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Daytech Manufacturing Ltd. Prize

Nijani Nagaarudkumaran

Ashita Bidarkar

Desmond Fonn Contact Lens Research Award

Piyush Garg

Nijani Nagaarudkumaran

The Dr. Emerson Woodruff Graduate Scholarship in Paediatrics

Lauren Hoare

Class of 1948 Graduate Scholarship

Sharon Qiu

H. Winston Algate Award in Graduate Studies

Shilpa Gorla

Clinical Scientist Graduate Award

Daniel Kessie

Douglas Ingleton Graduate Scholarship in Ocular Health

Ashita Bidarkar

Samit & Reshma Sharma Graduate Scholarship in Optometry and Vision Science

Cassandra Huynh

Outstanding Teaching Award

Iman Salehi, Basic Science Award

Lauren Hoare, Clinical Science Award

University of Waterloo Graduate Scholarships

Ashita Bidarkar

Theodore Chow

Piyush Garg

Sadaf Ghaeni Hesaroueiyeh

Shilpa Gorla

Lauren Hoare

Heather Hudecki

Cassandra Huynh

Daniel Kessie

Allison Lynch

Mana Monfared

Nijani Nagaarudkumaran

Sharon Qiu

Anne Marie Yeboah

Daytech Manufacturing Ltd. Prize

Teddy Chow

Lauren Hoare

Desmond Fonn Contact Lens Research Award

Mehdi Al Atrach

Asiya Jabeen

The Dr. Emerson Woodruff Graduate Scholarship in Paediatrics

Lauren Hoare

Class of 1948 Graduate Scholarship

Piyush Garg

H. Winston Algate Award in Graduate Studies

Ashita Bidarkar

Clinical Scientist Graduate Award

Sahar Khakneshin

Douglas Ingleton Graduate Scholarship in Ocular Health

Ashita Bidarkar

i-MED Pharma Graduate Scholarship

Nijani Nagaarudkumaran

Heinz Otchere

Outstanding Teaching Award

Shilpa Gorla, Basic Science Award

Heinz Otchere, Clinical Science Award

University of Waterloo Graduate Scholarships

Mehdi Al Atrach

Rishav Bhardwaj

Ashita Bidarkar

Theodore Chow

Piyush Garg

Shilpa Gorla

Lauren Hoare

Heather Hudecki

Cassandra Huynh

Sahar Khakneshin

Allison Lynch

Marisa McKinney

Mana Monfared

Nijani Nagaarudkumaran

Sharon Qiu

Anne Marie Yeboah

The prevalence of dry eye disease (DED) has increased significantly due to prolonged screen time and Mana Monfared, a current PhD in Vision Science student, is dedicated to studying the disease and its effects on eye health.

Desmond Fonn Contact Lens Research Award

Piyush Garg

Megala Ramasamy

The Dr. Emerson Woodruff Graduate Scholarship in Paediatrics

Asiya Jabeen

Class of 1948 Graduate Scholarship

Adrianna Warren

H. Winston Algate Award in Graduate Studies

Abdul Rasheed Mohammed

Outstanding Teaching Award

Nijani Nagaarudkumaran, Basic Science Award

Heinz Otchere, Clinical Science Award

University of Waterloo Graduate Scholarships

Mehdi Al Atrach

Xiaoxin Chen

Theodore Chow

Piyush Garg

Shilpa Gorla

Heather Hudecki

Yutong Jin

Allison Lynch

Sandra Mazur

Marisa McKinney

Abdul Rasheed Mohammed

Mana Monfared

Megala Ramasamy

Adrianna Warren

Daytech Manufacturing Ltd. Prize

Juliette Teodoro

Allison Lynch

Desmond Fonn Contact Lens Research Award

Heinz Otchere

Yutong Jin

The Dr. Emerson Woodruff Graduate Scholarship in Paediatrics

Xiaoxin Chen

Class of 1948 Graduate Scholarship

Adrianna Warren

H. Winston Algate Award in Graduate Studies

Heather Hudecki

University of Waterloo Science Senate Graduate Scholarship

Mana Monfared

Outstanding Teaching Award

Nijani Nagaarudkumaran, Basic Science Award

Heinz Otchere, Clinical Science Award

University of Waterloo Graduate Scholarships

Xiaoxin Chen

Piyush Garg

Shilpa Gorla

Heather Hudecki

Asiya Jabeen

Yutong Jin

Hoda Kheradfallah

Allison Lynch

Sandra Mazur

Abdul Rasheed Mohammed

Mana Monfared

Heinz Otchere

Megala Ramasamy

Mohammad Navid Shahsavari

Manish Shukla

Adrianna Warren

Anne Marie Yeboah

Angela Zhang

Daytech Manufacturing Ltd. Prize

Amy Chow 

Vivian Chan

Desmond Fonn Contact Lens Research Award

Alan Yee

Susmita Bose

The Dr. Emerson Woodruff Graduate Scholarship in Paediatrics

Taylor Brin

Class of 1948 Graduate Scholarship

Heinz Otchere

H. Winston Algate Award in Graduate Studies

Melanie Mungalsingh

University of Waterloo Science Senate Graduate Scholarship

Kirsten Carter

Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS)

Angela Zhang

Best Paper Award at MICCAI OMIA Workshop

Amitojdeep Singh co-authors: Sourya Sengupta, Abdul Rasheed Mohammed, Ibrahim Faruq, Varadhu Jayakumar and Vasudevan Lakshminararayan

Sigma XI Award

Heinz Otchere

VPRI Graduate Student Award

Asiya Jabeen

Amit & Meena Chakma Award for Exceptional Teaching by a Student

Melanie Mungalsingh

Spring 2020

Amir Moezzi (PhD)

Asiya Jabeen (MSc)

Lori Pollit (MSc)

Mohana Kuppuswamy Parthasarathy (PhD)

Parisa Mirzapour (MSc)

Yutong Jin (MSc)

Fall 2020

Amritha Stalin (PhD)

Sourya Sengupta (MSc)

Topic: Motion Processing in Reverse Phi 

Supervisors: Dr. Vengu Lakshminarayanan 

Date of defense: Thursday November 7, 2019.

Topic: Characterization of mammalian and fish lens epithelial cell lines

Supervisors: Dr. Vivian Choh & Dr. Jake Sivak

Date of defense: Wednesday August 7, 2019