Our laboratory is deeply integrated in the innovative research and teaching carried out by the Department of Medicine’s Section for Quantitative Health. We use AI as a vehicle to integrate cutting-edge image science, spatial biology, clinical science, basic research, and engineering. Our AI faculty members also participate in graduate biomedical and medical programs. As part of this effort, Dr. Sarder is seeking motivated trainees or students to join his research group and focus on our novel research direction.
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Pinaki Sarder
Research
POSTDOctoral researcher
Fatemeh Afsari (Lead)
Research: Deep Learning, Computational Pathology
Data SCientist iii
Dhiraj Srivastava
Research: AI in Computational Pathology
Expertise: Computer Vision, Deep Learning in Life Sciences, Multi-scale Image Analysis in Life Sciences, Data Management
Data SCientist iii
Xingke Liu
Research: AI in Computational Pathology
Expertise: EHR Data Analysis, Statistical Modeling
OPS Employee
Harrison Chojnowski
Research: Computational Pathology
OPS Employee
Manikanta Srinivas Penumarthi
Research: Computational Pathology
Production
ASSISTANT SCIENTIST
Anindya Sankar Paul (Lead)
Expertise: Deep Learning, Federated Learning, Secure and Privacy Preserving AI, Signal Processing, Medical Imaging
Bioinformatician III
Heather R Kates
Expertise: Biomedical Research, Bioinformatics, Spatial Transcriptomics
Application Developer Analyst II
Haitham Magdy
Expertise: Web and Mobile Software Development
Application Developer Analyst I
Srisharanya Injarapu
Expertise: Full-Stack Software Development
PhD Students
PH.D. STUDENT, BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
Nicholas Lucarelli
Research: Computational Pathology
ERS AI PH.D. Fellow, health outcomes and biomedical informatics
Akshita Gupta
Research: Computational Pathology
PH.D. STUDENT, ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Jamie L. Fermin
Research: Computational Pathology
PH.D. STUDENT, ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Harishwar Reddy
Research: AI for Healthcare, Machine learning, Secure and Trustworthy AI, Image Processing
PH.D. STUDENT, ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Jingyi Xu
Research: Computational Pathology
Data & Project Management
Clinical Research Coordinator
Christina Beharry
Expertise: Data Management
Administrative Specialist I
Dawn Baker-Ruggles
Expertise: Administration
Alumni
| Durga Sritha Dongla | OPS Employee, 2025-2026 | Now Software Engineer at Amazon |
| Anish Tatke | OPS Employee, 2025-2026 | Now Sr. AI Engineer at Williston Financial Group |
| Manvi Gupta | OPS Employee, 2025 | Now Software Engineer at Temenos |
| Sumanth Devarasetty | Master’s and OPS Student, 2022-2025 | Now Software Engineer at Palo Alto Networks |
| Angitha Reji | Undergraduate Trainee, 2025 | Medical Student at the University of Florida |
| Lylybell Zhou | Undergraduate Trainee, 2025 | Medical Student at the University of South Florida |
| Connie Gao | Undergraduate Trainee, 2025 | Medical Student at the University of South Florida |
| Ujwala Guttikonda | Master’s and OPS Student, 2023-2024 | Now Software Engineer at Amazon |
| Nitesh Varanasi | Master’s and OPS Student, 2024 | Computer Science Graduate at the University of Florida |
| Suraj Ramadugu | Master’s and OPS Student, 2023-2024 | Now Software Engineer at Egen |
| Nikhil Yerra | Master’s and OPS Student, 2022-2024 | Now Software Engineer OPS at the University of Florida |
| Josiane Uwumukiza | Undergraduate Student, Summer 2024 | Computer Science and Biochemistry Undergraduate at the Wellesley College |
| Ishaq Ansari | Undergraduate Student, Summer 2024 | Biology and Computer Science Undergraduate at the Caldwell University |
| Lin Xu | Undergraduate Student, Summer 2023 | |
| Daniel Giraldo | Undergraduate Student, Summer 2023 | Now working with Arthrex, UF Integrated Product & Process Design program |
| Neil Kavthekar | Master’s Student, 2020-21 | Now Data Scientist, New York Presbyterian Hospital |
| Brandon Ginley | OPS Student, 2015-16, Ph.D. Student, 2016-21, Post-Doctoral Research Associate, 2021-22 | Now Data Scientist, Johnson & Johnson |
| Brendon Lutnick | OPS Student, 2015-16, Ph.D. Student, 2016-21 | Now Data Scientist, Johnson & Johnson |
| Darshana Govind | Ph.D. Student, 2016-21 | Now Data Scientist, Johnson & Johnson |
| Kathryn Maraszek | Undergraduate Student, 2019-20 | Now Ph.D. Student, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center |
| Avinash K Shashiprakash | Master’s Student, 2018-20 | Now Data Scientist, Caterpillar Inc. |
| Leema K Murali | Master’s Student, 2018-20 | Now Machine Learning Engineer, Eisai Pharmaceuticals |
| Siddhartha Dhiman | Graduate Student, 2017-18 | Senior Software Engineer at Flywheel |
| Olivier Simon | Research Associate, 2017 | Founder of LavaRad LLC |