Personnel

Current Personnel

Principal Investigator

Nicholas Szczecinski, Ph.D.

nicholas.szczecinski@mail.wvu.edu
+1(304)293-1733
Curriculum vitae
Nick's Publications

Postdoctoral Fellow

Clarus Goldsmith

Clarus completed a B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering at Case Western Reserve University, USA before joining the NeuroMINT Lab on day one in fall 2020. Now, Clarus has earned their Ph.D. (2025). Clarus is interested in the interplay between mechanics and the nervous system and how insect structures can lead to robust locomotion. Clarus is currently working on developing a neurorobotic test platform modeled after Drosophila melanogaster. 

cg00022@mix.wvu.edu 

Clarus' Publications

Ph. D. Dissertation

Doctoral Students

Bohdan Zadokha

Bohdan completed a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Micro- and Nanosystem Technology at the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, Ukraine before joining the NeuroMINT Lab in fall 2021. Now, as a PhD student in Mechanical Engineering, Bohdan is interested in the neuromorphic computing of locomotion as well as in implementing control theory (e.g., impedance control) into insect-like robots. Bohdan is currently investigating the roles of positive and negative force feedback in locomotion.  

bz00007@mix.wvu.edu 

Alex Collins

Masters Students

Sheldon Johnson

Sheldon completed a B.S in Physics at Gettysburg College, USA before joining the NeuroMINT lab in May 2023. Now, as a Master’s student in WVU’s Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, Sheldon is interested in unsupervised learning within synthetic nervous system models. Sheldon is currently working to replicate the plasticity and stability of sensorimotor learning in the cerebellum of the electric fish.

Isabella Kudyba

Isabella completed a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering at West Virginia University, USA in December 2023. She joined the NeuroMINT lab in 2022, investigating how co-contraction of muscles in animal joints can be mimicked in servo-motor control. Now, Isabella is a Master's student in Mechanical Engineering, interested in how force feedback during walking can be used in the control of locomotion.

Undergraduate Students

Tryston Freeman

Callum Lorimer

Ava Ward 

Alumni

Past Postdoctoral Fellows

Dr. Gesa Dinges

Past Graduate Students

Foster Holmquist

William Zyhowski

M.S. Thesis

Chloe Guie

M.S. Thesis

Past Undergraduate Students

Daniel McDonald

Mitchell Ruland

Elaine Freed

Chad Mohn

Shamil Patel

Daisy Levine

Noah Miller

Jacob Yancosek