جست‌وجوی استاد و پژوهشگر

Craig J. Fennieمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Computational Materials Physics
• Condensed Matter Physics
• Solid State Chemistry
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Craig J. Fennie is Professor in the College of Engineering at Cornell University , where he has been on the faculty since July 2008. His appointment spans the interdisciplinary space between physics, materials science, and solid-state chemistry. Education: Ph.D. in Physics, Rutgers University (2006) M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Villanova University (1996) Research Focus: Fennie’s group pursues computational and theoretical materials physics , with a long-term goal of realizing a first-principles “materials-by-design” paradigm. By integrating microscopic Hamiltonians, symmetry analysis, and density-functional theory, the team explores how crystalline motifs—composition, symmetry, geometry, and topology—govern emergent phenomena such as multiferroicity, magnetoelectric coupling, and tunable dielectric response. Particular attention is paid to complex oxides, layered heterostructures, and materials under extreme conditions where chemical intuition can fail. Publication Trends: From 2011 to 2016, Fennie co-authored a series of high-impact papers in Nature family journals and Physical Review Letters . These works collectively advance the understanding and design of room-temperature magnetoelectric multiferroics, bulk magnetoelectric effects in hexagonal manganites, tunable microwave dielectrics through defect mitigation, and the fundamental scarcity of ferroelectric perovskites. The studies span synthesis, characterization, and theory, underscoring a collaborative, interdisciplinary approach. Awards & Honors: MacArthur Fellowship, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (2013) Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE, 2012) NSF CAREER Award (2011) Army Research Office Young Investigator Award (2010) Fellow of the American Physical Society (2015) Advising & Funding: While specific student names are not listed, Fennie leads a vibrant research program supported by NSF, ARO, and other agencies. His group trains graduate and post-doctoral researchers at the intersection of physics, materials science, and chemistry, preparing them for careers in both academia and industry. Labs & Teams: Work is conducted within Cornell’s shared high-performance computing ecosystem and leverages national user facilities such as the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS) and collaborations with experimental groups worldwide.

• Decision Making
• Team Cognition
• Team Effectiveness
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Shanique Brown serves as Assistant Professor of Management at the Zicklin School of Business, City University of New York (CUNY), where she investigates cognitive processes impacting organizational team dynamics and decision-making. Her research bridges industrial-organizational psychology with practical applications in extreme environments. Her academic foundation includes: Ph.D. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from DePaul University M.A. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville B.Sc. in Psychology from the University of the West Indies Dr. Brown's research centers on decision-making mechanisms and team cognition within organizational contexts, with specialized focus on extreme environments like space missions. She examines how cognitive styles, working memory, and team composition influence performance in isolated, confined, and high-stakes settings. Her work integrates psychological theory with actionable frameworks for optimizing team effectiveness across virtual and physical workspaces. Analysis of her publication history reveals evolving expertise in team science, particularly regarding virtual team leadership, polycultural organizations, and NASA-relevant analog research. Recent work emphasizes selection-optimization-compensation models for team performance and psychosocial factors in extreme environments, demonstrating consistent contribution to organizational psychology literature. Her scientific recognition includes: Editorial Fellowship from Group Dynamics (2022) Wayne State University Faculty Accessibility Fellowship (2022) Teaching Innovation Development Excellence Award (2020) Faculty Teaching Award (2020) University Research Grant (2019) Robert A. Daugherty Memorial Award (2011) Dr. Brown actively collaborates on NASA-funded research through the Human Research Program, developing crew composition models for long-duration space missions. She serves on Baruch College's PhD Admissions and Interdisciplinary Business Major committees while maintaining leadership roles in the Society of Industrial-Organizational Psychology, including Task Force Chair and Conference Committee positions. Her grant work focuses on translating team dynamics research into operational frameworks for extreme environments. She leads interdisciplinary collaborations with NASA researchers and international scholars on projects including virtual escape room studies for team performance assessment and CREWS (Crew Recommender for Effective Work in Space) development, demonstrating commitment to solving real-world team challenges in high-consequence settings.

Tapio Schneiderمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Atmospheric Dynamics
• Climate Modeling
• Geophysical Turbulence
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Tapio Schneider is the Theodore Y. Wu Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering at the California Institute of Technology. His research focuses on atmospheric dynamics across Earth and other planets, climate modeling innovations, and geophysical turbulence analysis. He contributes to the Climate Modeling Alliance (CliMA) and develops advanced computational tools for climate prediction. Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg (Vordiplom, 1993) Princeton University (M.Sc. 1997, Ph.D. 2001) University of Washington, Seattle (Visiting Graduate Student, 1994-1995) His research spans climate dynamics , atmospheric turbulence , and AI-enhanced climate modeling , addressing challenges in cloud dynamics, extreme weather patterns, and planetary climate systems. Current work emphasizes hybrid machine learning-physical models and computational acceleration for high-resolution simulations. Recent publications highlight trends in AI integration for climate science, with applications in hydrology , cloud microphysics , ocean circulation , snowpack modeling , and climate tipping points . His team develops open-source tools like ClimateMachine for GPU-accelerated simulations. Scientific Recognition: Fellow, American Geophysical Union (2022) Rosenstiel Award (2019) World Economic Forum Young Scientist (2012) David and Lucile Packard Fellow (2005-2010) Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow (2004-2006) Tapio leads climate dynamics research at Caltech, directs the Linde Center for Global Environmental Science (2011-2012), and serves as Editor for the Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems . His group collaborates with NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (2016-2024) and Google Research (2022-present).

Xavier Serraمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Audio Signal Processing
• Sound and Music Computing
• Music Information Retrieval
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Xavier Serra is a Full Professor at the Department of Engineering at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona. He is the founder and director of the Music Technology Group (MTG), and leads the UPF-BMAT Chair on AI and Music. He also coordinates the Master in Sound and Music Computing and serves as President of the Phonos Foundation. His research focuses on audio signal processing, sound and music computing, and computational musicology, emphasizing open science and open innovation. Education: BSc in Biology, University of Barcelona (1981) Master in Music, Florida State University (1983) PhD in Computer Music, Stanford University (1989) Research Interests: Audio Signal Processing Data-Driven and Knowledge-Driven Methodologies Music Information Retrieval Cultural Music Analysis (e.g., Carnatic/Turkish/Andalusian Music) Music Education Technology Notable Projects: CompMusic (ERC Advanced Grant, 2010-2017): Multicultural computational music analysis Open datasets: Freesound, Saraga, FSD50K Technologies: Reactable, Vocaloid, Essentia API Recent Trends in Articles: Focus on AI-driven audio processing (neural fingerprints, generative models), cross-cultural music analysis, and explainable music difficulty estimation. Awards: ERC Advanced Grant (2010) for CompMusic Project. Labs/Teams: Director of MTG, Phonos Foundation, and UPF-BMAT Chair. Active in open-source projects and international collaborations.

Carlos G. Leviمشاهده پروفایل

استاد پژوهشی

• Structural Materials
• Thermal Barrier Coatings
• Ceramic Matrix Composites
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Carlos G. Levi is a Research Professor in the Department of Materials at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), part of the College of Engineering. He holds the additional title of Professor Emeritus. His research focuses on microstructure evolution in inorganic materials, particularly in the design of advanced coatings, composites, and alloys for extreme environments. He has contributed significantly to thermal barrier coatings, ceramic matrix composites, and high-temperature alloys for aerospace and energy applications. Education: Ph.D. in Metallurgical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1981) M.Sc. in Metallurgical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1977) Degree in Chemical Engineering, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Mexico (1972) Research Interests: Levi’s work addresses challenges in structural materials, including advanced thermal/environmental barrier coatings resistant to molten silicates, ceramic matrix composites, hypersonic materials, and high-temperature alloys such as multi-principal element alloys. His studies explore degradation mechanisms, phase stability under extreme conditions, and novel synthesis techniques like vapor-mediated melt infiltration. Awards and Honors: 2014 TMS Morris Cohen Award 2012 Fellow of the American Ceramic Society 2008 NIMS Award (shared) for breakthroughs in materials science for energy/environment 2004 DLR Wissenschaftspreis (collaborative paper) 2002 Alexander von Humboldt Research Prize Advising and Grants: No formal student advisees are listed, though his research group likely includes graduate students/postdocs. Grant details are not specified in the provided texts. Labs/Teams: Levi’s research is conducted within UCSB’s Materials Department, leveraging advanced characterization tools (e.g., TriBeam tomography) and computational modeling to study material behavior under extreme conditions.

Akhilesh Jaiswalمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار

• Device-Circuit Co-design
• Processing-in-Pixel
• In-Memory Computing
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Dr. Akhilesh Jaiswal serves as Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where his research pioneers device-circuit co-design for next-generation computing systems. His work focuses on enabling extreme-edge intelligence through processing-in-pixel technology, in-memory computing architectures, and bio-inspired neuromorphic systems. His academic credentials include: PhD in Nano-electronics from Purdue University (2019) MS from the University of Minnesota (2014) Bachelor of Technology from Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering and Technology (2011) Dr. Jaiswal's research program centers on revolutionizing edge computing through hardware innovations that integrate sensing and processing. His device-circuit co-design approach leverages alternate state variables to create energy-efficient systems for real-time applications, with particular emphasis on retina-inspired sensors and photonic memory architectures. This work bridges semiconductor physics with AI acceleration needs, targeting applications from autonomous systems to biomedical devices. Analysis of his 2023-2025 publications reveals dominant themes in photonic SRAM-based in-memory computing (40% of output), retina-inspired motion processing (30%), and secure hardware architectures (20%). His team consistently develops novel bitcell designs that enable XOR logic execution within memory arrays while maintaining compatibility with CMOS fabrication processes. Recent work shows increasing focus on biomedical applications of processing-in-pixel technology. His distinguished recognition includes: Three consecutive ISI Exploratory Research Awards (2020-2023) IEEE Brain Community Best Paper Award (2022) 27 issued US patents with multiple pending applications Nomination for USC Moore Inventor Fellowship (2022) Dr. Jaiswal actively mentors graduate researchers through ECE 790/890/990 courses while securing exploratory funding through ISI and Keston Foundation awards. His patent portfolio demonstrates exceptional translational impact, with industry game-changer classifications from USPTO. The 2022 VLSI-SoC nomination and multiple research highlights in major outlets validate his contributions to hardware security and neuromorphic vision sensors. His laboratory develops integrated hardware platforms combining magnetic tunnel junctions, photonic memory, and CMOS image sensors to create unified processing-in-sensor systems. Current projects include retina-inspired motion segmentation for event cameras and electro-optic frequency transducers for quantum computing interfaces, with strong industry collaboration through patent licensing.

Sunny Xiangمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Asian/Pacific/American literature and culture
• war, militarism, and imperialism in Asia and the Pacific
• Cold War and mid-century culture
• +۱۴ مورد دیگر

Sunny Xiang is an Associate Professor of English at Yale University, where she teaches and conducts research at the intersection of literature, race, war, and empire. Her work critically examines U.S. military empire in Asia and the Pacific, particularly through aesthetic, cultural, and documentary forms from the mid-twentieth century. She is affiliated with the Department of English in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Yale. Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley B.A., Northwestern University Her research focuses on the cultural genealogies of American empire, with an emphasis on how war and militarism shape perception, knowledge, and everyday life. Key areas include Cold War aesthetics, Asian American studies, Pacific studies, critical militarization studies, and feminist science studies. She is particularly interested in how literary and cultural forms reveal the intimate, quotidian, and often invisible operations of empire. Her publications span journals such as ASAP/Journal , Radical History Review , PMLA , and Public Books . Her first book, Tonal Intelligence: The Aesthetics of Asian Inscrutability During the Long Cold War (Columbia University Press, 2020), explores the visual and narrative trope of Oriental inscrutability in relation to U.S. intelligence operations. Her current project, Chemical Apophenia: Air Conspiracies and Skin Connections in the Toxic Tropics , investigates how WWII military science in the Pacific generated new paradigms for detecting toxicity. The articles reflect a consistent engagement with themes of militarized domesticity, aesthetic excess, diasporic memory, and the entanglement of fashion, food, and war in imperial contexts. Mundane Militarisms: War, Archives, and Everyday Life (2024) Militarized Comfort: How to Feel Naked While Wearing Clothes (2023) Bikinis and Other Atomic Incidents: The Synthetic Life of the Nuclear Pacific (2022) Wars of Contemporary Life (2020) Global China as Genre (2019) Sunny Xiang has not been mentioned in relation to any scientific awards or fellowships in the provided text. She teaches courses such as War and Everyday Life, Readings in Comparative World English Literatures, and The Teaching of English. While her advisees or research teams are not listed, her scholarship demonstrates deep engagement with interdisciplinary methodologies and collaborative work, such as with the Mundane Militarisms Collective. She has not indicated any lab affiliations, but her research involves critical archival work and analysis of visual, literary, and cultural materials.

• Sports Medicine
• Orthopaedic Surgery
• Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Injuries
• +۷ مورد دیگر

Dr. Christina Allen is a Professor of Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation at Yale School of Medicine, where she serves as Chief of Yale Sports Medicine and Vice Chair of Athletic Medicine and Community Outreach. She is the Orthopaedic Team Physician for Yale Athletics and has extensive experience with U.S. national teams, including U.S. Soccer and USA Taekwondo. Education: BS in Biomedical Engineering, Duke University (1983); MD, UCLA School of Medicine (1995) Training: Orthopaedic Residency and Sports Medicine Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh Research Interests focus on: Revision ACL reconstruction outcomes and predictors Meniscus transplantation and cartilage repair Proximal hamstring avulsion repair Quantitative MRI for joint kinematics and cartilage changes Post-ACL revision infection risk factors Scientific Awards include: Kappa Delta Ann Doner Vaughn Award (2019) NIH R01 Competitive Renewal Grant (2017) AOSSM O’Donoghue Award (2014) Clinical Roles span: Team physician for U.S. Soccer (Women's/Men's National Teams) Former team physician for San Francisco Deltas (NASL Champions 2017) Medical Board member, World Taekwondo (London Olympics 2012, Rio Olympics 2016) Publications highlight a 20-year longitudinal focus on: Machine learning models for surgical outcome prediction Graft choice impact on revision ACL longevity Cartilage degeneration after meniscectomy Biomechanical MRI analysis of joint kinematics Infection rates in revision surgeries Return-to-sport protocols for athletes

Mark de Rondمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Organisational Ethnography
• Extreme Context Research
• Negotiation and Mediation
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Mark de Rond is Professor of Organisational Ethnography at Cambridge Judge Business School and Fellow of Darwin College, University of Cambridge. His work focuses on immersive ethnographic studies of human behavior in extreme contexts including war zones, high-stakes sports, and controversial social movements, revealing how individuals navigate challenging circumstances through compromise and sensemaking. His educational background includes a DPhil from the University of Oxford alongside advanced degrees in management and economics, photojournalism, documentary photography, biography, creative nonfiction, and prose fiction. This multidisciplinary training informs his unconventional methodological approach. De Rond's research centers on extreme context ethnography, examining how pressure-cooker environments expose fundamental organizational dynamics. His work spans military medicine (Camp Bastion fieldwork), elite sports (Cambridge Boat Race), Amazon river expeditions, and controversial practices like paedophile hunting. Key contributions explore negotiation, conflict resolution, serendipity, institutional persistence, and the emotional toll of fieldwork, often employing innovative methods like enactive ethnography and linguistic analysis of digital communities. His recent publications reveal a growing focus on digital vigilantism and the societal implications of extreme practices, with increasing interdisciplinary reach across organizational studies, criminology, medical anthropology, and sociology. The work demonstrates methodological creativity through linguistic analysis of Facebook groups, embodiment studies in extreme environments, and dream-based reflexive techniques. Scientific recognition includes: BEST ARTICLE AWARD FOR 2016 Favorite MBA Professor honors from Poets & Quants (2021, 2022) Guinness World Record for first unsupported Amazon row De Rond advises MBA students and delivers executive education to top law firms (Slaughter and May, Allen & Overy), professional services (McKinsey, KPMG), corporations (Sky, BT, Diageo), and NGOs (UNICEF, NHS). His negotiation training from Harvard Law School informs both academic work and university mediation practice. Current research involves collaborative teams studying paedophile hunting (featured in Sundance-nominated documentary Predators ) and high-performance sports organizations, with fieldwork requiring deep immersion in challenging environments. His research methodology involves embedded collaboration with diverse teams including medical personnel in conflict zones, elite rowers, and controversial activist groups, often pushing methodological boundaries through photojournalism and creative nonfiction approaches.

Daniel Fosas de Pandoمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار

• Net Zero Buildings
• Building Retrofits
• Indoor Air Quality
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Dr Daniel Fosas de Pando serves as Chancellor's Fellow in Net Zero Buildings at the University of Edinburgh's School of Engineering, within the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Research Institute for Infrastructure and Environment. His work bridges building science, climate resilience, and humanitarian engineering with a focus on practical decarbonization strategies. Research interests center on net zero building retrofits at scale , indoor air quality optimization , and climate-adaptive design , particularly in vulnerable contexts like refugee shelters. His methodology combines computational modeling with field monitoring to address energy-carbon trade-offs under climate change constraints, emphasizing actionable decision-making tools for designers and policymakers. Publication trends reveal strong focus on building decarbonization pathways (38% of recent work), shelter environments for displaced populations (29%), and climate risk communication (16%). Key themes include scaling retrofit interventions, occupant behavior impacts, and simplified modeling for resource-constrained settings. Major recognitions include: Dufton Silver Medal (2022) for pioneering Active Buildings framework Best Paper Award Theme Energy (2022) Best Paper Award (2017) for building simulation research He leads the £36m InBuilt project decarbonizing non-domestic building portfolios, supervises PhD candidate M. Yildrim, and collaborates with international teams across Japan, Ethiopia, and the UK. His grant portfolio emphasizes scalable solutions for building stock management and climate resilience. Research is conducted through the Infrastructure and Environment Institute with strong ties to humanitarian engineering networks, producing open datasets on shelter thermals and building decarbonization pathways.

• Materials Science
• Corrosion Engineering
• Alloy Design
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Dr. KN Sasidhar is a Researcher in the Department of Microstructure Physics and Alloy Design at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf. His work focuses on advanced materials science, particularly corrosion mechanisms, alloy design, and nanoscale structural analysis. He employs cutting-edge techniques like in situ synchrotron investigations and deep learning frameworks to study material behavior under extreme conditions. Current research emphasizes corrosion resistance in stainless steels, phase transformations during nitriding, and radiation effects on coatings. Key achievements include pioneering studies on nanoscale amorphization in metallic systems, data-centric approaches for materials discovery, and the development of predictive models for alloy performance. His work bridges experimental materials characterization with computational methods, addressing challenges in energy and aerospace applications. Publications span corrosion analysis, microstructural evolution under irradiation, and phase separation phenomena. Collaborative projects involve synchrotron facilities and interdisciplinary teams focusing on materials informatics. No formal awards or grants are explicitly listed in the provided texts, though his prolific publication record indicates active academic engagement.

Eric Smialekمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر ارشد

• Popular Music Studies
• Metal Music Studies
• Music Analysis
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Eric Smialek is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Huddersfield, specializing in extreme metal vocals, popular music studies, and Taylor Swift analysis. He holds a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship and is affiliated with the Centre for Research in Music and its Technologies. His research explores vocal expression, cultural meaning in metal, and intersections of music with class, disability, and LGBTQ+ advocacy. Education: PhD in Genre and Expression in Extreme Metal Music (McGill University, 2016) Master's in Rethinking Metal Aesthetics (McGill University, 2009) Bachelor's from University of British Columbia (2006) Research Interests: Smialek’s work bridges music analysis and sociology, focusing on extreme metal’s vocal techniques, global social-class divides in metal scenes, and Taylor Swift’s cultural impact. He co-founded the European Taylor Swift Research Network and organized the 2024 Taylor Swift unconference in Amsterdam. Awards: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship Advising & Collaboration: Accepts PhD students and collaborates on projects like Extreme Metal Vocals: Musical Expression, Technique, and Cultural Meaning (2022–2025). His work has been cited in venues like Metal Music Studies and Contemporary Music Review . Labs/Teams: Member of the Centre for Research in Music and its Technologies, contributing to interdisciplinary studies in music acoustics and cultural analysis.

Srdjan Lukicمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Power Electronics
• Power Systems
• Electric Vehicle Charging
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Srdjan Lukic is the Deputy Director of the FREEDM Systems Center and a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University. His research focuses on power electronics, power systems, and electric vehicle infrastructure. He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology (2007). His work emphasizes high-power converters, DC microgrids, and extreme fast charging (XFC) technologies for electric vehicles. Recent projects include the development of a 13.2 kV solid-state transformer for EV XFC stations and resilient distributed control frameworks for smart grids. He has contributed to wireless charging systems and modular medium-voltage fast chargers. Key Awards: University Faculty Scholars (2022) Grants: DOE-funded XFC projects, modular EV charging infrastructure Labs/Teams: FREEDM Systems Center, RIAPS control architecture development Publications highlight innovations in microgrid control, power electronics modeling, and privacy-preserving distributed systems. His work addresses grid resilience, cyber-physical integration, and high-efficiency energy conversion.

Gisela Detrellمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Aerospace Engineering
• Space Life Support Systems
• Virtual Reality Applications in Space Training
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Prof. Gisela Detrell is a Professor of Human Spaceflight Technology at the TUM School of Engineering and Design, Technical University of Munich. She specializes in developing technologies for astronautical spaceflight, including life support systems (e.g., microalgae photobioreactors), mission simulations (e.g., Mars/Moon concepts), and virtual reality tools for astronaut training. Her work bridges engineering, biotechnology, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Education: Bachelor/Master in Aerospace Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) PhD from the University of Stuttgart and UPC (2015), focusing on reliability analysis of life support systems for long-duration space missions Research Interests: Prof. Detrell’s research emphasizes sustainable life support systems for extraterrestrial habitats, VR-driven astronaut training, and interdisciplinary design approaches for space stations. Her photobioreactor studies explore algae-based solutions for oxygen and food production on lunar/mars bases, while simulations address mission realism and team performance under extreme conditions. Articles Overview: Her publications span VR docking simulators, ISS-based photobioreactor experiments, and biofiltration systems for closed-loop life support. These reflect a focus on practical, scalable technologies for long-term space habitation. Awards/Grants: No specific honors or grants listed in the text. Her academic contributions are highlighted through her professorship and research group leadership. Labs/Teams: She previously led the research group at the Institute of Space Systems in Stuttgart and currently heads the Human Spaceflight Technology group at TUM.

• Pediatric Hand Surgery
• Hand Reconstruction and Microsurgery
• Diversity in Medicine
• +۱۰ مورد دیگر

Rey Ramirez, MD is an Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation at Yale School of Medicine, specializing in Hand & Upper Extremity Surgery with a focus on pediatric hand conditions. He joined Yale in 2022 after completing his pediatric hand surgery fellowship at Shriners Hospital of Philadelphia. Dr. Ramirez is affiliated with the Hand & Upper Extremity Surgery division and Pediatric Orthopaedics within the Department of Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation. Dr. Ramirez's educational background includes: BS in Biology from California Institute of Technology (2003) MD from David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA (2007) Internship at Keck School of Medicine - Los Angeles County Medical Center (2008) Residency at Keck School of Medicine - Los Angeles County Medical Center (2012) Hand Surgery Fellowship at University of Texas Southwestern (2013) Pediatric Hand Surgery Fellowship at Shriners Hospital of Philadelphia (2014) Dr. Ramirez's primary research interests focus on pediatric hand surgery, including congenital hand conditions, brachial plexus birth injuries, and arthrogryposis. His clinical expertise spans pediatric hand reconstruction, microsurgery, and treatment of conditions such as amniotic band syndrome, carpal tunnel syndrome in children, and peripheral nerve injuries. Additionally, he has a strong interest in diversity and inclusion within orthopedic surgery, examining gender and racial disparities in the field and factors influencing specialty choice among medical students and residents. His recent publications demonstrate a dual focus on clinical pediatric hand surgery techniques and diversity in medicine. The surgical publications often address innovative approaches to complex pediatric hand conditions, while his diversity-focused work examines gender disparities in orthopedic surgery and physical medicine, contributing to important conversations about inclusion in medical specialties. His work spans both original research articles and textbook chapters on hand surgery topics. Dr. Ramirez has received several professional recognitions: "Top Research Study" award for his work on women's experiences in orthopedics versus physical medicine (2024) Top Doc for Kids recognition (2020) Best "Surgical Pearl" Paper award from the Pediatric Hand Study Group (2014) Dr. Ramirez is actively involved in mentoring medical students and residents, currently advising Tamanna Patel, Claire Donnelley, Louise Atadja, and Peter Laub. His educational contributions include developing virtual curricula for medical student orthopedic education and examining methods to improve resident performance on standardized examinations. While specific grant funding isn't detailed in the provided information, his research activities suggest involvement in both clinical outcomes studies and healthcare disparities research. Within the Yale Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation department, Dr. Ramirez contributes to the Hand & Upper Extremity Surgery and Pediatric Orthopaedics divisions. His work intersects with the department's broader research initiatives including the Liu Lab for Translational Orthopaedic Research and the 3D Collaborative for Medical Innovation (3DC), though specific lab leadership isn't mentioned in the provided information.