Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Lab Members
Takaaki Kuwajima, Ph.D
Principal Investigator
2023-
2018-2023
2015-2017
2006-2013
2014
2006
2001
Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Research Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University (Przedborski lab)
Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University (Henderson lab)
Postdoctoral and Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University (Mason lab)
Ph.D [Biological Science], Osaka University (Yoshikawa lab)
BS [Organic Chemistry], Ritsumeikan University (Tamiaki lab)
Khushi Rai
Research Technician
2024-
2020-2024
Research Technician
BS (Neuroscience), University of Pittsburgh
Serena Arnold
Undergraduate Student
2023-
2022-
Research Assistant
Undergraduate student, University of Pittsburgh
Nicholas King
Undergraduate Student
2024-
2023-
Research Assistant
Undergraduate student, University of Pittsburgh
Former Members
Rody Kingston
Research technician: 2018 - 2020
Now: Ph.D student -> Research Tech @ University of Pittsburgh
Smrithi Shyam
Summer research intern (high school student): July - Aug, 2022
Now: Undergraduate student @ University of Pennsylvania
Manjiri Palayekar
Undergraduate: 2021 - 2023
Fumika Ando
Visiting Undergraduate: Dec, 2019 - Jan, 2020, July - August, 2020
Now: MD student @ Albany Medical College
Dwarkesh Amin
Undergraduate, MS student and Research technician: 2019 - 2022
Now: MD student @ Duquesne University
Jade Steber
Undergraduate: 2023 - 2024
Sneha Misra
Undergraduate: 2019 - 2022
Now: MD student @ Touro College of Medicine
Gregory Campbell
Research technician: 2020 - 2023
Now: Ph.D student @
University of Pennsylvania
Kristin Hsieh
Undergraduate: 2022 - 2024
Now: MD student @ Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
