Lab Members
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...
He/Him/His
Smruti Deoghare
PhD Student - ABD, BMI, CCHMC
Preparing Future Faculty Certificate Program Fellow (2020)
MRes: University of Bath, UK (2015) Evolutionary Biology
BS: St. Xavier's College, University of Mumbai, India (2011)
Evolutionary Biology
Awards: UC TA Award (2019), BMI Teaching Fellowship (2019), UC GSG Interdisciplinary Research Fellowhship (2019), Travel Award (ACNN Big Data Neuroscience Workshop 2019), UC Creative Arts Gallery Winner (2019)
Keywords: radiomics, machine learning, eXplainable AI (XAI), deep learning
Balaji Iyer
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 Fellowhship (2020), UC IQ-Epitch Elevator Pitch Winner (2020), Travel Award (ACNN Big Data Neuroscience Workshop 2019)
Keywords: machine learning, deep learning, imaging informatics, computational biology
Pankaj Rajdeo
PhD Student BMI, CCHMC
MS: Creighton University (2023)
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Keywords: foundation models, AI, multimodal fusion, histopathology
Shyam Sundar
PhD Student, CS, UC
MS: TU Munich (2018)
Software & Systems
BS: WBUT, India (2009)
Electronics & Communication
Awards: CES Lab2Market II Award
Keywords: histopathology, multimodal AI, machine learning, deep learning, radiomics
Neelakshi Chatterjee
PhD Student, Biostat, UC
MS: University of Cincinnati (2022)
MSc: Aliah University, India (2019)
BS: Calcutta University, India (2016)
Statistics
Keywords: machine learning, deep learning, radiomics
Sai Sree Vardhan Ponnuru
MS Student, CS, UC
MS: University of Cincinati (2025)
Computer Science
Keywords: radiology AI, XAI, deep learning
Sivakumar Kunapuli
Intern
BS: University of Cincinati (2026)
Computer Science
Keywords: AI, bioinformatics, generative AI, deep learning
Student Enrichment Opportunities
Gokul Reghunath
Intern
BS: University of Cincinati (2026)
Computer Science
Keywords: medical image processing, deep learning
Abhinav Narayan
Intern
MS: Illinois Institute of Technology (2024)
Electrical Engineering
Keywords: AI, neuroimaging, xAI
Ketan
Intern
Integrated MS: IISER (2026)
Physics
Keywords: radiology, diffusion models, generative AI, deep learning
Intern
BTech: University of Delhi (2023)
Computer Science
Keywords: NLP, LLMs, adversarial attacks, medical NLP, deep learning
Vatsal Nanda
Intern
BTech: Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (2023)
Computer Science
Keywords: radiomics, denoising, deep learning
Aditya Wayal
Intern
BTech: VIIT (2024)
Biomedical Engineering
Keywords: computer vision, medical imaging
Aniket Dwivedi
Intern
BTech: IIT Madras (2025)
Civil Engineering
Awards: All India Rank 6 (MTSE 2017), and Top 1% in JEE (IITs 2021)
Keywords: deep learning, histopathology
Indrajit Chaudhuri
Intern
BTech: Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (2023)
Industrial Engineering
Keywords: microscopy AI, deep learning, XAI
Ria Poluru
High School Intern
Dougherty Valley High School, CA
Awards: Aspiring Scholars Directed Research Program (ASDRP), BRIDGE Student Research Scholar
Keywords: deep learning, microscopy imaging, xAI
Krish Ranjan
High School Intern
Indian Hill High School, Cincinnati OH
Keywords: medical image processing, cell segmentation
Arushi Gupta
High School Intern
William Mason High School, Cincinnati OH
Keywords: deep learning, microscopy imaging
Srikar Koduru
High School Intern
William Mason High School, Cincinnati OH
Keywords: radiomics, deep learning
Current Trainees
PhD Students
Smruti Deoghare (5th year PhD, BMI, CCHMC)
Balaji Iyer (5th year PhD, CS, UC)
Shyam Sundar Debsarkar (2nd year PhD, CS, UC)
MS Students
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Rotation Students
Pankaj Rajdeo (1st year PhD, BMI, CCHMC)
Visiting/Remote Internship/Undergraduate/Graduate/High School/Student Enrichment Opportunities
Neelakshi Chatterjee (2022-2024, PhD student, Biostatistics, UC)
Sai Sree Vardhan Ponnuru (MS - 2023-2024, CS, UC)
Ketan (MS - 2024-2025, Physics, IISER, India)
Abhinav Narayan (MS - 2024, IIT, USA)
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)
MS in EE, Mie University, Japan (Jointly with Hiroharu Kawanaka and Bruce Aronow Labs)
Satoshi Shirae, Kodera Keiji, Teramoto Takumi, Seddik Boudissa
Prasath Lab Alumni
Aniruddha Shekara (MSTP, UC - Jointly with Judith Dexheimer) - 2021 - Currently MD/PhD student, UC COM
Vasundhara Acharya (Intern, EECS) - 2021 - Currently PhD student, RPI, Troy NY
Anugunj Naman (Intern - 2021-2022, CS, IIIT Guwahati)
Aakash Agrawal (Industry Intern - 2022)
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
Ravi Bandaru (High School Student - 2021, William Mason High School)
Harshitha Voleti (Intern - 2022-2023, Undergraduate, JNTU, India) - Graduate Student, Concordia University, Canada
Phuc Ngoc Thien Ngyuen (Intern - 2021-2024, Undergraduate, CS, UC)
Ramanathan A (Intern - 2022-2024, MTech, MSRUAS, India)
Hazique Aetesam (Research Associate - 2022-2024, PhD, IIT Patna, India) - Currently Assistant Professor, IIT Patna
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).
Harshitha Voleti (Graduate Student, Concordia University, Canada)
Viji Nambiar (Intern - 2021-2022, MS, Christ University, India) - Currently Accenture, India
Prashant Ghimire (Industry Intern - 2021-2022)
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
Pieter-Jan van Camp (PhD student, 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, 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!
International Visiting/Remote Internship Students - Hiroharu Kawanaka Group @ Mie University, Japan
Daiki Katsuma, Shunsuke Saito
Shu Isaka
Asami Yonekura, Hiroharu Kawanaka
Kiichi Fukuma