Jonah Leinwand

Jonah Leinwand is a PhD Candidate in the OrthoTron Lab, supervised by Prof. Stewart McLachlin, PhD, PEng. Jonah previously did his undergrad in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Waterloo. His research is centered around design, manufacturing, testing, evaluation, and imaging of spinal implants with a focus on cervical artificial disc replacement. In addition to his research, Jonah is working on a startup in the disc replacement space, called Pliantech, through which he is involved with Velocity. Jonah is funded by an NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship (M), and when not in the lab is an avid sports fan and runner.