Our People

The Purdue Neurotrauma Group is committed to improving the early detection and rapid treatment of possible impairment in youth sports and other activities. Our goal is to ensure that more youth may play more contact sports with less risk of long-term impairments.

Core Faculty

	Larry J. Leverenz Clinical Professor Department of Health & Kinesiology E-mail: llevere@purdue.edu
	Eric A. Nauman Professor School of Mechanical Engineering Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering Department of Basic Medical Sciences E-mail: enauman@purdue.edu
	Thomas M. Talavage Professor School of Electrical & Computer Engineering Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering E-mail: tmt@purdue.edu
	Joaquin Goni Assistant Professor School of Industrial Engineering Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering E-mail: jgonicor@purdue.edu
	Vitaliy Rayz Assistant Professor Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering School of Mechanical Engineering E-mail: vrayz@purdue.edu
	Joseph Rispoli Assistant Professor Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering E-mail: jrispoli@purdue.edu
	Anne Sereno Professor Department of Psychological Sciences Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering E-mail: asereno@purdue.edu
	Yunjie Tong Assistant Professor Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering E-mail: tong61@purdue.edu

Affiliated Faculty

	Ulrike Dydak, PhD Professor School of Health Sciences E-mail: udydak@purdue.edu
	Craig Goergen, PhD Associate Professor Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering E-mail: cgoergen@purdue.edu
	Brian Kelly, PhD Professor Sociology E-mail: bckelly@purdue.edu
	Scott Lawrance, DHSc Clinical Professor Department of Health & Kinesiology E-mail: slawranc@purdue.edu
	Tom Redick, PhD Associate Professor Psychological Sciences College of Health and Human Sciences E-mail: tredick@purdue.edu
	Riyi Shi, MD, PhD Professor Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering Department of Basic Medical Sciences School of Veterinary Medicine Purdue University E-mail: riyi@purdue.edu

Senior Advisor

Dr. Bob Hannemann, B.S.ChE., M.D.
Visiting Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Visiting Professor of Chemical Engineering
School of Chemical Engineering & Biomedical Engineering
E-mail: hanneman@purdue.edu

Current Research Advisees

	Michael Dziekan Doctoral Student School of Mechanical Engineering
	Bradley Fitzgerald Doctoral Student School of Electrical & Computer Engineering
	Xiaoyu Ji Masters Student School of Electrical & Computer Engineering
	Pratik Kashyap Doctoral Student School of Electrical & Computer Engineering
	Taylor Lee Doctoral Student School of Mechanical Engineering
	Nicolas Leiva Doctoral Student Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering
	Xin (Jack) Li Doctoral Student Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering
	Ruihong Lyu Masters Student School of Electrical & Computer Engineering
	Kevin McIver Doctoral Student School of Mechanical Engineering
	Somosmita Mitra Masters Student School of Electrical & Computer Engineering
	Antonia Susnjar Doctoral Student Interdisciplinary Biological Sciences Program
	T. Arthur Terlep Doctoral Student School of Electrical & Computer Engineering
	Jana Vincent Doctoral Student Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering
	Ho-Ching (Shawn) Yang Doctoral Student Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering
	Yukai Zou Doctoral Student Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering Interdisciplinary Biological Sciences Program

Collaborators

	Douglas E. Adams, PhD Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor of Mechanical Engineering Vanderbilt University
	Randall R. Benson, MD Assistant Professor of Neurology Department of Neurology Wayne State University
	Charles A. Bouman, PhD, FIEEE FAIMBE FIST FSPIE Michael J. & Katherine R. Birck Professor School of Electrical & Computer Engineering Professor Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering Purdue University
	Henry Feuer, MD, FACS Professor Emeritus Indiana University School of Medicine
	Jeffrey W. Gilger, PhD Professor of Psychology School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts University of California - Merced
	Denny Miller, ATC/PT Director of Sports Medicine Department of Intercollegiate Athletics Purdue University

Student Alumni

	Kausar Abbas, PhD (2016) School of Electrical & Computer Engineering
	Josh Auger, MS (2017) School of Mechanical Engineering
	Aditya Balasubramanian, MS (2014) School of Electrical & Computer Engineering
	Sumra Bari, PhD (2019) School of Electrical & Computer Engineering
	Evan L. Breedlove, PhD (2014) School of Mechanical Engineering
	Katherine Morigaki Breedlove, PhD (2014) Department of Health & Kinesiology
	Kent Butz, PhD (2014) School of Mechanical Engineering
	Il Yong (Bobby) Chun, PhD (2015) School of Electrical & Computer Engineering
	Brian Cummiskey, MS (2015) School of Mechanical Engineering
	Allan Diaz, MS (2013) School of Electrical & Computer Engineering
	Ashley Eidsmore, MS (2014) School of Electrical & Computer Engineering
	Blaine Gardner, MS (2014) School of Electrical & Computer Engineering
	Ikbeom Jang, PhD (2019) School of Electrical & Computer Engineering
	Chetas Joshi, MS (2015) School of Electrical & Computer Engineering
	Roy Lycke, PhD (2019) Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering
	Hyungsuk Kim, MS (2016) School of Electrical & Computer Engineering
	Jeffrey King, MS (2014) School of Electrical & Computer Engineering
	Soonho Kwon, MS (2016) School of Electrical & Computer Engineering
	Xianglun Mao, PhD (2019) School of Electrical & Computer Engineering
	Emily McCuen, MS (2015) School of Biomedical Engineering
	Victoria Poole, PhD (2014) Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences Program
	Meghan Robinson, PhD (2012) Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering
	M. Usman Sadiq, PhD (2017) School of Electrical & Computer Engineering
	Goutham Sankaran, MS (2018) School of Mechanical Engineering
	Trey Shenk, PhD (2016) School of Electrical & Computer Engineering
	Diana Svaldi, PhD (2016) Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering
	Mackenzie Tweardy, MS (2017) Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering
	Nicole Vike, PhD (2019) Purdue University Life Sciences (PULSe) Program
	Anne E. (Dye) Zakrajsek, PhD (2015) School of Mechanical Engineering