Neural Activity In The Retina

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

Eye Tech

A growing number of Vision Science PhDs are finding scientific satisfaction in a demanding and rewarding new industry environment

Audacious Goals for Puthussery Lab

A new project funded through the prestigious National Eye Institute’s Audacious Goals Initiative.

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 in the Banks Lab 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.

Eye Tech

A growing number of Vision Science PhDs are finding scientific satisfaction in a demanding and rewarding new industry environment

Audacious Goals for Puthussery Lab

A new project funded through the prestigious National Eye Institute’s Audacious Goals Initiative.

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.

Applications

PhD Program
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News

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A Message from DEIB Director, Dr. Ruth Shoge.

Happy Pride MonthJune 17th, 2022

In honor of Pride Month, we’ve made pins for the whole school! Students, faculty, and staff can stop by ASAO starting Tuesday 6/21 to pick up a pin. We’ve also included a link to free Pride-themed Zoom backgrounds below. Pride Month is celebrated annually in the month of June to “honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising […]

Congrats to our Graduates!May 23rd, 2022

62 optometry students and 12 vision science students received their degrees!

Society of Hellman Fellows Fund Award WinnerMay 17th, 2022

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Emily Cooper!

Eye and Head Movement Recordings Using Smartphones for TelemedicineApril 4th, 2022

New paper in Frontiers in Neurology from Dr. Jorge Otero-Millan.

Restoring Dim-Light Vision in DogsMarch 28th, 2022

The gene therapy offers hope for treating a similar condition in people.

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

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