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Susannah Cox
Graduate Student
Geography, UW–Madison
Mentor: Bill Limpisathian
Madison Dillerud
Graduate Student
Neuroscience, UW–Madison
Mentor: Tim Gomez
Niksa Poleksic
Graduate Student
Neuroscience, UW–Madison
Mentor: Ari Rosenberg
Andrew Schultz
Graduate Student
Neuroscience, UW–Madison
Mentor: Raunak Sinha
Anna Chinni
Graduate Student
Psychology, UW–Madison
Mentor: Karen Schloss
Neha Sriram
Graduate Student
Neuroscience, UW–Madison
Mentor: Ari Rosenberg
Zeinab Shirbaghaei
Postdoctoral Researcher
Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, UW–Madison
Mentor: Nader Sheibani
Ruosen Xie
Postdoctoral Researcher
Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, UW–Madison
Mentor: Shaoqin Gong
Zoe Howard
Postdoctoral Researcher
Psychology, UW–Madison
Mentor: Karen Schloss
Celia Bisbach
Postdoctoral Researcher
Waisman Center, UW–Madison
Mentor: David Gamm
Miral Abdalaziz
PhD Candidate
Neuroscience Training Program, UW–Madison
Mentor: Ari Rosenberg
Lauren Sarko
PhD Candidate
Cellular and Molecular Pathology, UW–Madison
Mentor: Kris Saha
Purnima Gogol
Postdoctoral Researcher
Genetics, UW–Madison
Mentor: Akihiro Ikeda
Lauren Kresser
PhD Candidate
Neuroscience Training Program, UW–Madison
Mentor: Ari Rosenberg
Jin-Woo Cho
Graduate Student
Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering, CoE
Mentor: Mikhail Kats
Samir Sanchez Rosas
Graduate Student
Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, CoE
Mentor: Filiz Yesilkoy
Shivani Saxena
Graduate Student
Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, CoE
Mentor: Kris Saha
Pankaj Singh
Graduate Student
Dept. of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, SMPH
Mentor: Donna Neumann
Xuting Yang
Graduate Student
Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering, CoE
Mentor: Jennifer Choy
David Barnett
Graduate Student
Dept. of Surgery, SMPH / Surgical Sciences, SVM
Mentor: Michelle Ciucci
Emma Geiduschek
Graduate Student
Neuroscience Training Program, SMPH
Mentor: Colleen McDowell
Malika Nimmagadda
Graduate Student
Dept. of Cellular and Molecular Biology, SMPH
Mentor: David Gamm
Michele Salzman
Graduate Student
Dept. of Surgical Sciences, SVM
Mentor: Freya Mowat
Mason Shipley
Graduate Student
Dept. of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, SMPH
Mentor: Donna Neumann
Zikang (John) Zhu
Graduate Student
Neuroscience Training Program, SMPH
Mentor: Ari Rosenberg
Heather Heitkotter
Graduate Student
Dept. of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin
Mentor: Joe Carroll, Medical College of Wisconsin
Yaxin Hu
Graduate Student
Dept. of Computer Science, L&S
Mentor: Bilge Mutlu
Melina Knabe
Graduate Student
Dept. of Educational Psychology, L&S
Mentor: Haley Vlach
Michael Landowski
Graduate Student
Dept. of Medical Genetics, SMPH
Mentor: Aki Ikeda
Praveen Joseph Susaimanickam
Graduate Student
Waisman Center, VCGRE
Mentor: David Gamm
Ziyun Ye
Graduate Student
Dept. of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, SMPH
Mentor: Donna Neumann
Aishwarya Iyer Bhasker
Graduate Student
Dept. of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, SMPH
Mentor: Donna Neumann
Raymond Doudlah
Graduate Student
Dept. of Neuroscience, SMPH
Mentor: Ari Rosenberg
Kim Edwards
Graduate Student
Waisman Center, VCRGE
Mentor: Dave Gamm
Mengguo Jing
Graduate Student
Dept. of Human Development and Family Studies, SoHE
Mentor: Heather Kirkorian
Meha Kabra
Graduate Student
Department of Pediatrics, SMPH
Mentor: Bikash Pattnaik
Bryan Rubio
Graduate Student
Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering, CoE
Mentor: Mikhail Kats
Ben Sajdak
Graduate Student
Morgridge Institute
Mentors: Jeremy Rogers & Kevin Elicieri
Allison Spillane
Graduate Student
Department of Pediatrics, SMPH
Mentor: Bikash Pattnaik