Nathan Zavanelli, PhD.

Improving lives through wearable healthcare

Postdoctoral Research Associate at Carnegie Mellon University in the Soft Machines Lab investigating:

  • Skin-like soft electronics and sensors

  • Wearable healthcare

  • Printed electronics

  • Biomedical signal processing

  • Biomedical artificial intelligence

  • Physiological Monitoring

  • Nanomaterials

Transitioning to Assistant Professor in Biomedical Engineering at Gonzaga University Fall 2025!

Featured Publications

Skin-like sleep apnea detection patch

Cognitive Stress classification from cardiac mechanics

Wearable vasoconstriction monitoring patch

Fully printed pressure and strain gauges

Awards and Recognitions

  • NSF Graduate Research Fellowship 2021

  • ARCS Foundation Fellowship  2022

  • Best Thesis Award – Georgia Tech Bioengineering Department  2023

  • CDAIT Innovation Challenge - Policy/Civic Engagement Prize 2023

  • Office of the Provost Award for Innovation 2022

  • IEEE VIC Conference Innovation Award 2023

  • Medtronic Innovation Design Contest – 2nd Place  2022

  • Best Oral Presentation Award, Sensors Track, AMSM 2022

  • Bioengineering Department Best Paper, Georgia Tech  2022