Prof. Dr. med. Gerd U. Auffarth MD, FEBO is the Head of the Laboratory, Eye Department Chairman and Director of The David J Apple Center for Vision Research.

Donald J. Munro is the Business Development Director of the Laboratory, University of Heidelberg.

Dr. rer. nat. Sonja Schickhardt is an organic chemist and the Laboratory Leader.

PD Dr. med. Hyeck Soo Son, Ophthalmologist and Corneal faculty at the Heidelberg University Eye Clinic.

Dr. med. Isabella Baur is a guest contributor at the AppleLab website. She is an Ophthalmologist at the University Eye Clinic Augsburg, Germany and formerly Ophthalmology resident at the University Eye Clinic Heidelberg.

PD Dr. med. Timur Yildirim, MD, FEBO, is an Ophthalmologist in the Cataract and Refractive Surgery faculty at the Heidelberg University Eye Clinic; and he is active in ophthalmic laboratory research at the David J Apple®️ Center for Vision Research.

Grzegorz Łabuz is Associate Professor of Experimental Ophthalmology, Leader of the Optics and Metrology Section, Department of Ophthalmology, The David J Apple®️ Center for Vision Research, Heidelberg University.

PD Dr. med. Tamer Tandogan MD PhD is a Guest contributor to the AppleLab website. Tamer is Chefarzt at Helios Augenklinik in Pforzheim, Germany and formerly Senior IOL Specialist at the David J Apple Center for Vision Research.

Prof. Dr. med. Ramin Khoramnia, FEBO is the Section Leader in Refractive Surgery in the Eye Department in the Heidelberg University Eye Hospital. He is also a surgeon at the IVCRC.

Dr. med. Tabitha E M Neuhann is a Guest contributor to the AppleLab website. Tabitha is Assistant doctor at the Ophthalmic Clinic of Dr Neuhann, Munich, Germany and a former Research Fellow Research Fellow at the lab.

Dr. med. Yumi Lee is a Guest contributor to the AppleLab website. Yumi is a former Research Fellow at at the lab.

Asu Rayamajhi is a Scientific Associate (Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin) at the AppleLab.

Maximilian Hammer is an Ophthalmology Resident at the University Eye Clinic Heidelberg and a Research Scientist at the David J Apple Laboratory.

Lu Zhang is a Research Scientist at the David J Apple Laboratory.

Leoni Britz is a Medical doctor and resident Research Scientist at the David J Apple Laboratory.

Maximilian Friedrich is a research fellow at the David J Apple®️ Center for Vision Research and a resident at the Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Heidelberg.

Ava Niknahad, BS, is a Research fellow from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States. During 2024 and 2025, Ava was a visiting Research Fellow at The David J Apple Center for Vision Research and the Eye Department of the Heidelberg University Hospital.

Zhiyi Wu is a Research Fellow from Zhejiang University, Eye Center of the Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, China. During 2024 and 2025, Zhiyi is a visiting Research Fellow at The David J. Apple Center for Vision Research and the Department of Ophthalmology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Germany.