People Type: Alumni

Biography Advisor: Freya Mowat, BVSc, PhD Keywords: Aging, Comparative Ophthalmology, ERG, Retinal Aging, Behavioral Testing, Glaucoma, Gonioscopy, Imaging Research Summary Andrew is an ophthalmology research intern with the Mowat Lab working on projects investigating age-related changes of the canine eye, with the goal of better understanding how aging impacts canine vision and evaluating a companion …

Biography Education BA 2010, Arts and Letters Preprofessional Studies Program, Notre Dame, IN Research Kevin Snyder graduated in 2016 with a DVM from UW–Madison then completed a one-year small animal clinical internship at Colorado State University before returning to UW–Madison for a 4-year Comparative Ophthalmology Residency.  He has trained in Dr. McLellan’s laboratory since 2013 on …

Biography Education BS, 1980, Agriculture, University of Wisconsin–Madison MS, 1984, Poultry Science, University of Wisconsin–Madison PhD, 1990, Poultry and Nutritional Sciences, University of Wisconsin–Madison Research  Dr. Stahl’s research centered on human conjunctival mast cells, human conjunctival epithelial cells, eosinophils, and barrier function. Specifically, Dr. Stahl studied whether activated human conjunctival mast cells supply sufficient cytokines …

Biography Keywords: Albinism, pediatric ocular diseases Education: BS 1987, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee MD 1991, University of Wisconsin–Madison Internship 1992, Internal Medicine, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, WI Residency 1995, Ophthalmology, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, WI Fellowship 1996, Ophthalmology and Strabismus, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, WI Research Interests: Dr. Struck is …

Biography Education AB 1987, Biochemistry/Math, Brown University, Providence, RI VMD 1991, Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA PhD 1996, Molecular Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Research Ruth Sullivan is a board certified Veterinary Pathologist with a PhD in molecular biology. She is interested in using advanced optical methods to assess the anatomy, morphology, …

Biography Education BS 2000, Electrical-Electronics Engineering, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey MS 2001, Electrical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University PhD 2008 Electrical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University Research Interests Dr. Tekin is interested in harnessing new mobile technologies to provide access to environmental information for persons with vision loss.  As mobile devices and wearable technologies proliferate, there are …

Biography Advisor: Brad Postle, PhD Keywords: Visual working memory, visual perception, attention Education BS 2014, Psychology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China PhD 2019, Cognitive Neuroscience, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. Research Dr. Teng is broadly interested in how visual processing is influenced by various top-down factors such as working memory, control, and learning. Her previous work …

Biography Education BS 1981, Biophysics, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL VMD 1985, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA PhD 1988, Molecular Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Research Description James Thomson has conducted pioneering work in the isolation and culture of non-human primate and human embryonic stem cells—undifferentiated cells that can proliferate without limit and have …

Biography Education BS 2009, Psychology & Philosophy, Florida State University MA 2012, Experimental Psychology, Appalachian State University MS 2017, Color Science, Rochester Institute of Technology PhD 2019, Social Psychology, University of Rochester Research Christopher is an Assistant Professor in the Program of Color Science & Munsell Color Science Laboratory at Rochester Institute of Technology, and …

Biography Education BS 2006, Biochemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA BA 2006, Chemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA PhD 2011, Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI Postdoctoral Fellowship 2015, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI Research Kimberly Toops is currently employed by Carl Zeiss Microscopy, …