People Type: Alumni

Biography Education BA Journalism 1984, University of Wisconsin–Madison MA Journalism 1985, University of Wisconsin–Madison Research Interests Before his retirement, Terry Devitt was Director of Research Communications for the University of Wisconsin–Madison. For 30+ years he covered the basic and applied sciences at UW–Madison. He also edited and was the project coordinator for The Why Files, …

Biography Education BSc 1998, Physics, Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay MSc 2000, Physics, Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay PhD 2004, Physics, The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London, UK Research Associate 2004-2005, Physics, The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London, UK Research Associate 2006-2008, Center for Visual Science, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY Research Interests …

Biography Education BS 2005, Biology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee DVM 2012, Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin–Madison Research Interests Felicia Duke’s interest in lab animal medicine began when she was working as a husbandry technician at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee during college. Since then, she has worked in neuroendocrinology, neurosurgery, and behavioral psychology labs using …

Biography Advisor: Mrinalini Hoon, PhD Keywords: Retinitis pigmentosa, diabetic retinopathy, retinal diseases Education: BS 2017, Animal Science, University of California, Davis Research: Ms. Ebbinghaus is involved in several projects to further understanding of synaptic connections, cell morphologies, and interactions during development and disease states in the retina.  The models she is currently working with have …

Biography Education Associate Medical 2002, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran BS 2004, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran MS 2008, Medical Mycology, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran MS 2011, Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI PhD , University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI Research Mitra Farnoodian worked in …

Biography Advisor: Mikhail Kats, PhD Keywords: Quantum dots, optical system design, image processing for visual enhancement Education BS 2017, Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China MS 2019, Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA Research Mr. Feng’s vision research interests include (1) human vision enhancement via novel frequency-converting materials (for …

Biography Education BS 1984, University of Alberta MS 1987, University of Alberta MS 1988, Harvard University PhD 1992, Harvard University Research Interests Nicola Ferrier was a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison from 1992-2012, and is now at the Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago, IL.  She is a past member of the …

Biography Education BA 2005, Sociology, Vassar College DVM, 2015, University of Wisconsin–Madison Research Interest Taddy Fick is a veterinarian. While at UW–Madison, she explored optic nerve and vascular changes seen in dogs with glaucoma (acute and chronic). She is particularly interested in the link between animal and human medicine, and how animal models may benefit …

Biography Advisor: Colleen McDowell, PhD Keywords: Glaucoma, optic nerve head, TLR4, TGFβ, astrocytes, lamina cribrosa, microglia Education BA 2016, Biology, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI Research In the McDowell Lab, Emma will be investigating the molecular pathology of optic nerve head changes in glaucoma, and how cellular crosstalk between astrocytes, microglia, and lamina cribrosa cells …

Biography Education PhD, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Post-doctoral Fellow, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Research Interests Dr. Guo’s earlier work revealed asymmetric and extended interactions between the inhibitory subunit and the two catalytic subunits of PDE6, a key enzyme in phototransduction. He is now studying the sigma-1 receptor, a …