Team Gronert

The Gronert lab takes safety seriously. They are also interested in intrinsic protective circuits in ocular inflammatory, immune and wound healing responses.

Smartglasses for All

Berkeley Optometry and Vision Science professor Dr. Emily Cooper has received a five-year NSF Faculty Early Career Development Grant for her project, Smartglasses for All.

Dr. Michael Silver

Michael Silver, Professor of Optometry and Vision Science and Neuroscience, in his lab on the Berkeley campus. The brains behind Dr. Silver are those of his two sons, Talyn and Gryphon. The artwork was made by his wife Jenny as lab warming gift.

Perception and Visual Cognition

Dr. Agostino Gibaldi of the Banks Lab is interested in extending models of sensory processing and oculo-motor behavior from laboratory settings to complex stimuli that more closely resemble real world conditions.

Adaptive Optics

Swati Bhargava from the Roorda lab. The question that motivates the research in the Roorda lab is, "how do humans convert the two-dimensional images that land on the retina into such a rich perceptual experience?"

Dr. Roorda's Fovea

New paper from the Roorda Lab: Human foveal cone photoreceptor topography and its dependence on eye length.

Focusing Response

Post-doctoral researchers Vivek Labhishetty and Steve Cholewiak are studying optical and image-based depth cues in current and emerging display technologies. Their research could lead to more comfortable and immersive head mounted display (HMD) technologies and has implications on myopia (nearsightedness) development.

Neural Activity In The Retina

Light that enters the eye activates rod and cone photoreceptors, which in turn activate retinal ganglion cells.

Team Gronert

The Gronert lab takes safety seriously. They are also interested in intrinsic protective circuits in ocular inflammatory, immune and wound healing responses.

Smartglasses for All

Berkeley Optometry and Vision Science professor Dr. Emily Cooper has received a five-year NSF Faculty Early Career Development Grant for her project, Smartglasses for All.

Dr. Michael Silver

Perception and Visual Cognition

Adaptive Optics

Dr. Roorda's Fovea

New paper from the Roorda Lab: Human foveal cone photoreceptor topography and its dependence on eye length.

Focusing Response

Neural Activity In The Retina

Light that enters the eye activates rod and cone photoreceptors, which in turn activate retinal ganglion cells.

Team Gronert

The Gronert lab takes safety seriously. They are also interested in intrinsic protective circuits in ocular inflammatory, immune and wound healing responses.

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News

Wertheim Foundation pledges $50 million to Berkeley OptometrySeptember 9th, 2021

This transformational commitment constitutes the lead gift for a 10-year, $100 million investment. Click the arrow to read the campus press release.

Published Work from Emilia ZinJuly 1st, 2021

Outcomes of Progranulin Gene Therapy in the Retina are Dependent on Time and Route of Delivery.

2021 Ezell Fellowship RecipientsJune 29th, 2021

Congratulations to our Vision Science students, Young Hyun Kim and Charlotte Wang, OD, FAAO!

New Paper from Dr. Otero-MillanJune 10th, 2021

Modeling the interaction among three cerebellar disorders of eye movements: periodic alternating, gaze‑evoked and rebound nystagmus

Fields of Research

Faculty

The Vision Science faculty constitute a prestigious group of educators and researchers. Click the arrow to learn more about them, including research interests, contact information and links to lab websites.

Students

About 40 graduate students are currently enrolled in the Vision Science program. Their backgrounds include degrees in psychology, biology, engineering, computer science, or optometry.

Admissions

Berkeley is the No. 1 public university in the world. Our students and faculty come from different places and backgrounds, but together we create a vibrant and dynamic community that seeks to create a better world. Join us!