My Students

Current Grad Students

Current Undergraduate Students

• Ryan Bures, McNair Fellow 2011-12
• Bobbi Kolstad, Squirrel Colony Intern 2012
• Aaron Robinson, McNair Fellow 2010-11
• Adam Robinson, McNair Fellow 2011-12
• Ben Sajdak, McNair Fellow 2011-12
  

Past Graduate Students

• Tristan Thomas. ATTENDED ARVO. Working in biotechnology in North Carolina.
• Jason Tonne.  ATTENDED ARVO.  Manages a research lab at the Mayo Clinic.
• Erin Jenewein, MS June 2005. Sigma Xi grant awardee 2004, 2005 UW Oshkosh Distinguished Thesis Award. ATTENDED ARVO. Nova Southeastern School of Optometry class of 2009.  Now Assistant Professor at Nova and KID Clinic Chief.
• Jenny Nemke, MS 2001. ATTENDED ARVO. UW Milwaukee Staff member.

Squirrel Lab 2007: Jason Tonne, Megan Jourdan, Dana Vaughan, Danielle Eisenschink, Melissa Broger, Theresa Rytz.
Not pictured: Amanda Smith.

Past Undergraduate Students

• Eric Exner (began MD/PhD program at Medical College of Milwaukee in Fall 2011)
• Vanessa Ante (2008 McNair fellow from UWO, now in PhD program at Tennessee)
• Michelle Jooss (now in vet school at UW-Madison)
• Minhoon Kim (voted MVP in the laboratory; brought us firmly into the era of molecular biology)
• Jon Gesicki (started dental school at Detroit Mercy in August 2009)
• Megan Jourdan, attending Medical College of Wisconsin for MD.
• Dembi Huya-Kouadio (2008 NSF fellow from University of Maryland)
• Danielle Eisenschink (2007 NSF fellow from Carroll College, graduated May 2008).
• Theresa Rytz (2007 NSF fellow from Florida Atlantic University)
• Melissa Broger
• Amanda Smith, BS May 2008.  Research Assistant, Yale University.
• Angela Rodriguez, BS May 2007. (2006 NSF fellow.) UW Academic Excellence Scholar, Chancellor's Award of Excellence. ATTENDED ARVO 05/06, ARVO travel grant '05. Illinois College of Optometry class of 2011.  Practicing optometrist in Appleton, WI.
• JJ Sager, BS May 2006. U of Pitt Neuroscience PhD program.  JJ did the lab's very first molecular biology!
• Aaron Gruber, BS May 2006. ATTENDED ARVO 05/06. Sigma Xi grant awardee 2005!  Nova Southeastern School of Optometry class of 2010.  Practicing optometrist in Appleton, WI.
• Eric Zuniga (2005 NSF fellow from College of Lake County and UW Parkside). Started DVM/MBA program at Colorado State in Fall 2008.
• Julie Mullen, BS 2005 U Minn; Howard Hughes Medical Institute research intern Summer 2005. UW Oshkosh Accelerated Nursing program.
• Amy Paulik, Northwestern University. Pre-medicine. Volunteer.
• Amy Maltry, Iowa State University BS May 2005; summer volunteer for 2 years; MD from UW Madison; doing an Ophthalmology residency at the University of Iowa.
• Lisa Burian, BS Dec 2003, Fotodyne Life Sciences.
• N'gassa M'ssika, BS May 2004 (Med Tech). Med Tech.
• Don Ruwan Ranatunga, BS Dec 2004 (Bio). UWO Master's degree program.
• David Slotten, BS May 2003 (Bio), AppTec. ATTENDED ARVO.
• Nathan Duncan, BS May 2003 (Bio). Teacher.
• Amy Rider, BS May 2003 (Bio), MD from Medical College of Wisconsin, now doing OBGYN residency at St. Vincent's in Indianapolis.
• Josh Koscher, BS '02 (Bio), MBA '07 UW Milwaukee, Division Administrator at UW Madison School of Medicine and Public Health. 
• Blake Buchan, BS '01 (Microbio), Univ. of Iowa PhD program in Microbiology, class of 2008. ATTENDED ARVO.   Clinical fellowship at Medical College of Milwaukee.