People Type: Trainee

Biography Advisor: Mrinalini Hoon Keywords: Organ Development, Regeneration, Cell Replacement, Therapy Education BA 2000, Pharmaceutical Biological Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Biological Chemistry, Mexico PhD 2008, Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Cellular Physiology, National University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico Research Dr. Luz-Madrigal obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Biological and Pharmaceutical Chemistry and his Ph.D. in Biomedical …

Biography Advisor: Donna Neumann, Phd Keywords: HSV-1, epigenetics, chromatin loops, CTCF insulators, latency and reactivation Research Summary The Neumann lab studies Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 (HSV-1), it is a significant human pathogen and is present in ~2/3 of the global population. HSV-1 can infect the cornea to establish a lifelong latent infection in sensory …

Advisor: Jianhai Du Keywords: Retinal Degeneration, AMD, Retinal Pigmented Epithelium, Eye Metabolism Education BS 2024, Biology; Shephard University Research My research has primarily focused on investigating the metabolic mechanisms underlying retinal health and disease. Our lab utilizes mass spectrometry-based metabolomics, histology, OCT, and ERG to investigate retinal function and disease mechanisms. I have contributed to …

Biography Advisor: Gillian McLellan, PhD Keywords: Glaucoma, trabecular meshwork, optic nerve, Alzheimer’s disease, electrophysiology, optical coherence tomography Education BS 2020, Chemistry, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI Research Ms. Mathu has been assisting with electrophysiology and optical coherence tomography in Dr. Gillian McLellan’s lab for almost 3 years. She has also been working on characterizing feline …

Biography Advisor: Raunak Sinha, PhD Keywords: Macular and peripheral retina, retinal ganglion cells, retinal development, single-cell electrophysiology, and electroretinography Education: BS 2011, Biology with Neurobiology Option, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI PhD 2021, Neuroscience Training Program, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI Research Interests: Dr. Miller is interested in how neural circuits in the retina develop …

Biography Advisor: Tim Rogers, PhD, and Karen Schloss, PhD Keywords: Perception, learning, cognition, computational modeling Education BA 2019, Cognitive Science, Japanese, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY Research Mr. Mukherjee is interested in how people learn visual concepts and how these concepts might support communicative behavior such as sketching. He uses a combination of behavioral experiments and …

Biography Advisor: Colleen McDowell, PhD Keywords: Glaucoma, trabecular meshwork damage Education BS 2012, Zoology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC PhD 2018, Comparative Biomedical Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC Postdoctoral Fellow 2019, Glaucoma, Duke University, Durham, NC Research Elevated IOP is one of the primary risk factors in the development of glaucoma. The …

Biography Advisor: Andrea Mason, PhD Keywords: Eye tracking, visual fixations, autism, motor tasks, upper- and lower-limb coordination, dual-task interference Education MS 2022, Kinesiology (Motor Control and Behavior), University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, WI BS 2017, Kinesiology, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN Research My research focus is focused on the role of …

Biography Advisor: Gillian McLellan, BVMS, DACVO, DECVO, PhD Keywords: Glaucoma, comparative ophthalmology, ocular pathology Education DVM 2012, Veterinary Medicine, Azabu University, Japan PhD 2021, Comparative Biomedical Sciences, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI Research\ Dr. Oikawa is strongly interested in glaucoma research, spontaneous animal models for medical research, and comparative ophthalmology. His main research focus is …

Biography Advisor: Andrea Mason, PhD Keywords: Vision, virtual reality, gait, locomotion, obstacle avoidance, lower limb, technology, gaze, saccades, fixation Education MS 2021, Kinesiology, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI BS 2017 Kinesiology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA Research Alejandra Padilla’s research at revolves around using vision in virtual and natural environments. More specifically, she …