Research Areas

Ophthalmology & Visual Science: visual signal processing, retinal circuitry. Neuroscience: sensory neuroscience, visual neuroscience, circadian biology. Anatomy: retinal circuitry, gap junctions, photoreceptors, confocal microscopy. Physiology: signaling pathways in the retina, light/dark adaptation, electrophysiology, biophysics, electrical coupling, computational modeling, 2-photon imaging. Synaptic plasticity: light/dark adaptive mechanisms and circadian organization of retinal function, plasticity of electrical synapses. Aging processes in the nervous system: aging-dependent decline in retinal functions Mouse genetics: retina-specific and retinal cell-type-specific knockout mouse models.