People

Dr. Jakub Famulski

Trained as a molecular and cell biologist turned developmental neurobiologist with a life long passion for live cell imaging. Excited to share knowledge and train the next generation of researchers.

Meet Patel, PhD candidate

Meet joined the lab after completing the rotation program in Jan 2021 and is currently working on the role of cdhr1a during early retinal development. In particular, Meet is going to investigate the role of cdhr1a during early photoreceptor progenitor development and function.

Sejuti Naurin, PhD candidate.

Sejuti joined the lab in spring 2022 and is working on transcriptomic analysis of optic fissure fusion. Sejuti is collecting and analyzing single cell transcriptomes of retinal cells directly involved in optic fissure fusion with the hopes of identifying novel regulators of this complex developmental process.

Aaron West, PhD candidate

Aaron joined the lab in the summer of 2024 and will be initiating a new exciting project examining the function of the TAM receptor axl during neuro degeneration associated with Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases.

Cooper Kincaid, BSc candidate, BIO395 student

Cooper joined the lab Spring 2025 and will be working with Sejuti on the optic fissure fusion project. Cooper will analyze and functionally investigate several novel targets of optic fissure fusion discovered in our newly assembled optic fissure single cell expression atlas.

Lab Alumni

Dr. Oliver Vocking: postdoc/staff scientist: 2018-2023

Current Position: Staff Scientist, Biology, University of Kentucky

Dr. Kristyn Van Der Meulen (PhD, Grad Student) : PhD graduate: 2015-2021

Current Position: Forensic Scientist, KY state crime lab

Dr. Megan Weaver (PhD, Grad Student): PhD graduate: 2015-2021

Current Position: Scientist I, University of Kentucky

Dr. Warlen Piedade (PhD, Grad Student): PhD graduate: 2016-2020

Current Position: Faculty at Sauo Paulo uninversity.

Leopoldine Galopin (MSB, Grad Student): MSB graduate: 2020-2022

Current position: Lab technician, UKY

Nicholas Carrara (MS, Grad Student): MSA graduate: 2016-2018

Current Position: Scientist, Prolong Pharmaceuticals

Maya Owens (MSB, Grad Student): MSB graduate 2022-2025

Current Position: High school STEM teacher.

Carther Ahlfeld: BIO395, 398 and summer student 2023-2025

Current Position: UKY medical school

Deep Patel: BIO395 and 394 student (Spring 2021-2024)

Current position: Laboratory technician UKY.

Brandi Bolton: Zebrafish facility Manager 2021-2024

Hannah Greenwell: ABT394 student (Fall 2023 - Spring 2024)

Currently: Senior at UK - applying to Optometry school

Grace Jacobs: BIO199, 395 and 398 student (2019-2023)

Current position: Cincinnati Med School

Justine Crowell: BIO395 student (2022)

Current position: Senior at UK

Evelyn Turnbaugh: Fish Facility Manager: 2020-2021

Current Position: Grad School, Dartmouth College

Lucas Vieira Francisco: Fish Facility Manager: 2018-2020

Current Position: Practicing nutrition science at his own clinic

Nishita Meshram MSc.: Technician (2019-2022)

Current Position: PhD candidate, Ohio State

Paige Poffenberger: BSc Candidate, BIO395 student: Fall2018-Spring 2019

Current Position: Med School

Amy Sessions: AgBiotech Candidate, BIO395 Spring 2018-Spring 2019

Darington Richardson: BSc Biology, BIO395 student: Jan2015-Dec2015

Current Position: OBGYN

Chase Noel: BSc Candidate, BIO395 student: Aug2015-Dec2015

Current Position: MD

Corrine Howard: BSc Candidate, BIO395 student: Jan2015-May2015

Reed Gilbert: BSc Candidate, BIO395 student: Jan2016-Dec2017

Current Position: MD

Austin Taylor: BSc Candidate, BIO395 student Aug2016-Dec2017

Current Position: MD

Sarah Perkins BSc: Fish Facility Manager

Current Position: Technician UK healthcare

Sydney Veith: BSc Candidate, BIO395 student: Jan 2018-May2019

Current Position: Vet

Cassidy Pelphrey: BSc candidate, BIO395/398 student: Aug2018-Dec2019

Current Position: Genetic Councelor

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