Past Members
Alumni Lab Members
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Read More about Rina Nagatani
Rina Nagatani
Lab Manager / Clinical Research Coordinator
Rina Nagatani was the Lab Manager and Clinical Research Coordinator for the OPTIC Lab from its inception in June 2024 until May 2026. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Neuroscience from the University of Pennsylvania in 2023, with minors in Design and Law & Society. She is pursuing her Masters of Health Informatics at the Yale University School of Public Health.
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Read More about Ceyhun Elgin, PhD
Ceyhun Elgin, PhD
Statistician
Ceyhun Elgin, PhD Website
Ceyhun Elgin is a Professor of Economics at Bogazici University in Turkey. He got his BA in economics from Bogazici University and then subsequently obtained his Ph.D. in economics at the University of Minnesota in 2010. His research interests are in applied macroeconomics, economic growth, development economics, and political economics with a particular emphasis on the economics of the informal sector. Previously, Dr. Elgin also had positions at the Columbia University, IMF, WB, and Boston University.
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Read More about Andrew Wronka
Andrew Wronka
Data Engineer
isabelle.deng@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Andrew Wronka is a Data Engineer in the Department of Ophthalmology. He also has a long history in clinical imaging including application management as well as a background in product management, including in the area of PACS, Picture Archiving and Communications Systems. A graduate from Rutgers University College of Engineering, Andrew's career spans a diverse set of roles, usually in positions that challenged the conventions whether it be in the clinical IT innovations from digital imaging to the latest in datahubs and opportunities for AI, often working across diverse teams and outside entities.
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Read More about Almiqdad Saeed, MD, MSAlmiqdad Saeed, MD, MS
Ophthalmology Innovation Fellow (Class of 2026)
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Almiqdad Saeed, MD, MS
Ophthalmology Innovation Fellow (Class of 2026)
almiqdad.saeed@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
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Almiqdad Saeed was the postdoctoral innovation fellow in the Department of Ophthalmology from May 2024 until July 2026. Concurrently with his innovation fellowship, he earned a Master's degree in Bioinformatics at the Perelman School of Medicine to advance his specialization in ophthalmology. He is also an ophthalmology resident at the St John Eye Hospital-Jerusalem. In addition to his academic and clinical work, Almiqdad is the co-founder of a leading optical solutions company, where he applies his entrepreneurial skills to drive innovation in eye care. His work focuses on advancing research in ophthalmology, contributing to the understanding and treatment of eye diseases.
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Read More about Wenwen Si, PhD
Wenwen Si, PhD
Research Assistant
Personal Website
Wenwen Si a fifth-year PhD student at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research focuses on developing trustworthy machine learning systems through uncertainty quantification and robust optimization, primarily from a statistical, distribution-free perspective. Previously, Wenwen received her Bachelor of Engineering in Automation from the Institute of Information Science at Tsinghua University in 2018, and my Master of Science in Computer Vision from the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University in 2019.
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Dalal Ahmidouch, MS
Research Assistant
Dalal Ahmidouch, MS
Research Assistant
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Read More about Jason (Ruizhe) Dai
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Read More about Dinah Chen, MD
Dinah Chen, MD
Ophthalmology Innovation Fellow (Class of 2022)
Dinah Chen, MD Website
Dinah Chen, MD is a comprehensive ophthalmologist and former innovation fellow. She is currently Associate Chief of Ophthalmology at Bellevue Hospital, a clinical instructor of ophthalmology at NYU Langone Health, and Medical Director and Clinical Innovation lead at Character Biosciences, and precision medicine biotech company. She was previously a Clinical Ophthalmology Fellow in the department of personalized healthcare at Genentech, focused on the development of AI tools for image analysis in retinal disease.
