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Meet current members, investigative collaborators, undergraduate researchers, and alumni of the Neural Engineering & Modulation Laboratory at the Marquette University and Medical College of Wisconsin Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering.

Current Members

Led by founding director and principal investigator, Dr. Jordan J. Williams, the team at the Neural Engineering & Modulation Laboratory specializes in neurophysiology, muscle physiology, optical and electrical stimulation, virus handling/injection, imaging, histology, and fabrication techniques that support various investigations into neural prosthetic and viral gene therapy research.

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Jordan Williams, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor, Marquette-MCW Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, MCW Department of Neurosurgery

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Seyed Amir Arjmand

Graduate Student

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Emma Moravec

Graduate Student

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Logan Read

Graduate Student

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Ryan Zolovick

Medical Student

Collaborative Investigators

Dr. Williams and the team at the NEMo Lab work closely with collaborative investigators at the Medical College of Wisconsin, the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and the University of Pittsburgh specializing in Biomedical Engineering, Neurosurgery, Neurobiology, and Ophthalmology.

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Matthew D. Budde, PhD

Associate Professor

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Jim Hokanson, PhD

Assistant Professor, Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering

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Aaron Mickle, PhD

Associate Professor

Summer Researchers, 2026

Makena Colthoff
SURF Program, Marquette University

Diana Moses
SUPREMES Program, Marquette University

Alumni

The NEMo Lab is forever indebted to the invaluable contributions of each of its former members.
Sierra Andrews
​MSOE Undergraduate Student
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Nathan Balthazor
​SURF Program, Marquette
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Gavin DeGroot
​SURF Program, Marquette
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Noah Gasper
​SUPREMES Program​
Brandon Kloehn
UG Research Assistant, Marquette

Evan Liacopoulos
SUPREMES Program

Riley Mitchell
SURF Program, Marquette

Estefania Montanez
Undergraduate Student, Marquette
Jasmin Murray
URISE Program, Marquette

Ian Ortega
SURF Program, URISE Program, Marquette

Arsenii Pavlenko
UG Research Assistant, Marquette

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