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2013 Summer Interns and Special Volunteers

Summer interns

Student Lab/Branch Mentor Institution
Siqi Chen LI Igal Gery, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, MD
Morgan Davis LRCMB T. Michael Redmond, Ph.D. Skyline College, CA
Anurag Goel URN Wei Li, Ph.D. Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology, VA
Laura Keehan LRCMB S. Patricia Becerra, Ph.D. Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart, MD
Karly Lebherz LRCMB Stanislav Tomarev, Ph.D. University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Andrea Li OGVFB Kapil Bharti, Ph.D. Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology, VA
Diamond Ling LI Robert Nussenblatt, M.D. University of Maryland School of Medicine, MD
Clare McLaughlin LI Chi-Chao Chan, M.D. Wilson High School, DC
Cydney Nguyen LRCMB Ignacio Rodriguez, Ph.D. University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Christine Park N-NRL Anand Swaroop, Ph.D. Smith College, MA
Nisha Patel N-NRL Tiansen Li, Ph.D. Montgomery College, MD
Aidan Pillard LSR Bruce Cumming, M.D., Ph.D. Georgetown Day School, DC
Katherine Pohida N-NRL Anand Swaroop, Ph.D. University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Rizwana Saleem LSR Okihide Hikosaka, M.D., Ph.D. Richard Montgomery High School, MD
Hyun Jae Seo LI Charles Egwuagu, Ph.D. Amherst College, MA
Joseph Soucy LRCMB T. Michael Redmond, Ph.D. University of Rochester, NY
Caity Wallace OGVFB J. Fielding Hejtmancik, M.D., Ph.D. Drexel University, PA
Eve Waters VRRS James Raber, Ph.D., D.V.M. Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, VA
Rebecca Xi OGVFB Brian Brooks, M.D., Ph.D. University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Margaret Yang DNA Diagnostic Lab Xinjing Wang, Ph.D. Cornell University, NY
Elizabeth Yuen LI Rachel Caspi, Ph.D. San Francisco State University, CA
Gloria Zhu N-NRL Tiansen Li, Ph.D. Wethersfield High School, CT

Diversity In Vision Research & Ophthalmology (DIVRO) summer interns

Student Lab/Branch Mentor Institution
Rebecca Abay LRCMB T. Michael Redmond, Ph.D. University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Kaifa Boyce LRCMB Ignacio Rodriguez, Ph.D. Mount Saint Mary’s University, MD
Yoel Cortes-Peña LRCMB T. Michael Redmond, Ph.D. Georgia Institute of Technology, GA
David Fernandez-Fidalgo URN Wei Li, Ph.D. University of Miami, FL
Donnell Knighten OGVFB Brett Jeffrey, Ph.D. Howard University, DC
Emily Mendez LRCMB S. Patricia Becerra, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, MD
Alejandro Morales Martinez FCC Rafael Villasmil University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Jose Salazar HCF Mones Abu-Asab, Ph.D. Poolesville High School, MD
Tiffany Strong LI Charles Egwuagu, Ph.D. Academy of the Holy Cross, MD

Summer special volunteers

Student Lab/Branch Mentor Institution
Jennifer Du URN Wei Li, Ph.D. Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology, VA
Nikhil Gupta OGVFB J. Fielding Hejtmancik, M.D., Ph.D. Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology, VA
Eileen Mayro LI Rachel Caspi, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, PA
Madeline Melch OGVFB Brian Brooks, M.D., Ph.D. Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart, MD
Nikhil Reddy OGVFB J. Fielding Hejtmancik, M.D., Ph.D. Centerville High School, OH
Paolo Rigor OGVFB J. Fielding Hejtmancik, M.D., Ph.D. University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Sonali Srivastava LI Rachel Caspi, Ph.D. Brookfield East High School, WI

Last updated: July 17, 2019