January 25, 2021
Congratulations Daniel San Roman on receiving the Phillip and Huang Fellowship in Energy Research!
November 23, 2020
Congratulations to Yingqiao Wang for passing her Research Performance Evaluation! Well done!
November 16, 2020
Welcome to the team- Samuel Gershanok and Inkyu Lee!
August 17, 2020
Congratulations to Daniel San Roman and Raghav Garg for passing their respective PhD overviews!
June 16, 2020
Our recent publication on remote nongenetic optical modulation using fuzzy graphene was highlighted in Nature Review Physics! You can find the article here.
June 1, 2020
We have demonstrate remote nongenetic optical modulation of neuronal activity using fuzzy graphene nanowires! Congratulations Dr. Sahil Rastogi and Raghav Garg for your recent publication in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences! You can read the CMU press release here.
April 28, 2020
Congratulations Dr. Anna Kalmykov for successfully defending your Ph.D. thesis!
April 13, 2020
We have pushed the limits of conventional microelectrode arrays using fuzzy graphene! Check out Sahil Rastogi’s recent publication in Nano Research for more details!
March 11, 2020
We will be a part a multi-institution research team geared towards the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Bioelectronics for Tissue Regeneration (BETR) project for healing large volumetric muscle loss in combat wounds. Our solution, Regenerative Electronics Platform through Advanced Intelligent Regulation (REPAIR) patch, will combine artificial intelligence, bioelectronics, and regenerative medicine to regrow muscle tissue to full functionality in half the required time. You can read more about the project here.
March 10, 2020
Anna Kalmykov won first place in the Tissue Engineering category for her poster titled “Organ-on-e-chip: Three Dimensional Self-Rolled Biosensor Array for Electrical Interrogations of Electrogenic Spheroids”. Daniel San Roman won third place in the Medical Devices category for his poster titled “Functionalized Out-of-Plane Graphene Microelectrode Arrays for Sensitive Biomolecule Sensing.” Way to go guys!
March 3, 2020
Anna Kalmykov won her preliminary round for 3MT! She is all geared up for the finals!
February 6, 2020
Is there a material that can be used to selectively, reliably, and efficiently form hydrogen peroxide whenever and wherever it’s needed? Read the press release about Daniel San Roman’s recent publication to find out!
January 28, 2020
Prof. Cohen-Karni and Anna Kalmykov presented at the McGowan seminar series on “Organ-on-e-chip: 3D self-rolled biosensor array for electrical interrogations of electrogenic spheroids.”
January 7, 2020
Anna Kalmykov was awarded the Bushnell fellowship and Raghav Garg was awarded the Bradford and Diane Smith Graduate Fellowship in Engineering. Congratulations guys!
August 28, 2019
Congratulations Dr. Sahil Rastogi for passing your Ph.D. thesis defense!
August 23, 2019
We have developed a new organ-on-an-electronic-chip platform to measure the electrophysiology of heart cells in 3D. Congratulations Anna Kalmykov for your recent publication in Science Advances! You can read the press release here.
July 2, 2019
We have deciphered how electrons move in multidimensional fuzzy graphene nanostructures! Congratulations Raghav Garg for your recent publication! You can read the research paper here.
April 18, 2019
Prof. Cohen-Karni has been awarded the 2019 Dean’s Early Career Fellowships for cutting-edge innovations and outstanding contributions to the college and university!
April 11, 2019
Anna Kalmykov has passed her proposal exam! Congratulations on a job well-done!
March 26, 2019
Sahil Rastogi wins the Alumni Choice Award at the Three-Minute Thesis, 3MT, finals! Way to go!
March 25, 2019
Anna Kalmykov and Sahil Rastogi have made it to the finals of the Three-Minute Thesis, 3MT, competition. Good luck guys!
March 12, 2019
Sahil Rastogi is awarded Second place in the poster contest (Tissue engineering category) at the McGowan Institute 2019 Scientific Retreat, organised by McGowan Institute and University of Pittsburgh.
December 19, 2018
Congratulations Arjuna Chatrathi for completing your M.S. in Biomedical Engineering! We wish you success!
November 15, 2018
Daniel San Roman successfully passed his MSE RPE exam! Congratulations!
October 17-20, 2018
Sahil Rastogi, Anna Kalmykov, Gaurav Balakrishnana and Prof. Cohen-Karni attended BMES 2018 in Atlanta, GA. Sahil gave a talk on “Novel three-dimensional fuzzy graphene based electrodes for sub-cellular recording”; Anna presented a poster titled “Three-dimensional nanodevice arrays for exploring electrophysiology of microscale electrogenic tissues”; and Gaurav presented a poster titled “Self assembled peptides on graphene: surface and electrical properties”.
October 3, 2018
Raghav Garg successfully passed his MSE RPE exam! Congratulations!
September 11-14, 2018
Anna Kalmykov and Prof. Cohen-Karni attended Asilomar 2018 conference in Pacific Grove, CA. Anna presented a poster and gave a talk on her research. Her poster, “Three-dimensional nanodevice arrays for exploring electrophysiology of induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes”, won the best poster award! Great work Anna!
May 13-17, 2018
Raghav Garg, Daniel San Roman and Prof. Cohen-Karni presented the group’s research on next generation hybrid-nanomaterials for energy storage, conversion and bioelectronics at the 233rd ECS conference in Seattle!
May 4, 2018
Prof. Cohen-Karni was recognized as one of the 2018 Young Innovators in Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering! Click here to read more about it.
April 10, 2018
Sahil Rastogi successfully passed his Ph.D. proposal exam! Onward!
April 10, 2018
Sahil Rastogi won the Alumni Choice Award at the Three Minute Thesis Competition, 3MT 2018, held at CMU! The title of his talk was “Graphene-based bio-electronics to study human mini-brains”.
April 6, 2018
Daniel San Roman and Raghav Garg presented their respective research on energy conversion and storage at the 2019 CMU Energy Week!
March 30, 2018
Sahil Rastogi presented his research poster, “Three-dimensional (3D) graphene-based platform for simultaneous electrical and optical measurements of microscale human brain tissue”, and a rapid-fire presentation at the Gordon Research Conference, Neuroelectronic Interfaces 2018. Sahil again won the best poster award! Great job Sahil!
March 23, 2018
Sahil Rastogi won the preliminary round of CMU’s Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition 2018. The title of his presentation was “Graphene-based bio-electronics to study human mini-brains”. Good luck in the finals Sahil!
March 6, 2018
Sahil Rastogi and Anna Kalmykov presented their respective research posters at the McGowan Institute 2018 Scientific Retreat, organised by McGowan Institute and University of Pittsburgh.
Sahil won First place in the poster contest (Tissue engineering category)!
October 17, 2017
Prof. Cohen-Karni and Sahil Rastogi were invited to talk at the “Injury, Repair, and Regenerative Medicine Seminar Series” hosted by the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh and UPMC.
October 13, 2017
Sahil Rastogi presented his recent research, “Graphene-based biocompatible micro-electrode arrays for simultaneous electrical and optical measurements of neuronal activity”, at the 2017 BMES conference in Phoenix!
October 6, 2017
Anna Kalmykov and Sahil Rastogi presented their respective research at the 2017 Biomaterials Day, University of Michigan. Sahil won the best podium presentation award!
September 8, 2017
Congratulations Anna Kalmykov for successfully passing her BME Ph.D. Qualifying Exam!
August 21, 2017
Prof. Cohen-Karni discusses graphene’s potential in nanotechnology, specifically that of 3-D graphene in energy research, in a recently published Biofuels Digest article.
August 1, 2017
Our research on Graphene and Graphene hybrid-nanomaterials was featured on CIT’s website. Click here to read the full article.
July 28, 2017
Sahil Rastogi, Anna Kalmykov and Raghav Garg gave talks presenting their respective research projects at the IEEE Nano 2017 conference in Pittsburgh.
July 20, 2017
Prof. Cohen-Karni describes how electrical signals from cells in three-dimensions will help advance human disease research. Watch the video here.
May 26, 2017
Congratulations Raghav Garg and Sahil Rastogi for your recent publication “Nanowire-Mesh-Templated Growth of Out-of-Plane Three-Dimensional Fuzzy Graphene” in ACS Nano!
May 21, 2017
Congratulations Raghav Garg for completing his M.S. in Biomedical Engineering and Sahil Rastogi for receiving the 2017 BME Graduate Research Award. Keep up the great work!
May 21, 2017
Congratulations Raghav Garg for completing his M.S. in Biomedical Engineering and Sahil Rastogi for receiving the 2017 BME Graduate Research Award. Keep up the great work!
April 18, 2017
Raghav Garg presented his recent research, “3D Vertical Graphene on Nanowire Mesh Templates as Electrochemical Sensors”, at the 2017 Spring MRS conference in Phoenix!
April 6, 2017
Congratulations Sahil Rastogi for your recent publication “Effect of Graphene on Nonneuronal and Neuronal Cell Viability and Stress” in Nano Letters.
February 16, 2017
Prof. Cohen-Karni has been awarded the 2017 Young Investigators Award by The Office of Naval Research!
October 30, 2016
Prof. Cohen-Karni has been selected as one of the Rising Star Awardees for the Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering Annual Conference, to be held in January 2017 in Hawaii.
September 9, 2016
Our work was recently featured on ENGINEERING.com!
You can read the article here.
September 9, 2016
Congratulations Sahil Rastogi for successfully passing your BME Ph.D. Qualifying Exam!
Keep up the great work!
August 31, 2016
Our recent research was featured in CMU College of Engineering’s 2016 Press Release!
You can read the Press Release here.
July 13, 2016
Our first paper titled “Synthesis of group IV nanowires on graphene – the case of Ge nanocrawlers” was just accepted for publication in Nano Letters.
Elnatan, Sahil, Atul and Nick, great job!