NeuroImaging and Visual Science Laboratory
Spencer Center for Vision Research, Byers Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Stanford Medicine
Current members
Kevin C. Chan, PhD, FARVO
Director, NeuroImaging and Visual Science Laboratory
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Spencer Center for Vision Research
Byers Eye Institute
Department of Ophthalmology
Stanford University School of Medicine
Research Scientists & Postdoctoral Fellows
Muneeb A. Faiq, PhD
2018 - Present
Research interests: Glaucoma; Diabetes; Visual Neuroscience; Behavioral Neuropsychiatry
Awards: 2026 Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) Achievement Award;
2021-23 ISMRM educational stipend award;
2021 ISMRM Imaging Neurofluids Best Abstract Award (2nd Place);
2021 ISMRM Summa Cum Laude Award for top 5% abstracts;
2021 ARVO Foundation Travel Grant;
2019 ARVO MIT Poster Award Finalist;
2019 Alliance for Eye and Vision Research Emerging Vision Scientist
Giles Hamilton-Fletcher, PhD
2018 - Present
Research interests: Sensory substitution, Cross-modal correspondences; Qualia; Synaesthesia
Award: 2021 Invited speaker at re:MAKING SENSE (video);
2018 Alliance for Eye and Vision Research Emerging Vision Scientist
2017 - Present
Research interests: Plasticity; Visual learning; Decision-making
Awards: 2025 ISER/BrightFocus Glaucoma Symposium Travel Award;
2021 BrightFocus Foundation National Glaucoma Research Postdoctoral Fellowship (video);
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
Graduate Students
2025 – Present
Justin Veerasami, BS (Master’s student in Biomedical Informatics, NYU Grossman School of Medicine) (Award: 2025 ISMRM Workshop on Metabolomics and Metabolomic Imaging Trainee Stipend & Top Abstract Awards)
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2024 – Present
Raphael Fabre, BA (Master’s student in Biotechnology & Entrepreneurship, NYU Tandon School of Engineering)​
Residents and Medical Students
2024 – Present
Harshini Raman, BS (Visiting student at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA)
2024 – Present; 2018 – 2022 (high school student/undergraduate)
Patrick Paszkowski, BS
Undergraduate and Postbaccalaureate Students
2025 – Present
Shannon Fung (BS in Biomedical Engineering)
High School Students
2025 – Present
Susan Tseng (Chapel Hill High School, Chapel Hill, NC)
Past members
Postdoctoral Fellows
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2021 – 2025
Thajunnisa A. Sajitha, MVSc (Last known position: Postdoctoral fellow at NYU Langone Health) (Awards: 2023 ISMRM educational stipend award )
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2020 – 2022
Russell W. Chan, PhD (Last known position: Chief Executive Officer at E-SENSE Innovation & Technology, Hong Kong) (Awards: 2021 ARVO Foundation Murray and Jeanie Johnstone Award for best glaucoma research; 2021 ARVO Hot Topic recognition for top 2% abstract )
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2017 – 2022
Carlos Parra, PhD (Last known position: Research Scientist at NYU Langone Health) (Awards: 2022 The Glaucoma Foundation (sponsored by Patricia Hill) / Research to Prevent Blindness Fellowship in Glaucoma; 2022 Alliance for Eye and Vision Research Emerging Vision Scientist)
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: Associate Professor of Radiology, Mayo Clinic) (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)
Graduate Students
2023 – 2025
Hyun Seo (Hannah) Lee, BA (Master’s student in Psychology, NYU College of Arts and Science)
2023 – 2024
Aradhita Bhandari, BS, Aryan Jain, BS, Mallory Sico, BS, and Gail Batutis, BS (Master’s students, NYU Center for Data Science MS Capstone Project: User-centric AI models for assisting the blind)(Awards: 2023 Best Student Voted Posters Award; 2024 NYU MSDS Capstone Travel Fund Award; 2024 CDS Summer Research Award)
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2023 – 2024
Sahil Faizal, BTech (Master’s student in Computer Science and Engineering, NYU Tandon School of Engineering)
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