Alumni

Daniel Martin

Student Researcher
Agricultural Safety & Health

Degree Program: Ph.D.

Expected Graduation: 2026

Area(s) of Interest: Daniel is a new PhD trainee in Electrical and Computer Engineering working with Professor Vougioukas and Fathallah, who will be working on collaborative robotic solutions in agricultural settings to reduce the burden of musculoskeletal disorders on farmworkers. Daniel Received a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering with honors from UC Davis.

Project(s): Robots-Human Interface in Agriculture

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James McNicholas

Director
Occupational & Environmental Medicine

Degree program: MPH (UCSF Occupational and Environmental Medicine Residency Program)

Graduated: 2021

Areas of Interest: Labor law, industrial regulation, workers' compensation

Employment: Director of Occupational Health Services at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital

Testimonial: As a Targeted Research Training grant recipient, I've developed close working relationships with world class academic epidemiologists and anticipate not only publishing our shared research, but...

Aman Mehrotra

Student Researcher
Human Factors & Ergonomics

Degree Program: Masters of Information Management Systems

Graduated: 2025

Area(s) of Interest: Aman is a MIMS candidate at Berkeley's iSchool focusing on UX Research, emphasizing ergonomics and human factors. Areas of interest include consumer electronics, wearable technologies, and healthcare.

Projects: Sonography design, Pipette design

Desired Employment: Hardware UX

Rieke Meyer

Student Researcher
Human Factors & Ergonomics

Degree Program: Masters of Science

Expected Graduation: 2023

Area(s) of interest: Rieke is a visiting graduate student in medical engineering from Austria and Germany. Her interests include exoskeletons and their impact on the prevention of musculoskeletal disorders, as well as the development and application of prostheses.

Project(s): Data collection and analysis of the usability and safety of passive arm and shoulder exoskeletons for construction workers

Desired Employment: ...

Elina Morishita

Student Researcher
Human Factors & Ergonomics
Degree Program: Bachelor of Science Expected Graduation: 2026 Area(s) of Interest: Biomechanical design/manufacturing, wearable technology Projects: Currently working on wearable exposure measurement components of the poultry line speed evaluation study. Desired employment: Industry

Aryssa Muhammad

Student Researcher
Human Factors & Ergonomics

Degree Program: Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Mathematics, and Statistics

Expected Graduation: May 2026 Area(s) of interest: Ergonomic Risk Assessment, Human Centered Design, Exoskeletons Project(s): Investigation of the accuracy of Pose-AI for ergonomic risk assessment, Examining the effects of exoskeleton use during construction tasks Desired Employment: Research or...