Student Profiles

About 30 graduate students are currently enrolled in the Vision Science program. Their backgrounds include degrees in psychology, biology, engineering, computer science, or optometry. Engaged in both laboratory-based and clinical research, the Vision Science student work with faculty advisors whose research matches their own interests.

Our Students

To learn more about our current students, including where they’ve been before coming to Berkeley, their research interests, and their hobbies, click on their names.

Sara Abboud, OD

PhD Student

Etchi Ako

PhD Student

Reem Almagati, OD, MS

PhD Student

Alexander Belsten

PhD Student

Galen Chuang

PhD Student

Josephine D’Angelo

PhD Student

Pabita Dhungel

PhD Student

Dre FazioLiu, OD

PhD Student

Clara Friedman, OD

PhD Student

Haley Frey

PhD Student

Daniel Frozenfar

PhD Student

Lobna Khaled Hamed

PhD Student

Leah Johnston

PhD Student

Tejasvi Kothapalli

PhD Student

Matangi Kumar

PhD Student

Beatrice Le

PhD Student

Dorothy Ma, OD, FAAO

PhD Student

Lawrence Man

PhD Student

Cyrus McHugh

PhD Student

Taishi Painter

PhD Student

Laura Patak

PhD Student

John (JT) Pirog

PhD Student

Dennis Perez, Jr.

PhD Student

Evalie Carolyn Rehor

PhD Student

Lauren Sigda

PhD Student

Paripoorna Sharma

PhD Student

Ranjila Shyangbo

PhD Student

Christian Shewmake

PhD Student

Lejun Shen

PhD Student

Sonali Singh

PhD Student

Ruichang Sun

PhD Student

Jocelyn Tao

PhD Student

Vivien Tse, OD, FAAO, FSLS

PhD Student

Terence Tyson

PhD Student

Emily Ward

PhD Student

Jason Wong

PhD Student

Angeline Yang

PhD Student

Chun-Hsiao (Daniel) Yeh

PhD Student

Yuanlong Zhao

PhD Student