The ARMS Research Laboratory is staffed by researchers, students, and volunteers across the disciplines of Ophthalmology, Mechanical Engineering, Bioengineering, and Computer Science.

Tsu-Chin Tsao, PhD

Tsu-Chin Tsao, PhD
Principal Investigator

Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Mechatronics and Controls Laboratory, UCLA

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Bionics Lab, UCLA

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Aya Barzelay-Wollman, MD, PhD
Prinicpal Investigator

Health Science Clinical Instructor 
Retina division, UCLA Stein Eye Institute
[email protected] 
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Steven D. Schwartz, MD
Principal Investigator (On leave of absence)
[email protected]

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Kevin Lai
Graduate Student Researcher
[email protected]

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Mia Reyes

Graduate Student Researcher
[email protected]

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Ting-Hao (Jason) Liu

Graduate Student Researcher
[email protected]

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Yasamin Foroutani

Graduate Student Researcher
[email protected]

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Bita Behziz

Graduate Student Researcher
[email protected]

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Matthew Nepo

Graduate Student Researcher
[email protected]

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Jimmy Yang

Graduate Student Researcher
[email protected]

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Shuo-Wu (Will) Shih

Graduate Student Researcher
[email protected]


Partnership: CASIT (Center for Advanced Surgical and Interventional Technology)

Partnership: CASIT (Center for Advanced Surgical and Interventional Technology) 


Former Lab Members:

Jean Pierre Hubschman, MD
Former Laboratory Director
Former Associate Professor of Ophthalmology

Jacob Rosen, PhD
Former Co-Director

Matt Gerber
Post-Doc Researcher

Ji Ma
Post-Doc Researcher

Yu-Hsiu (Martin) Lee
Postdoctoral Researcher

Peter Ferguson
Graduate Student Researcher

Sahba Pedram
Graduate Student Researcher

Mercedes Rodriguez
Research Fellow

Changyeob Shin
Graduate Student Researcher

Anibal Francone

Andrea Govetto

Cheng-wei Chen

Ismaël Chehaibou, MD

Pengkang (Paul) Yu

Yao Su

Moritz Pettenkofer