We are hiring both postdocs and technicians. Please send CV and names of three reference to Jianhai.du@wisc.edu
We are accepting graduate students and undergraduate students. Please contact us here.
Jianhai Du, PhD
Associate Professor
Monroe Trout Jr. Chair in Eye Disease
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
McPherson Eye Research Institute
WIMR II, 9th Floor, Room 9453
1111 Highland Ave
Madison, WI 53705
Phone: 6082622213
Email: Jianhai.du@wisc.edu
Artjola Puja
Postdoctoral Fellow
Email:ap00093@mix.wvu.edu
Tuan Ngo, PhD student
Texas State University-San Marcos (BS)
Major: Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology
Email: tngo7@wisc.edu
Diana Yousef Alabdallat
PhD Student
Major: Pharmaceutic Science
Email: da00077@mix.wvu.edu
Isabella Mascari
Research Assistant
Shepherdstown University (BS)
Major: Biology
Email: imascari@wisc.edu
David Hansman
Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD: University of Adelaide
Email: dhansman@wisc.edu
Alumni
Graduate Students
Siyan Zhu, PhD student 2017-2023
Project: Proline metabolism in the RPE
Email: sz0021@mix.wvu.edu
Current: Reviewer at FDA
Saira Rizwan
Graduate Student (2022-2025)
Major: Exercise Physiology (WVU)
Email:sr00022@mix.wvu.edu
Summer Students
Bernardo Pacheco Pereira
2024 Summer Vision Fellowship Program Student
WVU Undergraduate
Email: bp00014@mix.wvu.edu
Meghashri Saravanan
2021 Summer Undergraduate Researcher
Major: Biology (Virginia Commonwealth University, Summer Vision Program 2021)
Email:saravananm2@vcu.edu
Shanawar Waris
2019 (MS1 Medical Student) WVU Medicine
Email: slwaris@mix.wvu.edu
Brianna Ritz
2019 Summer Vision Research Undergraduate
West Liberty University
Email: bkritz@westliberty.edu
Current: WVU Medical School
Emma Sherfinski
2020 Summer Vision Research Undergraduate
Major: Medical Student (Marshall University)
Email: sherfinski@live.marshall.edu
Emily Adis
2021 Summer Undergraduate Researcher
Major: Biochemistry (University of Tampa, Summer Vision Program 2021)
Email:emily.adis@spartans.ut.edu
Carl Zhang
2021 Summer Undergraduate Researcher
Major: Chemistry (Penn State Behrend)
Email: cyz5132@psu.edu
Kamden Dulaney
Summer Undergraduate Vision ReseResearcher
Fairmount State University
Major: Chemistry
Email:kdulaney4@students.fairmontstate.edu
Wilma Aung
Binghamton University
Major: Biology
Summer Vision Undergraduate Apprentice 2023
aungwilma@gmail.com
Undergraduate and graduate (M.S.) researcher
Audrey Anderson
Undergraduate student (WVU) (2024-2026)
Major: Bioengineer
Email: aja000338@mix.wvu.edu
Cloe Ratliff
Undergraduate Research Assistant (2024-2026)
(WVU RAP program; WVU SURE program 2024 )
Major: Biology and Biomedical Engineering
Email: clr00017@mix.wvu.edu
Rachel Mcneel 2020-2023 WVU
Undergraduate researcher (WVU)
Major: Chemistry (RAP Program 2020)
Email:rdm0022@mix.wvu.edu
Jasleen Gandhi
2017-2018 WVU Undergraduate
Marlee Dinterman
WVU Medical School Student
2018 (Spring semester)
WVU Undergraduate (Biology)
Project: Proline transport in the RPE
Email: mad0040@mix.wvu.edu
Cara Laswell
2017-2018 WVU Undergraduate (Biomedical Engineering)
Project: Metabolism in thyroid disease.
Email: cjlaswell@mix.wvu.edu
Elizabeth Gregor
2017-2018 WVU Undergraduate (Biochemistry)
Email: eagregor@mix.wvu.edu
William Gu
2018 Undergraduate (Pre-pharmacy)
Email: whg0001@mix.wvu.edu
Nicholas McBride
2022-2033 Undergraduate researcher (WVU)
Major: Bioengineering (AGE-ADAR Program 2022)
Email:nkm0010@mix.wvu.edu
Jonathan Cook
Undergraduate research assistant (WVU)
Major: Biology (2022)
Attend WVU Dental School 2025
Email: jdc00023@mix.wvu.edu
Emily Hayhurst
2017-2018 ; Major: Biomedical Engineering. SURE Program in 2018
Email: ehhayhurst@mix.wvu.edu
Rahatul Islam, M.Sc.
Shahjalal University of Science and Technology
Major: Gentic Engineering and Biotechnology
Graduate student (Rotation) 2022
Email: ri00005@mix.wvu.edu
Md Qamrul Islam
WVU School of Medicine
Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine Graduate Program
Degree: Ph.D. Candidate (Rotation, 2024)
mi00032@mix.wvu.edu
Srishti Kala
Graduate student (Rotation) 2022
Email:sk00022@mix.wvu.edu
Mridul Jhawar
Undergraduate researcher 2021
Major: Biochemistry (Capstone CHEM497 2020)
Email:mj0038@mix.wvu.edu
Jenna Sigada
2018-2019; Master student in Health Science Program at WVU
Email: jms0164@mix.wvu.edu
Allison Hauer
2018-2019; Major: WVU Biochemistry (Honors College)
Email: ah0103@mix.wvu.edu
Daniel Lohner
2018-2019; Major: WVU Biology, Junior, SURE Program in 2018
Email:djlohner@mix.wvu.edu
Current: Medical School Student
Albert Jiang
2019-2020; Major: Biology
Undergraduate researcher
Email: aj0089@mix.wvu.edu
Wenjuan Gu
Major: Biochemistry (Capstone Program 2020)
wg0023@mix.wvu.edu
James Davie
2020-2021 MS student (Major: Biomedical Sciences)
Email: jddavie@mix.wvu.edu
Julia Guo
Undergraduate researcher (WVU)
Major: Biology (Pre-Med 2022)
Email:nkm0010@mix.wvu.edu
Ashley Marne
Undergraduate research assistant (WVU) (2024)
Major: Forensic examiner
Email: acm0054@mix.wvu.edu
Visiting Scholars
Rui Zhang
Visiting PhD student, 2018-2019
Email:rui.zhang2@sydney.edu.au
Current: PhD Candidate, University of Sydney
Jiancheng Huang
Visiting PhD student, 2018-2019
Email: huangjc1213@gmail.com
Current: Resident, Fudan University
Research Technologist
Jinyu Lu
Graphic Arts Designer (2024-2026)
Allison B. Grenell
BS (The College of Wooster, Class of 2015) 2016-2018
Current: Graduate Student @ Case Western Reserve University
Email: abg77@case.edu
Michelle Yam
BS (University of New South Wales) 2017-2018
Current: Research Assistant at the University of Sydney
Nicole Bianco
BS (West Virginia University) July, 2018-Nov, 2018
Bo Li Ms
(Nantong University) 2019-2021
Current: Ophthalmologist at the Yangzhou University
Beverly Toothman
BS West Virginia Wesleyan College, 2021-2022
Current: Medical student at the Indiana University
Olivia Roby
BS Fairmount State University 2022
Rong Xu, M.S.
Yanzhou University. 2019-2023
Current: Graduate Student at Carnegie Melon University
Ying Zhang
Research Technologist
Email: yihuang@hsc.wvu.edu
Kevin (YeKai) Wang, BS
Brandies University
Research Technologist (2016-2023)
Email: ykwang@wvumedicine.org
Tel: 304-598-4000 Ex:70329
Mark Eminhizer, B.S.
Westminster College
Research Technologist (2022-2025)
Email:mark.eminhizer@hsc.wvu.edu
Qingyan Wang
Research Technologist (2023-2026)
Email: qingyan.wang@hsc.wvu.edu
Postdoctoral Fellows
Yingxiao Xiang
Postdoctoral Fellow (2023-2025),
Currently Research Fellow at UCSD
Maryam Hematara,
Post-Doctoral Fellows
PhD Chinese Academy of Science, 2022
Current: Postdoc at Dr. Michael Robichaux
Hadi Heidari , PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2023-2024)
PhD: Chinese Academy of Science, 2022
Email: Hadi.Heidari@hsc.wvu.edu