NeuroImaging and Visual Science Laboratory
Departments of Ophthalmology and Radiology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Current members
Kevin C. Chan, PhD
Director, NeuroImaging and Visual Science Laboratory
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Radiology, Neuroscience, and Biomedical Engineering
Departments of Ophthalmology and Radiology
Neuroscience Institute
Vilcek Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences
NYU Grossman School of Medicine, NYU Langone Health
Center for Neural Science, College of Arts & Science
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tandon School of Engineering
New York University
Postdoctoral Fellows
Russell W. Chan, PhD
2020 - Present
Research interests: Biomedical imaging; Neuromodulation techniques; Brain functional networks
Awards: 2021 ARVO Foundation Murray and Jeanie Johnstone Travel Grant
2021 ARVO Hot Topic recognition for top 2% abstracts
Thajunnisa A. Sajitha, MVSc
2021 - Present
Research interests: Corneal grafting, Glaucoma, Neuropathology, Neuroimaging, CSF dynamics, and Alzheimer's
Giles Hamilton-Fletcher, PhD
2018 - Present
Research interests: Sensory substitution, Cross-modal correspondences; Qualia; Synaesthesia
Award: 2018 Alliance for Eye and Vision Research Emerging Vision Scientist
Muneeb A. Faiq, PhD
2018 - Present
Research interests: Glaucoma; Diabetes; Visual Neuroscience; Behavioral Neuropsychiatry
Awards: 2021 ISMRM Imaging Neurofluids Best Abstract Award (2nd Place)
2021 ISMRM Summa Cum Laude Award for top 5% abstracts;
2021 ISMRM educational stipend award;
2021 ARVO Foundation Travel Grant;
2019 ARVO MIT Poster Award Finalist;
2019 Alliance for Eye and Vision Research Emerging Vision Scientist
2017 - Present
Research interests: Plasticity; Visual learning; Decision-making
Awards: 2021 BrightFocus Foundation National Glaucoma Research Postdoctoral Fellowship
2021 ARVO Hot Topic recognition for top 2% abstracts (ARVO Press Release)
2021 Alliance for Eye and Vision Research Emerging Vision Scientist
2020 ISMRM Summa Cum Laude Award for top 5% abstracts;
2019 ARVO Foundation/National Eye Institute Travel Grant
Carlos Parra, PhD
2017 - Present
Research interests: Biomedical engineering; Medical imaging analysis; Brain; Visual System; Glaucoma
Graduate Students
2019 – Present
Jessie J Zhu, MS, MD (Visiting graduate student at Capital Medical University, Beijing, China) (Awards: 2021 ARVO International Travel Grant; 2019 Chinese Government Scholarship for Joint Doctoral Training Program at NYULH Ophthalmology)
Residents and Medical Students
2021 – Present
Zain Khera, BA
2021 – Present
Owais Aftab, BS (Visiting student at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ)
2018 – Present
Vishnu Adi, MPH, DO (Award: 2021 ISER/BrightFocus Glaucoma Symposium Travel Award; 2021 ARVO Foundation/Knights Templar Eye Foundation Travel Grant; Visiting student at NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY)
2017 – Present
Jeffrey R. Sims, MD (Full-time research associate, 2019-2020; Awards: 2020 Vision Eye to Brain Research Retreat - 1st Place Poster; 2017 Liesegang Fellowship for clinical ophthalmology research )
2017 – Present
Wenyu Deng, BA (Full-time postbaccalaureate researcher, 2017-18; Medical student, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY, 2018 - present)
Undergraduate and Postbaccalaureate Students
2021 – Present
Dipika Pujara (Biology student, NYU College of Arts and Science)
2021 – Present
Ryan Xue (Pre-med track Neural Science student, NYU College of Arts and Science)
2021 – Present
Emily Tse (Pre-med track BA Biology student, NYU College of Arts and Science)
2020 – Present
Sarah Wu (Awards: 2020 Count Lorenzo Attolico di Adelfia Research Scholar; 2020 NYU Dean’s Undergraduate Research Fund Grant; Pre-med track BA Biology student, NYU College of Arts and Science)
2020 – Present
Dominick Forlenza (Visiting student at Quinnipiac University, CT, USA)
2018 – Present
Jeannie Au (Pre-med track BA Biology and Journalism Double Major and Chemistry Minor student, NYU College of Arts and Science)
2018 – Present
Crystal Liu, BS (Award: 2019 Carnegie Mellon University Summer Internship Experience Fund)
High School Students
2018 – Present
Patrick Paszkowski (Last known position: Undergraduate at Yale University)
2018 – Present
Anisha Kasi (Last known position: Undergraduate at Brown University)
Past members
Postdoctoral Fellows
2019 – 2020
Anoop Sainulabdeen, MVSc, PhD (Last known position: Associate Professor of Surgery and Radiology, Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University )
2018 – 2019
Helen Xinlei Wang, MD, PhD (Last known position: Medical entrepreneur in China)
2014 – 2016
Xiaoling Yang, MD (Last known position: Spectroscopist at University of Pittsburgh; Award: 2015 ARVO Hot Topic recognition for top 6% abstracts)
2013 – 2016
Matthew C. Murphy, PhD (Last known position: Assistant Professor of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, 2016-present) (Awards: 2014-16 NIH T32EY017271-06 grantee; 2014 ISMRM educational stipend award; 2014 ISMRM Magna Cum Laude Award for top 15% abstract)
2011 – 2012
Ian P. Conner, MD, PhD (Last known position: Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, 2012-present)