Jessica Bills

Executive Committee Member

Dr. Jess Bills is a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Biology in the College of Arts and Science at the University of Kentucky. She earned her PhD at the University of Kentucky in 2024 under the mentorship of Dr. Ann Morris. Her work focuses on CNS regeneration using the retina and the optic nerve in the spiny mouse as a model. Her postdoctoral work is funded by the ARPA-H THEA initiative, a multi-institutional grant aiming to build the foundation for the first successful human eye transplant. Dr. Bills is very passionate about vision research and the goal of treating retinal degenerative diseases. Outside of the lab, she enjoys cooking, crafting and hanging out with her wife and cats.