Current Research Profiles
Livia M. Bajenaru, Ph.D.
Vision Science Focus: Optic neuropathies, glaucoma, neurodegenerative diseases, microbial keratitis, retinoblastoma
Sanjoy K. Bhattacharya, Ph.D.
Roles: Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Research Subject: Neurodegenerative Disease and Vision
Vision Science Focus: Neurodegenerative Diseases of the Eye,
Glaucoma, Multiple sclerosis and Vision, Learning & Behavior
Delia Cabrera DeBuc, Ph.D.
Roles: Research Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Research Subject: Quantitative Ophthalmic Imaging
Vision Science Focus: Diabetic Retinopathay, Multiple Sclerosis, Retinitis Pigmentosa, Age-Related Macular Degeneration,
and Computational modeling of corneal ref
Jeffrey L. Goldberg, M.D., Ph.D.
Roles: Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Research Subject: Survival and Regeneration in the Visual System
Vision Science Focus: Ophthalmic Regenerative Medicine
Giovanni Gregori, Ph.D.
Roles: Scientific Co-Director of The Experimental Imaging Laboratory at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
Research Subject: Quantitative Ophthalmic Imaging
Vision Science Focus: Retinal Imaging, Image Processing, Optical Coherence Tomography, Mathematical modeling or retinal morphology and disease processes.
Abigail S. Hackam, Ph.D.
Roles: Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Research Subject: Cellular Mechanisms of Retinal Development, Degeneration and Tumorigenesis
Vision Science Focus: Retinal degeneration, Macular degeneration, Retinoblastoma
XiangRun Huang, Ph.D.
Roles: Research Associate Professor
Research Subject: Optical Properties of Ocular Tissues; Damage Mechanisms of Glaucoma
Vision Science Focus: Glaucoma, Retinal Disease
George Inana, M.D., Ph.D.
Roles: Professor of Ophthalmology
Director of Laboratory of Molecular Genetics
Research Subject: Genetics of Retinal Disease
Vision Science Focus: Visual Processes, Retinal Degeneration, Macular Degeneration
Robert W. Knighton, Ph.D.
Roles: Research Professor of Ophthalmology
Secondary Appointment in Biomedical Engineering
Research Subject: Optical Properties for the Eye
Vision Science Focus: Glaucoma, Macular Degeneration, Retinal Disease
Richard K. Lee, Ph.D.
Roles: Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Research Subject: Cellular Pathophysiology of Glaucoma
Vision Science Focus: Glaucoma and Neuroprotection
Wei Li, Ph.D.
Roles: Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Research Subject: Autoantigen Identification and Retinal Degeneration
Vision Science Focus: Uveitis and Retinal Degeneration
Fabrice Manns, Ph.D.
Roles: Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Ophthalmology
Research Subject: Lasers and Optics
Vision Science Focus: Physiological Optics and Laser Surgery
Maria E. Marin-Castaño, M.D, Ph.D.
Roles: Research Associate Professor of Ophtalmology
Vision Science Focus: Age-Related Macular Degeneration, Diabetic Retinopathy.
Timothy G. Murray, M.D., M.B.A., F.A.C.S.
Roles: Professor of Ophthalmology
Secondary Appointment in Radiation Oncology
Research Subject: Therapeutic Modalities for Ocular Cancer
Vision Science Focus: Retinoblastoma and Ocular Melanoma
Jean-Marie Parel, Ph.D.
Roles: Research Professor of Ophthalmology
Henri and Flore Lesieur Chair in Ophthalmology
Director, Ophthalmic Biophysics Center
Research Subject: Lasers and Devices
Vision Science Focus: Corneal Disease, Cataract, Glaucoma, Retinal Disease
Victor L. Perez, M.D.
Roles: Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Research Subject: Immunology, Autoimmunity and Immunotherapy
Vision Science Focus: Immune Responses to Ocular Allo and Auto Antigens
Vittorio Porciatti, D.Sc.
Roles: Research Professor of Ophthalmology
Director and Vice Chairman of Research
Faculty, Neuroscience Program
Research Subject: Prevention of Glaucoma
Vision Science Focus: Visual Neurophysiology, Glaucoma
Valery I. Shestopalov, Ph.D.
Roles: Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Research Subject: Neurobiology of Retinal Disease, Glia-neuron Crosstalk in Neurodegeneration, Ocular Surface Microbiome
Vision Science Focus: Mechanisms of Ganglion Cell Loss in Glaucoma, Ischemia and Optic Neuropathies. Microbial Ecology of the Ocular Surface
Rong Wen, M.D., Ph.D.
Roles: Professor of Ophthalmology
Research Subject: Photoreceptor degeneration, age-related macula degeneration, diabetic retinopathy
Vision Science Focus: Retinal Degenerations and Vascular Disorders