Meet the Team

  • Yash Khadilkar

    Team Lead
    Yash will be graduating in June at UC Irvine with a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering and a Minor in Bioinformatics. As the team lead, he coordinated tasks and assisted in the adaptation of the software for the device. After graduation, Yash plans to work in the biotechnology industry.
     

  • Albert Garcia

    Co-Hardware Lead
    Albert will be graduating in June at UC Irvine with a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering. Albert's primary role was to focus on modeling the design for the housing of the microelectrode array system. He plans to break into the biotechnology industry upon his graduation.
     

  • Abeline Hernandez

    Co-Hardware Lead
    Abeline will be graduating in June at UC Irvine with a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering. She was in charge of manufacturing the housing of the microelectrode array system. Abeline plans to continue her education at Cal State Fullerton for Mechanical Engineering in the fall and will be graduating with her Master's degree in 2026.
     

  • Jeremiah Andrade

    Circuitry Lead
    Jeremiah will be graduating in June at UC Irvine with a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering. Under the circuitry lead role, he was in charge of the construction of the circuitry design. Jeremiah plans to work in Research and Development after graduation.
     

  • Ashley Varatip

    Testing and Verification Lead
    Ashley will be graduating in June at UC Irvine with a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering. As a testing and verification lead, she supported the process of testing the circuitry, hardware, and the device as a whole for efficiency. After graduating, she plans to pursue a career in biotechnology.