Current Members: in the Lab
Kristina Russano, MS
Lab Manager
Lab focus: Safety, compliance, facilities/operations, lab development
Hometown: Miami Beach, Florida
Hobbies: Camping, reading, gardening, exploring this beautiful state with my husband and puppers
Lab focus: Axonal local translation during axon outgrowth
Hometown: Shanghai, China
Hobbies: Photography, cooking, hiking, traveling
Luciano Custo Greig, MD, PhD
Ophthalmology Resident, Stanford
Kathleen Heng, DVM, DACLAM
Postdoctoral Scholar, Neurosciences PhD Candidate
Lab focus: Interested in neuroprotection and regeneration in the visual system, and research focuses on advancing promising strategies towards safe and effective clinical treatments for optic pathway diseases
Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Hobbies: Swimming, hiking, cooking, and baking
Emma Huie, BS
Life Science Research Professional
Lab focus: Axonal local translation during axon outgrowth
Hometown: California
Hobbies: Baking, kayaking, knitting, writing, and trying to keep succulents alive
Lab focus: Differentiating and transplanting human stem cell-derived RGCs and retinal organoids
Hometown: Guangzhou, China
Hobbies: Hiking, trail running, painting, cooking
Eeshika Mitra, MPH
Life Science Research Professional
Lab focus: At the Goldberg lab she is currently focused in assessing retinal ganglion cell function after injury using a novel reversible model of intraocular pressure elevation in glaucoma. Her major roles include assisting the postdocs with their silicon oil injection injury models, confocal imaging and immunohistochemistry. She is also involved in a project that studies the developmental potential of Muller glial cells to enable retinal ganglion cell generation.
Hometown: Puducherry, India
Hobbies: Hiking, learning different dance forms and making new friends
Michael Nahmou, BS
Life Science Research Professional 2
Lab focus: Astrocyte reactivity in disease and injury as well as retinal ganglion cell-targeted gene therapy
Hometown: Encino, California
Hobbies: Exploring new eats and spending time outdoors, especially with his dog Elvis
Ashley Nies
Undergraduate/Master's Student
Lab focus: Interested in neuroprotection and regeneration in the visual system, and research focuses on advancing promising strategies towards safe and effective clinical treatments for optic pathway diseases
Hometown: Las Vegas, Nevada
Hobbies: Swimming, playing the guzheng, and traveling
Sahil Shah, MD, PhD
Ophthalmology Resident, Stanford
Anna Bettina Toth, MD, PhD
Ophthalmology Resident, Stanford
Lab focus: Astrocyte reactivity in the pathogenesis of optic neuropathies like glaucoma
Hometown: Midland, Michigan
Hobbies: Yoga, traveling, growing plants (especially succulents)
Lab focus: I support lab research in various procedures such as intravitreal injections, optic nerve crush, and perfusion; and I assist in managing the mouse colony.
Hometown: Olympia, Washington
Hobbies: Reading, writing, trying out different restaurants, and exploring the Bay Area
Lab focus: I am developing an epigenetic gene editing system to help with future gene therapy and using this system to identify novel therapeutic targets to treat optic neuropathies.
Hometown: China
Hobbies: Kayaking and golfing
Lab focus: Retinal ganglion cell regeneration from endogenous progenitors
Hometown: Columbus, Ohio
Hobbies: Knitting, hiking, science outreach
Xin Xia, MD, PhD
Research Scientist
Lab focus: RGC survival and axon regeneration
Hometown: China
Hobbies: Cycling and running
Brent Young, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Lab focus: I work on retinal ganglion cell functional light-response modulations and regeneration in neurofibromatosis Type-1.
Hometown: Orem, Utah
Hobbies: Running, biking, and video games
Ziyu Yu, MD, PhD Candidate
Rotating Scholar
Lab focus: I focus on neuroprotection in the visual system and retinal ganglion cell functional light-response in neurofibromatosis Type-1 mice.
Hometown: Hunan, China
Hobbies: Badminton, climbing, and cooking
Current Members: in the Clinic
Lab focus: Neuroprotective and neurorestorative clinical trials in glaucoma
Hometown: Jerusalem, Israel
Hobbies: Cycling and running
Lab focus: Neuroprotective and neurorestorative clinical trials in glaucoma
Hometown: Lompoc, California
Hobbies: Snowboarding, cooking, traveling, hiking with my dog Moffitt
Mariana Nunez
Clinical Research Manager and
Director of the Stanford Ophthalmology Clinical Research Unit
Lab focus: Neuroprotective and neurorestorative clinical trials in glaucoma
Hometown: Oak Harbor, Washington
Hobbies: Yoga, running, and journaling
Lab focus: Neuroprotective and neurorestorative clinical trials in glaucoma
Hometown: Waterbury, Vermont
Hobbies: Cooking, Going on walks with his dog Miller
Collaborators
Lab focus: Studying microscopic retinal phenotype of people with glaucoma, optic disc drusen, multiple sclerosis and other conditions that result in vision loss through the use of advanced optical imaging
Hometown: Montevideo, Uruguay
Hobbies: Programming, cycling, swimming
Lab focus: Developing novel imaging biomarkers for glaucoma using visible-light optical coherence tomography
Hometown: Union City, California
Hobbies: Jiu-jitsu, dog walking, and investing