Current group members
Nic Newell
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Nic Newell
Associate Professor and Newell Spine Lab PI
Pouyan Jafarian
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Pouyan Jafarian
PhD student
Francis Lali
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Francis Lali
PhD student
Andy Watt
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Andy Watt
PhD student
Isabelle Granger
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Isabelle Granger
PhD student
Xingrui Peng
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Xingrui Peng
PhD student
Alumni
Thomas Slater
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Thomas Slater
PhD student (2022-2026)
Kay Raftery
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Kay Raftery
PhD student (2022-2026)
Kabelan Karunaseelan
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Kabelan Karunaseelan
Postdoc (2024-2026)
Matthew Kibble
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Matthew Kibble
Postdoc (2023-2025)
Lucas Low
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Lucas Low
PhD student (2019-2023)
Saman Tavana
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Saman Tavana
PhD student (2018-2021)
Postdoc (2021-2023)
Tamanna Rahman
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Tamanna Rahman
PhD student (2020-2023)
Inigo Sanz Pena
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Inigo Sanz Pena
Postdoc (2019-2021)