Vision Scientists
The Medical College of Wisconsin vision science team is led by 12 faculty researchers, including five who work right alongside faculty physicians at the Eye Institute. Their diverse research interests mean MCW is home to a wide array of research resources.
Over the past 40 years, the Medical College of Wisconsin Eye Institute has developed its Vision Science Research into a solid platform for innovation, collaboration and discovery. Vision research continues to grow not only within the Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, but also throughout the vision science community we have shaped on campus, allowing the Medical College of Wisconsin to be a leader in vision research.
Vision Science Faculty
Joseph Carroll, PhD
Richard O. Schultz, MD / Ruth Works Professor of Ophthalmology Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Biophysics, and Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy Director, Advanced Ocular Imaging Program
High-resolution retinal imaging & structure-function relationships in the human retina
Ross Collery, PhD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Assistant Professor of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy
Daniel M. Lipinski, MSc, DPhil
Interim Research Director; Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy
Recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV)-mediated gene therapy, diabetic retinopathy, inherited retinal disease (e.g., Retinitis pigmentosa), age-related macular degeneration (AMD)
Vision Research Scientists at the Medical College of Wisconsin
Robert F. Cooper, PhD
Assistant Professor, Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering; Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Adam Greenberg, PhD
Assistant Dean of Postdoctoral Education, MCW Graduate School; Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences; Director of the Sensory Neuroscience, Attention, and Perception Laboratory
Adjunct Professors
Adjunct Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, and Director of the Center for Human Genetics (at Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation)
Alfredo Dubra, PhD
Adjunct Associate Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, and Associate Professor of Ophthalmology (at Stanford University)
Janis T. Eells, PhD
Adjunct Associate Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences and Neurology, and Professor of Biomedical Sciences (at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
Adjunct Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, and Professor of Biology, Physiology and Neuroscience (at University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh)
William J. O'Brien, PhD
Adjunct Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Benjamin Sajdak, PhD
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Adjunct Professor of Biology (at University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh) and Director of Emerging Animal Models (at Fauna Bio)
Hao Zhang, PhD
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, and Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering (at Northwestern University)
Professors Emeriti
Joseph Besharse, PhD, FARVO
Professor Emeritus
