Bartoli Lab Members

Eleonora obtained her Ph.D. in Robotics, Cognition and Interaction Technology from the Italian Institute of Technology. She moved to Houston “just for a few years” to further develop her interest in human electrophysiology and brain stimulation and ended up finding her home at Baylor College of Medicine and starting a lab in the Department of Neurosurgery. She is also Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rice University. 

Neuroscience apart, she loves climbing (although Texas makes that difficult), visiting National Parks (she would like to see them all) and photography (mainly of her cats, but she is open to other critters too).

Ryan Jafri is a recent transfer student at Rice University on the pre-med track. He is intrigued by neuroscience and he is working on a project that is comparing the spectral content of intracranial signals recorded in white matter vs gray matter. In his free time Ryan likes to play basketball, play chess, cook and recover from knee injuries. For the summer of 2025 he was selected to be a part of the BCM SMART program (Summer Undergraduate Research Training).

In 2023, Jung Uk received his PhD in neuroscience at Washington University School of Medicine after completing his thesis research on the role of inter-areal communication in macaque posterior parietal cortex in motor coordination. In 2024, he joined the lab of Dr. Sameer Sheth at Baylor College of Medicine as a postdoctoral associate, and he collaborates with Dr. Eleonora Bartoli and Dr. Benjamin Hayden. He currently works on a human neurophysiology project studying the role of communication across different brain areas in motor inhibition. This work has implications in inhibition control in health and disease, and could be extended to clinical care for psychiatric disorders such as addiction, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Outside of lab, he enjoys biking, drumming, and tennis.

Sanjay Krishna is an undergraduate at the University of Texas at Austin pursuing a degree in Cellular and Molecular Biology. He is passionate about translational research and public health, and loves to keep exploring new hobbies. In his free time, Sanjay loves to play the tabla (an Indian drum), travel, and try new foods.

Hi, I'm Geoffrey, a sophomore at Dawson High School in Pearland. I have a passion for coding and solving diverse problems with efficient algorithms. I'm particularly intrigued by the integration of brain function into AI.

In my spare time, I enjoy listening to music, reading comics, and playing video games.

Layth completed his undergraduate degree in Biology and Arabic at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. Outside of work, he enjoys staying active by any means, cooking, learning more about the world around him, and trying to teach himself chess and the piano.

Kyle Reed is a sophomore at the University of Colorado at Boulder majoring in Electrical Engineering. He is interested in applying engineering principles to neural circuits and brain function. Outside the lab, Kyle enjoys weight lifting, playing chess, and a competitive game of spikeball.