Members - MICA

Members

Principal Investigator

Junghoon Lee, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Director of Medical Imaging

Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences

Department of Biomedical Engineering, Oncology

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Medical Physics Program

Carnegie Center for Surgical Innovation

The Johns Hopkins University

401 North Broadway, Suite 1440, Baltimore, MD 21287

email: junghoon at jhu.edu

phone: 410-502-1477

Short bio

Postdoctoral Scholars & Scientists

Debarghya China, Ph.D., Assistant Research Scientist

B.S. Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, West Bengal University of Technology, India, 2012

M.S. Mechatronics Engineering, West Bengal University of Technology, India, 2014

Ph.D. Advanced Technology Development Centre, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India, 2019

Research focus: Robot-assisted cardiovascular interventions, intraoperative real-time motion tracking and prediction

Gayoung Kim, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow

B.S. Biomedical Technology, Dongguk University, Republic of Korea, 2015

M.S. Biomedical Technology, Dongguk University, Republic of Korea, 2017

Ph.D. Biomedical Technology, Dongguk University, Republic of Korea, 2022

Research focus: Medical image segmentation, registration, image-guided interventions

Arjun Krishna, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow

B. Tech. Computer Science and Engineering, SRM University, India, 2008

M.S. Computer Science, University of Texas at Dallas, TX, 2010

Ph.D. Computer Science, Stony Brook University (SUNY), NY, 2025

Research focus: Image-guided robotic surgery, autonomous surgical navigation, reinforcement learning

Yeonghun Jo, B.S., Visiting Scientist

B.S. Biomedical Engineering, University of Ulsan, Republic of Korea, 2023

Research focus: Image-guided robotic endovascular interventions, image processing, deep learning

Graduate Students & Research Assistants

Lina Mekki

B.S. Biomedical Engineering, King's College London, United Kingdom, 2021

Ph.D. candidate, Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University

Research focus: Neuroimaging, image segmentation and synthesis, automatic treatment planning with reinforcement learning

Bohua Wan

B.S. Computer Science and Technology, China University of Petroleum, China, 2020

M.S. Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University, 2022

Ph.D. candidate, Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University

Research focus: Imaging biomarker, radiomics, image segmentation, treatment outcome prediction

Nitya Iyer

B.S. Bioengineering, Maharashtra Institute of Technology, 2022

M.S.E. Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2025

Research focus: Image-guided robotic surgery, image registration, motion tracking and prediction

Jingchu Chen

B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2023

M.S. Medical Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2025

Ph.D. candidate, Medical Physics, Johns Hopkins University

Research focus: Image reconstruction, segmentation, image-guided radiation therapy

Venkata Harshavardhan Bontalakoti

B.Tech. Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, India, 2024

B.Tech. Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, India, 2025

M.S. candidate, Robotics Engineering, Johns Hopkins University

Research focus: Image-guided endovascular robotic intervention, real-time surgical tool tracking

Undergraduate Researchers

Ryan McGovern

B.S. candidate Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University

Research focus: Deep learning, image segmentation

Physics Assistant (Clinical Imaging Team)

Adam Robinson, M.S.

Physics Assistant

Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences

Johns Hopkins University

Administrative Staff

Natalie Ascencio

Administrative Coordinator

Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences

Johns Hopkins University

Collaborators

Jerry L. Prince, PhD, Professor, JHU ECE

Danny Y. Song, MD, Professor, JHU Rad Onc

Akila Viswanathan, MD, Professor and Chair, JHU Rad Onc

E. Clif Burdette, PhD, President, Acoustic MedSystems Inc.

Jeffrey H. Siewerdsen, PhD, Professor, JHU BME & MD Anderson Cancer Center

Todd McNutt, PhD, Associate Professor, JHU Rad Onc

Harry Quon, MD, Associate Professor, JHU Rad Onc

Ehud Schmidt, PhD, Associate Professor, JHU Cardiology

Kai Ding, PhD, Associate Professor, JHU Rad Onc

Tom Hrinivich, PhD, Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology, Johns Hopkins University

Khadija Sheikh, PhD, Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology, Johns Hopkins University

Matthew Ladra, MD, Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology, Johns Hopkins University

Sahaja Acharya, MD, Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology, Johns Hopkins University

Lawrence Kleinberg, MD, Associate Professor, Radiation Oncology, Johns Hopkins University

Kristin Redmond, MD, Associate Professor, Radiation Oncology, Johns Hopkins University

Chetan Bettegowda, MD, Professor, Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University

Peng Huang, PhD, Associate Professor, JHU Oncology Biostat

Jonghye Woo, PhD, Assistant Professor, Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

John Wong, PhD, Professor, JHU Rad Onc

Gabor Fichtinger, PhD, Professor, School of Computing, Queen's Univ

J. Web Stayman, PhD, Associate Professor, JHU BME

Russell Hales, MD, Assistant Professor, JHU Rad Onc

Erik Tryggestad, PhD, Associate Professor, Rad Onc, Mayo Clinic

Steven Shea, PhD, Associate Professor, Radiology, Loyola Univ

Malcolm Brock, MD, Professor, JHU Surgery and Oncology

Alumni

Majd Antaki, B.S.

Visiting Scientist (2021-12/2025)

Now with McGill University

Ph.D. candidate

Soyoung Park, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow (9/2022-02/2024)

Now with Samsung Research

AI scientist

Mahasweta Bhattacharya, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow (2/2023-9/2023)

Now with Sanofi

Machine learning scientist

Rahul Pemmaraju, M.S.

Master student (9/2021-5/2023)

Now with Rutgers University

M.D./Ph.D. student

Khadija Sheikh, Ph.D.

Physics resident, clinical physicist (6/2017-02/2023)

Now with JHU Rad Onc

Assistant Professor

William Thomas "Tom" Hrinivich, Ph.D.

Physics resident, clinical physicist (3/2018-02/2023)

Now with JHU Rad Onc

Assistant Professor

Fatemeh Zabihollahy, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow (10/2020-08/2021)

Now with University of Toronto

Lead AI scientist

Sharmin Sultana, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow (08/2017-01/2021)

Now with Department of Information Sciences and Technology, George Mason University

Assistant Professor

Sang Ho Lee, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow (10/2017-11/2019)

Now with Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania

Research Associate

Alexander Hasnain

Research Intern (5/2018-8/2018)

Now with Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University

Ph.D. candidate

Sunhee Wi

Visiting Student (3/2017-1/2018)

Now with KAIST

Ph.D. candidate

Seyoun Park, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow (4/2014-3/2017)

Now with VISPlus

CEO

Rana Farah, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow (5/2014-2/2016)

Now with Thales

Research and Techology Lead

Nathanael Kuo

Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2013

postdoc, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2013-2014

Now with Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab

Joanne Song

Undergraduate Research Intern

Biomedical Engineering

Johns Hopkins University

Now with Mayo Clinic, Internist

Nick Uebele

Undergraduate Research Intern

Biomedical Engineering

Johns Hopkins University

Now with EPIC, Team Leader

Nathan Buchbinder

Undergraduate Research Intern

Biomedical Engineering

Johns Hopkins University

Now with Proscia, VP of Operation

Kevin Huang

Undergraduate Research Intern

Biomedical Engineering

Johns Hopkins University