Current Trainee/ Student

Isaiah Barajas-Smith

Student Researcher
Human Factors & Ergonomics

Degree Program: Masters of Public Health

Expected Graduation: 2024

Area(s) of Interest: Isaiah is an MPH candidate in the environmental health sciences division with an emphasis in ergonomics and human factors. Areas of interest include musculoskeletal disorder prevention,
wearable technologies, and equipment design.

Projects: Qualitative surveys for workers using passive exoskeletons in construction

Desired Employment: Industry

Max Blumberg

Student Researcher
Human Factors & Ergonomics
Occupational & Environmental Medicine

Degree Program: Masters of Public Health

Expected Graduation: 2023

Area(s) of Interest: Janitor workload study, future plans include a national survey of OEM residents and recent graduates to address shortages in the OEM physician pipeline Project(s): Cleaning and Disinfection During the Pandemic: Determining Safe and Effective Workloads for California Janitors Desired Employment: Academic Clinical Occupational Medicine, Medical Director of Hospital System Employee Health

Giulia Casu

Student Researcher
Human Factors & Ergonomics

Degree Program: Masters of Science

Expected Graduation: 2024

Isabella Demetz

Student Researcher
Human Factors & Ergonomics

Degree Program: Bachelor of Science

Expected Graduation: 2024

Begum Dogan

Student Researcher
Human Factors & Ergonomics

Degree Program: Bachelors of Science

Expected Graduation: 2022

Area(s) of Interest: Begum is an undergraduate student in the Operations Research Management Science department at UC Berkeley. Her current research interests include applying human factors concepts to improve everyday life quality.

Project(s): Currently she is working on usability testing and qualitative data collection and analysis for children's mice and keyboards.

Desired Employment: Industry, product development...

Javier Freire

Student Researcher
Human Factors & Ergonomics

Degree Program: Ph.D.

Expected graduation: 2024

Area(s) of Interest: Javier is a Ph.D. student, visiting from Chile, in the Environmental Health Sciences department with an emphasis in Human Factor/Ergonomics at the School of Public Health. He is ...

Ketki Joshi

Student Researcher
Human Factors & Ergonomics

Degree Program: Bachelor of Science

Expected graduation: 2023

Area(s) of Interest: Ketki is an undergraduate student in the Industrial Engineering and Operations Research department at UC Berkeley. Her current research interests include applying human factors concepts to the healthcare field particularly in biomedical devices and surgical equipment.
Project(s): Currently she is working on usability testing and qualitative data collection and analysis for children's mice, headsets and styluses.
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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: ...

Brandon Phillips

Student Researcher
Human Factors & Ergonomics

Degree Program: Ph.D.

Expected Graduation: 2027

Area(s) of Interest: Biomechanics, Worker Health, Occupational Safety

Project(s): Currently he is studying user experience with exoskeletons including analysis of dynamic posture stability using force plates.

Desired Employment: Academia/Industry

Dominic Piña

Student Researcher
Human Factors & Ergonomics

Degree Program: Masters of Public Health

Expected graduation: 2023

Area(s) of Interest: Dominic is an MPH candidate in the Environmental Health Sciences department with an emphasis in Human Factor/Ergonomics at the School of Public Health. Her current interests include working with essential workers to prioritize their health and safety in the workplace, physical ergonomics, and industrial hygiene.

Project(s): Dominic has been involved in a couple of research projects at the UC Ergonomics Lab. In the...