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Lab Members

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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

 

Principal Investigator

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

Postdoctoral Scholars

Andrew Bischer
Andrew Peter Bischer, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Elena Morin
Elena Morin, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Annika Muller-Eigner
Annika Muller-Eigner, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Chidozie Okoye
Chidozie Okoye, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Anezka Vodickova
Anezka Vodickova, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow

Research Staff

Amber Blaakman
Amber Blaakman
Laboratory Technician
Anna Dmytriv
Anna Dmytriv
Laboratory Technician
Shon Koren
Shon Koren
Technical Associate
Alexander Opsahl
Alexander Opsahl
Laboratory Technician

Graduate Students

Nada Ahmed Selim
Research Interest:

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

Dominic Bunn
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
Research Interest:

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

Research Assistants

Ashleigh Barrett
Ashleigh Barrett
Undergraduate Student
Helena Feng
Helena Feng
Undergraduate Student
Samantha Magowo
Samantha Magowo
Undergraduate Student
Katherine Neyland
Katherine Neyland
Undergraduate Student
Catherine Wei
Catherine Wei
Undergraduate Student