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, University of California, 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, Abbott Immunology, 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, Rush University, 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