Lab Members

Principal Investigator

Andrew Wojtovich, Ph.D.
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Research Interest: Optogenetics to study the roles of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) in mitochondrial physiology and stress signaling.

Postdoctoral Scholars

Elena Morin, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow

Katherine Morton, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow

Annika Muller-Eigner, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow

Chidozie Okoye, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow

Anezka Vodickova, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow

Research Staff

Amber Blaakman
Laboratory Technician

Anna Dmytriv
Laboratory Technician

Shon Koren
Technical Associate

Alexander Opsahl
Laboratory Technician

Graduate Students

Nada Ahmed Selim
CMPP - Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program

Research Interest:

Optogenetic control of mitochondria to investigate the role of protonmotive force in neuronal physiology

Dominic Bunn
NSC - Neuroscience Ph.D. Program

Research Interest:

The effects of pathological tau uptake by astrocytes on mitochondrial function and the impact on their ability to support neuron health

Peter Girardi
PWD - PhD Program in Pathology - Cell Biology of Disease

Research Interest:

The effect of mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress on tau pathology.

Research Assistants

Ashleigh Barrett
Undergraduate Student

Helena Feng
Undergraduate Student

Samantha Magowo
Undergraduate Student

Katherine Neyland
Undergraduate Student

Catherine Wei
Undergraduate Student

Alumni

Arsalan Farooqi – Technical Associate; currently, medical student

Brandon Berry - Graduate Student; currently, postdoctoral research fellow

Fernando Escobedo - Technical Associate

Aksana Baldzizhar - Technical Associate

Anmol Almast - Undergraduate Student; currently, medical student.

Laura Bahr - Technical Associate; currently, graduate student

Nick Philip - Undergraduate Student; currently, medical student.

Adam Trewin - Post-doctoral Fellow; currently postdoctoral research fellow

Alicia Wei - Undergraduate Student; currently, graduate student

Madeline O’Connell – Undergraduate Student

Tyrone Nieves – Undergraduate Student; currently physician assistant student

Thinh Le – Undergraduate Student; currently Medical student

Abbey Kampel – Undergraduate Student; currently Graduate student

Lizbeth De la Rosa - Undergraduate Student; currently clinical research coordinator

John Onukwufor – Post-doctoral Fellow; currently tenure-track assistant professor

Jacob Horn – Technical Associate; currently graduate student

Wilson Peng – undergraduate student; currently in the Onukwufor lab

Andrew Bischer  – Post-doctoral Fellow; currently postdoctoral research fellow RGH