Lab Alumni
Amy Hein, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Michael Moravan, M.D., Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2012 - 2013
Tara Sweet, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2011 - 2016
Joanna Daeschner
Technical Associate I, 2021 - 2022
Valerie Grose
Laboratory Technician, 2017 - 2019
Renee Johnson, B.S.
Technical Associate
Alanna M. Klose
Technical Associate, 2010 - 2016
Mallory Elise Seaman, B.S.
Technical Assistant
Sara Trojancyzk
Laboratory Technician, 2022 - 2024
Julia Velasquez
Laboratory Technician II, 2010 - 2012
Jack Walter
Laboratory Technician IV
Anna Yermakova Allen, M.D., Ph.D.
Graduate Student, 1996 - 2000
Currently: Practicing Ophthalmology in Albany, New York
Dawling Dionisio-Santos, M.D., Ph.D.
Graduate Student, 2016 - 2021
Michael James Moravan, M.D., Ph.D.
Graduate Student
Currently: Radiation Oncology Resident, Strong Memorial Hospital, University of Rochester
Laura Owlett, M.D., Ph.D.
Medical Student, 2015 - 2020
Currently: 3rd Year Medical School
Solomon S. Shaftel, M.D., Ph.D.
Graduate Student, 2002 - 2009
Currently: Resident in Ophthalmology, , San Diego
Virginia D. Winn, M.D., Ph.D.
Graduate Student, 1991 - 1994
Currently: Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology and Basic Reproductive Sciences, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Aurora, Colorado
Michael Dacheng Wu, M.D., Ph.D.
Medical Student
Farangis "Fara" (Tolibzoda) Zakusilo, M.D., Ph.D., M.S.
Graduate Student, 2019 - 2022
Boyu Zhao, M.D., Ph.D.
Graduate Student, 1988 - 1994
Currently: Scientist, Drug Discovery, RW Johnson Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Spring House, PA
Sarah Allen (McConnell), Ph.D.
Graduate Student
Sage Begolly, Ph.D.
Graduate Student, 2011 - 2015
Currently: Dow Chemical, Midland, MI
Elizabeth Belcher
Graduate Student, 2016 - 2021
Sarah Bliss-Matousek, Ph.D.
Graduate Student, 2004 - 2010
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow (Dual Appointment), Brigham & Women's Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Boston MA
Julia Chang, Ph.D.
Graduate Student, 1992 - 1995
Currently: Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, Mount St. Mary’s College, Los Angeles, California
Jonathan Cherry, Ph.D.
Graduate Student, 2011 - 2015
Currently: Assistant Professor at Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Colin Combs, Ph.D.
Graduate Student, 1992 - 1996
Currently: Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Therapeutics, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, North Dakota
Joel Dopp, Ph.D.
Graduate Student, 1988 - 1993
Currently: Clinical Science Manager, , Cleveland, OH
Joshua Hinkle, Ph.D.
Graduate Student, 2015 - 2020
Currently: Post-doc NIH NIDA, Baltimore MD
Tina Huang, Ph.D.
Graduate Student, 1994 - 2001
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, , Section of Nutrition and Nutritional Epidemiology, Chicago, Illinois.
Mitchell D. Kaplan, D.D.S., Ph.D.
Graduate Student, 1994 - 2000
Currently: Practicing Periodontics in Ann Arbor, Michigan
Berke Karaahmet, PhD
Graduate Student, 2018 - 2023
Stephanos Kyrkanides, DDS, M.S., Ph.D.
Graduate Student, 1996 - 1999
Currently: Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development, Professor and Chairman, Department of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry, Stony Brook University Medical Center, New York
Mary Maida, Ph.D.
Graduate Student, 1996 - 2002
Currently: President and CEO, Clerisy Corporation, Rochester, New York
Sara Montgomery, Ph.D.
Graduate Student
Fatima Rivera-Escalera
Graduate Student, 2009 - 2015
Tracy Romano, Ph.D.
Graduate Student, 1986 - 1993
Currently: Senior Vice President of Research, Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration, Mystic, CT
Yuriy Shapovalov, Ph.D.
Graduate Student, 2000 - 2007
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, URMC, Majewska Lab
Fiona Anne Dubuss, M.S.
Undergraduate Student, 2009 - 2011