OCULAR BIOMECHANICS - Key Persons


Alexandra (Judisch) Gogola

Job Titles:
  • Systems Analyst

Andrew Theophanous


Ashley Linton

Job Titles:
  • Research Assistant
Ms.LintonreceivedherBachelor'sdegreeinneuroscience(2022)fromAlleghenyCollege.Herworkincludessamplepreparation,histologyprocessing,andanalyzingimagesfrommicroscopyandopticalcoherencetomography.

Bryn Brazile

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  • Last Known Senior Engineer at Baxter

Danielle Hu

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  • Research Assistant

Fuqiang Zhong

Job Titles:
  • Last Known As Research Engineer at Huawei

Grace Tavitas

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Student

Hannah Schilpp

Job Titles:
  • Research Assistant
Ms.SchilppreceivedherBachelor'sdegreeinBiochemistry(2021)fromSaintVincentCollege.Herworkfocusesonsamplepreparation,histologyprocessing,andacquiringandanalyzingimages.

Huong Tran

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Student and Research Assistant

Ian A. Sigal

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor
Dr.SigalreceivedaB.Sc.inPhysicsfromtheUniversidadNacionalAutónomadeMéxico,MéxicoCity(1999),aM.A.Sc.inAerospaceEngineeringfromtheUniversityofToronto,Canada(2001),andaPh.D.inMechanicalEngineering(CollaborativeprograminBiomedicalEngineering)alsofromtheUniversityofToronto,Canada(2006).Dr.Sigalhasdedicatedhisscientificcareertothestudyofbiomechanics-relateddiseasesoftheeye,andtoglaucomainparticular.DuringhisPhDhepioneeredmethodsforcomputationalmodelingoftheeyetounderstandwhysomeindividualsdevelopglaucomawhileothersdonot.Hecontinuedtorefinethesetechniquesasapost-docandthenasaresearchassociateattheDeversEyeInstituteinPortlandOregon.InOctober2010hejoinedtheUniversityofPittsburghandfoundedtheLaboratoryofOcularBiomechanics.

Jake Wallace

Job Titles:
  • Research Assistant

John Gnalian

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  • Research Assistant

Jonathan L. Grimm

Job Titles:
  • Senior Analyst

Joseph Rizzo

Job Titles:
  • Di PoLo Lab

Julianna Werner

Job Titles:
  • Research Assistant ( Part Time )
Ms.WernerispursuingaBachelor'sdegreeinBioengineeringandaminorinMechanicalEngineeringfromtheUniversityofPittsburgh(2024).Herworkfocusesonquantifyingmechanicalstructuresoftheeyeandimageanalysis.

Kevin Chan

Job Titles:
  • Department of Ophthalmology, Radiology, Neuroimaging and Visual Science Laboratory

Marissa Quinn

Job Titles:
  • Research Assistant

Miriam Bolhmann Kunz

Job Titles:
  • Post - Doctoral Fellow
Dr.BohlmannKunzreceivedherB.A.inChemistryfromNorthwesternUniversity(2016),andherPh.D.inChemistryfromtheUniversityofWisconsin-Madison(2022).Herresearchbackgroundisinultrafastmultidimensionalspectroscopiesandincorporatingthesemethodswithopticalandatomicforcemicroscopy(AFM).Dr.BohlmannKunzdevelopedamethodtomeasurelinearabsorptionspectraviaanAFMthatwasabletomeasuredifferencesinabsorptionwithnanoscaleresolution.Hercurrentresearchinterestsareinvariouspolarizedlightandnonlinearmicroscopymethods.

Mohammad Refatul Islam

Job Titles:
  • Last Known As Assistant Professor at the University of Texas

Nathan Naylor

Job Titles:
  • Mechanical Research Engineer

Ning-Jiun Jan

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Student

Qi Tian

Mr.TianreceivedhisBachelor'sdegreeinElectricalEngineeringandAutomation(2021)fromHuazhongUniversityofScienceandTechnology,China.Hiscurrentresearchfocusesonmicrostructureandmechanicsofthesclera.

Radhika Pande

Ms.PandereceivedherBachelor'sdegreeinBiomedicalEngineeringandaminorinAppliedMathematics(2022)fromtheUniversityofVirginia.ShewasanundergraduateresearchassistantintheHelmkeLabattheUniversityofVirginia,wheresheworkedoncellstretchingandsubstratestiffness-dependentcellmorphologytostudytoxoplasmosis.

Rafique Khan

Job Titles:
  • Research Assistant

Susannah Waxman

Ms.WaxmanreceivedherBachelor'sdegreeinBotany(2016)fromOhioWesleyanUniversity.ShewasaresearchassistantatOhioWesleyan(2014-2016)andalaboratorytechnicianandmanagerattheUniversityofPittsburgh(2016-2018).Shehasworkedoncharacterizingthephysiologyandpathophysiologyoftheeye'sconventionaloutflowtract.Hercurrentresearchfocusesonelucidatingtheroleofperivascularcellsintheopticnervehead.

Tian Yong Foong

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Student

Yi (Jason) Hua

Job Titles:
  • Last Known As Assistant Professor at the University of Mississippi