People

Research interests: Biomedical engineering; Medical imaging analysis; Brain; Visual System; Glaucoma

Award: 2022 The Glaucoma Foundation (sponsored by Patricia Hill) / Research to Prevent Blindness Fellowship in Glaucoma

2022 Alliance for Eye and Vision Research Emerging Vision Scientist

Graduate Students
 
2022 – Present
Lev Paciorkowski, BS (Master’s student, Center for Data Science, NYU College of Arts & Science)

2022 – Present
Khevna Parikh, BS (Master’s student, Center for Data Science, NYU College of Arts & Science)

2022 – Present
Tharangini Sankarnarayanan, BTech  (Master’s student, Center for Data Science, NYU College of Arts & Science)

2022 – Present
Laura Massi, BEng (Joint/visiting graduate student at Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Italy)

2021 – Present
Dean Sheng, BEng (Graduate Assistant, NYU Tandon School of Engineering)

Residents and Medical Students
 
2022 – Present
Robert James, BS

2022 – Present
Kevin Yu, BS (Visiting student at NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY

2021 – Present
Zain Khera, BA (Award: 2022 ARVO Knights Templar Eye Foundation Travel Grant)

2018 – Present
Vishnu Adi, MPH, DO (Award: 2021 ISER/BrightFocus Glaucoma Symposium Travel Award; 2021 ARVO Foundation/Knights Templar Eye Foundation Travel Grant; Visiting student at NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY)

Undergraduate and Postbaccalaureate Students
 
2022 – Present
Jeremy Li (Award: 2022 NYU Dean’s Undergraduate Research Fund Grant; Biology student, NYU College of Arts and Science)

2022 – Present
Shreya Gundelly (Neural Science pre-med student, NYU College of Arts and Science)

2022 – Present
Shin Kim (Biochemistry student, NYU College of Arts and Science)

2021 – Present
Ryan Xue (Awards: Fall 2021 Sigma Xi Grants in Aid of Research (GIAR) program; 2021 Joseph Jerome Research Scholar; 2021 NYU Dean’s Undergraduate Research Fund Grant; Pre-med track Neural Science student, NYU College of Arts and Science)

2020 – Present
Dominick Forlenza (Visiting student at Quinnipiac University, CT, USA)

2018 – Present
Jeannie Au (Pre-med track BA Biology and Journalism Double Major and Chemistry Minor student, NYU College of Arts and Science)
 

High School Students
 
2022 – Present
Deep Ghosh (St. Paul’s School, Concord, NH)

2021 – 2022
Sriram Bhimaraju (The Harker School, San Jose, CA) 

Postdoctoral Fellows
 

2020 – 2022

Russell W. Chan, PhD (Last known position: Chief Technology Officer at Gense Technologies Ltd. Hong Kong) (Awards: 2021 ARVO Foundation Murray and Jeanie Johnstone Award for best glaucoma research; 2021 ARVO Hot Topic recognition for top 2% abstract )

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2019 – 2020
Anoop Sainulabdeen, MVSc, PhD (Last known position: Associate Professor of Surgery and Radiology, Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University )

2018 – 2019
Helen Xinlei Wang, MD, PhD (Last known position: Medical entrepreneur in China)

2014 – 2016

Xiaoling Yang, MD (Last known position: Spectroscopist at University of Pittsburgh; Award: 2015 ARVO Hot Topic recognition for top 6% abstracts)

2013 – 2016

Matthew C. Murphy, PhD (Last known position: Associate Professor of Radiology, Mayo Clinic) (Awards: 2014-16 NIH T32EY017271-06 grantee; 2014 ISMRM educational stipend award; 2014 ISMRM Magna Cum Laude Award for top 15% abstract)

2011 – 2012

Ian P. Conner, MD, PhD (Last known position: Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, 2012-present)

Graduate Students
 
2019 – 2021
Jessie J. Zhu, MD, PhD (Joint graduate student at Capital Medical University, Beijing, China) (Awards: 2021 ARVO International Travel Grant; 2019 Chinese Government Scholarship for Joint Doctoral Training Program at NYULH Ophthalmology)

2019 – 2020
Anna M. Chen, BS (Vilcek Institute graduate student)(Award: 2020 ISMRM New Entrant Stipend award)
 
2019 – 2020
Zhe Sun, MS, MD (Vilcek Institute graduate student)
 
2019 – 2020
Yash Deshpande, BS (Master’s student in Data Science, NYU College of Arts & Science)
 
2019 – 2020
Philip Ekfeldt, BS (Award: NYU Center for Data Science/Moore-Sloan Summer Research Internship; Master’s student in Data Science, NYU College of Arts & Science)
 
2017 – 2019
Monica Mendoza, MS (Master’s student in Biomedical engineering, NYU Tandon School of Engineering)
 
2014 – 2018
Yolandi van der Merwe, PhD (Last known position: Senior Manager, Oncology Customer & Market Insights, Bristol Myers Squibb, USA); (Awards: 2016 ARVO Hot Topic recognition for top 2% abstracts; 2015-17 ISMRM educational stipend award; 2015&2017 ISMRM Summa Cum Laude Award for top 5% abstract; 2015&2016 ISMRM Magna Cum Laude Award for top 15% abstract)
 
2014 – 2017
Caitlin O’ Connell, PhD (Last known position: Postdoctoral fellow at East Carolina University, USA); (Co-advisor/PhD thesis committee member)

2013 – 2015
Leon C. Ho, PhD (Last known position: Resident Physicist, Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital, Hong Kong); (Awards: 2014 & 2015 ISMRM educational stipend awards; 2014 ISMRM Magna Cum Laude Awards (x2) for top 15% abstracts)

Residents and Medical Students

2017 – 2021
Jeffrey R. Sims, MD (Full-time research associate, 2019-2020; Awards: 2020 Vision Eye to Brain Research Retreat - 1st Place Poster; 2017 Liesegang Fellowship for clinical ophthalmology research)(Last known position: Ophthalmology resident, New York University Langone Health, 2021-present)

2017 – 2021
Max K. Colbert, BS (Awards: 2019 ARVO Foundation/BrightFocus Foundation Travel Grant; 2018 Liesegang fellowship for clinical ophthalmology research) (Last known position: Ophthalmology resident, New York University Langone Health, 2022-present)

2017 – 2021
Wenyu Deng, BA (Full-time postbaccalaureate researcher, 2017-18) (Last known position: Medical student, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY, 2018 - present)

2020
Nicole A. Colwell, MD

2018 – 2019
Malack Hamade, BS (Visiting Student at Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY) 
 
2017 – 2019
Ahmel Arshad, BS (Visiting student at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, Middletown, NY)
 
2012 – 2016
Cindy Y. Teng, BA [Awards: NIH T32MH019986 training grantee; 2015 ARVO National Eye Institute award; 2015 ARVO Hot Topic recognition for top 6% abstracts; 2013 Stephen Phillips Award for Basic Science at Dean's Summer Research Program (2/100+ applicants)]

2012 – 2016 
Jesse Lawrence, BS [Awards: 2014 ARVO Foundation Murray and Jeanie Johnstone Award for best glaucoma research; 2013 Dean’s Research Fellowship; Merit Award at Dean's Summer Research Program (11/100+ applicants)]
 
2011 – 2016
Swarupa Kancherla, MD (Award: 2015 ISMRM educational stipend award; Visiting student at Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA)

Undergraduate and Postbaccalaureate Students

2018 – 2022​
Crystal Liu, BS (Award: 2019 Carnegie Mellon University Summer Internship Experience Fund)(Last known position: Student at SUNY College of Optometry)

2021 – 2022
Royce Lee, BSc (Full-time research associate 2021-22)(Last known position: Medical student at Johns Hopkins University)

2021 – 2022
Dipika Pujara (Biology student, NYU College of Arts and Science)

2020 – 2022
Sarah Wu (Awards: 2020 Count Lorenzo Attolico di Adelfia Research Scholar; 2020 NYU Dean’s Undergraduate Research Fund Grant; Pre-med track BA Biology student, NYU College of Arts and Science)(Last known position: Student at SUNY College of Optometry, 2022-present)

2020 – 2022
Emily Tse (Pre-med track BA Biology student, NYU College of Arts and Science)

2020 – 2021​
Maggie Y. Yan (Pre-health track BA student in Psychology, NYU College of Arts and Science)

2020 – 2021
Sophia Khoja (Award: 2020 NYU Wasserman Center Internship Grant; Senior research thesis project; Pre-health track BSc student in Biomolecular Science, NYU Tandon School of Engineering) 

2020 – 2021
Eva Yarsky (Visiting student at The College of New Jersey/New Jersey Medical School, NJ, USA) 

2020 – 2021
Max Shotbolt (Junior, Applied Physics, NYU Tandon School of Engineering)

2020
Krystal Akers, BS  (PostBaccalaureate Pre-Medical student, NYU College of Arts and Science)

2019 – 2020
Huy N. Pham (Visiting student at Williams College, Williamstown, MA, USA)

2019
Hana Song (Award: 2019 Carnegie Mellon University Summer Internship Experience Fund)
 
2017 – 2020
Vivek Trivedi (Awards: 2019 ISMRM Magna Cum Laude Award for top 15% abstracts; Award: 2018 ARVO Foundation/Knights Templar Eye Foundation Travel Grant)

2017
Antoinette Charles (2017 ABRCMS Student Travel Award; Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP), Sackler Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, NYU School of Medicine)
 
2017
Yue Chen (Visiting student at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China)
 
2016
William Kohler (Student researcher at Saint Vincent College, PA)
 
2016
John Gnalian (BioSc 1903 Undergraduate Research on Biological Sciences)
 
2016
Michael Krawchuk (Last known position: Postbaccalaureate at Johns Hopkins University; NroSci 1901 Independent Study on Neuroscience Research; ARTSC 0120 First Experiences in Research project)
 
2016
Katrina Tragakis (ArtSc 0120 First Experiences in Research project)
 
2014 – 2015
Jennifer Liu (BioSc 1903 Undergraduate Research on Biological Sciences)(Last known position: Resident Physician at US Department of Veterans Affairs New Jersey Healthcare System, 2022-present)
 
2013 – 2014
Tyler Pirkle (BioEng 1002 Intramural Bioengineering Internship) (Award: 2013 Pitt BioE/Provost summer internship)
 
2012 – 2014
Zaid Safiullah (Honors Thesis, and BioENG 1095 Special Bioengineering Research Projects) (Last known position: Resident, Johns Hopkins University, 2020-present) [Awards: 2014 ARVO Foundation/National Eye Institute Travel Grant; 2013 Brackenridge Fellowship (60/200+ applicants)]

High School Students
 
2018 – 2022
Anisha Kasi (Last known position: Undergraduate at Brown University)

2018 – 2022
Patrick Paszkowski (Last known position: Undergraduate at Yale University) 

2019 – 2020
Elizabeth Vesialou (Last known position: Undergraduate at Georgetown University)
 
2019 – 2020
Devon J. Bonair (Last known position: Undergraduate at Johns Hopkins University)
 
2018 – 2019
Andrew Lee (Last known position: PhD student at UCLA; Undergraduate at Williams College)

2014 – 2015
Grace Jin (Last known position: Undergraduate at Yale University)