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Fedorchak Lab Alumni

Postdocs
  • Michael Washington, PhD--currently at Reaxis, Inc. Dr. Washington never met a material he couldn't optimize or characterize. 

The first and only graduate of the Fedorchak Lab Entrepreneurship Boot Camp
  • Valerie Quickel--currently at the Entomological Society of America. Ms. Quickel was a marketing major who took a chance on a gap year in a bioengineering lab. It is the unwavering belief of this PI that she can do any task set before her, business or science, better than most. Also a great baker.

Medical Students
  • Anthony Hanna--Lewis Katz School of Medicine (Temple). Prototyping and design guru who landed a non-existent summer research position through self-motivation and initiative. 

Undergraduate Students
  • Lindsay Helsel--Carnegie Mellon University. AIChE poster awardee and another invaluable researcher on our ear delivery projects. 
  • Meera Sakthivel--University of Pittsburgh. Co-author on rare disease review, future physician, and all around all-star in the early days of our cystinosis project.
  • Kate Dunkelberger--University of Pittsburgh. Most likely to find the "needle in a haystack" paper to fix drug loading issues in a project she's not even working on. Also great with ear drug delivery.
  • Andrea Biernbaum--University of Pittsburgh. HPLC protocol troubleshooter and lab baked goods co-purveyor alongside Ms. Quickel.
  • Lauren Krzystowczyk--Birmingham Southern College. Hydrogel characterization expert and the most calm and collected public speaker we've ever seen.
  • Ande Greco, BS--St. Vincent College. Least likely to be discouraged by negative results. Ande relentlessly pursued drug release profiles for our ear delivery projects.
  • Nate Myers, BS--University of Pittsburgh. Resident prototyping expert and novelty 3-D printed eyeball aficionado. 

High School Students
  • Maya Groff--Shadyside Academy. As capable as any graduate student and likely to be my boss someday. Maya performed corneoscleral permeability testing for novel microneedle enhancement techniques.

Location

Related Links

University of Pittsburgh Department of Ophthalmology

The Louis J. Fox Center for Vision Restoration

McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine

The Eye and Ear Foundation of Pittsburgh

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3501 5th Ave., Room 10048 BST3
412-383-4121
fedorchak@pitt.edu
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