Lab Members

Wave gradient background

Manny Azizi

Principle Investigator 

Associate Professor

Education: BA,  1998 UC Berkeley

                  PhD, 2005 UMass, Amherst

                  Post-doc, Brown University

David Sleboda

Post-doc

Education: BS,  2012 Michigan State University

                  PhD, 2019 Brown University 

                  Post-doc, 2020-2021 McGill University

Research interests: Physical models of biological actuators

Liz Mendoza

PhD Student

Education: BS,  2015 UC Riverside

                  MS, 2017 Oklahoma State University

Research interests: Performance determinants of elastic mechanisms during locomotion

Adrien Arias

PhD Student

Education: BS,  2017 Cal State San Bernardino

Research Interests: Mechanics and Control of Crocodyllian locomotion

Miles Valencia

PhD Student

Education: BS,  2019 Cal State Long Beach

                  MS, 2022 Cal State San Bernardino

Research interests: The effects of remodelling on muscle tendon dynamics