People

Current lab members

Anthony Norcia, Ph.D.

Position: Professor (Research)Tony Norcia received his Bachelor's degree in Psychology at the University of Minnesota in 1975 and his Ph.D. in Physiological Psychology from Stanford in 1981. He did post-doctoral work under Lorrin Riggs at Brown. He then spent 28 years at the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute before joining the Stanford faculty in 2010. He is a Fellow of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology and is a winner of the Walt and Lilly Disney Amblyopia Research Award from Research to Prevent Blindness. 

Vladimir Vildavski, Ph.D.

Position: Engineering Research Associate

Rich Miller, Ph.D.

Position: Research Associate

Ph.D. Topology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

A.B. Math and Physics, Columbia College, NYC

Justin Ales, Ph.D.

Position: Research Associate

Faraz Farzin, Ph.D. 

Position: Postdoctoral Fellow

Ph.D. Developmental Psychology, University of California, Davis

BS Genetics, University of California, Davis

Francesca Pei, Ph.D.

Position: Postdoctoral Fellow

Ph.D: Developmental Neuroscience

Italian Laurea in Clinical Psychology

Stefano Baldassi, Ph.D. 

Position: Visiting scholar 

 

Collaborators

Arvind Chandna, Alder Hey Childrens Hospital, Liverpool

Benoit Cottereau, Centre de Recherche Cerveau & Cognition, Toulouse, France.

Rick Gilmore, Penn State University 

William V. Good, Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute

Chuan Hou, Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute

Lynne Kiorpes, New York University

Suzanne McKee, Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute

Bruno Rossion, University of Louvain

Alex Wade, Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute

 

Alumni

Dale Allen (1982-1984).

Greg Appelbaum (2005-2006). Current position: Research Associate, Department of Psychology, Duke University.

Rick Brown (1996-1998). Current position: Professor, Psychology, Citrus College.

Rowan Candy (1997-2000). Current position: Associate Professor, School of Optometry, Indiana University.

Sean Chen (2003-2006). Current position: Consultant Ophthalmologist, Royal Childrens' Hospital, Liverpool, UK.

Benoit Cottereau (2009-2012). Current position: Centre de Recherche Cerveau & Cognition, Toulouse, France.

Giuseppe Mirabella (2002-2004). Current position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Deboral Orel-Bixler (1983-1984). Current position: Professor of Clinical Optometry, University of California, Berkeley. 

Melanie Palomares (2006-2009). 

Francesca Pei (2001-2006, 2011-).

David Peterzell (1992-1994). Current position: Lecturer, Department of Psychology, University of California, San Diego.

Uri Polat (1993-1996). Current position: Professor, Goldschelger Eye Institute, Faculty of Medicien, Tel Aviv University.

Ann Skoczenski (1996-1999). Current position: Eunice kennedy Shriver Center, Waltham, MA.

Jeffrey Tsai (2008-). 

Wolfgang Wesemann (1987-1989). Current position: Director, Hoehere Fachshule fur Augenklinik, Cologne, Germany.