Thummel Lab Members

Ryan Thummel, Ph.D.

2022 -              Graduate Program Director
2018 -              Associate Professor, Anatomy and Cell Biology/Ophthalmology
2009 - 2018    Assistant Professor, Anatomy and Cell Biology/Ophthalmology
2007 - 2009    Research Assistant Professor, University of Notre Dame
2004 - 2007    Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Notre Dame
May 2004       Ph.D., Developmental Genetics, University of Kansas Med. Ctr.
May 1998       B.A., Psychology, University of Notre Dame

Xixia Luo, M.S.

Research Assistant, Lab Manager







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Deepa Raghavan

Medical Student (M1/M2 Research Elective)

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Zahira (Zara) Malik

Undergraduate Student (Med-Direct Program)

Arun Kumar

Undergraduate Student (Med-Direct Program)

Previous Members of the Thummel Lab

Name

Solen Tadesse (2021-2022)

Connor Cook (2020-2021)

Emily Fisher (2020-2021)

Justin Carthage (2020-2022)

Shivani Bongu (2020-2022)

Claire Simons (2019-2020)

Alex Cho (2019)

Ashley Kramer (2019-2023)

Sydney Hughes (Summer 2019)

Kenneth Elkin (2019)

Shreya Banerjee (2018-2022)

Brooke Turkalj (2017-2020)

Mazen Zamzam (2018-2019)

Nainjot Mann (2017-2019)

Lillian Ranspach (2017-2018)

Danielle Quallich (2017-2018)

Nicholas Ang (2016-2018)

Sangini Tolia (2016-2017)

Matt Rolain (Summer 2017)

Sarien Nassar (2015-2016)

Frank Mei (Summer 2016)

Kaylee Dolinski (2015-2016)

Harsha Murthy, B.S. (2015)

Alexandra Ranski (2014-2015)

Lauren Kaye (Summer 2015)

Gregory Morgan, M.S. (2012-2014)

Emma Gaboury (Summer 2014)

Chelsea Carver (Summer 2013, 2014)

Jennifer Thomas (2010-2014)

Thomas Carion (2012-2014)

Josh Kalisky (Summer 2013)

Alexis Steinmetz (2010-2012)

Allison Cross (Summer 2011)

Role

Med-Direct Scholar, Wayne State University

Medical Student, Wayne State University

Medical Student, Wayne State University

reBUILD Scholar, Wayne State University

Undergraduate Student, Wayne State University

Medical Student, Wayne State University

Undergraduate Student, Wayne State University

Graduate Student (M.D./Ph.D. Program)

Undergraduate Student, Xavier Univ. of Louisiana

Medical Student, Wayne State University

Graduate Student (Ph.D. Program)

Undergraduate Student, Wayne State University

Undergraduate Student, Wayne State University

Undergraduate Student, Wayne State University

Undergraduate Student, Wayne State University

Undergraduate Student, Wayne State University

Undergraduate Student, Wayne State University

Undergraduate Student, Wayne State University

Medical Student Summer Research Fellow

Undergraduate Student, Wayne State University

Medical Student Summer Research Fellow

Undergraduate Student, Wayne State University

Master's Student (BMS program)

Undergraduate Student, Wayne State University

Summer Undergraduate Research Experience

Master's Student (BMS program)

Summer Undergraduate Research Experience

Summer Undergraduate Research Experience

Graduate Student (Ph.D. program)

Master's Student (BMS program)

Medical Student Summer Research Fellow

Research Assistant

Summer Undergraduate Research Experience 

Currently

Pursuing B.S. at Wayne State University

Pursuing M.D. at Wayne State University

Pursuing M.D. at Wayne State University

Applying to Graduate School

Applying to Medical School 

Applying to Residency Programs

Transferred to the University of Michigan

Finishing M.D. portion at Wayne State University

Pursuing M.D. at UIC College of Medicine Chicago

Family Med Resident at Univ of Pitt Med Ctr (UPMC)

Post-doc at Johns Hopkins University

Pursuing M.S. in BME at McGill University

Pursuing M.D. at Oakland University 

Applying to Dental School 

Pursuing D.O. at Michigan State University

Pursuing M.D. at Central Michigan University

Pursuing gap year M.P.H. at Harvard University

IM Resident at St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor

IM Resident at the University of Virginia 

IM Resident at DMC/Wayne

Ophthalmology Resident at UT Southwestern 

Practicing Nurse at Grand Strand Hospital (SC)

Research Assistant at Toronto Sick Kids

Family Medicine Resident at Memorial Health (GA)

Pursuing P.A. at Rutgers University

Deceased, February 2016, Carcinoma

OBGYN Resident at Case Western Reserve Univ.

IM Resident at the University of Colorado

Neurosurgery Resident at MAYO Clinic

Research Assistant at Wayne State University 

Practicing Anesthesiologist

Practicing Urologist

Healthcare Consultant at HealthScape Advisors