Education
MD Candidate
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine · Los Angeles, CA
Class of 2028
2024 – 2028
BS Computer Science & Neurobiology
University of California, Irvine · Irvine, CA
Magna Cum Laude · Phi Beta Kappa
2020 – 2024
Honors & Awards
Experience
Leading development of a mobile platform connecting patients with vetted, gender-affirming care providers. Designed core features including real-time messaging, scheduling, and provider search. Launched beta at UCLA.
Designed custom PCBs for a 60-channel neural recording headstage (90% cost reduction). Built .NET UI for real-time 15kHz neural signal visualization. Engineered BCI hardware enabling neural control of a walking exoskeleton. Collaborated on FDA IDE thermal testing.
Co-founded America's first Teddy Bear Hospital chapter as a 501(c)(3) non-profit. Elementary school children bring stuffed animals to mock hospital stations, building positive associations with healthcare. Partnered with UCI, CHOC Pediatric residents, and expanded to UCLA, ASU, Georgia Tech, and UC Berkeley.
Differentiated iPSCs into neurons and developed automated MATLAB image processing pipeline for ~100,000 cells. Optimized neuronal co-cultures on microelectrode arrays for electrophysiology studies.
Presentations
Female Sex Independently Associated With Lower Postoperative Physical Therapy Utilization
Co-Author · Eastern Orthopaedic Association 57th Annual Meeting, Miami Beach, FL · October 2026
SubmittedPublications (10 peer-reviewed)
D Lin, T Tran, S Thaploo, JGE Matias, K Pixley, Z Nenadic, AH Do
arXiv preprint, 2507.11572 · 2025First Author
Real-Time Brain-Computer Interface Control of Walking Exoskeleton with Bilateral Sensory Feedback ↗
J Lim, PT Wang, WJ Sohn, D Lin, S Thaploo, L Bashford, D Bjanes, A Nguyen, H Gong, M Armacost, SJ Shaw, S Kellis, B Lee, D Lee, P Heydari, RA Andersen, Z Nenadic, CY Liu, AH Do
arXiv preprint, 2505.00219 · 2025
Early feasibility of an embedded bi-directional brain-computer interface for ambulation ↗
J Lim, PT Wang, WJ Sohn, C Serrano-Amenos, M Ibrahim, D Lin, S Thaploo, SJ Shaw, M Armacost, H Gong, B Lee, D Lee, RA Andersen, P Heydari, CY Liu, Z Nenadic, AH Do
IEEE EMBC 2024, pp. 1-5 · 2024
Pruning functional connections in human induced pluripotent stem cell derived neural networks ↗
S Thaploo, D Lin, GJ Brewer, AH Do, Z Nenadic
IEEE EMBC 2024, pp. 1-5 · 2024
S Thaploo, D Lin, Y Li, M Vu, G Brewer, Z Nenadic, AH Do
IEEE EMBC 2024, pp. 1-4 · 2024
SS Chu, HA Nguyen, D Lin, M Bhatti, CE Jones-Tinsley, AH Do, RD Frostig, Z Nenadic, X Xu, MM Lim, H Cao
Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 222:114941 · 2023
BCI-based Neuroprostheses and physiotherapies for stroke motor rehabilitation ↗
J Lim, D Lin, WJ Sohn, CM McCrimmon, PT Wang, Z Nenadic, AH Do
Neurorehabilitation Technology, 509-524 · 2022
MN Miller, D Lin, S Rabinovich, G Airth, S Rainsbury-Silva, R Canfield, S Fadich, K Shariati, JP Bradley, JC Lee
Preprints · 2025
E Jolkovsky, MN Miller, W McClain, S Rabinovich, AD Barkhordarzadeh, D Lin, S Piva, A Lerner, GC Slack
Aesthetic Surgery Journal Open Forum, ojaf168 · 2025
Long-Term Maintenance of Human Stem Cell-derived Neural Networks for Electrophysiology Studies ↗
S Thaploo, D Lin, P Wang, A Appajodu, P Thurgam, A Baig, L Vargas, Y Li, G Brewer, Z Nenadic, AH Do
IEEE EMBC 2025 · 2025