Vision Science Graduate Program
Edmund Arthur, OD, PhD, FAAO
Assistant Professor
HPB 519
(205) 996-6576
Teaching/research interests: Ocular Disease Detection and Diagnosis; Vision Science; Epidemiology and Biostatistics; Geometric and Visual Optics; Advanced Retinal Imaging; Retinal biomarkers for early detection of diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular edema; Ocular biomarkers for early detection of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and related dementias; Biological variable model for screening and early detection of diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular edema in underserved populations.
Read moreTimothy Gawne, PhD
Professor
HPB 528
(205) 934-5495
Teaching/research interests: Information processing in the nervous system; retinal signal processing and the development of myopia ("emmetropization"), cerebral cortical dynamics and schizophrenia; science fiction and AI.
Read moreMarina Gorbatyuk, PhD
Professor
VH 443A
(205) 934-6762
Teaching/research interests: VS 112 Physiology of the Eye; VS 745 Biology and Pathology of the Posterior Segment
Read moreSafal Khanal, OD, PhD, FAAO
Assistant Professor
HPB 526
Office: (205) 934-4558
Lab: (205) 934-3093 and (205) 934-0424
Website: https://sites.uab.edu/skhanal
Schedule a UAB Eye Care Appointment: (205) 975-2020
Teaching/research interests: Refractive errors; emmetropization and refractive development; retinal, choroidal, and scleral mechanisms of eye growth regulation, myopia onset, progression, and treatment; visual electrophysiology
Read moreTimothy W. Kraft, PhD
Professor
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies
VH 346B
(205) 975-2885
Lei Liu, PhD, FAAO
Professor
HPB 502
(205) 996-6627
Teaching/research interests: Binocular vision, eye movement, visual function assessment, low vision rehabilitation
Read moreJason J. Nichols, OD, MPH, PhD, FAAO
Professor
Senior Associate Vice President for Research
AB 714 and HPB 502
(205) 975-3497
Teaching/research interests: Anterior segment, cornea, contact lenses, dry eye disease, meibomian gland disease
Read moreKelly K. Nichols, OD, MPH, PhD, FAAO
Dean
HPB 121A
(205) 975-9935
Teaching/research interests: Dry Eye Disease
Read moreSteven J. Pittler, PhD, FARVO, FAAO
Professor
Director, Vision Science Research Center
VH 375B
(205) 934-6744
Teaching/research interests: Teaching: Biochemistry, Genetics, Ocular System, Posterior Segment
Research: Retina, Photoreceptors, Phototransduction, Transgenic Mice, Gene Editing, Translational Genetics
Read moreJulie Quinet, PhD
Assistant Professor
Shelby 903
(205) 934-6757
Teaching/research interests: Eye movements, Binocular vision
Read moreLawrence Sincich, PhD
Professor
Director of the Graduate Program
SHEL 911
(205) 975-3446
Teaching/research interests: Anatomy and physiology of the visual system (VIS 613), optics for vision science (VIS 610), visual psychophysics and perception (VS 122, VS 211), graduate educational initiatives.
Read moreOm P. Srivastava, PhD
Professor
HPB 437
(205) 975-7630
Yuchen Wang, PhD
Assistant Professor
VH 390C
(205) 975-0732
Teaching/research interests: Physiology, anatomy, neurobiology and biochemistry of the retina
Read moreJillian F. Ziemanski, OD, MS, PhD, FAAO
Assistant Professor
Schedule a UAB Eye Care Appointment: (205) 975-2020
Teaching/research interests: Sjogren's syndrome, dry eye, MGD, glaucoma diagnosis and management, retinal imaging, assessment of systemic diseases relevant to optometry, recognition and management of in-office emergencies using simulation
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