People Type: Alumni

Biography Education BS 1998, Electrical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran MS 2000, Electrical Engineering, Khaje Nasir Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran PhD 2007, Electrical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Postdoctoral Research 2008-2009, Bioengineering, Sanford-Burnham Institute for Medical Research, La Jolla, CA Research Mahsa Ranji supervises the Biophotonics Laboratory at the University of Wisconsin – …

Biography Education BA 2005, Anthropology and Art History, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign MA 2008, Art History, University of Wisconsin–Madison PhD 2014, Art History, University of Wisconsin–Madison Research Interests Matthew Francis Rarey’s interests broadly span transformations in visual culture in the African-Atlantic world from the early modern period to the present day. In particular, he …

Biography Education BS 1976, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana (Journalism) MA 1982, University of Wisconsin–Madison (Journalism) Research Interests Professor Reaves teaches visual communication theory and documentary photography for the sciences. In 2009, she received an “Honored Instructors Award” from student nominations conducted by the UW Division of University Housing.  Much of Professor Reaves’ recent research has …

Biography Advisor: Freya Mowat, DVM, PhD Keywords: Aging, retinal histology, behavioral testing, comparative, translational, ERG, behavioral testing Education: BS 2016, Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO DVM 2021, Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX Research Interests: As a research assistant in veterinary school, under the direction and support of the faculty ophthalmologists …

Biography Education BA 1998, Artificial Intelligence, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands MA 2001, Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ PhD 2006, Cognitive Neuroscience, University of California at Los Angeles Post-doctoral Fellowship 2006-10, Visual Perception, University of Texas at Austin Research: Bas Rokers is Associate Professor and Director of the Neuroimaging Center at New York University …

Biography Advisor: Mikhail Kats, PhD Education BS 2018, Applied Mathematics and Physics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM Research Mr. Rubio-Perez’s research interests are in the engineering and characterization of color vision enhancing devices. Publications

Biography Education BS 1964, Pharmacy/Medical Chemistry, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada PhD 1970, Physiological Chemistry, University of Wisconsin–Madison PostDoc 1971-1974, Biochemistry, University of California- San Diego Research Interests Work in Dr. Ruoho’s laboratory is directed at an understanding of the molecular mechanisms which underlie neurotransmitter release and receptor activation. Several families of proteins which are …

Biography Education BS 2001 MS 2005 PhD 2007 Postdoc 2013 Research Interests Dr. Mohammad Ali Saghiri’s research focuses on biomedical engineering, nanotechnology, tissue engineering, and artificial intelligence applications in dentistry and ophthalmology. His expertise lies in understanding angiogenesis mechanisms and nano-surface interactions, which are pivotal in regenerative medicine. Dr. Saghiri has pioneered CAD/CAM techniques and …

Biography Keywords: Foveal cones, macular degeneration, photoreceptor physiology Education MSc 2019, Biological Sciences, NISER,  Bhubaneswar, India Research Due to their role in high acuity central vision, the loss of foveal cones results in blindness with a debilitating effect on the quality of life in conditions like macular degeneration and other retinal degenerative disorders. Currently there …

Biography Advisor: Krishanu Saha, PhD Keywords: Retinal disorders, gene delivery, Leber congenital amaurosis, Best disease Education BS 2016, Biotechnology, Banasthali University, India Research Ms. Saxena’s prime interest and current research involves developing custom gene-delivery strategies for retinal disorders. She is currently working on projects that involve developing efficient gene-editing strategies to correct for retinal disorders …