Ph.D. Graduate Students:
- Siddhant Gupte, M.Sc.| 2019 – 2022
- Russell Mellen | 2018 – 2022
- Victoria Fielding, M.Sc.| 2017 -Present
- Kaitlyn Calabro | 2016 – 2019 | Received F31 Fellowship | Currently a postdoc in my lab
- K. Tyler McCullough, M.Sc. | 2016 – 2019 | Currently postdoc at Duke University
- Miranda Scalabrino | 2013 – 2016 | Currently postdoc at Duke University
Post-Doctoral Associates:
- Kaitlyn Calabro, Ph.D. | Jan. 2020 – Present
- Sean Crosson, Ph.D. | May 2018 – July 2021 | Currently at Atsena Therapeutics’
- Shreyasi Choudhury, Ph.D. | August 2014 – August 2019 | Currently at Spark Therapeutics
- Frank M. Dyka, Ph.D. (shared with William Hauswirth) | August 2014 – August 2015
Junior Faculty Advisory Committees:
- Jonathan Bird, Ph.D., Assistant Professor | 2018 – present
Clinical Faculty:
- Jonathan Hu, MD (Resident) | 2014
- Christine Kay, MD (VR Surgeon) | 2012 – 2014
Medical Student Research Program (MSRP) Students:
- Michael Levin- UF MSRP | Fellow | Summer 2016
- Bradley Sifrig- UF MSRP | Fellow | Summer 2015
- John Bullock- UF MSRP | Fellow | Summer 2012
Medical Student Volunteers:
- David Ullman- FSU | Medical Student Volunteer | Summer 2012
- Peter Tang- MUSC MD/Ph.D | Away Rotation Student | Summer 2012
Residents:
- Valentina Lozano, MD (Ophthalmology) | April 2017- Present
Undergraduate Students:
- Jessica Kenney | Undergraduate Research Volunteer | January 2010 – May 2012 | Currently Optometrist in Texas
- Marilyn Okine | Undergraduate Research Volunteer | May 2011 – August 2011
- Candace Brown | Undergraduate Research Volunteer | January 2012 – May 2012
- Paige Davis | Undergraduate Research Volunteer | August 2012 – May 2013
- Alyssa Berger | Undergraduate Research Volunteer | August 2013- December 2013
- Oliver Sroka | Undergraduate Research Volunteer | August 2013- December 2015 | Currently UF Medical Student)
- Billy Vann | Undergraduate Research Volunteer | May 2013- December 2014 | Currently Biological Scientist at UF’s College of Vet Med
- Ruth Antony | Undergraduate Research Volunteer | January 2015 – December 2016
- Lauren von Zabern | Undergraduate Research Volunteer | January 2015 – December 2016 | Currently UF medical student
- Gita Lakshminarayanan | Undergraduate Research Volunteer | June 2015 – August 2015
- Jordan Dailey | Undergraduate Research Volunteer | October 2015
- Grace Cope | Undergraduate Research Volunteer | January 2015 – December 2016
- Andrew Makarov | Undergraduate Research Volunteer | August 2016 – Present
- Erich Zellmer | Undergraduate Research Volunteer | October 2016 – Present | Currently UF medical student
- Nicole Pineda | Post-bac Research Volunteer | January 2017 – January 2019
- Nora Wartan | Post-bac Research Volunteer | January 2017 – January 2019 | Currently medical student at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
- Greg Aiello | Undergraduate Research Volunteer | January 2017 – December 2018
- Laurel Tanke | Undergraduate Research Volunteer | January 2017 – January 2018
- Nihal Patel | Undergraduate Research Volunteer | January 2018 – January 2019
- Brian Li | Undergraduate Research Volunteer | May 2018 – August 2019
- Cyrus Morshifar | Undergraduate Research Volunteer | May 2018 – Present
- Lillian Vu | Undergraduate Research Volunteer | August 2018 – May 2019
- Alejandro de-la-Cova | Undergraduate Research Volunteer | August 2018 – Present
- Kaitlyn Evans | Undergraduate Research Volunteer | January 2019 – May 2019
- Ria Sanghani | Undergraduate Research Volunteer | August 2019 – Present
- Juliet Hassan | Undergraduate Research Volunteer | August 2019 – Present
Visiting Scholars
- Rebecca Fitzgerald (Trinity College, Dublin Ireland) | Summer 2016 | Currently a Ph.D. graduate student at Trinity College
- Helder Andre, Ph.D. (St Erik Eye Hospital / Karolinska Institute) | Summer 2016 and Summer 2019
- Zhonghong Zhang, MD | 2012 – 2014
Thesis Committees:
- Amy Alleyne | 2nd year Ph.D. Student (member)
- Siddhant Gupte | 2nd year Ph.D. Student (chair)
- Elizabeth Delgado | 3rd year Ph.D. (external member)
- Russell Mellen | 3rd year Ph.D. student (chair)
- Virginia White, Ph.D | Graduate (member)
- Victoria Makal | 5th year Ph.D. Student (chair)
- Enrico Barrozo | 5th year Ph.D. Student (external member)
- Jieun Lee, M.Sc | Graduate (member)
- K. Tyler McCullough, Ph.D | Graduate | May 2019 (chair) | Currently postdoc at Duke University
- Kaitlyn Calabro, Ph.D. | Graduate | December 2019 (chair) | currently postdoc in my lab
- Miranda (White) Scalabrino, Ph.D. | Graduate | April 2016 (chair) | Currently postdoc at Duke University
- Jamie Shirley, Ph.D. | Graduate (member) | Currently postdoc at UMass
- Lei Xu, Ph.D. | Graduate (member) | Currently postdoc at UF
- Marcus Hooper, Ph.D. | Graduate (member) | Currently postdoc at University of Washington
- Angela McCall, Ph.D. | Graduate (member) | Currently postdoc at Duke University
- Christopher Reid | 2015 – 2016 (member) | Transfer to MCW | Currently scientist in biotech
- Renee Ryals, Ph.D. | Graduate | July 2014 (member) | Currently Research Assistant Professor at Casey Eye Institute
- Kristin Koehl, M.Sc. | Graduate | December 2018 | Michigan State (external member)