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surya.prasath@cchmc.org, prasatsa@uc.edu, surya.iit@gmail.com
Surya is the PI of the Cincy AI lab, but the students below are the ones who really do all the works. Outside of the lab, he enjoys spending time with his family, reading books… and creating new awesome (at least he thinks they are awesome, we know otherwise) concoctions by mixing various brewed coffee with whatever lying around...
PhD Student - ABD, CS, UC
MS: University of Cincinnati (2018) Machine Learning and Signal Processing
BE: University of Pune, India (2008)
Awards: UC GSG Interdisciplinary Research Fellowship (2020), UC IQ-Epitch Elevator Pitch Winner (2020), Travel Award (ACNN Big Data Neuroscience Workshop 2019)
Keywords: machine learning, deep learning, biomedical informatics, imaging informatics, computational biology
PhD Student, CS, UC
MS: TU Munich (2018)
Software & Systems
BS: WBUT, India (2009)
Electronics & Communication
Awards: CES Lab2Market II Award
Keywords: multimodal AI, machine learning, deep learning, radiomics, histopathology, cell segmentation, foundation models
PhD Student BMI, CCHMC
MS: Creighton University (2023)
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Awards: UC GSG Interdisciplinary Research Fellowship (2025)
Keywords: foundation models, LLMs, NLP, agentic AI, multimodal fusion, drug-drug interactions, drug toxicity, histopathology, spatial transcriptomics
Sai Sree Vardhan Ponnuru
MS Student, CS, UC
MS: University of Cincinati (2025)
Computer Science
Keywords: radiology AI, XAI, deep learning
Sumanjali Peddanna
MS Student, AI, UC
MS: University of Cincinnati (2024)
Computer Science
BTech: GRIET, India (2021)
Computer Science
Keywords: generative AI, xAI, histopathology
Tejasri Edara
MS Student, CS, UC
BTech: TBA
Keywords: biomedical image processing, deep learning
Ashish Chowdary Prattipati
MS Student, CS, UC
BTech: TBA
Keywords: video processing, deep learning
Student Enrichment Opportunities
Akshat Chaturvedi
Intern
BS: University of Cincinnati (2027)
Computer Science
Awards: Dean's List, CEAS International Outreach Scholarship, UC Global Scholarship
Keywords: NLP, AI, LLMs
Prachi Chheta
Intern
MEng: University of Cincinnati (2026)
Biomedical Engineering
Keywords: NLP, AI, LLMs
Chiran Arumugam
Intern
BS: University of California, Santa Barbara (2027)
Computer Science
Awards: Regents Scholar, Honors Student
Keywords: NLP, AI, LLMs
Ria Poluru
High School Intern
Dougherty Valley High School, CA
Fellowship: OPALS at UCSD (Summer 2025)
Awards: Aspiring Scholars Directed Research Program (ASDRP), BRIDGE Student Research Scholar
Keywords: deep learning, microscopy imaging, xAI
Jeev Sosale
High School Intern
Walt Whitman High School, Bethesda MD
Keywords: medical image processing, AI, deep learning
Vibhun Naredla
High School Intern
Briar Woods High School & Academies of Loudoun, Ashburn VA
Awards: Honor Roll Student (2023-present), President's Volunteer Service Award (Gold, 2024), Math Olympiad (1st place), ACSL All-Star (2023-2024), Math Kangaroo (2018-2022) - Top 3 in States, Top 20 National, Technology Student Association (2025) - State Winner 2nd Place
Keywords: NLP, AI, LLMs
Current Trainees
PhD Students
Balaji Iyer (6th year PhD, CS, UC)
Shyam Sundar Debsarkar (4th year PhD, CS, UC)
Pankaj Rajdeo (3rd year PhD, BMI, CCHMC)
MS Students
Sai Sree Vardhan Ponnuru (MS, CS, UC)
Tejasri Edara (MS, CS, UC)
Ashish Chowdary Prattipati (MS, CS, UC)
Visiting/Remote Internship/Undergraduate/Graduate/High School/Student Enrichment Opportunities
Neelakshi Chatterjee (2022-2025, PhD student, Biostatistics, UC)
Mugdha Ratnakar Kukudkar (Intern - 2024-2025, VIT, India)
Ketan (MS - 2024-2025, Physics, IISER, India)
Gokul Reghunath (Intern - 2024-2025, Undergraduate, CS, UC)
Siva Kunapuli (Intern - 2024-2025, Undergraduate, Computer Engineering, UC)
Isabella Wynter Mitchell (BS - Central State University, OH, USA)
Abel Tesfaye (BS - Summer 2024, Univ Wisconsin) - BRIMS student
Vatsal Nanda (Intern - 2020-2024, Undergraduate, Thapar Institute, India)
Aditya Wayal (Intern - 2023-2024, Undergraduate, VIIT, India)
Indarjit Chaudhuri (Intern - 2023-2024, Undergraduate, IIT KGP, India)
Aniket Dwivedi (Intern - 2024, Undergraduate, IIT M, India)
Mohsin Imam (Intern - 2023-2024, Undergraduate, Univ Delhi, India)
Krish Ranjan (High School Student - 2021-2024, Indian Hill High School)
Arushi Gupta (High School Student - 2023-2024, William Mason High School)
Vishal Aravind (High School Student - 2024, William Mason High School)
Srikar Koduru (High School Student - 2023-2024, William Mason High School)
Ria Poluru (High School Student - 2024-2025, Dougherty Valley High School)
Sahana Srikanth (High School Student - 2024-2025, William Mason High School)
MS in EE, Mie University, Japan (Jointly with Hiroharu Kawanaka and Bruce Aronow Labs)
Satoshi Shirae, Seddik Boudissa, Kodera Keiji, Teramoto Takumi
Prasath Lab Alumni
Dr. Smruti Deoghare (PhD, BMI, CCHMC)
Aniruddha Shekara (MSTP, UC - Jointly with Judith Dexheimer) - 2021 - Currently MD/PhD student, UC COM
Xiaoxuan (Ruby) Liu (MS, EECS, UC) - 2020 - 2022 - Currently PhD student, Jasbir Dhaliwal, BMI, CCHMC
Ravi Yadav (MS, EECS, UC) - Research Fellow - 2019-2020
Harshith Bondada (MS, EECS, UC) - 2018 - 2019 - Currently PhD student, UC EECS
Srinivasa Siddhartha Selagamsetty (MS, EECS, UC) - 2018 - 2019 - Currently PhD student, UC EECS
Samuel W. Hacker (SURF Program, BMI, Undergraduate, University of Kentucky) - Summer 2019
Phuc Ngoc Thien Ngyuen (Intern - 2021-2024, Undergraduate, CS, UC)
Aniketh Reddy (MS - 2024-2025, CS, UC)
Rotation Students Alumni
Guangyuan (Frank) Li (PhD student, BMI - Nathan Salomonis Lab - Summer 2020)
Faiz Rizvi (PhD student, Immunology - Emily Miraldi Lab - Summer 2019)
Dez Yalom (Research Fellow, BMI - Bruce Aronow Lab - Summer 2019)
Visiting/Remote Internship Students/Alumni
Ginga Sumi, Riku Nakagaki, Daiki Katsuma, Shunsuke Okubo, Daisuke Saito, Shu Isaka, Tomohiro Hayakawa, Kiichi Fukuma, Asami Yonekura (MS in EE, Mie University, Japan, jointly with Hiroharu Kawanaka - Information Processing Lab)
Amogh Shukla, Gautam Chettiar, Srishti Lodha (Graduate Student, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI, USA), Atharva Gundawar (Graduate Student, Arizona State University, AZ, USA), Nitin Lodha, Rushikesh Deotale (Graduate student, Northeastern University, MA, USA), Shreyash Rawat (Graduate Student, Carnegie Mellon University, PA, USA), Harsh Panday, Venkat Mukthineni (Graduate Student, Johns Hopkins University, MD, USA), Rahul Mukthineni (Graduate student, The Ohio State University, OH, USA), A Pranav, Divya Sharma, Montek Singh, Utkarsh Bajpai, Shiv Bidani (BTech, VIT University, India, jointly with V. Vijayarajan - School of Computer Science and Engineering). Shreyash Singh, Harshit Jadli (BTech, VIT University, India, jointly with R. Padma Priya - School of Computer Science and Engineering). Alwin Joseph, Meenakshi, Sr. Preema (BTech/PhD, Christ University, India, Jointly with Chandra J).
Vasundhara Acharya (Intern, EECS) - 2021 - Currently PhD student, RPI, Troy NY
Anugunj Naman (Intern - 2021-2022, CS, IIIT Guwahati)
Aakash Agrawal (Industry Intern - 2022)
Ravi Bandaru (High School Student - 2021, William Mason High School)
Harshitha Voleti (Intern - 2022-2023, Undergraduate, JNTU, India) - Graduate Student, Concordia University, Canada
Viji Nambiar (Intern - 2021-2022, MS, Christ University, India) - Currently Accenture, India
Prashant Ghimire (Industry Intern - 2021-2022)
Ramanathan A (Intern - 2022-2025, MTech, MSRUAS, India)
Hazique Aetesam (Research Associate - 2022-2025, PhD, IIT Patna, India) - Currently Assistant Professor, BIT, Mesra, India
Indrajit Chaudhuri (Intern - 2023-2024, Undergraduate, IIT KGP, India)
Abhinav Narayan (MS - 2024-2025, IIT, USA)
Other Lab Students/Postdocs/Fellows previously worked and currently working with the Prasath Lab on ML/DL/AI applications
Alejandra M Casar Berazaluce (Fellow, Surgical Services - Todd Ponsky Lab) - Currently Resident at UT Health San Antonio General Surgery, TX, USA
Aishwarya Kulkarni (MS/PhD student, BMI - Nathan Salomonis Lab) - Currently Bioinformatics Analyst at BreakSight Inc. Previously - Statistical Programmer, STATKING Clinical Services, OH, USA
Manan Shah (Fellow, Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine - Kevin Dufendach Lab) - Currently Instructor at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers, NY, USA
Nicholas Szugye (Fellow, Cardiology, Heart Institute - Ryan Moore Lab) - Currently Cleveland Clinic
Lei Liu (PhD student, BMI - Yizhao Ni Lab) - Currently Postdoc, China
Pieter-Jan van Camp (PhD student, Thesis, BMI - Alexey Porallo Lab) - Currently Postdoc, Harvard
Tareian Cazares (PhD student, Immunology - Emily Miraldi Lab) - Currently at Eli Lilly
Guangyuan (Frank) Li (PhD student, BMI - Nathan Salomonis Lab) - Currently Postdoc, New York University
Kang Jin (PhD student, BMI - Bruce Aronow Lab) - Currently Postdoc, Harvard
Elmira Ghahramani Zarajabad (PhD student, Thesis, BME - Douglas Mast Lab) - Currently Postdoc, Weill Cornell
Kairavee Thakkar (PhD student, BMI - Nathan Salomonis Lab)
Faiz Rizvi (PhD students, Systems Biology and Physiology, Immunology - Emily Miraldi Lab)
James Reigle (Postdoc, Gastroenterology - Jasbir Dhaliwal Lab)
Sixten Heekin (Analyst-Bioinformatics - Jasbir Dhaliwal Lab)
Nicholas Denson (Analyst-Bioinformatics - Jasbir Dhaliwal Lab)
Xiaoxuan (Ruby) Liu (PhD student, Jasbir Dhaliwal Lab)
We are always looking for motivated students to join us. If you are interested in joining our lab please contact us!
Visiting Researchers/Professors Hosted at the Prasath Lab
Hiroharu Kawanaka, Mie University, Japan - 2019, 2023, 2024
Anitha Hoblidar, Manipal Institute of Technology, India - 2025
International Visiting/Remote Internship Students - Hiroharu Kawanaka Group @ Mie University, Japan
Daiki Katsuma, Shunsuke Saito
Shu Isaka
Asami Yonekura, Hiroharu Kawanaka
Kiichi Fukuma
Ginga Sumi
Riku Nakagaki
Satoshi Shirae
Seddik Boudissa
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