zuriel erikson valencia joven
biophotonics ⨯ robotics
zuriel erikson valencia joven
> 4th/final-year in the Combined BS/MSE Program in Mechanical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University
> Undergraduate Minors: Applied Mathematics and Statistics; Robotics
> Master's Specializations: BioMechanical Engineering; Robotics, Systems Modeling, Dynamics and Control
> Focus: Reducing disparities in clinical and educational outcomes through optical bioimaging, robotic-assisted medical interventions, and open-source knowledge sharing
> Member of Prof. Ishan Barman's Photonics for Quantitative Biology and Medicine lab
> Research interests:
> Biophotonics: spatially offset Raman spectroscopy, quantitative phase imaging, Brillouin microscopy
> Robotics: minimally-invasive surgery, soft robots, adaptive control
> Mathematical modeling: Monte Carlo simulations, correlation spectroscopy, parameter identification
> Head TA for courses at the undergraduate & graduate levels
> Outside of the lab and the classroom, I enjoy firespinning, tennis, game development, and other hobbies. I’m also involved in on-campus extracurricular groups, including the Filipino Students Association, Alpha Phi Omega, Tau Beta Pi, and more.
Electromechanical
UR5 robotics, pneumatic bellow robotic catheters, Arduino, soldering & circuitry
Fabrication
PDMS-based microfluidics, 3D modeling & printing (FDM & SLA), metal machining, laser cutting
Imaging
Quantitative phase imaging, fluorescence microscopy, Brillouin microscopy
Software
MATLAB, Python, Arduino, C#, C++, Java, HTML/JS/CSS, LaTeX, ROS, OpenCV, Reflexxes, Selenium, MCmatlab, Fusion 360, ImageJ, Solidworks
Spectroscopy
Fiber-optic Raman spectroscopy, Brillouin spectroscopy
Biology
Mammalian cell culture, nanoparticle-mediated gen delivery, small molecule delivery, vasculature modeling in hydrogels & agarose, gel electrophoresis