Markus H. Kuehn, Ph.D.

Dr. Kuehn is the principal investigator of the Glaucoma Cell Biology Laboratory. He is an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, a member of the University of Iowa Institute for Vision Research, and a faculty member of the Interdisciplinary Genetics Program.

Amy Cook

Ms. Cook joined our lab as a Research Assistant in the spring of 2009. She is a graduate of Loras College in Dubuque, IA, provides a steady knowledge base for all things lab-related, and generally keeps things running.

Qiong Ding, Ph.D.

Dr. Ding is a graduate of Wuhan University. Her research is focused on the role of the complement cascade and other neuro-inflammatory events in glaucoma.

Dina Ahram

Dina is a graduate student in the University of Iowa Interdisciplinary Genetics Program. She joined the laboratory in the summer of 2010. Dina received a Master's degree from the University of Sydney, Australia. Her current focus is the genetics of angle closure glaucoma.

Tyler Risma

Tyler is a medical student student in the University of Iowa Carver Collge of Medicine. He participates in the Research Distinction Track Program and is investigating vascular changes in the retina.

Anamaria Manea, M.D.

Anamaria is a postdoctoral fellow who joined the lab in the summer of 2011. She is working on the development of sustained release formulations of glaucoma drugs and is investigating the cellular changes in the trabecular meshwork in glaucoma.

Alina V. Dumitrescu, M.D.

Dr. Dumitrescu was a research fellow in the Kuehn lab between 2007 and 2009. She is currently completing her transitional year and will begin residency training in Ophthalmology at the University of Kansas in 2012.

Juan Fernandez de Castro, M.D.

Dr. Fernandez de Castro was a research fellow in the lab between 2009 and 2010. He is now conducting research at the University of Louisville.

Bing Jiang, M.D.

Bing was a member of our laboratory in 2006 and 2007. She has since resumed her position as an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at the 2^nd Xiangya Hospital of the Central South University in Changsha, China.

Chan Yun Kim, M.D., Ph.D.

Chan was a research fellow in the Kuehn lab between 2004 and 2006. He is currently an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at Yonsei University in Seoul and remains a close collaborator.