MEMBERS

Ryan D. Sochol

Principal Investigator

Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Affiliate Faculty, Fischell Department of Bioengineering
Fischell Institute Fellow, REF Institute for Biomedical Devices
Executive Committee Member, Maryland Robotics Center
A. James Clark School of Engineering
University of Maryland, College Park

Postdoctoral Researchers

Alexander Guttenplan

Postdoctoral Researcher

Dr. Guttenplan received his B.A., M.Sci., and Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge in 2012, 2012, and 2017, respectively. His postdoctoral training includes and the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

Xuan Liang

Postdoctoral Researcher

Dr. Liang received his B.S. and M.S. from Tsinghua University in 2011 and 2015, respectively, and his Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh in 2020. He previously held a postdoctoral position at Carnegie Mellon University.

Sunandita Sarker

MRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Dr. Sarker received her B.S. from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in 2015 and her Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska Lincoln in 2021.

Ph.D. Student Researchers

A. Muhaymin Chowdhury

Ph.D. Student

A. Muhaymin Chowdhury received his B.S. from the University of Maryland, College Park, in 2022 and joined the BAM Lab in Spring 2024.

Adira Colton

Ph.D. Student | *NSF GRFP Recipient*

Adira Colton received her B.S. from Cornell University in 2021 and joined the BAM Lab in Fall 2021. Adira received a Clark Doctoral Fellowship in 2021, a 2022-2023 MRC Microsoft Diversity in Robotics and Autonomy Ph.D. Fellowship in 2022, and the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship in 2023.

Elizabeth Dolan

Incoming Ph.D. Student

Elizabeth Dolan will be receiving her B.S. from Johns Hopkins University in 2024 and will be joining the BAM Lab in Fall 2024!

Bailey Felix

Ph.D. Student | *NSF GRFP Recipient*

Bailey Felix received her B.S. from Syracuse University in 2021 and joined the BAM Lab in Fall 2022. Bailey received a Clark Doctoral Fellowship in 2021 and the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship in 2023.

Kimia Forghani

Ph.D. Student

Kimia Forghani received her B.S. from Sharif University of Technology in 2021 and joined the BAM Lab in Fall 2022.

Chenchen Handler

Ph.D. Student

Chenchen Handler received her B.S. and M.S. from the University of Maryland, College Park, in 2021 and 2022, respectively, and joined the BAM Lab in Fall 2022.

Michael Restaino

Ph.D. Candidate

Michael Restaino received his B.S. from Virginia Tech in 2016 and joined the BAM Lab in Spring 2017.

Xin (Pannie) Xu

Ph.D. Student

Pannie Xu received her B.S. from the George Washington University in 2018, her M.S. from the Johns Hopkins University in 2020, and joined the BAM Lab in Fall 2020.

Olivia Young

Ph.D. Student | *NSF GRFP Recipient*

Olivia received her B.S. from Dickinson College in 2020 and joined the BAM Lab in Fall 2020. Olivia received a UMD Flagship Fellowship and a Clark Doctoral Fellowship in 2021, and an MRC Graduate Research Fellowship and the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship in 2022.