2016 Summer Interns and Special Volunteers

Summer Interns

Student	Lab/Branch	PI	Institution
Fatimah Almaghrabi	LI	Rachel Caspi, Ph.D.	Catholic University of America
Elaine Bucknam	VRSS	James Raber, Ph.D., D.V.M.	St. Mary's College of Maryland
Rafael Calpena	OGVFB	Kapil Bharti, Ph.D.	California State University, Stanislaus
Sarah Chwiki	HCF	Mones Abu-Asab, Ph.D.	University of Virginia
Grace Eddy	OCD	Elizabeth Murphy, Ph.D.	Bethesda Chevy Chase High School, MD
Iain Forrest	OGVFB	Brian Brooks, M.D., Ph.D.	University of Maryland, College Park
Aarti Hinduja	OGVFB	Brett Jeffrey, Ph.D.	University of Maryland, College Park
Ranganath Kathawate	LI	Rachel Caspi, Ph.D.	International Academy, Okma Campus, MI
Annapurna Kuppa	OGVFB	Yuri Sergeev, Ph.D.	Johns Hopkins University
Nattacha Munakata	LRCMB	T. Michael Redmond, Ph.D.	Hayfield Secondary School, Virginia
Kevin Peralta	OGVFB	Brian Brooks, M.D., Ph.D.	E.L. Haynes High School, Washington, D.C.
Jayram Sastry	HCF	Mones Abu-Asab, Ph.D.	St. Albans School, MD
Matt Shumway	LRCMB	T. Michael Redmond, Ph.D.	Piedmont Virginia Community College
Deepanshu “Yash” Singh	OGVFB	J. Fielding Hejtmancik, M.D., Ph.D.	College of William & Mary
Momina Tariq	N-NRL	Tudor Badea, M.D., Ph.D.	George Mason University
Hanna Tso	N-NRL	Anand Swaroop, Ph.D.	Purdue University
Tareq Uddin	OGVFB	Kapil Bharti, Ph.D.	University of Maryland, College Park
Gregory Vernon	VFC	Haohua Qian, Ph.D.	University of Tennessee
Kathryn Wall	LSR	Okihide Hikosaka, M.D., Ph.D.	Union College
Jiayao Wang	N-NRL	Anand Swaroop, Ph.D.	Georgetown University
Tianyi Wang	LRCMB	Stanislav Tomarev, Ph.D.	Princeton University
Arthur Wu	RNS	Wei Li, Ph.D.	Northwest High School, MD
Toria Yan	LI	Robert Nussenblatt, M.D.	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Yizhen Zhang	RNS	Wei Li, Ph.D.	University of California, Berkeley
Helen Zhao	OGVFB	Sheldon Miller, Ph.D.	Richard Montgomery High School, MD

Diversity In Vision Research & Ophthalmology (DIVRO) summer interns

Student	Lab/Branch	PI	Institution
Modupe “Funmi” Adetunji	LRCMB	Stanislav Tomarev, Ph.D.	Princeton University
Keyla Bordonada	LI	Rachel Caspi, Ph.D.	Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine
Jorge Ferrari Escoto	OGVFB	Kapil Bharti, Ph.D.	Northwood High School, MD
Adam Lazere	LRCMB	Wai Wong, M.D., Ph.D.	Oberlin College
Daniel Lulli	LRCMB	S. Patricia Becerra, Ph.D.	Bowdoin College
Rebecca McCoy	OGVFB	Brian Brooks, M.D., Ph.D.	Morehouse School of Medicine
Howard Nicholson III	OGVFB	Brian Brooks, M.D., Ph.D.	Poolesville High School, MD
Anesu Nyawata	FCC	Rafael Villasmil	Rhodes College
Rachel Owusu-Lewis	OGVFB	J. Fielding Hejtmancik, M.D., Ph.D.	Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, GA Campus
Natalia Santiago	LRCMB	S. Patricia Becerra, Ph.D.	Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico

Summer special volunteers

Student	Lab/Branch	PI	Institution
Hima Konduru	LI	Rachel Caspi, Ph.D.	Walter Johnson High School, MD

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