2023 Winners
Gillian McLellan
Professor
Surgical Sciences / Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Mentee: Virginia Mathu
Virginia Mathu
Graduate Student
Comparative Biomedical Sciences (CBMS)
Mentor: Gillian McLellan
Thesis title: “Disease Mechanisms at the Intersection of Glaucoma and Alzheimer’s Disease”
Ari Rosenberg
Associate Professor
Neuroscience
Mentee: Zikang ‘John’ Zhu
Zikang ‘John’ Zhu
Graduate Student
Neuroscience
Mentor: Ari Rosenberg
Thesis title: “Causal contributions of parieto-occipital cortex to 3D visual perception”
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2022 Winner
2022 Winners
Freya Mowat
Assistant Professor
Surgical Sciences, Opthalmology & Visual Sciences
Mentee: Michael Salzman
Michele Salzman
Graduate Student
Comparative Biomedical Sciences, SVM
Mentor: Freya Mowat
Thesis title: “The Effects of Cadmium Exposure on the Retina in Outbred and Laboratory Animal Species”
2021 Winners
2021 Winners
C. Shawn Green
Professor
Psychology
Mentee: Mohan Ji
Emily Ward
Assistant Professor
Psychology
Mentee: Mohan Ji
Mohan Ji
Graduate Student
Psychology
Mentor: C. Shawn Green & Emily Ward
Thesis title: “The Visual Perception of Animacy and Intentionality”
2020 Winners
2020 Winners
Ari Rosenberg
Associate Professor
Neuroscience
Mentee: Lowell W. Thompson
Lowell W. Thompson
Graduate Student
Neuroscience
Mentor: Ari Rosenberg
Thesis title: “Hierarchical Neural Circuitry Supporting 3D Object Motion Processing”
Nader Sheibani
Professor
Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Mentee: Yong Seok-Song
Yong-Seok Song
Graduate Student
Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Mentor: Nader Sheibani
Thesis title: “CYP1b1 Expression, Iron Homeostasis, and Ocular Oxidative Stress.”