Group Members

We are looking for new students and postdocs to join the team (see openings) !

Kathryn (Kate) Bonnen

Principle Investigator

Amy Nguyen

Optometry Student, Dean’s Scholar (2022)
School of Optometry

Zachary Petroff

Phd Student - Computer Science / Cognitive Science
co-advised with David Crandall, Rowan Candy

Jennifer Johnson

Undergraduate Research Assistant
Neuroscience

Adanna Onwukanjo

Optometry Student, Dean’s Scholar (2023)
School of Optometry

Ziggy Waller

Masters Student, Neuroengineering
Luddy School of Informatics, Computing & Engineering

Bita Manouchehri

PhD Student - Vision Science
School of Optometry

Lloyd Thompson

PhD Student - Vision Science
School of Optometry

Stephanie Shields

Postdoctoral Researcher
School of Optometry

Lab Alumni

Aleks Marijan

Optometry Student, Dean’s Scholar (2022)
School of Optometry

Rachel Allison

High School Research Assistant
Bloomington High School North

Kaitlyn Young

Undergraduate Research Assistant
Microbiology, Clarinet Performance’

Former Mentees

Mark Zarutin

Undergraduate Research Assistant
New York Univ., 2021-present

  • applying to MS programs in Computer Science

Fatima Zainelabdin

Undergraduate Research Assistant
New York Univ., 2020

  • applying to Optometry Schools
  • Recipient of the NYU Dean's Undergraduate Research Fund (DURF) First and Second Year Training (FAST) Grant

Austin Kuo

Undergraduate Research Assistant
Univ. of Texas, 2016-2019

  • now a PhD student in Neurosciences at Stanford
  • UT Austin Dean's Honored Graduate in Neuroscience

Adebisi Akinyemi

Undergraduate Research Assistant
Univ. of Texas, 2016-2017

  • now a PhD student studying stress and trauma in the Department of Psychological Sciences at the Univ. fo California Irvine
  • Recipient of the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

Jasmine Stone

Highschool/Undergraduate Research Assistant
Univ. of Texas, 2015-2019

  • now a PhD student in Neurobiology and Behavior at Columbia University
  • Recipient of Goldwater and Churchill Scholarships, Hertz Finalist

Devon Greer

Postbac Research Assistant
Univ. of Texas, 2014-2015

  • now a PhD student studying retina and vision in Neuroscience at Northwestern Univ.