MO Melvin Opoku
Biomedical engineering · neural interfaces · product design

Building toward brain signals machine minds conscious tools human continuity

I am a biomedical engineer from Ghana interested in tools for understanding the brain, from neural signal analysis to hardware systems that make better measurements possible. My long-term ambition is to help build technologies that can measure, model, and one day preserve the structure of human experience.

Melvin Opoku headshot
Long-term provocation Can consciousness become measurable enough to preserve?
4 publications 5 research projects 3 recent updates 1 product design case study

Projects

Research depth, product-design instincts.

A compact map of the work: human neuroscience, connectomics, clinical ML, biosynthesis, and biomedical hardware.

EEG-MRS project materials

MIT · Lewis Lab · 2025

Sleep stage classification with EEG-MRS

Aligned EEG arousal labels with HERCULES-edited MRS windows to study metabolite shifts across sleep states.

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Connectomics poster presentation

Princeton · Murthy Lab · 2024

LC11 connectome analysis

Analyzed FlyWire structure-function relationships in neurons involved in small-object motion detection.

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Tourette tic detection poster presentation

UF · Brain Mapping Lab · 2023-2025

Tic detection ML pipeline

Compared video and EMG-based tic detection for Tourette syndrome DBS research.

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Terpene biosynthesis poster

UF · Rudolf Lab · 2022-2023

Terpene biosynthesis screening

Screened predicted UbiA terpene synthases in engineered bacterial systems.

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Product design

Bone density measurement system

A hardware case study covering PCB layout, CAD integration, firmware bring-up, and validation.

PCB layout for product design project
Product design · PCB Bone density measurement system

News

Recent moments worth knowing.

Poster presentations, thesis defense, graduation, and the human story around the work.

Melvin Opoku graduation photo
Graduation Completed my UF degree
Honors thesis defense presentation
Honors thesis Defended tic detection research
Undergraduate research symposium poster presentation
Poster presentation Undergraduate Research Symposium

Life

Serious about the work, alive outside it.

A fuller picture: YouTube, salsa, soccer, running, music, and family.

Melvin's family doing the Gator chomp in Ghana Melvin salsa dancing Melvin playing soccer Melvin running Product design team Melvin graduation photo

Contact

Research, product design, and stories worth sharing.