pagrawal@mcw.edu
Mentor: Sridhar Rao, MD, PhD
Year Entered MCW: 2015
Previous Education: BA, University of California, Berkeley, 2014
Research Interest: The role of nuclear architecture in regulating stem cell differentiation

manfinson@mcw.edu
Mentor: Aoy Tomita-Mitchell, PhD
Year Entered MCW: 2016
Program: MSTP
Previous Education: BA, Chemistry - Chemical Biology, College of St. Benedict, 2015
Research Interest:  Developmental genetics, inherited disorders

tbluemn@mcw.edu
Mentor: Nan Zhu, PhD
Year Entered MCW: 2015
Previous Education: BS, Biology-Cell and Physiology, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, 2009
Research Interest: Normal and Malignant Hematopoiesis

zbrandt@mcw.edu
Mentor: Brian Link, PhD
Year Entered MCW: 2014
Previous Education: BS, Biology, Wisconsin Lutheran College, 2014
Research Interest: Hippo signaling pathway in sensory neuron development and maintenance

christiansen@mcw.edu
Mentor: Nan Zhu, PhD
Year Entered MCW: 2016
Previous Education: BS, Biology, University of Wisconsin - Parkside, 2015
Research Interest: The role of nuclear architecture in regulating stem cell differentiation

aserb@mcw.edu
Mentor: Cheryl Stucky, PhD
Year Entered MCW: 2017
Program: IDP
Previous Education: BS, Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics, University of Wisconsin- Parkside Research Interest: Mechanisms of pain and neurodegenerative diseases
Research Interest: Mechanisms of pain and neurodegenerative diseases

kertel@mcw.edu
Mentor: Daniel Lipinski, MSc, DPhil
Year Entered MCW: 2017
Program: IDP
Previous Education: BS, Biology Marian University, Fond du Lac WI
Research Interest: Ocular gene therapy techniques to preserve vision

hheitkotter@mcw.edu
Mentor: Joseph Carroll, PhD
Year Entered MCW: 2017
Program: NDP
Previous Education: BA, Lake Forest College
Research Interest: Exploring the connection between the eye and brain

eclark@mcw.edu
Mentor: Brian Link, PhD
Year Entered MCW: 2011
Previous Education: BA, Albion College, 2012
Research Interest: Genetic basis of neurodegenerative diseases

acowie@mcw.edu
Mentor: Cheryl Stucky, PhD
Year Entered MCW: 2014
Previous Education: BS, Marquette University, 2013
Research Interest: Mechanotransduction, pain transduction and sensation

sdebehnke@mcw.edu
Mentor: Elena Semina, PhD
Year Entered MCW: 2015
Previous Education: BS, Carroll University, 2013
Research Interest: Functional and mechanistic analyses of a MAC spectrum associated gene mab21l2 using a zebrafish model

neaton@mcw.edu
Mentor: Herve Falet, PhD
Year Entered MCW: 2016
Previous Education: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, BS in Molecular & Cellular Biology, 2015
Research Interest: Megakaryocyte and Platelet Physiology

hfisher@mcw.edu
Mentor: Brian Link, PhD
Year Entered MCW: 2016
Previous Education: UW-Milwaukee: BS-Biochemistry, UW-Milwaukee: MS-Biomedical Sciences
Research Interest: Mechanisms of retinal degeneration in Ushers Syndrome

mflinn@mcw.edu
Mentor: Brian Link, PhD
Year Entered MCW: 2012
Previous Education: BS, Northern Illinois University, 2009; MS, Northern Illinois University, 2011
Research Interest: Upstream regulatory elements of the Hippo signaling pathway

mgartz@mcw.edu
Mentor: Jennifer Strande, MD, PhD
Year Entered MCW: 2017
Previous Education: MS in Cell Biology, Medical College of Wisconsin (2014); MHS in Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (2011); BS in Clinical Laboratory Sciences, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee (2009)
Research Interest: Utilizing exosomes to examine the molecular mechanisms underlying cardiomyopathy in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

egronseth@mcw.edu
Mentor: Ramani Ramachandran, PhD
Year Entered MCW: 2013
Previous Education: BS, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2011
Research Interest: Determining the mechanisms of medulloblastoma metastasis, concentrating on microenvironment interactions

kheimbruch@mcw.edu
Mentor: Sridhar Rao, MD, PhD
Year Entered MCW: 2015
Previous Education: BS in Genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison 
Research Interest: Cooperating Mutations in Acute Myeloid Leukemia

khendee@mcw.edu
Mentor: Elena Semina, PhD
Year Entered MCW: 2013
Previous Education: BS, Wisconsin Lutheran College, 2013
Research Interest: Involvement of PITX transcription factor family in human ocular disease

rhillmer@mcw.edu
Mentor: Brian Link, PhD
Year Entered MCW: 2012
Previous Education: BS, Carroll University 2012
Research Interest: Molecular mechanisms governing retinal neurogenesis

ahuckenpahle@mcw.edu
Mentor: Joseph Carroll, PhD
Year Entered MCW: 2014
Previous Education: BS, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2012
Research Interest: Ocular Disease Modeling and Imaging

rlinderman@mcw.edu
Mentor: Joseph Carroll, PhD
Year Entered MCW: 2017
Previous Education: BA, Biology, Luther College, 2013
Research Interest: Retinal Vasculature imaging and changes with disease

jnord@mcw.edu
Mentor: Lisa Cirillo, PhD
Year Entered MCW: 2013
Previous Education: BS, Concordia University of Wisconsin, 2011
Research Interest: Transcriptional Regulation of Liver Development

ddpatel@mcw.edu
Mentor: Daniel Lipinski, MSc, DPhil
Year Entered MCW: 2015
Previous Education: BS, Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2015
Research Interest: Investigating the role of endothelial cells and retinal pericytes in the pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy

ajamal@mcw.edu
Mentor: Brian Link, PhD
Year Entered MCW: 2016
Program: MSTP
Previous Education: BS, Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign, Minor, Chemistry
Research Interest: Developmental Biology, Regenerative/Stem Cell Biology

bsobrien@mcw.edu
Mentor: Allison Ebert, PhD
Year Entered MCW: 2017
Program: NDP
Previous Education: BA, Biology, UW-Madison
Research Interest: Neurodegenerative disease

besajdak@mcw.edu
Mentor: Joseph Carroll, PhD
Year Entered MCW: 2014
Previous Education: BS, Biology, UW-Oshkosh, 2013
Research Interest: Visual Neuroscience - study of the structures of the retina using adaptive optics

asalmon@mcw.edu
Mentor: Joseph Carroll, PhD
Year Entered MCW: 2014
Previous Education: BS, Neurobiology, UW-Madison, 2014
Research Interest: Vision

eseminary@mcw.edu
Mentor: Allison Ebert, PhD
Year Entered MCW: 2014
Previous Education: BA, Augustana College, 2014
Research Interest: Studying Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis using induced pluripotent stem cells

mstorage@mcw.edu
Mentor: Rashmi Sood, PhD
Year Entered MCW: 2014
Previous Education: Double majored Cellular Biology and Honors Chemistry with Mathematics minor, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, 2014
Research Interest: Double majored Cellular Biology and Honors Chemistry with Mathematics minor, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, 2014

ewoertz@mcw.edu
Mentor: Joseph Carroll, PhD
Year Entered MCW: 2014
Previous Education: BS, Biology, Azusa Pacific University, 2012
Research Interest: Retinal and cortical structure and function in human albinism

jbyoung@mcw.edu
Mentor: Iris Kassem, MD, PhD
Year Entered MCW:
Previous Education: BS, Marquette University, 2014
Research Interest: Pediatric Ocular Disease

ssamudrala@mcw.edu
Mentor: Aoy Tomita-Mitchell, PhD
Year Entered MCW: 2016
Program: MSTP
Previous Education: BS, Molecular Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Research Interest: Congenital Heart Disease