Lab Members

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Benjamin Sanchez-Terrones

 

Dr. Benjamin Sanchez is a pioneering researcher, educator, and entrepreneur in the field of wearable health technology. An expert in  physiological sensing, Dr. Sanchez develops noninvasive diagnostic technologies that advance digital health, chronic disease detection, and clinical monitoring. With the support from the National Institute of Health and the National Science Foundation, including the prestigious 2025 CAREER Award, he has participated in research projects exceeding $16 million in funding, led multiple patents, and published nearly 100 scientific publications and featured work in Heart Rhythm, Physiological Measurement, and Head & Neck among others.
Dr. Sanchez’ broad research interests primarily focus on developing novel technologies that will enable clinicians to better detect, diagnose, stage, treat, and monitor their patients. More narrowly, the technologies we are interested in developing take advantage of the inherent electrical properties contrast between different tissue types and pathologies. We are interested in both translatable research (getting these new technologies into the hands of clinicians) and the more basic science and engineering aspects of better understanding the biology influencing a tissue’s electrical behavior, and developing techniques to accurately gauge these properties. We are actively applying these technologies to a variety of clinical conditions. Research efforts in Dr. Sanchez lab include three separate activities that are, by design, coupled to enhance the development of bench-to-bedside technologies. First, we explore and quantify the electrical properties of tissues and fluids and developing theoretical approaches and testing hypotheses that explain the underlying biophysical mechanisms responsible for this property. Second, we develop wearable sensors and point-of-care devices to gauge and image these electrical properties. Third, we leverage 1) the knowledge gained from understanding contrast levels and mechanisms and 2) the sensors designed and constructed to integrate these technologies into the clinical environment. These three primary areas of research all feed into the lab’s overarching goal of developing new technologies to solve today’s clinical problems.
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Zhuyun Xie

 

Zhuyun Xie received her B.S. degrees in Biomedical Engineering and Electrical Engineering from the University of Utah. She is interested in developing biomedical electronic devices that improve human health and well-being. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at the University of Illinois Chicago.

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Albert Fabregas

 

Albert Fabregas obtained his B.S. in Telecommunications Engineering with a major in Telecommunication Systems from Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya (UPC). Outside of academics, he enjoys reading and playing sports, especially basketball.

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Jake McCoy

 

Jake McCoy completed his Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering at Brigham Young University. He was inspired to pursue a career in medical technology after miraculously surviving a bilateral lung collapse. When he is not engineering, he enjoys spending time with his wife and daughter, doing genealogy, and playing tennis.

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Lucas-Takanori Sánchez Shiromizu

 

Lucas-Takanori Sánchez Shiromizu obtained his B.S. in Telecommunications Engineering with a major in Telecommunication Systems from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). He also holds a Master’s degree in Advanced Telecommunication Technologies from UPC, with a specialization in deep learning for multimedia processing. His expertise lies in signal processing and automatic speech recognition. He has conducted research for one year at the Barcelona Supercomputer Center. Outside of academics, he enjoys playing sports, especially handball.