
Safal Khanal, OD, PhD, FAAO
Principal Investigator
skhanal@uab.edu

Nilda Sanchez-Castellanos, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
sanchezn@uab.edu

Rohit Dhakal, BOptom, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
rdhakal@uab.edu

Adarsha Shah, BS
OD/MS candidate
akshah@uab.edu

Gavin J Buba, BS
OD/MS student
gjbuba@uab.edu

Ola M Eloubeidi, BS student (Major: Biology)
Lab volunteer
omeloube@uab.edu

Abigail Witmer, OD
Resident, Pediatric Optometry
witmera@uab.edu

Tiara Plymouth, BS
Clinical Research Coordinator
tiaramp@uab.edu

Asantewaa Aboagye-MacCarthy, OD, FAAO
PhD student
aaboagye@uab.edu
Past Members
Aaron Ousterhout, BS (Researcher II)
Sadhana Sharma, MOptom, PhD student (Lab rotation)
Iuliia Dorofeeva, MS, PhD student (Lab rotation)