Pawan Shahi, PhD
Credentials: Department of Pediatrics (School of Medicine and Public Health)
Position title: Postdoctoral Fellow
Email: pshahi@wisc.edu
Advisor: Bikash Pattnaik, PhD
Keywords: Leber congenital amaurosis, electrophysiology, channelophathy, gene therapy
Education
BS 2003, Biotechnology, Bangalore University, Bangalore, India
MS 2005, Biotechnology, Bangalore University, Bangalore, India
MS 2009, Electrophysiology, Chosun University, Gwangiu, South Korea
PhD 2012, Electrophysiology, Chosun University, Gwangiu, South Korea
Postdoc 2013, Physiology, Chosun University, Gwangiu, South Korea
Research
Dr. Shahi has performed ion channel/cell signaling studies for the past 7 years, in the intestines and colon as well as in the eyes. He is currently working on the Kir 7.1 channels expressed in RPE cells whose mutation is associated with congenital blindness, specifically in Leber congenital amaurosis.