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Robert F. Cooper, PhD
Robert Cooper, PhD

Robert F. Cooper, PhD

Assistant Professor, Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering; Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Locations

  • Marquette University
    Biomedical Engineering

Contact Information

Education

BS, Biomedical Engineering, Marquette University, 2009
PhD, Biomedical Engineering, Marquette University, 2016
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Biography

Dr. Robert Cooper received his PhD in biomedical engineering from Marquette University in 2016. He then completed a 4-year postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania before returning to Marquette University and the Medical College of Wisconsin as an assistant professor of biomedical engineering.

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Honors and Awards

2011: National Eye Institute Travel Grant, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting
2014: Research Assistant Honors, Marquette University
2016: Young Investigator Award, Optical Society of America Fall Vision Meeting

Research Areas of Interest

  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
  • Photoreceptor Cells, Vertebrate
  • Retinal Diseases

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