People Type: Alumni

Biography Education BS 2013, Animal Science, Iowa State University MS 2018, UW–Madison DVM, 2018, UW–Madison Research Interests Sara A. Adelman has worked in laboratories conducting vision sciences related research since her undergraduate studies, as an SVM summer research scholar in Dr. McLellan’s glaucoma pathophysiology lab and in graduate school. She received her DVM and MS …

Biography Education BA 2014 Chemistry, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York PhD 2020, Philosophy, UW–Madison PhD 2020, Analytical Chemistry, UW–Madison Research Interests Dr. Ariel Alperstein’s lab works towards improving ultrafast vibrational spectroscopy so that super-resolution microscopes can be built. These nonlinear techniques provide detailed chemical environment information and real-time kinetics, but do not yet have …

Biography Education BA 2014, Psychobiology, Ripon College MS 2017, Psychology, University of Wisconsin–Madison PhD 2021, Philosophy, University of Wisconsin–Madison PhD 2021, Psychology, University of Wisconsin–Madison Research Interests Chelsea Andrews studies early visual development, with a long-term goal of understanding how visual attention in infancy and early childhood relates to later visuospatial cognitive skills. With regard …

Biography Education BA 2005, Biology, Biochemisty and Molecular Biology, Lewis & Clark College, Portland OR PhD 2013, Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Wisconsin–Madison Research Interests Kate Baldwin is a freelance scientific visual communicator in Madison, WI. As a Cellular Biologist, Kate understands the complex ideas of many life-scientists and can quickly convey them as …

Biography Education MD 1983, Wright State University Internship, Bassett Hospital, Cooperstown, N.Y. Residency, Kresge Eye Institute of Wayne State University, Detroit, MI Ocular Immunology Fellowship, Schepens Eye Research Institute Ocular Immunology Fellowship, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Cornea and External Disease Fellowship, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Research Interests Allergic eye disease, in some form, …

Biography Education PhD 1995, SUNY – Stony Brook Post-Doctoral Fellowship, National Eye Institute, Bethesda, Maryland Research Interests Dr. Basso studied Neuroscience at Stony Brook University in NY and was a post-doctoral fellow at the National Eye Institute, NIH. After serving as a faculty member at the University of Wisconsin Madison, she moved to UCLA and …

Biography Education BSc 2003, The Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel DVM 2008, Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel MBA 2011, Leon Recanati Graduate School of Business Administration, Tel Aviv University, Israel PhD 2020, Vision Science/Physiological Optics, University of California, Berkeley Research Interests Dr. Beckwith-Cohen has done …

Biography Education BS, 1983, General Mechanical Engineering, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA MS, 1984, Engineering, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA PhD, 1988, Nuclear Engineering, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA Research Interests Dr. Blanchard is a nuclear engineer with extensive experience in the mechanics of solids, including finite element methods. His research interests include radiation damage in fission and …

Biography Education B.S. 1963, Biochemistry, Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts Ph.D. 1967, Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts Postdoctoral Fellowship 1967-68, Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts Research Interests Deric Bownd’s 35+ year laboratory career resulted in many discoveries in the chemistry of vision.  Dr. Bownds came to the University of Wisconsin’s Department of Zoology and Laboratory …

Biography Education BS Biology, 1974, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY PhD Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology, 1984, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO Research Interests Dr. Brilliant’s major research areas include disorders of vision, such as albinism, age-related macular degeneration (AMD), and glaucoma. He has identified three genes associated with albinism (OCA2, OCA4, and HPS1) and has …