Optometry Faculty
Aubrey Breithaupt, O.D.
Michigan College of Optometry
Clinic Care Lead and Associate Professor
Shannon Carmo, O.D.
Illinois College of Optometry
Assistant Professor
Arijit Chakraborty, MPhil, Ph.D., FAAO
The University of Auckland, New Zealand
Assistant Director of Research and Associate Professor
Frederick Collison, O.D., FAAO
Illinois College of Optometry
Professor
Jessica Conroy, O.D., FAAO
University of Missouri - St. Louis College of Optometry
Associate Professor
Daniel Deligio, O.D., FAAO
Midwestern University Arizona College of Optometry
Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs and Associate Professor
John Gialousakis, O.D., Ed.M., FAAO (Dipl AAO)
State University of New York College of Optometry
Director of Student Achievement and Associate Professor
Jenny Geevarghese, O.D., FAAO
Midwestern University Arizona College of Optometry
Associate Professor
Brianne Hobbs, O.D., Ph.D., FAAO
University of Missouri - St. Louis College of Optometry
Dean and Professor
Konstantina Kalas, O.D., FAAO
Illinois College of Optometry
Associate Professor
Jenny Lau, O.D.
Illinois College of Optometry
Assistant Professor
Vakishan Nadarajah, O.D., FAAO
Illinois College of Optometry
Clinic Care Lead and Associate Professor
Clinton Prestwich, O.D., FAAO
Southern College of Optometry
Assistant Director of Rotations and Associate Professor
Dana Rhea, O.D., FAAO
Arizona College of Optometry
Assistant Professor
Samantha Rice, O.D., FAAO
Illinois College of Optometry
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Associate Professor
Suraj Upadhyaya, Ph.D., FAAO
Southwestern University College of Optometry, Ph.D. University of Houston
Associate Professor
Margaret Wilczek, O.D.
Illinois College of Optometry
Director of Residencies and Associate Professor
Jenna Williams, O.D., FAAO
Illinois College of Optometry
Director of Clinical Operations and Associate Professor
Parres Wright, O.D., FAAO
Nova Southeastern University College of Optometry
Clinic Care Lead and Associate Professor
Hye Seon Yoo, O.D.
Illinois College of Optometry
Associate Professor
College of Graduate Studies Faculty with Joint Appointments
Milad Alasady, Ph.D.
University of Baltimore
Assistant Professor
Bryan C. Bjork, Ph.D.
University of Iowa
Professor
Joshua Edwards, Ph.D.
Michigan State University
Professor
Jeremy Ellermeier, Ph.D.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Associate Professor
Matthew Fardoux, M.S.
Northern Illinois University
Instructor
Eric Gorscak, Ph.D.
Ohio University
Associate Professor
Phillip G. Kopf, Ph.D.
University of New Mexico
Chair Pharmacology and Professor
Jeffrey Kurkewich, Ph.D.
University of Notre Dame
Assistant Professor
Jonathan Lerner, Ph.D.
Paris Descartes University, France
Assistant Professor
Isabel Martinez-Peña y Valenzuela, Ph.D.
University of La Laguna, Spain
Assistant Professor
Candice Mazewski, Ph.D.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Assistant Professor
Rafael Mejía-Alvarez, M.D., Ph.D.
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
CINVESTAV/Baylor College of Medicine
Chair Physiology and Professor
Marsha Louise Pierce, Ph.D.
Creighton University
Associate Professor
Maura Porta, Ph.D.
Loyola University Chicago
Assistant Professor
Prasanth Puthanveetil, Ph.D.
University of British Colombia, Canada
Associate Professor
Cai Roberts, Ph.D.
City of Hope, Irell & Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences
Assistant Professor
Alexander J. Rosenberg, Ph.D.
University of Illinois at Chicago
Assistant Professor
Ira Sigar, Ph.D.
Illinois Institute of Technology
Associate Professor
Erin Stephenson, Ph.D.
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia
Associate Professor
Luigi Strizzi, Ph.D.
Gabriele D’Annunzio University
Associate Professor
Sinju Sundaresan, Ph.D.
Texas Woman’s University
Assistant Professor
Michelle Swanson-Mungerson, Ph.D.
Loyola University Chicago
Professor
Julie A. Swartzendruber, Ph.D.
Northwestern University
Associate Professor
Martin Szul, Ph.D.
University of Tennessee
Instructor
Joseph Terranova, Ph.D.
Georgia State University
Assistant Professor
Vaibhav Tiwari, Ph.D.
Banaras Hindu University, India
Associate Professor
Maria Traka, Ph.D.
University of Crete, Greece
Associate Professor
Renier Velez-Cruz, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University
Associate Professor
Susan Viselli, Ph.D.
Pennsylvania State University
Chair Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics and Professor
Michael V. Volin, Ph.D.
The University of Chicago
Chair Microbiology and Immunology and Professor
Deming Yang, Ph.D.
Stony Brook University
Assistant Professor