Ahmad Asif A. Jiman, Ph.D.

Alumni

Biomedical Engineering

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September 2014 - April 2015: MS Student

May 2015 - April 2020: PhD Student

Research Interests:

Ahmad's interest is in interfacing with peripheral nerves for monitoring and modulating glycemic control.

pNEURO Lab Publications:

  1. Khurram A, Ross SE, Sperry ZJ, Ouyang A, Stephan CJ, Jiman AA, and Bruns TM. Chronic
    monitoring of lower urinary tract activity via a sacral dorsal root ganglia interface. Journal of Neural Engineering, 14: 036027, 2017.
  2. A.A. Jiman, K.H. Chhabra, A.G. Lewis, P.S. Cederna, R.J. Seeley, M.J. Low, T.M. Bruns. “Electrical stimulation of renal nerves for modulating urine glucose excretion in rat,” Bioelectronic Medicine, 4: 7, 2018.
  3. D. Yan, A. Jiman, D. Ratze, S. Huang, S. Parizi, E. Welle, Z. Ouyang, P. Patel, M. Kushner, C. Chestek, T.M. Bruns, E. Yoon, J.P. Seymour. “Cuff-less, Penetrating Microneedle Array with Axon-Sized Dimensions for Peripheral Nerve Interfacing.” Proceedings of 9th International IEEE EMBS Neural Engineering Conference, San Francisco, CA, March 20-23, 2019, 827-830. Article on journal website.

pNEURO Lab Conference Proceedings:

  1. Jiman A, Chhabra K, Ratze D, Lewis A, Cederna P, Seeley R, Low M, Bruns TM. Kilohertz Frequency Stimulation of Renal Nerves for Modulating Blood Glucose Concentration in Diabetic Rats. Proceedings of 9th Intl IEEE EMBS Neural Engineering Conference, San Francisco, CA, March 20-23, 2019, 746-749.
  2. Dongxiao Y, Jiman A, Ratze D, Huang S, Parizi S, Welle E, Ouyang Z, Patel P, Kushner M, Chestek C, Bruns TM, Yoon E, Seymour JP. Cuff-less, Penetrating Microneedle Array with Axon-Sized Dimensions for Peripheral Nerve Interfacing. Proceedings of 9th Intl IEEE EMBS Neural Engineering Conference, San Francisco, CA, March 20-23, 2019, 827-830.

pNEURO Lab Conference Abstracts:

  1. Khurram A, Ross SE, Jiman AAA, Sperry ZJ, Mahar CM, Bruns TM. Chronic monitoring of lower
    urinary tract neurophysiology via sacral dorsal root ganglia. Society for Neuroscience 45 th Annual
    Meeting, Chicago, IL, October 17-21, 2015.
  2. Ross SE, Khurram A, Ouyang A, Jiman AA, Sperry ZJ, Stephen CJ, Bruns TM. Chronic monitoring
    and excitation of lower urinary tract function. International Conference for Advanced
    Neurotechnology, Ann Arbor, MI, June 13-14, 2016.
  3. Ross SE, Khurram A, Ouyang A, Jiman AA, Sperry ZJ, Stephen CJ, Bruns TM. Chronic monitoring
    and excitation of lower urinary tract function. North American Neuromodulation Society – Neural
    Interfaces Conference Joint Meeting, Baltimore, MD, June 25-29, 2016.
  4. Ross SE, Khurram A, Sperry ZJ, Jiman AAA, Ouyang A, Zimmerman LL, Stephan CJ, Mahar CM,
    Rice IC, Bruns TM. Chronic spinal root interfacing for closed-loop control of the bladder. IEEE
    EMBS Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, August 16-20, 2016.
  5. Jiman AA, Lewis AG, Chhabra KH, Cederna PS, Seeley RJ, Low MJ, Bruns TM. Modulation of
    urine glucose by renal nerves stimulation in rat. Society for Neuroscience 46 th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, November 12-16, 2016.
  6. Ross SE, Ouyang A, Khurram A, Jiman AA, Sperry ZJ, Stephen CJ, Bruns TM. Chronic monitoring
    and stimulation of the lower urinary tract during sedated and awake testing. Society for
    Neuroscience 46 th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, November 12-16, 2016.
  7. Jiman AA, Lewis AG, Chhabra KH, Cederna PS, Seeley RJ, Low MJ, Bruns TM. Kilohertz
    frequency electrical stimulation on renal nerves increases urine glucose excretion. Society for
    Neuroscience 47 th Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., November 11-15, 2017.
  8. Welle EJ, Patel PR, Jiman AA, Ouyang Z, Zimmerman L, Woods J, Seymour J, Bruns T, Weiland JD, Chestek CA. Characterization of carbon fiber recording tip exposure methods, coatings, and array durability. Neural Interfaces Conference, Minneapolis, MN, June 25-27, 2018.
  9. Jiman AA, Chhabra KH, Lewis AG, Cederna PS, Seeley RJ, Low MJ, Bruns TM. Kilohertz frequency stimulation of renal nerves for modulating blood glucose concentration and urine glucose excretion in a diabetic rat model. Society for Neuroscience 48th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, November 3-7, 2018.
  10. Yan D, Meli D, Jiman A, Ratze D, Kornexl M, Patel PR, Bottorff EC, Welle EJ, Ouyang Z, Ursu D, Parrish H, Kemp S, Chestek CA, Bruns TM, Yoon E, Seymour JP: A high-density tool for the autonomic nervous system: MIcroneedle Nerve Array (MINA) demonstrated in the rat cervical vagus nerve, International Society for Autonomic Neuroscience Congress 2019, Los Angeles, CA, 2019.
  11. Bottorff EC, Jiman AA, Buitrago NS, Mentzelopoulos G, Welle EJ, Patel PR, Seymour JP, Chestek CA, Bruns TM: Intraneural recordings of single-unit autonomic neural activity with a novel microelectrode array, International Society for Autonomic Neuroscience Congress 2019, Los Angeles, CA, 2019.
  12. Barrera ND, Jiman AA, Yan D, Ratze D, Aridi R, Bruns TM, Seymour JP: A novel tool for visualizing invivo microdevice insertion into sub-millimeter nerves, Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Fall Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, 2019 .
  13. Meli D, Yan D, Barrera N, Jiman AA, Patel PR, Bottorff EC, Yoon E, Chestek CA, Bruns TM, Seymour JP: Photochemical bonding of silicone medical devices on peripheral nerves, Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Fall Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, 2019. 
  14. Bottorff EC, Jiman AA, Buitrago NS,  Mentzelopoulos G, Welle EJ, Patel PR, Seymour JP, Chestek CA, Bruns TM: Acute intraganglia recordings of single-unit neural activity with a novel microelectrode array, Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 2019.
  15. Welle EJ, Jiman AA, Patel PR, Woods J, Richie JM, Bottorff EC, Seymour JP, Bruns TM, Chestek CA: Fabrication and characterization of a carbon fiber peripheral nerve electrode appropriate for chronic recording, Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 2019. 
  16. Jiman AA, Welle EJ, Patel PR, Bottorff EC, Ratze DC, Richie JM, Ouyang Z, Yan D, Zimmerman LL, Seymour JP, Chestek CA, Bruns TM: Monitoring of glucose- and insulin-triggered vagus nerve activity using carbon fiber microelectrode arrays in anesthetized rats, Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 2019. 

Other pNEURO Lab Output:

  1. M. Levy, A. Khurram, S.E. Ross, Z.J. Sperry, A. Ouyang, A.A. Jiman, C.J. Stephan, T.M. Bruns, “Chronic monitoring of lower urinary tract activity via a sacral dorsal root ganglia interface,” Open Science Framework, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/WSBR6
  2. A. Jiman, T. Bruns. “Electrical stimulation of renal nerves for modulating urine glucose excretion in rat,” Open Science Framework, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/W8MRP