
BiPS Executive Committee 2025-2026
President: Hansol Yoon, PhD Student in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Vice-President: Srinidhi Bharadwaj, MD/PhD Student in Biomedical Engineering
Secretary: Zih-Ying (Zing) Fu, PhD Student in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Treasurers: Mingxuan Si (Raphael), PhD Student in Bioengineering Program
Advisor: Dr. Francisco (Paco) Robles
Committee Members

Hansol Yoon
President
Hansol is an ECE PhD student in the Jia Lab for Systems Biophotonics. His research seeks to see and make an impact beyond barriers, using optics, ultrasonics, and signal processing as powerful tools. Beyond exploring their capabilities, he finds inspiration from all kinds of sports, arts, and music. To know what he’s currently up to, you can say hi to him anytime. For starters, he likes yellow/blue and green/orange combinations.

Zih-Ying (Zing) Fu
Secretary

Srinidhi Bharadwaj
Vice-President
Srinidhi is an MD/PhD student in the Robles Lab at Georgia Tech. Prior to starting her PhD, she spend 3 years in med school at Emory University. She graduated from Columbia University with a degree in Biomedical Engineering in 2019. Outside of research, she enjoys many things, including music, crafts, and rockhounding.

Mingxuan (Raphael) Si
Treasurer

Francisco (Paco) Robles
Advisor
Dr. Robles runs the OIS lab at Georgia Tech. The OIS lab seeks to continue advancing optical technologies to help improve our understanding of biological processes and our ability to identify disease. Specifically, we focus on developing and applying label-free linear and nonlinear spectroscopic methods, along with advanced signal processing methods, to gain access to novel forms of functional and molecular contrast for a variety of applications, including cancer detection, tumor margin assessment, hematology, and neuron functional imaging.

Previous Executive Committees
BiPS Executive Committee 2024-2025
President: Vishy Gorti, PhD Student in Biomedical Engineering
Vice-President: Srinidhi Bharadwaj, MD/PhD Student in Biomedical Engineering
Secretary: Case Edmondson, PhD Student in Bioengineering Program
Treasurers: Cole Houston, Undergraduate Student in Biomedical Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Francisco (Paco) Robles
BiPS Executive Committee 2023-2024
President: Caroline Filan, PhD Student in Medical Physics
Vice-President: Vishy Gorti, PhD Student in Biomedical Engineering
Secretary: Srinidhi Bharadwaj, MD/PhD Student in Biomedical Engineering
Treasurers: Zhenmin Li, PhD Student in Electrical & Computer Engineering & Tisha Boodooram, PhD Student in Biomedical Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Francisco (Paco) Robles
BiPS Executive Committee 2021-2023
President: Tara Urner, PhD Student in Biomedical Engineering
Vice-President: Nischita Kaza, PhD Student in Bio Engineering & Electrical and Computer Engineering
Secretary: Jeonghwan (Dylan) Song, PhD Student in Biomedical Engineering
Treasurer: Melissa Cadena, PhD Student in Biomedical Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Francisco (Paco) Robles & Dr. Shu Jia
BiPS Executive Committee 2020-2021
President: Jeonghwan (Dylan) Song, PhD Student in Biomedical Engineering
Vice-President: Paloma Casteleiro Costa, PhD Student in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Secretary: Tara Urner, PhD Student in Biomedical Engineering
Treasurer: Nischita Kaza, PhD Student in Bio Engineering & Electrical and Computer Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Francisco (Paco) Robles & Dr. Shu Jia