Current Lab Members

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(Link is external)
Principal Investigator

Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Mechatronics and Controls Laboratory(Link is external), UCLA

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Bionics Lab(Link is external), UCLA

Aya Barzelay-Wollman, MD, PhD
Prinicpal Investigator

Steven D. Schwartz, MD
Principal Investigator (On leave of absence)
SDSchwartz@mednet.ucla.edu

Kevin Lai
Graduate Student Researcher
yutingkevinlai@g.ucla.edu

Mia Reyes

Graduate Student Researcher
miareyes10@ucla.edu

Ting-Hao (Jason) Liu

Graduate Student Researcher
jasonliu0346@ucla.edu

Yasamin Foroutani

Graduate Student Researcher
yforoutani@ucla.edu

Bita Behziz

Graduate Student Researcher
bibehziz25@ucla.edu

Matthew Nepo

Graduate Student Researcher
msn629@ucla.edu

Jimmy Yang

Graduate Student Researcher
jimmyyang@ucla.edu

Shuo-Wu (Will) Shih

Graduate Student Researcher
swshih@ucla.edu

Partnership: CASIT(Link opens in new window) (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