Current & Past Trainees

Ph.D. Graduate Students:

  • Valerie Hinsch, M.Sc. 2023 – present
  • Jaden Tang, M.Sc. 2022 -present
  • Siddhant Gupte, Ph.D.- 2019-2023, currently Associate Consultant, IQVIA
  • Russell Mellen, Ph.D.- 2018-2022, currently Field Application Specialist at Lumicks
  • Victoria Makal, Ph.D.- 2017-2020, currently Assistant Professor in Department of Biochemistry, UV Wise
  • Kaitlyn Calabro, Ph.D.- 2016-2019, currently Senior Scientist at e-Therapeutics, PLC
  • K. Tyler McCullough, Ph.D.- 2016-2019, currently Principal Scientist at Life Edit
  • Miranda Scalabrino, Ph.D.- 2013-2016, currently Assistant Professor in Department of Ophthalmology at Medical College of Wisconsin

Post-Doctoral Associates:

  • Kaitlyn Calabro, Ph.D.- 2020-2023, currently Senior Scientist at e-Therapeutics, PLC
  • Sean Crosson, Ph.D.- 2018-2021, currently Senior Scientist at Life Edit
  • Shreyasi Choudhury, Ph.D.- 2014-2019, currently Senior Scientist at Regeneron
  • Frank Dyka, Ph.D. (shared with William Hauswirth), 2014-2015, currently postdoc at University of Pittsburgh

Junior Faculty:

  • Patrick Kellish, Ph.D., 2022-2023, currently Scientist at Kincell Bio
  • 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:

  • Keenan McLaughlin (2024-present)
  • Eydan Torres-Zepata (2024-present)
  • 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- Jan. 2010-May 2012
  • Marilyn Okine- May 2011- Aug. 2011
  • Candace Brown- Jan. 2012-May 2012
  • Paige Davis- August 2012- May 2013
  • Alyssa Berger- August 2013- December 2013
  • Oliver Sroka- August 2013- December 2015
  • Billy Vann- May 2013- December 2014
  • Ruth Antony- January 2015- December 2016
  • Lauren von Zabern- Jan. 2015- December 2016
  • Gita Lakshminarayanan- June 2015- August 2015
  • Jordan Dailey- October 2015
  • Grace Cope- January 2015- December 2016
  • Andrew Makarov- August 2016-August 2017
  • Erich Zellmer- October 2016-June 2018
  • Nicole Pineda- post-bac research volunteer, January 2017-January 2019
  • Nora Wartan- post-bac research volunteer, January 2017-January 2019
  • Greg Aiello- January 2017-December 2018
  • Laurel Tanke- January 2017-January 2018
  • Nihal Patel- January 2018-January 2019
  • Brian Li- May 2018- August 2019
  • Cyrus Morshifar- May 2018-May 2019
  • Lillian Vu- August 2018- May 2019
  • Alejandro de-la-Cova- August 2018-May 2019
  • Kaitlyn Evans- January 2019- May 2019
  • Ria Sanghani- August 2019- March 2020
  • Juliet Hassan- August 2019-March 2020
  • Kaitlyn Kiel-, August 2022- February 2024

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:

  • Valerie Hinsch, (2nd year Ph.D. student) (chair)
  • Austin Nelson, (2nd year Masters student) (member)
  • Amy Alleyne, Ph.D. (graduate) (member)
  • Siddhant Gupte, Ph.D. (graduate) (chair)
  • Elizabeth Delgado, Ph.D. (graduate) (external member)
  • Russell Mellen, Ph.D. (graduate) (chair)
  • Virginia White, Ph.D. (graduate) (member)
  • Victoria Makal, Ph.D. (graduate) (chair)
  • Enrico Barrozo, Ph.D. (graduate) (external member)
  • Jieun Lee, M.S. (graduate) (member)
  • K. Tyler McCullough, Ph.D. (graduate) (chair)
  • Kaitlyn Calabro, Ph.D. (graduate) (chair)
  • Miranda (White) Scalabrino, Ph.D. (graduate) (chair)
  • Jamie Shirley, Ph.D. (graduate) (member)
  • Lei Xu, Ph.D. (member)
  • Marcus Hooper, Ph.D. (member)
  • Angela McCall, Ph.D. (graduate) (member)
  • Christopher Reid, Ph.D. 2015-2016 (member) transfer to MCW
  • Renee Ryals, Ph.D. (graduate) (member)
  • Kristin Koehl, M.S. (graduate), Michigan State (external member)