Student
  • PhD student in Computer Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China
  • BSc in Electrical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, China

Faezeh Moradi


Research Intern
  • PhD Candidate in Computer Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
  • MASc in Computer Engineer, University of Tehran, Iran
  • BSc in Computer Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran

Bjorn Holst


Co-op Student
  • BSc in Computer Science, University of British Columbia, Canada

Aly Khan Nuruddin


Co-op Student
  • BASc in Biomedical Engineering (Minor in Commerce), University of British Columbia, Canada

Kamal Azzam


Co-op Student
  • Combined BSc in Computer Science and Biology, University of British Columbia, Canada

Alumni

Graham Archibald


MASc Student
  • MASc in Biomedical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Canada
  • BScH in Physics, Queens University, Canada

Parisa Beygi


MASc Student
  • MASc in Biomedical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Canada
  • MASc in Computer Engineering (Artificial Intelligence), Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran
  • BSc in Computer Engineering (Software), University of Tehran, Iran

Irem Eren

Lab Tech
  • BSc in Life Sciences, University of British Columbia, Canada

Amir Hadjifaradji


MASc Student
  • MASc in Biomedical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Canada
  • Hons. BASc in Biomedical Engineering, Simon Fraser University, Canada

Jeffrey Boschman


Graduate Student
  • MASc student in Biomedical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Canada
  • BSc in Chemical & Biological Engineering, University of British Columbia, Canada

Colin Chen


Co-op Student
  • BSc Combined Honours in Computer Science and Mathematics, University of British Columbia, Canada

Amirali Darbandsari


machine learning scientist
  • MASc student in Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia, Canada
  • BSc in Electrical Engineering (Communication) and minor in Computer Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran

Christopher Halim

Summer Student

Tina Li


Graduate Intern
  • MEng student in Biomedical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Canada
  • BSc Chemical & Biological Engineering, University of British Columbia, Canada

Mitchell Nursey


Co-op Student
  • BSc in Computer Science, University of Victoria, Canada

Jason Peng

Research Intern

Kareem Shammout


Co-op Student
  • BSc in Mathematics and Computer Science, University of British Columbia, Canada

Sanne Van Dalen


Co-op Student
  • MSc in Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
  • BSc in Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands

Ashley Van Spankeren


Co-op Student
  • BSc in Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Victoria, Canada

Yiping Wang


Co-op Student
  • Honours BSc in Computer Science, University of Victoria, Canada

Matthew Wiens


Graduate Student
  • MASc student in Biomedical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Canada
  • BSc in Electrical Engineering (minor in Computer Engineering), University of Calgary, Canada

Yang Xia


Co-op Student
  • Bachelor of Computer Science, University of British Columbia, Canada
  • MSc in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Canada
  • BSc in Neuroscience and Psychology, University of Toronto, Canada

Tony Xu

Co-op Student
  • BSc in Electrical Engineering (minor in Physics), University of British Columbia, Canada

Sina Zareian

Co-op Student