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Meet the Team!


Feola Lab

Andrew J. Feola, PhD

Assistant professor

Department of Ophthalmology – Emory University

Research Biologist – Atlanta VA Medical Center for Visual & Neurocognitive Rehabilitation

Wallace H. Coulter Dept. of Biomedical Engineering –
Emory University and Georgia Institute of Technology



Gabriela Sánchez Rodriguez

Graduate Research Assistant

Nina Sara Fraticelli Guzmán

Graduate Research Assistant

Dennis Jiang

Laboratory Technician


Aubrey Hall

Georgia Tech Undergraduate Researcher

Natalia I. Celis

Georgia Tech Undergraduate Researcher

Sanika Mithbaokar

Emory Undergraduate Researcher

Alissa A. Klein

Georgia Tech Undergraduate Researcher

Leonardo Song

Emory Undergraduate Researcher


Past members

Kelleigh Hogan – Former Laboratory Technician at the Atlanta VA Medical Center

Jemma Jiang – Former Emory Undergraduate Researcher; BME PhD student at Georgia Tech and Emory University (as of Fall 2024)

Nicole Eum – Former Emory Undergraduate Researcher (2024 Graduate); OD Candidate at SUNY College of Optometry (as of Fall 2024)

Anna E. Silverio – Former Lab Technician; MD Student in the Medical College of Georgia (as of Fall 2025)

A. Thomas Read, PhD – Former Research Scientist; currently enjoying life post-retirement!

Jaidev Sharma – Former VCOM-Auburn MD Student researcher

Beam Yongphiphatwong – Former Emory Undergraduate Researcher (2025 Graduate); Clinical Coordinator at Emory University (as of Fall 2025)

Alanna Finn – Former Emory Undergraduate Researcher