Science is interdisciplinary
My research is focused on the development of the eye and the visual system. In particular, how the cells and circuits in the retina are built during development. We use a multidisciplinary approach to understand this process:
Development
Genetics
Neuroscience
Regeneration
ABOUT ME
I am a visual systems developmental biologist with expertise in vertebrate development and genetic expression analysis. I have worked in a variety of systems exploring how the environment influences genetic regulation over the course of development including plants, cavefish, and zebrafish. I am interested in understanding how genomes are shaped by the environment to modulate cellular identity and pattern formation of organs. In the future, I plan for my research lab to use developmental studies paired with regenerative species to understand how developmental biology can inform our understanding and approach to regeneration.
Address
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
Phone
301-405-1625
