Current Mentors

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James Coughlan, principal investigator for the NSF grant on assistive technology for the visually impaired, smiling outdoors in a blue shirt.

James Coughlan, Ph.D.

Applications of computer vision and sensor technologies for people who are blind or visually impaired.
William Good, Principal Investigator of research on cortical visual impairment in children, smiling in a professional setting.

William Good, M.D.

Abnormal visual development in infants and children.
Steve Heinen, principal investigator for the peripheral vision and oculomotor control research in Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD), posed with a neutral expression.

Steve Heinen, Ph.D.

Attentive and inattentive control of smooth, fixational and binocular eye movements using stimuli inspired by natural objects.
Chuan Hou, principal investigator at Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute

Chuan Hou, M.D., Ph.D.

EEG source imaging and psychophysical studies of interocular suppression and attention, temporal dynamics of visual processing in amblyopia and strabismus.
Lora Likova, principal investigator for research on human oculomotor functions and traumatic brain injury, smiling in a light blue blazer.

Lora Likova, Ph.D.

Brain Plasticity, perception, memory, learning, and navigation in the blind and sighted, investigated with multimodal brain imaging (fMRI/DTI/EEG/VBM/SBM), and behavioral interventions for neurorehabilitation.
Natela Shanidze, Principal Investigator at Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, smiling outdoors in a sunset setting, representing research on oculomotor strategies in central field loss.

Natela Shanidze, Ph.D.

Visual/vestibular interactions, eye and head movements in normal vision and central field loss, noise-induced vestibular deficits.

Santani Teng, Ph.D.

Cross-sensory spatial and object perception, braille, echolocation, and mobility in blind and sighted persons, investigated with psychophysical, neuroimaging (fMRI, M/EEG), and engineering approaches.

Christopher Tyler, Ph.D., D.Sc. 


Brain imaging, electrophysiological, and psychophysical studies of 3D vision, long-range interactions, and temporal processing dynamics in brain trauma and visual disorders.
Preeti Verghese, principal investigator of the NIH-funded research grant R01EY022394, studying recovery of stereopsis in age-related macular degeneration.

Preeti Verghese, Ph.D.

Spatial vision, stereopsis, attention, and eye movements in normal vision and in individuals with macular degeneration, amblyopia and strabismus, using psychophyics and source-imaged EEG.