People

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Jianhai Du, PhD

Associate Professor
Department of Ophthalmology
Department of Biochemistry
West Virginia University

       Email: jianhai.du@wvumedicine.org
Phone: (304)-598-6903

WVU Ophthalmology webpage

WVU Centers of Neuroscience 

                                      scholar link ResearchGate

 

 

Mark Eminhizer, B.S.

Westminster College

 Research Technologist

   Email:mark.eminhizer@hsc.wvu.edu

                                 

 

 

 

Ying Zhang

Research Technologist

Email: yihuang@hsc.wvu.edu

 

 

 

 

Saira Rizwan

Graduate Student 

Major: Exercise Physiology (WVU)

   Email:sr00022@mix.wvu.edu

 

 

 

Artjola Puja

  Graduate Student

   Email:ap00093@mix.wvu.edu

 

 

 

Tuan Ngo, BS

Texas State University-San Marcos

Major: biochemistry

Research Technologist 

   Email:tuan.ngo@hsc.wvu.edu

 

 

 

Diana Yousef Mohammed Alabdallat

Graduate Student 

Email: diana.alabdallat@hsc.wvu.edu

 

 

 

Jonathan Cook

Undergraduate research assistant (WVU)

Major: Biology (2022)

Email: jdc00023@mix.wvu.edu

 

 

 

Qingyan Wang

Research Technologist

Email: qingyan.wang@hsc.wvu.edu

 

 

 

 

Yingxiao Xiang

Postdoctoral Fellow

Email: yinxiao.xiang@hsc.wvu.edu

 

Audrey  Anderson

Undergraduate student (WVU)

Major: Bioengineer

Email: aja000338@mix.wvu.edu

 

 

 

Cloe Ratliff

Undergraduate Research Assistant

(WVU RAP program; WVU SURE program 2024 )

Major:  Biology and Biomedical Engineering

Email: clr00017@mix.wvu.edu

 

 

 

Jinyu Lu

Graphic Arts Designer

Email: jl00007@hsc.wvu.edu

 

    Isabella Mascari

Research Assistant

                                                                                                                                                                Major: Biology (BS)

Shepherdstown University

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alumni

Graduate Students

 Siyan Zhu, PhD student  2017-2023

Project: Proline metabolism in the RPE

Email: sz0021@mix.wvu.edu

Current: Reviewer at FDA

 

 

 

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

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

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

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 | Research Assistant | B MSci (Hons) | Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst | Cancer Research Program

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

 

 

 

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

 

 

Kevin (YeKai) Wang, BS

Brandies University

  Research Technologist (2016-2023)

Email: ykwang@wvumedicine.org

Tel: 304-598-4000 Ex:70329