CTVR Members Home About Us Faculty (Members) Meet Our Team The Center for Translational Vision Research (CTVR) is an international leader in advancing research and bolstering the support of investigators pursuing basic and translational sciences relevant to vision. The Center boasts award-winning faculty with numerous publications in the top journals and support from numerous government agencies including the NIH. The directors and members of the CTVR are leading efforts to cure blindness. Leadership Krzysztof Palczewski, PhD Director, Center for Translational Vision Research Donald Bren & Distinguished Professor, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute Ophthalmology Baruch Kuppermann, MD, PhD Clinical Co-Director, Center for Translational Vision Research Director, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute Ophthalmology Tim Dinh Lab Manager, Center for Translational Vision Research Anna Kiker, MBA, CRA Assistant Director, Center for Translational Vision Research Members School of Medicine Vladimir Kefalov, PhD Professor, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute Ophthalmology Timothy Kern, PhD Professor, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute Ophthalmology Cholsoon Jang, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Biological Chemistry Jeremiah Tao, MD Professor, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute Ophthalmology Chief of Oculofacial Plastic & Orbital Surgery, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute Ophthalmology Phillip Kiser, PhD, PharmD Assistant Professor, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute Ophthalmology Assistant Professor, Physiology & Biophysics Sumit (Sam) Garg, MD Professor, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute Ophthalmology Medical Director, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute Ophthalmology Jing Yang, MD, PhD Assistant Adjunct Professor, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute Ophthalmology Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk, PhD Assistant Professor, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute Ophthalmology Assistant Professor, Physiology & Biophysics Sanjay Kedhar, MD Professor, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute Ophthalmology Chief of Ocular Immunology and Uveitis Service, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute Ophthalmology Henry Klassen, MD, PhD Professor and Director, Stem Cell & Retinal Regeneration Gavin Herbert Eye Institute Ophthalmology Marjan Farid, MD Professor, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute Ophthalmology Chief of Cornea, Cataract and Refractive Surgery, Ocular Surface Disease Program, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute Mitul Mehta, MD Associate Clinical Professor, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute Eric Pearlman, PhD Professor, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute Ophthalmology Director, Institute for Immunology Anthony Nesburn, MD Professor and Vice Chairman for Research, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute Ophthalmology Albert La Spada, MD, PhD Associate Dean, UCI School of Medicine Professor, Neurology James Jester, PhD Core Director, Ocular Microanatomy Geoffrey Abbott, PhD Professor, Physiology & Biophysics Senior Associate Dean, Academic Personnel Todd Holmes, PhD Professor, Vice-Chair, Physiology & Biophysics Magdalene Seiler, PhD Associate Professor in Residence, Anatomy & Neurobiology Associate Professor in Residence, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute Ophthalmology David Lyon, PhD Professor, Anatomy & Neurobiology Yama Akbari, MD, PhD Associate Professor, Anatomy & Neurobiology Associate Professor, Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic Grazyna Palczewska, PhD Project Scientist, Center for Translational Vision Research & Gavin Herbert Eye Institute Philip Felgner, PhD Director Vaccine R&D, Center Physiology & Biophysics School of Arts Stephen Barker, MFA, PhD Dean, Claire Trevor School of the Arts School of Biological Sciences Rachel Martin, PhD Core Director, Ocular Mass Spectrometry, Lipidomics & Proteomics Shane Gonen, PhD Assistant Professor, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences Irene Vorontsova, PhD Developmental and Cell Biology Sunil Gandhi, PhD Associate Professor, Neurobiology and Behavior, School of Biological Sciences Adriana Briscoe, PhD Professor, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences School of Engineering Enrico Gratton, PhD Professor, Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering Alon Gorodetsky, PhD Associate Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Andrew Browne, MD, PhD Assistant Professor, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute Ophthalmology Assistant Professor (Joint Appointment) Biomedical Engineering Kyriacos Athanasiou, PhD Henry Samueli Chair in Engineering, Biomedical Engineering Distinguished Professor, Biomedical Engineering Tibor Juhasz, PhD Professor, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute Ophthalmology Professor, Henry Samueli School of Engineering Chang Liu, PhD Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering Xiaoqing Pan, PhD Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Engineering School of Information and Computer Sciences Pierre Baldi, PhD Distinguished Professor in the Department of Computer Science, School of Information and Computer Sciences Director, Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics School of Physical Sciences Douglas Tobias, PhD Professor, Chemistry, School of Physical Sciences Eric Potma, PhD Associate Professor, Chemistry, School of Physical Sciences Assistant Adjunct Professor, Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic School of Medicine School of Social Sciences Kimberly Jameson, PhD Director, Institute for Mathematical Behavioral Sciences, School of Social Sciences Director, The Color Cognition Laboratory Beckman Laser Institute & Medical Clinic Mihaela Balu, PhD Associate Project Scientist, Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic at UCI Zhongping Chen, PhD Professor, Biomedical Engineering Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Lilangi Edirwickrema, MD Assistant Professor, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute Ophthalmology Brian Wong, MD Vice Chair and Professor, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, UCI School of Medicine Joint Appointment, Professor of Biomedical Engineering Center for Complex Biological Systems Melanie Oakes, PhD Manager, Genomics Research and Technology Hub (GRT) Adjunct Faculty, The University of Alabama at Birmingham | UAB Christine Curcio, PhD UCI Ophthalmology Adjunct Faculty, White-McKee Endowed Professor in Ophthalmology; Professor; Director of the AMD Histopathology Lab, University of Alabama at Birmingham