Lab Members

  • Robert J. Johnston Jr. (Bob)

    Principal Investigator

    Pew Scholar

    CV

  • Joanna Hagen

    EMBO Post-doctoral Fellow

    Scientific Interest: The genetic and developmental basis of color vision evolution in primates

    Email: jhagen6 @ jhu.edu, Twitter: JoannaHagen2

  • Alison J. Ordway

    NIH NRSA Post-doctoral Fellow

  • Brian Guy

    Graduate Student

    NIH NRSA Pre-doctoral Fellow

  • Christina McNerney

    Graduate Student

    NIH NRSA Pre-doctoral Fellow

    Scientific Interest: Regulation of thyroid hormone signaling in cone subtype specification in the human retina

    Email: cmcnern1 @ jhu.edu

  • Jingliang (Simon) Zhang

    Graduate Student

    Scientific Interest: Survival of retinal ganglion cells and their cell-cell interactions in organoids

    Email: jzhan235 @ jhu.edu

  • Allie Taylor

    Neuroscience Graduate Student

  • Emma Steinson

    Graduate Student

  • Tye Chicha

    Graduate Student

    2022 Vivien Thomas Scholar

    NSF Graduate Research Fellow

  • Rina Helt

    Research Technologist

    2023 William D. McElroy Award

    2021-22 Provost’s Undergraduate Research Award (PURA)

  • McKaily Adams

    Research Technologist and Lab Manager

  • Christina Im

    Undergraduate Student

    2022-23 Provost’s Undergraduate Research Award (PURA)

  • Ryan Freund

    Undergraduate Student

    2023-24 Provost’s Undergraduate Research Award (PURA)

  • Rohit Rachala

    Undergraduate Student

    2023 Woodrow Wilson Undergraduate Research Fellow

  • Marina Curchitser

    Undergraduate Student

    2024 Summer Provost’s Undergraduate Research Award (PURA)

  • Katalina (Katie) Li

    Undergraduate Student