People
Uttara Khatri, PhD student (uttara.khatri@utexas.edu)
Uttara is a first-year doctoral student in the SMNP Lab. She finished her combined BS/MS from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) in Tirupati, India, with a major in Life Sciences. Her master’s thesis focused on deciphering brain activity patterns in sleep EEG, with a specific focus on sleep stage transitions, complex networks, and nonlinear dynamics. Her current research interests involve optimizing motor rehabilitation using machine learning, transcranial magnetic stimulation, and peripheral nerve stimulation. Outside the lab, she enjoys painting, being outdoors, visiting museums, and is curious to learn almost anything.
Tharan Suresh, PhD student (tharan.suresh@utexas.edu)
Tharan Suresh is a graduate student in the Movement and Cognitive Rehabilitation Science (MCRS) program in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education. He recieved his bachelor’s degree in Clinical Neurophysiology from Christian Medical College (Vellore, India) and a master’s degree in Cognitive Science from the Indian Institute of Technology (Ghandhinagar, India). Tharan is interested in motor learning and memory. He is from Coonoor, a small town in southern India and enjoys playing sports, trekking, and reading.
Rahmawati, PhD student (rahmafnr@utexas.edu)
Rahmawati is a PhD student in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education. She completed her associate’s degree at STT Migas Balikpapan in Indonesia with Magna Cum Laude in 2014. In 2017, she graduated from the Electrical Engineering department of ITN Malang in Indonesia with honors distinction. She then went to South Korea for her master’s degree and worked as a research assistant in the Neural Engineering and Control Lab at the Kumoh National Institute of Technology. She has experience working with EEG and transcranial electrical stimulation. During her PhD, she will focus on enhancing human memory using transcranial magnetic stimulation. Rahmawati is co-advised by Drs. Sara Hussain and Michael Freedberg. She is Indonesian and her hobbies include playing basketball, badminton, and cooking.
Maggie McElmurry
Maggie McElmurry is an undergraduate student at The University of Texas at Austin majoring in Exercise Science. Her interest in health and fitness started in high school when she joined the cross country team. After suffering an injury that required treatment from a physical therapist, she realized that this field was where her interests lied. As captain of the team, she was able to provide insight to her fellow teammates and learn more about how training affects the human body. From this experience, she learned that she loves helping people and finds concepts of exercise, training, and fitness very interesting and wants to pursue a career path that satisfies both of those interests. In her free time, she enjoys reading, painting, and training for marathons.
Tiffany Lin
Tiffany Lin is an undergraduate student at The University of Texas at Austin majoring in Biochemistry. In exploring where her curiosity and passions have led her throughout college, she discovered and fell in love with physical therapy as a profession, charmed by the versatility and creativity in this field of healthcare. Currently pursuing a pre-PT career path, she finds fascination in learning more about the physiology behind human health and fitness. In discovering how technology can help in health and rehabilitation, she finds fulfillment in researching TMS’s potential in improving motor function recovering from post-stroke impairments. In her free time, Tiffany enjoys recreational activities, playing music, and hanging out with her friends and community.