Doctoral Researchers (Ph.D)

2019:
Dr. Tanya Singh, Biomedical Engineering, 'Regulatory impacts of glia on neuromuscular junction'
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanyasingh989/

2018:
Dr. Shawn Mishra, Biomedical Engineering, 'Electrochemical stimulation of photoreceptor cells for retinal transplantation'

https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawn-mishra/

2017:
Dr. Sean McCutcheon, Biomedical Engineering, 'Biomechanical communication across progenitor cell populations'
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-mccutcheon-phd-23936593/

2015:
Dr. Uchenna J. Unachukwu, Biology, 'Characterizing migratory signaling pathways of transplantable photoreceptor progenitor cells: A systems biology approach' (co-mentored S. Redenti)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnuchenna/

2012:
Dr. Richard A. Able Jr., Biochemistry, 'Real-time measurement of glial progenitor chemotaxis'

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rich-able-b912436/

2009:
Dr. Qingjun Kong, Mechanical Engineering, 'Growth-factor induced cell migration using microfabricated devices'

https://www.linkedin.com/in/qingjun-kong-phd-7a655011/

Master of Science (M.S.)

2023:

Natalia G. Castro, 'Examining the role of estradiol in the inner blood-retinal barrier of diabetic retinopathy'

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nataliagcastro/

Stephen R. Mut, 'Electochemical fields to promote migration of retinal progenitor cells in 3D'

https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-mut-344037161/

2022:

Richard Cliver, 'Reparative Glial Targets for Radiative Damage to the Nervous System.'

https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-cliver-aa1061136/

Miles Markey, 'Examining Collective Behaviors of Retinal Progenitor Cells to Inform Future Transplantation Therapies.' https://www.linkedin.com/in/miles-markey-12a5b213b/

2020:

Brian Ayers, 'Incorporating Schwan Cells as a Mediator of Spinal Cord Outgrowth for Regenerative Therapies.'

https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-ayers-bme/

2019:

Caroline Pena, 'Developing a 3D model of neural migration in regenerating retina'

https://www.linkedin.com/in/caroline-d-pena/

2018:

Eric Sun, ‘A microfluidic model to study cell to cell communication between retinal progenitor populations’

Stephanie Zhang, 'Using Drosophila to evaluate collective migration during retinogenesis' https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanie-zhang-a5896365/

2016

Nihan Dulger, 'Microenvironment for the study of the migration of retinal glial cells in concentration gradient fields' https://www.linkedin.com/in/nyyyan/

2015:

Jennifer Rico, 'Chemotaxis of CNS-derived tumor cells within controlled microenvironments'

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-rico-varela/

2013:

Celestin Ngnabeuye, 'Migration of neural cells in microsystems'

2012:

Cade Beck, 'Chemotaxis of Drosophila glia within controlled microenvironments'

https://www.linkedin.com/in/cade-beck-524450b/

2011:

Tanya Singh, 'A novel biomaterial enables chemotactic study of motile CNS-derived tumor cell'

2008:

Richard A. Able, Jr., 'Cell to cell chemotaxis across glial cancer cells'