Wensel Lab Members

Students

Zhaohuai Yang (Joe Ouyang), Ph.D. (1989-1993) Chief Technology Officer, CapitalBio Technology

James B. DeMar, Jr. Ph.D. (1990-1998) Staff Scientist, National Institute on Aging, NIH, Bethesda, Md.

Joseph K. Angleson, Ph.D. (1991-1995) Associate Professor and Chair, University of Denver

Karen Vasquez, Ph.D. (1991-1996, joint with John Wilson) Professor and Dean, The University of Texas, Austin

Thomas J. Melia, Ph.D., 1992-1999. Associate Professor, Yale University

Brian Perkins, Ph.D. (joint with John Wilson 1994-2000) Staff, Cleveland Clinic Cole Eye Institute

Christopher W. Cowan, Ph.D. (1994-1998) Associate Professor and Vice-Chair, Dept. of Neuroscience, Medical University of South Carolina

Wei He, Ph.D. (1995-2001) Senior Scientist, Abbvie Inc.

Mathew Sowa, Ph.D. (1997-2002) Instructor, Harvard Medical School

Xue Zhang, Ph.D. (1997-2003) Research Scientist, Gilead

Guang Hu, Ph.D. (1998-2003) Tenured Investigator, NIEHS, Research Triangle Park, N.C.

Wei-Wei Liu, Ph.D. (2000-2006) Faculty, University of Macau

Andrea Cantu Fleck, (2001) (pharmaceutical industry)

James Mancuso, Ph.D. (2002-2008) Program Manager, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

Ben Tobe, B.S. (2002-2010), Life Sciences Sales Representative, Biorad

Qiong Wang, Ph.D. (2003-2007) Intellectual Property Fulbright & Jaworski (attending law school, The University of Texas, Austin).

Zheng Wang, Ph.D. (2004-2010) Associate, Fangda Partners, PRC

Jared Gilliam, Ph.D. (2005-2011) Project Manager, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston

Ivette Sandoval, Ph.D. (2006-2013) Res. Asst. Prof., Michigan State University College of Human Medicine

Hye-Jin Kang, Ph.D. (2007-2013) Postdoctoral University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Shayna Loebig, M.S. (2007-2008) Co-Founder of Action Potential Learning

Yun-Min Sung, Ph.D. (2009-2015) Postdoctoral University of Chicago

Monica Galaz-Montoya, Ph.D. (2009-2015) Adjunct Professor, University of St. Thomas, Houston

Tyler Hilton, 2013-2017 (M.S.) Technician, MD Anderson Cancer Center

Wesley Murphy, 2014-2018 (M.S.) Technician, Texas A & M University

Emily Chang (research track medical student) 2015-2016. Ophthalmology Resident, University of Michigan

Timothy L. Dosey, Ph.D. (2013-2018) Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Drug Discovery, Baylor College of Medicine

Postdocs

Latha Ramdas, Ph.D., July 1989 - July 1990; Research Faculty in the Department of Neurooncology at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

Jagannath B. Lamture, Ph.D., July 1990 - November 1991; CEO, Nanu Pharma Research and Development Center, Margao, Goa, India

Justine A. Malinski, Ph.D., July 1990 - December 1992; Senior Scientist at Invitrogen, Madison Wis.

David P. Molloy, Ph.D., February 1991 - January 1992; University of Birmingham, England

Judith A. Hoover, M.D., July 1995 - January 1996; Clinical Ophthalmologist

Feng He, M.B.B.S., July 1998-2003. Research Associate, Baylor College of Medicine

Ching Yuan, Ph.D., July 1998-April 2001. Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Minnesota Medical School

Alecia K. Gross, Ph.D., August 2002-October 2006. Associate Professor, Department of Vision Science, University of Alabama, Birmingham

Muling Mao, Ph.D., July 2002-July 2005. Research Associate, Baylor College of Medicine

Zhixian Zhang, Ph.D., June 2002-2007. Research Associate, Baylor College of Medicine

Gustavo J. Rodriguez, Ph.D., March 2004-2011. QC Manager, Atara Biotherapeutics

Vera Y. Moiseenkova, Ph.D., May 2004-May 2009. Associate Professor, Department of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadephia, Penn.

Yan Qian, Ph.D., February 2005-2008. Research Associate, Baylor College of Medicine.

Martina Calamusa, Ph.D., February 2006-February 2007. Research Scientist, Pisa, Italy

Deb Kumar Mojumder, MBBS, D. Ophthalmol., Ph.D., February 2007-2010. Neurocritical Care Fellow, University of Chicago.

Melina Agosto, Ph.D., November 2008-2015. Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine

Arundhati Chattopadhyay, Ph.D., June 2009-2010, Postdoctoral Associate, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston Medical School

Jennifer Gonzalez McGehee, June 2010-December 2013. Scientist, Jansen Pharmaceutical

Sara J. Wright, February 2011-present

Ivan Anastassov, April 2013-2015. Assistant Professor, University of San Francisco

Gustavo Rodriguez, Ph.D. (2004-2011) QC Manager, Atara Biotherapeutics

Jennifer Gonzalez McGehee, Ph.D. (2010-2013) Scientist at Janssen, Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson and Johnson

Ivan A. Anastassov, Ph.D. (2013-2015) Assistant Professor, San Francisco State University

Michael A. Robichaux, Ph.D. (2014-present)

Nitin Kumar, Ph.D. (2017-present)